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

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	Nov. 2019	Oct. 2020	Nov. 2020	Nov. 2019	July 2020	Aug. 2020	Sept. 2020	Oct. 2020	Nov. 2020
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population	260,020	260,925	261,085	260,020	260,373	260,558	260,742	260,925	261,085
Civilian labor force	164,386	161,053	160,468	164,347	159,870	160,838	160,143	160,867	160,467
Participation rate	63.2	61.7	61.5	63.2	61.4	61.7	61.4	61.7	61.5
Employed	158,945	150,433	150,203	158,536	143,532	147,288	147,563	149,806	149,732
Employment-population ratio	61.1	57.7	57.5	61.0	55.1	56.5	56.6	57.4	57.3
Unemployed	5,441	10,620	10,264	5,811	16,338	13,550	12,580	11,061	10,735
Unemployment rate	3.3	6.6	6.4	3.5	10.2	8.4	7.9	6.9	6.7
Not in labor force	95,634	99,872	100,617	95,673	100,503	99,720	100,599	100,058	100,618
Persons who currently want a job	4,515	6,317	6,791	4,832	7,732	6,985	7,227	6,688	7,136

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	125,773	126,218	126,296	125,773	125,944	126,036	126,127	126,218	126,296
Civilian labor force	86,864	85,464	84,934	87,104	84,533	85,315	85,237	85,569	85,158
Participation rate	69.1	67.7	67.2	69.3	67.1	67.7	67.6	67.8	67.4
Employed	83,973	79,794	79,291	84,018	76,212	78,255	78,674	79,587	79,243
Employment-population ratio	66.8	63.2	62.8	66.8	60.5	62.1	62.4	63.1	62.7
Unemployed	2,890	5,670	5,643	3,086	8,321	7,061	6,563	5,982	5,915
Unemployment rate	3.3	6.6	6.6	3.5	9.8	8.3	7.7	7.0	6.9
Not in labor force	38,909	40,754	41,363	38,669	41,411	40,720	40,890	40,649	41,138

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	117,331	117,854	117,936	117,331	117,580	117,672	117,763	117,854	117,936
Civilian labor force	83,970	82,575	82,134	84,057	81,904	82,512	82,296	82,562	82,215
Participation rate	71.6	70.1	69.6	71.6	69.7	70.1	69.9	70.1	69.7
Employed	81,464	77,330	76,904	81,377	74,184	75,945	76,231	77,049	76,747
Employment-population ratio	69.4	65.6	65.2	69.4	63.1	64.5	64.7	65.4	65.1
Unemployed	2,506	5,245	5,230	2,679	7,720	6,567	6,065	5,513	5,468
Unemployment rate	3.0	6.4	6.4	3.2	9.4	8.0	7.4	6.7	6.7
Not in labor force	33,361	35,279	35,802	33,274	35,676	35,160	35,467	35,291	35,721

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	134,247	134,707	134,788	134,247	134,429	134,523	134,615	134,707	134,788
Civilian labor force	77,522	75,589	75,534	77,243	75,337	75,523	74,906	75,298	75,309
Participation rate	57.7	56.1	56.0	57.5	56.0	56.1	55.6	55.9	55.9
Employed	74,971	70,639	70,913	74,518	67,320	69,033	68,890	70,220	70,489
Employment-population ratio	55.8	52.4	52.6	55.5	50.1	51.3	51.2	52.1	52.3
Unemployed	2,550	4,950	4,621	2,725	8,017	6,489	6,016	5,079	4,819
Unemployment rate	3.3	6.5	6.1	3.5	10.6	8.6	8.0	6.7	6.4
Not in labor force	56,725	59,118	59,254	57,004	59,092	59,000	59,709	59,409	59,480

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	125,998	126,520	126,604	125,998	126,243	126,336	126,429	126,520	126,604
Civilian labor force	74,695	72,728	72,695	74,291	72,720	72,715	71,850	72,330	72,320
Participation rate	59.3	57.5	57.4	59.0	57.6	57.6	56.8	57.2	57.1
Employed	72,426	68,109	68,407	71,881	65,113	66,637	66,289	67,615	67,881
Employment-population ratio	57.5	53.8	54.0	57.0	51.6	52.7	52.4	53.4	53.6
Unemployed	2,269	4,619	4,289	2,411	7,607	6,078	5,561	4,715	4,438
Unemployment rate	3.0	6.4	5.9	3.2	10.5	8.4	7.7	6.5	6.1
Not in labor force	51,303	53,792	53,909	51,706	53,523	53,622	54,578	54,190	54,284

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population	16,692	16,551	16,545	16,692	16,550	16,550	16,551	16,551	16,545
Civilian labor force	5,721	5,750	5,639	5,999	5,245	5,611	5,997	5,974	5,932
Participation rate	34.3	34.7	34.1	35.9	31.7	33.9	36.2	36.1	35.9
Employed	5,055	4,994	4,893	5,278	4,235	4,706	5,043	5,142	5,104
Employment-population ratio	30.3	30.2	29.6	31.6	25.6	28.4	30.5	31.1	30.8
Unemployed	666	756	745	721	1,011	905	954	832	829
Unemployment rate	11.6	13.1	13.2	12.0	19.3	16.1	15.9	13.9	14.0
Not in labor force	10,971	10,801	10,906	10,693	11,304	10,939	10,554	10,577	10,613
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.

Last Modified Date: December 04, 2020

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

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