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

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age [Numbers in thousands]
Employment status, sex, and age	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted(1)
Employment status, sex, and age	July 2023	June 2024	July 2024	July 2023	Mar. 2024	Apr. 2024	May 2024	June 2024	July 2024
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population	267,002	268,438	268,644	267,002	267,884	268,066	268,248	268,438	268,644
Civilian labor force	168,354	169,007	169,723	167,113	167,895	167,982	167,732	168,009	168,429
Participation rate	63.1	63.0	63.2	62.6	62.7	62.7	62.5	62.6	62.7
Employed	161,982	161,774	162,038	161,209	161,466	161,491	161,083	161,199	161,266
Employment-population ratio	60.7	60.3	60.3	60.4	60.3	60.2	60.1	60.1	60.0
Unemployed	6,372	7,233	7,685	5,904	6,429	6,492	6,649	6,811	7,163
Unemployment rate	3.8	4.3	4.5	3.5	3.8	3.9	4.0	4.1	4.3
Not in labor force	98,649	99,431	98,921	99,889	99,989	100,083	100,516	100,429	100,215
Persons who currently want a job	5,578	5,655	5,950	5,244	5,443	5,637	5,717	5,234	5,600

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	130,507	130,875	130,975	130,507	130,605	130,694	130,782	130,875	130,975
Civilian labor force	89,647	89,900	90,256	88,749	88,812	88,708	88,619	89,171	89,293
Participation rate	68.7	68.7	68.9	68.0	68.0	67.9	67.8	68.1	68.2
Employed	86,417	86,182	86,368	85,483	85,490	85,208	84,882	85,514	85,390
Employment-population ratio	66.2	65.9	65.9	65.5	65.5	65.2	64.9	65.3	65.2
Unemployed	3,231	3,719	3,889	3,266	3,323	3,500	3,737	3,657	3,903
Unemployment rate	3.6	4.1	4.3	3.7	3.7	3.9	4.2	4.1	4.4
Not in labor force	40,859	40,974	40,719	41,758	41,793	41,986	42,163	41,704	41,682

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	121,735	121,929	122,021	121,735	121,685	121,763	121,844	121,929	122,021
Civilian labor force	86,062	85,994	86,388	85,770	85,398	85,382	85,229	85,846	86,054
Participation rate	70.7	70.5	70.8	70.5	70.2	70.1	69.9	70.4	70.5
Employed	83,320	82,865	83,026	82,896	82,543	82,318	81,986	82,618	82,576
Employment-population ratio	68.4	68.0	68.0	68.1	67.8	67.6	67.3	67.8	67.7
Unemployed	2,743	3,129	3,362	2,874	2,855	3,064	3,243	3,227	3,477
Unemployment rate	3.2	3.6	3.9	3.4	3.3	3.6	3.8	3.8	4.0
Not in labor force	35,673	35,935	35,633	35,965	36,287	36,381	36,615	36,083	35,968

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	136,496	137,564	137,669	136,496	137,279	137,372	137,465	137,564	137,669
Civilian labor force	78,706	79,107	79,467	78,364	79,083	79,274	79,113	78,838	79,136
Participation rate	57.7	57.5	57.7	57.4	57.6	57.7	57.6	57.3	57.5
Employed	75,565	75,592	75,670	75,727	75,976	76,283	76,201	75,684	75,876
Employment-population ratio	55.4	55.0	55.0	55.5	55.3	55.5	55.4	55.0	55.1
Unemployed	3,141	3,515	3,797	2,638	3,106	2,991	2,912	3,154	3,260
Unemployment rate	4.0	4.4	4.8	3.4	3.9	3.8	3.7	4.0	4.1
Not in labor force	57,790	58,457	58,203	58,132	58,197	58,098	58,353	58,725	58,533

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	128,028	128,922	129,021	128,028	128,659	128,742	128,830	128,922	129,021
Civilian labor force	74,856	75,336	75,657	75,167	75,792	75,989	75,812	75,587	75,968
Participation rate	58.5	58.4	58.6	58.7	58.9	59.0	58.8	58.6	58.9
Employed	72,120	72,339	72,348	72,837	73,061	73,334	73,226	72,798	73,078
Employment-population ratio	56.3	56.1	56.1	56.9	56.8	57.0	56.8	56.5	56.6
Unemployed	2,737	2,997	3,309	2,330	2,731	2,655	2,586	2,788	2,890
Unemployment rate	3.7	4.0	4.4	3.1	3.6	3.5	3.4	3.7	3.8
Not in labor force	53,171	53,585	53,364	52,861	52,867	52,753	53,018	53,335	53,052

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,239	17,588	17,602	17,239	17,540	17,561	17,574	17,588	17,602
Civilian labor force	7,435	7,676	7,678	6,176	6,704	6,611	6,692	6,577	6,407
Participation rate	43.1	43.6	43.6	35.8	38.2	37.6	38.1	37.4	36.4
Employed	6,542	6,569	6,664	5,476	5,862	5,839	5,871	5,782	5,612
Employment-population ratio	38.0	37.3	37.9	31.8	33.4	33.2	33.4	32.9	31.9
Unemployed	893	1,107	1,014	699	842	772	821	795	795
Unemployment rate	12.0	14.4	13.2	11.3	12.6	11.7	12.3	12.1	12.4
Not in labor force	9,804	9,912	9,924	11,063	10,835	10,950	10,882	11,011	11,195
Footnotes (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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