Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age
[Numbers in thousands]
Employment status, race, sex, and age Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted(1)
Sept.
2011		 Aug.
2012		 Sept.
2012		 Sept.
2011		 May
2012		 June
2012		 July
2012		 Aug.
2012		 Sept.
2012

WHITE

Civilian noninstitutional population

 193,365 193,376 193,503 193,365 193,004 193,120 193,245 193,376 193,503

Civilian labor force

 124,812 123,848 123,922 124,701 123,989 123,783 123,589 123,265 123,662

Participation rate

 64.5 64.0 64.0 64.5 64.2 64.1 64.0 63.7 63.9

Employed

 115,266 114,895 115,547 114,818 114,767 114,674 114,409 114,340 114,992

Employment-population ratio

 59.6 59.4 59.7 59.4 59.5 59.4 59.2 59.1 59.4

Unemployed

 9,545 8,953 8,374 9,883 9,222 9,109 9,180 8,925 8,670

Unemployment rate

 7.6 7.2 6.8 7.9 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.2 7.0

Not in labor force

 68,553 69,528 69,581 68,664 69,015 69,337 69,656 70,111 69,841

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 65,290 64,506 64,710 65,280 64,591 64,527 64,467 64,246 64,544

Participation rate

 73.9 73.4 73.6 73.9 73.7 73.6 73.4 73.1 73.4

Employed

 60,648 60,438 60,718 60,283 60,072 60,001 60,027 59,890 60,274

Employment-population ratio

 68.6 68.8 69.0 68.2 68.5 68.4 68.4 68.1 68.5

Unemployed

 4,642 4,068 3,992 4,998 4,519 4,526 4,440 4,356 4,270

Unemployment rate

 7.1 6.3 6.2 7.7 7.0 7.0 6.9 6.8 6.6

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 54,949 54,250 54,797 54,691 54,717 54,506 54,385 54,411 54,531

Participation rate

 59.6 58.4 59.0 59.3 59.0 58.8 58.6 58.6 58.7

Employed

 51,002 50,484 51,333 50,807 51,045 50,918 50,662 50,892 51,105

Employment-population ratio

 55.3 54.4 55.2 55.1 55.1 54.9 54.6 54.8 55.0

Unemployed

 3,947 3,766 3,464 3,884 3,672 3,588 3,723 3,519 3,426

Unemployment rate

 7.2 6.9 6.3 7.1 6.7 6.6 6.8 6.5 6.3

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force

 4,573 5,092 4,414 4,730 4,681 4,750 4,737 4,609 4,588

Participation rate

 35.8 40.3 35.0 37.0 36.9 37.5 37.4 36.5 36.4

Employed

 3,616 3,974 3,496 3,728 3,649 3,755 3,720 3,558 3,613

Employment-population ratio

 28.3 31.4 27.7 29.1 28.8 29.7 29.4 28.2 28.6

Unemployed

 956 1,118 918 1,002 1,031 995 1,017 1,051 975

Unemployment rate

 20.9 22.0 20.8 21.2 22.0 20.9 21.5 22.8 21.2

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Civilian noninstitutional population

 29,193 29,954 29,991 29,193 29,854 29,885 29,918 29,954 29,991

Civilian labor force

 18,051 18,491 18,245 18,096 18,290 18,541 18,383 18,379 18,345

Participation rate

 61.8 61.7 60.8 62.0 61.3 62.0 61.4 61.4 61.2

Employed

 15,186 15,810 15,796 15,224 15,807 15,872 15,798 15,797 15,881

Employment-population ratio

 52.0 52.8 52.7 52.1 52.9 53.1 52.8 52.7 53.0

Unemployed

 2,865 2,681 2,449 2,872 2,484 2,668 2,585 2,583 2,464

Unemployment rate

 15.9 14.5 13.4 15.9 13.6 14.4 14.1 14.1 13.4

Not in labor force

 11,142 11,463 11,746 11,097 11,564 11,345 11,534 11,575 11,645

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 8,108 8,243 8,152 8,151 8,281 8,324 8,270 8,228 8,202

Participation rate

 68.0 67.5 66.6 68.3 68.1 68.4 67.8 67.3 67.0

Employed

 6,830 7,108 7,050 6,796 7,102 7,146 7,042 7,049 7,035

Employment-population ratio

 57.3 58.2 57.6 57.0 58.4 58.7 57.7 57.7 57.5

Unemployed

 1,279 1,135 1,103 1,355 1,179 1,178 1,227 1,180 1,167

Unemployment rate

 15.8 13.8 13.5 16.6 14.2 14.2 14.8 14.3 14.2

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 9,348 9,494 9,412 9,277 9,346 9,482 9,344 9,455 9,382

Participation rate

 63.7 62.9 62.2 63.2 62.1 63.0 62.0 62.6 62.0

Employed

 8,027 8,240 8,325 8,051 8,284 8,281 8,268 8,316 8,364

Employment-population ratio

 54.7 54.6 55.0 54.8 55.1 55.0 54.8 55.1 55.3

Unemployed

 1,320 1,254 1,087 1,226 1,062 1,202 1,076 1,139 1,018

Unemployment rate

 14.1 13.2 11.5 13.2 11.4 12.7 11.5 12.0 10.9

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force

 595 755 681 667 664 735 770 696 761

Participation rate

 23.1 28.7 26.0 25.8 25.0 27.8 29.2 26.4 29.0

Employed

 329 462 421 377 421 446 488 432 482

Employment-population ratio

 12.7 17.6 16.1 14.6 15.9 16.8 18.5 16.4 18.4

Unemployed

 266 293 259 291 242 289 282 264 279

Unemployment rate

 44.8 38.8 38.1 43.6 36.5 39.3 36.6 37.9 36.7

ASIAN

Civilian noninstitutional population

 11,523 12,845 12,885 - - - - - -

Civilian labor force

 7,360 8,175 8,204 - - - - - -

Participation rate

 63.9 63.6 63.7 - - - - - -

Employed

 6,784 7,694 7,810 - - - - - -

Employment-population ratio

 58.9 59.9 60.6 - - - - - -

Unemployed

 577 482 394 - - - - - -

Unemployment rate

 7.8 5.9 4.8 - - - - - -

Not in labor force

 4,162 4,670 4,681 - - - - - -

Footnotes
 (1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.

- Data not available.
NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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Last Modified Date: October 05, 2012