Employment Situation Summary Table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted
[Numbers in thousands]
Category Jan.
2012		 Nov.
2012		 Dec.
2012		 Jan.
2013		 Change from:
Dec.
2012-
Jan.
2013

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population

 242,269 244,174 244,350 244,663 -

Civilian labor force

 154,356 155,319 155,511 155,654 -

Participation rate

 63.7 63.6 63.6 63.6 -

Employed

 141,608 143,277 143,305 143,322 -

Employment-population ratio

 58.5 58.7 58.6 58.6 -

Unemployed

 12,748 12,042 12,206 12,332 -

Unemployment rate

 8.3 7.8 7.8 7.9 -

Not in labor force

 87,913 88,855 88,839 89,008 -

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 8.3 7.8 7.8 7.9 -

Adult men (20 years and over)

 7.7 7.2 7.2 7.3 -

Adult women (20 years and over)

 7.7 7.0 7.3 7.3 -

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

 23.4 23.6 23.5 23.4 -

White

 7.4 6.8 6.9 7.0 -

Black or African American

 13.6 13.2 14.0 13.8 -

Asian (not seasonally adjusted)

 6.7 6.4 6.6 6.5 -

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 10.5 9.9 9.6 9.7 -

Total, 25 years and over

 7.0 6.5 6.5 6.5 -

Less than a high school diploma

 13.1 12.1 11.7 12.0 -

High school graduates, no college

 8.5 8.1 8.0 8.1 -

Some college or associate degree

 7.3 6.6 6.9 7.0 -

Bachelor's degree and higher

 4.2 3.9 3.9 3.7 -

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 7,292 6,429 6,408 6,637 -

Job leavers

 932 926 983 981 -

Reentrants

 3,301 3,325 3,587 3,515 -

New entrants

 1,258 1,326 1,291 1,287 -

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 2,495 2,596 2,676 2,766 -

5 to 14 weeks

 2,874 2,757 2,838 3,028 -

15 to 26 weeks

 1,944 1,820 1,895 1,858 -

27 weeks and over

 5,522 4,784 4,766 4,708 -

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 8,220 8,138 7,918 7,973 -

Slack work or business conditions

 5,413 5,084 4,928 5,126 -

Could only find part-time work

 2,558 2,648 2,616 2,630 -

Part time for noneconomic reasons

 18,700 18,594 18,763 18,464 -

Persons not in the labor force (not seasonally adjusted)

Marginally attached to the labor force

 2,809 2,505 2,614 2,443 -

Discouraged workers

 1,059 979 1,068 804 -

- December - January changes in household data are not shown due to the introduction of updated population controls.
NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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Last Modified Date: February 01, 2013