HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-3. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
[Numbers in thousands]
Employment status,
sex, and age		 2012 2013
Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 242,784 242,966 243,155 243,354 243,566 243,772 243,983 244,174 244,350 244,663 244,828 244,995 245,175

Civilian labor force

 154,451 154,998 155,149 154,995 154,647 155,056 155,576 155,319 155,511 155,654 155,524 155,028 155,238

Participation rate

 63.6 63.8 63.8 63.7 63.5 63.6 63.8 63.6 63.6 63.6 63.5 63.3 63.3

Employed

 141,934 142,302 142,448 142,250 142,164 142,974 143,328 143,277 143,305 143,322 143,492 143,286 143,579

Employment-population ratio

 58.5 58.6 58.6 58.5 58.4 58.7 58.7 58.7 58.6 58.6 58.6 58.5 58.6

Unemployed

 12,518 12,695 12,701 12,745 12,483 12,082 12,248 12,042 12,206 12,332 12,032 11,742 11,659

Unemployment rate

 8.1 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.1 7.8 7.9 7.8 7.8 7.9 7.7 7.6 7.5

Not in labor force

 88,332 87,968 88,006 88,359 88,919 88,716 88,407 88,855 88,839 89,008 89,304 89,967 89,936

Persons who currently want a job

 6,387 6,349 6,556 6,587 6,956 6,718 6,584 6,827 6,750 6,631 6,821 6,722 6,413


Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 117,081 117,177 117,277 117,381 117,492 117,600 117,710 117,810 117,902 118,033 118,117 118,204 118,296

Civilian labor force

 82,064 82,361 82,457 82,407 81,991 82,396 82,661 82,514 82,545 82,940 82,823 82,584 82,621

Participation rate

 70.1 70.3 70.3 70.2 69.8 70.1 70.2 70.0 70.0 70.3 70.1 69.9 69.8

Employed

 75,301 75,415 75,522 75,512 75,174 75,769 76,027 75,983 76,060 76,290 76,375 76,329 76,239

Employment-population ratio

 64.3 64.4 64.4 64.3 64.0 64.4 64.6 64.5 64.5 64.6 64.7 64.6 64.4

Unemployed

 6,762 6,946 6,936 6,895 6,817 6,627 6,634 6,530 6,486 6,650 6,447 6,255 6,382

Unemployment rate

 8.2 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.3 8.0 8.0 7.9 7.9 8.0 7.8 7.6 7.7

Not in labor force

 35,017 34,816 34,820 34,975 35,501 35,205 35,049 35,297 35,357 35,093 35,295 35,619 35,675


Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 108,396 108,503 108,613 108,727 108,851 108,973 109,096 109,206 109,308 109,448 109,541 109,635 109,736

Civilian labor force

 79,103 79,373 79,432 79,376 79,085 79,436 79,679 79,568 79,695 80,016 79,910 79,747 79,803

Participation rate

 73.0 73.2 73.1 73.0 72.7 72.9 73.0 72.9 72.9 73.1 72.9 72.7 72.7

Employed

 73,145 73,230 73,299 73,288 73,097 73,612 73,845 73,821 73,949 74,139 74,249 74,228 74,159

Employment-population ratio

 67.5 67.5 67.5 67.4 67.2 67.6 67.7 67.6 67.7 67.7 67.8 67.7 67.6

Unemployed

 5,958 6,143 6,133 6,089 5,988 5,825 5,834 5,747 5,746 5,877 5,661 5,519 5,644

Unemployment rate

 7.5 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.6 7.3 7.3 7.2 7.2 7.3 7.1 6.9 7.1

Not in labor force

 29,292 29,130 29,180 29,351 29,766 29,536 29,416 29,638 29,613 29,432 29,631 29,888 29,933


Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 125,703 125,788 125,878 125,972 126,073 126,172 126,273 126,364 126,447 126,630 126,710 126,791 126,878

Civilian labor force

 72,387 72,636 72,691 72,588 72,656 72,661 72,915 72,806 72,965 72,715 72,701 72,443 72,617

Participation rate

 57.6 57.7 57.7 57.6 57.6 57.6 57.7 57.6 57.7 57.4 57.4 57.1 57.2

Employed

 66,632 66,887 66,926 66,738 66,990 67,206 67,301 67,294 67,245 67,032 67,116 66,956 67,340

Employment-population ratio

 53.0 53.2 53.2 53.0 53.1 53.3 53.3 53.3 53.2 52.9 53.0 52.8 53.1

Unemployed

 5,755 5,749 5,765 5,850 5,666 5,455 5,614 5,512 5,721 5,682 5,585 5,487 5,277

Unemployment rate

 8.0 7.9 7.9 8.1 7.8 7.5 7.7 7.6 7.8 7.8 7.7 7.6 7.3

Not in labor force

 53,315 53,152 53,187 53,384 53,418 53,511 53,358 53,558 53,482 53,916 54,009 54,348 54,261


Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 117,353 117,448 117,546 117,648 117,760 117,869 117,980 118,079 118,170 118,348 118,433 118,520 118,612

Civilian labor force

 69,580 69,777 69,777 69,673 69,800 69,813 70,041 69,907 70,059 69,749 69,772 69,544 69,744

Participation rate

 59.3 59.4 59.4 59.2 59.3 59.2 59.4 59.2 59.3 58.9 58.9 58.7 58.8

Employed

 64,454 64,653 64,616 64,437 64,716 64,934 65,014 64,988 64,954 64,675 64,867 64,707 65,101

Employment-population ratio

 54.9 55.0 55.0 54.8 55.0 55.1 55.1 55.0 55.0 54.6 54.8 54.6 54.9

Unemployed

 5,126 5,124 5,161 5,236 5,083 4,879 5,027 4,918 5,105 5,074 4,905 4,837 4,642

Unemployment rate

 7.4 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.3 7.0 7.2 7.0 7.3 7.3 7.0 7.0 6.7

Not in labor force

 47,774 47,670 47,769 47,975 47,960 48,056 47,939 48,172 48,111 48,599 48,661 48,976 48,868


Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 17,034 17,015 16,997 16,979 16,955 16,931 16,907 16,890 16,871 16,867 16,854 16,840 16,827

Civilian labor force

 5,768 5,847 5,940 5,945 5,763 5,807 5,856 5,845 5,756 5,889 5,842 5,737 5,692

Participation rate

 33.9 34.4 34.9 35.0 34.0 34.3 34.6 34.6 34.1 34.9 34.7 34.1 33.8

Employed

 4,334 4,419 4,533 4,525 4,351 4,429 4,469 4,468 4,402 4,508 4,376 4,351 4,320

Employment-population ratio

 25.4 26.0 26.7 26.7 25.7 26.2 26.4 26.5 26.1 26.7 26.0 25.8 25.7

Unemployed

 1,434 1,428 1,406 1,420 1,412 1,378 1,387 1,376 1,355 1,381 1,466 1,386 1,372

Unemployment rate

 24.9 24.4 23.7 23.9 24.5 23.7 23.7 23.6 23.5 23.4 25.1 24.2 24.1

Not in labor force

 11,266 11,168 11,057 11,033 11,192 11,124 11,051 11,045 11,115 10,978 11,012 11,103 11,135

Footnotes
 (1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

 

Last Modified Date: May 03, 2013