Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                      Seasonally adjusted (1)                  
                                                                                                                                         
         Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Oct.     Sept.      Oct.      Oct.      June      July      Aug.     Sept.      Oct.  
                                                   2008     2009       2009      2008      2009      2009      2009     2009       2009  
                                                                                                                                         
                      TOTAL                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........  234,612   236,322   236,550   234,612   235,655   235,870   236,087   236,322   236,550 
    Civilian labor force.......................  155,012   153,617   153,635   154,878   154,926   154,504   154,577   154,006   153,975 
          Participation rate...................     66.1      65.0      64.9      66.0      65.7      65.5      65.5      65.2      65.1 
      Employed.................................  145,543   139,079   139,088   144,657   140,196   140,041   139,649   138,864   138,275 
          Employment-population ratio..........     62.0      58.9      58.8      61.7      59.5      59.4      59.2      58.8      58.5 
      Unemployed...............................    9,469    14,538    14,547    10,221    14,729    14,462    14,928    15,142    15,700 
          Unemployment rate....................      6.1       9.5       9.5       6.6       9.5       9.4       9.7       9.8      10.2 
    Not in labor force.........................   79,601    82,706    82,915    79,734    80,729    81,366    81,509    82,316    82,575 
      Persons who currently want a job.........    4,800     5,650     5,621     5,065     5,884     5,990     5,609     5,922     5,995 
                                                                                                                                         
             Men, 16 years and over                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........  113,546   114,411   114,530   113,546   114,060   114,173   114,288   114,411   114,530 
    Civilian labor force.......................   82,772    81,769    81,823    82,892    82,529    82,310    82,526    82,268    82,275 
          Participation rate...................     72.9      71.5      71.4      73.0      72.4      72.1      72.2      71.9      71.8 
      Employed.................................   77,428    73,435    73,361    76,938    73,777    73,703    73,519    73,180    72,857 
          Employment-population ratio..........     68.2      64.2      64.1      67.8      64.7      64.6      64.3      64.0      63.6 
      Unemployed...............................    5,344     8,335     8,462     5,954     8,751     8,607     9,007     9,088     9,418 
          Unemployment rate....................      6.5      10.2      10.3       7.2      10.6      10.5      10.9      11.0      11.4 
    Not in labor force.........................   30,775    32,642    32,707    30,654    31,532    31,863    31,761    32,143    32,255 
                                                                                                                                         
             Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........  104,869   105,780   105,906   104,869   105,412   105,530   105,651   105,780   105,906 
    Civilian labor force.......................   79,462    78,661    78,857    79,380    79,291    79,045    79,231    79,018    79,108 
          Participation rate...................     75.8      74.4      74.5      75.7      75.2      74.9      75.0      74.7      74.7 
      Employed.................................   74,865    71,225    71,260    74,292    71,387    71,319    71,204    70,887    70,671 
          Employment-population ratio..........     71.4      67.3      67.3      70.8      67.7      67.6      67.4      67.0      66.7 
      Unemployed...............................    4,598     7,437     7,596     5,088     7,904     7,726     8,027     8,131     8,437 
          Unemployment rate....................      5.8       9.5       9.6       6.4      10.0       9.8      10.1      10.3      10.7 
    Not in labor force.........................   25,407    27,119    27,050    25,489    26,121    26,485    26,420    26,762    26,798 
                                                                                                                                         
            Women, 16 years and over                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........  121,066   121,911   122,020   121,066   121,594   121,696   121,799   121,911   122,020 
    Civilian labor force.......................   72,240    71,848    71,812    71,986    72,397    72,194    72,051    71,738    71,700 
          Participation rate...................     59.7      58.9      58.9      59.5      59.5      59.3      59.2      58.8      58.8 
      Employed.................................   68,115    65,644    65,727    67,720    66,419    66,339    66,131    65,684    65,418 
          Employment-population ratio..........     56.3      53.8      53.9      55.9      54.6      54.5      54.3      53.9      53.6 
      Unemployed...............................    4,125     6,203     6,085     4,267     5,978     5,855     5,920     6,054     6,282 
          Unemployment rate....................      5.7       8.6       8.5       5.9       8.3       8.1       8.2       8.4       8.8 
    Not in labor force.........................   48,826    50,064    50,207    49,080    49,197    49,503    49,748    50,174    50,320 
                                                                                                                                         
            Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........  112,633   113,522   113,636   112,633   113,189   113,296   113,405   113,522   113,636 
    Civilian labor force.......................   69,059    68,947    68,946    68,700    69,060    68,985    68,923    68,703    68,714 
          Participation rate...................     61.3      60.7      60.7      61.0      61.0      60.9      60.8      60.5      60.5 
      Employed.................................   65,439    63,398    63,541    64,975    63,810    63,789    63,662    63,318    63,152 
          Employment-population ratio..........     58.1      55.8      55.9      57.7      56.4      56.3      56.1      55.8      55.6 
      Unemployed...............................    3,620     5,549     5,404     3,725     5,249     5,196     5,261     5,385     5,562 
          Unemployment rate....................      5.2       8.0       7.8       5.4       7.6       7.5       7.6       7.8       8.1 
    Not in labor force.........................   43,575    44,575    44,690    43,933    44,130    44,311    44,481    44,819    44,922 
                                                                                                                                         
           Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........   17,110    17,020    17,008    17,110    17,053    17,044    17,031    17,020    17,008 
    Civilian labor force.......................    6,490     6,008     5,833     6,799     6,575     6,474     6,423     6,285     6,152 
          Participation rate...................     37.9      35.3      34.3      39.7      38.6      38.0      37.7      36.9      36.2 
      Employed.................................    5,239     4,456     4,287     5,390     4,999     4,933     4,783     4,659     4,452 
          Employment-population ratio..........     30.6      26.2      25.2      31.5      29.3      28.9      28.1      27.4      26.2 
      Unemployed...............................    1,251     1,552     1,546     1,408     1,576     1,541     1,640     1,626     1,700 
          Unemployment rate....................     19.3      25.8      26.5      20.7      24.0      23.8      25.5      25.9      27.6 
    Not in labor force.........................   10,620    11,012    11,175    10,311    10,478    10,570    10,608    10,735    10,856 

     1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and
  seasonally adjusted columns.
     NOTE:  Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.



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