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	Mar. 2023	Feb. 2024	Mar. 2024	Mar. 2023	Nov. 2023	Dec. 2023	Jan. 2024	Feb. 2024	Mar. 2024
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population	266,272	267,711	267,884	266,272	267,822	267,991	267,540	267,711	267,884
Civilian labor force	166,783	167,285	167,960	166,690	168,127	167,451	167,276	167,426	167,895
Participation rate	62.6	62.5	62.7	62.6	62.8	62.5	62.5	62.5	62.7
Employed	160,741	160,315	161,356	160,824	161,866	161,183	161,152	160,968	161,466
Employment-population ratio	60.4	59.9	60.2	60.4	60.4	60.1	60.2	60.1	60.3
Unemployed	6,043	6,970	6,604	5,866	6,262	6,268	6,124	6,458	6,429
Unemployment rate	3.6	4.2	3.9	3.5	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.9	3.8
Not in labor force	99,489	100,426	99,924	99,582	99,695	100,540	100,265	100,285	99,989
Persons who currently want a job	4,646	5,546	5,110	4,959	5,343	5,671	5,793	5,672	5,443

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	130,150	130,520	130,605	130,150	130,903	130,985	130,436	130,520	130,605
Civilian labor force	88,958	88,299	88,892	88,841	89,555	89,250	88,507	88,391	88,812
Participation rate	68.4	67.7	68.1	68.3	68.4	68.1	67.9	67.7	68.0
Employed	85,420	84,391	85,253	85,623	85,981	85,794	85,034	84,993	85,490
Employment-population ratio	65.6	64.7	65.3	65.8	65.7	65.5	65.2	65.1	65.5
Unemployed	3,538	3,908	3,639	3,219	3,574	3,456	3,473	3,398	3,323
Unemployment rate	4.0	4.4	4.1	3.6	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.7
Not in labor force	41,192	42,221	41,713	41,309	41,348	41,735	41,929	42,129	41,793

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	121,415	121,611	121,685	121,415	122,111	122,187	121,539	121,611	121,685
Civilian labor force	85,876	85,313	85,656	85,565	86,256	86,007	85,364	85,180	85,398
Participation rate	70.7	70.2	70.4	70.5	70.6	70.4	70.2	70.0	70.2
Employed	82,654	81,802	82,457	82,688	83,084	82,958	82,304	82,178	82,543
Employment-population ratio	68.1	67.3	67.8	68.1	68.0	67.9	67.7	67.6	67.8
Unemployed	3,222	3,511	3,199	2,877	3,172	3,050	3,060	3,002	2,855
Unemployment rate	3.8	4.1	3.7	3.4	3.7	3.5	3.6	3.5	3.3
Not in labor force	35,539	36,299	36,029	35,850	35,854	36,180	36,175	36,431	36,287

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	136,122	137,191	137,279	136,122	136,919	137,006	137,104	137,191	137,279
Civilian labor force	77,825	78,986	79,068	77,849	78,572	78,201	78,768	79,035	79,083
Participation rate	57.2	57.6	57.6	57.2	57.4	57.1	57.5	57.6	57.6
Employed	75,320	75,924	76,103	75,201	75,885	75,389	76,118	75,975	75,976
Employment-population ratio	55.3	55.3	55.4	55.2	55.4	55.0	55.5	55.4	55.3
Unemployed	2,505	3,062	2,965	2,648	2,688	2,811	2,650	3,060	3,106
Unemployment rate	3.2	3.9	3.7	3.4	3.4	3.6	3.4	3.9	3.9
Not in labor force	58,297	58,205	58,211	58,273	58,346	58,805	58,336	58,156	58,197

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	127,684	128,581	128,659	127,684	128,430	128,513	128,503	128,581	128,659
Civilian labor force	74,860	75,995	75,945	74,723	75,399	75,047	75,529	75,835	75,792
Participation rate	58.6	59.1	59.0	58.5	58.7	58.4	58.8	59.0	58.9
Employed	72,606	73,299	73,304	72,368	73,049	72,587	73,144	73,182	73,061
Employment-population ratio	56.9	57.0	57.0	56.7	56.9	56.5	56.9	56.9	56.8
Unemployed	2,253	2,696	2,642	2,355	2,350	2,460	2,385	2,653	2,731
Unemployment rate	3.0	3.5	3.5	3.2	3.1	3.3	3.2	3.5	3.6
Not in labor force	52,825	52,586	52,714	52,961	53,031	53,466	52,974	52,746	52,867

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,173	17,519	17,540	17,173	17,281	17,291	17,498	17,519	17,540
Civilian labor force	6,048	5,978	6,359	6,402	6,472	6,396	6,383	6,411	6,704
Participation rate	35.2	34.1	36.3	37.3	37.5	37.0	36.5	36.6	38.2
Employed	5,480	5,214	5,595	5,767	5,733	5,638	5,704	5,608	5,862
Employment-population ratio	31.9	29.8	31.9	33.6	33.2	32.6	32.6	32.0	33.4
Unemployed	568	763	764	635	739	758	679	803	842
Unemployment rate	9.4	12.8	12.0	9.9	11.4	11.9	10.6	12.5	12.6
Not in labor force	11,125	11,541	11,181	10,771	10,809	10,895	11,115	11,108	10,835
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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