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)
Oct.
2013		 Sept.
2014		 Oct.
2014		 Oct.
2013		 June
2014		 July
2014		 Aug.
2014		 Sept.
2014		 Oct.
2014

WHITE

Civilian noninstitutional population

 194,734 195,777 195,896 194,734 195,416 195,537 195,652 195,777 195,896

Civilian labor force

 122,916 123,165 123,610 122,621 123,379 123,314 123,275 122,944 123,212

Participation rate

 63.1 62.9 63.1 63.0 63.1 63.1 63.0 62.8 62.9

Employed

 115,530 117,130 117,901 114,901 116,778 116,757 116,754 116,708 117,247

Employment-population ratio

 59.3 59.8 60.2 59.0 59.8 59.7 59.7 59.6 59.9

Unemployed

 7,386 6,035 5,709 7,719 6,600 6,557 6,521 6,236 5,965

Unemployment rate

 6.0 4.9 4.6 6.3 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.1 4.8

Not in labor force

 71,818 72,611 72,286 72,113 72,037 72,222 72,377 72,832 72,684

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 64,206 64,438 64,445 64,000 64,435 64,430 64,498 64,259 64,164

Participation rate

 72.4 72.1 72.1 72.1 72.3 72.2 72.2 71.9 71.8

Employed

 60,537 61,792 61,906 60,107 61,291 61,361 61,355 61,438 61,473

Employment-population ratio

 68.2 69.2 69.2 67.8 68.8 68.8 68.7 68.8 68.7

Unemployed

 3,669 2,646 2,539 3,893 3,144 3,069 3,142 2,820 2,691

Unemployment rate

 5.7 4.1 3.9 6.1 4.9 4.8 4.9 4.4 4.2

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 54,295 54,442 54,698 54,044 54,454 54,356 54,356 54,227 54,455

Participation rate

 58.0 57.9 58.1 57.8 58.0 57.9 57.8 57.6 57.9

Employed

 51,419 51,838 52,250 51,100 51,847 51,695 51,761 51,646 51,932

Employment-population ratio

 55.0 55.1 55.5 54.6 55.2 55.0 55.1 54.9 55.2

Unemployed

 2,875 2,604 2,449 2,944 2,606 2,661 2,595 2,581 2,523

Unemployment rate

 5.3 4.8 4.5 5.4 4.8 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.6

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force

 4,415 4,285 4,466 4,577 4,490 4,529 4,420 4,458 4,594

Participation rate

 35.5 34.7 36.1 36.8 36.3 36.6 35.7 36.1 37.2

Employed

 3,574 3,500 3,745 3,694 3,640 3,701 3,637 3,624 3,843

Employment-population ratio

 28.7 28.3 30.3 29.7 29.4 29.9 29.4 29.3 31.1

Unemployed

 842 785 721 883 850 827 783 834 751

Unemployment rate

 19.1 18.3 16.1 19.3 18.9 18.3 17.7 18.7 16.3

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Civilian noninstitutional population

 30,500 30,932 30,969 30,500 30,821 30,856 30,893 30,932 30,969

Civilian labor force

 18,599 18,982 19,124 18,541 18,791 19,025 18,849 19,082 19,005

Participation rate

 61.0 61.4 61.8 60.8 61.0 61.7 61.0 61.7 61.4

Employed

 16,229 16,929 17,086 16,133 16,784 16,853 16,693 16,981 16,940

Employment-population ratio

 53.2 54.7 55.2 52.9 54.5 54.6 54.0 54.9 54.7

Unemployed

 2,370 2,052 2,038 2,408 2,007 2,172 2,157 2,100 2,065

Unemployment rate

 12.7 10.8 10.7 13.0 10.7 11.4 11.4 11.0 10.9

Not in labor force

 11,901 11,950 11,846 11,959 12,029 11,832 12,044 11,850 11,964

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 8,387 8,750 8,701 8,354 8,592 8,671 8,605 8,774 8,677

Participation rate

 66.9 68.4 67.9 66.6 67.5 68.0 67.3 68.5 67.7

Employed

 7,364 7,816 7,821 7,287 7,660 7,704 7,676 7,810 7,753

Employment-population ratio

 58.7 61.1 61.0 58.1 60.1 60.4 60.1 61.0 60.5

Unemployed

 1,022 934 880 1,067 932 967 929 964 925

Unemployment rate

 12.2 10.7 10.1 12.8 10.9 11.1 10.8 11.0 10.7

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 9,540 9,571 9,693 9,496 9,566 9,720 9,595 9,592 9,605

Participation rate

 61.9 61.2 61.9 61.6 61.4 62.3 61.5 61.4 61.4

Employed

 8,419 8,655 8,758 8,403 8,702 8,736 8,581 8,674 8,700

Employment-population ratio

 54.6 55.4 56.0 54.5 55.9 56.0 55.0 55.5 55.6

Unemployed

 1,121 916 935 1,093 864 984 1,015 918 905

Unemployment rate

 11.8 9.6 9.6 11.5 9.0 10.1 10.6 9.6 9.4

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force

 672 661 729 691 632 634 649 716 723

Participation rate

 26.4 26.5 29.2 27.2 25.2 25.3 25.9 28.6 29.0

Employed

 445 458 506 442 421 413 436 498 487

Employment-population ratio

 17.5 18.3 20.3 17.4 16.8 16.5 17.4 19.9 19.5

Unemployed

 227 203 223 248 211 221 213 218 236

Unemployment rate

 33.7 30.7 30.6 36.0 33.4 34.9 32.8 30.5 32.6

ASIAN

Civilian noninstitutional population

 13,355 13,788 13,782 - - - - - -

Civilian labor force

 8,498 8,718 8,729 - - - - - -

Participation rate

 63.6 63.2 63.3 - - - - - -

Employed

 8,055 8,339 8,295 - - - - - -

Employment-population ratio

 60.3 60.5 60.2 - - - - - -

Unemployed

 443 379 433 - - - - - -

Unemployment rate

 5.2 4.3 5.0 - - - - - -

Not in labor force

 4,857 5,070 5,054 - - - - - -

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: November 07, 2014