Employment Situation Summary Table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted
[Numbers in thousands]
Category May
2012		 Mar.
2013		 Apr.
2013		 May
2013		 Change from:
Apr.
2013-
May
2013

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population

 242,966 244,995 245,175 245,363 188

Civilian labor force

 154,998 155,028 155,238 155,658 420

Participation rate

 63.8 63.3 63.3 63.4 0.1

Employed

 142,302 143,286 143,579 143,898 319

Employment-population ratio

 58.6 58.5 58.6 58.6 0.0

Unemployed

 12,695 11,742 11,659 11,760 101

Unemployment rate

 8.2 7.6 7.5 7.6 0.1

Not in labor force

 87,968 89,967 89,936 89,705 -231

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 8.2 7.6 7.5 7.6 0.1

Adult men (20 years and over)

 7.7 6.9 7.1 7.2 0.1

Adult women (20 years and over)

 7.3 7.0 6.7 6.5 -0.2

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

 24.4 24.2 24.1 24.5 0.4

White

 7.4 6.7 6.7 6.7 0.0

Black or African American

 13.6 13.3 13.2 13.5 0.3

Asian (not seasonally adjusted)

 5.2 5.0 5.1 4.3 -

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 11.0 9.2 9.0 9.1 0.1

Total, 25 years and over

 6.9 6.2 6.1 6.1 0.0

Less than a high school diploma

 13.0 11.1 11.6 11.1 -0.5

High school graduates, no college

 8.2 7.6 7.4 7.4 0.0

Some college or associate degree

 7.8 6.4 6.4 6.5 0.1

Bachelor's degree and higher

 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.8 -0.1

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 6,968 6,329 6,410 6,147 -263

Job leavers

 902 986 864 944 80

Reentrants

 3,450 3,176 3,151 3,333 182

New entrants

 1,347 1,316 1,280 1,268 -12

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 2,602 2,464 2,474 2,706 232

5 to 14 weeks

 3,007 2,838 2,848 2,669 -179

15 to 26 weeks

 1,703 1,737 1,967 1,950 -17

27 weeks and over

 5,385 4,611 4,353 4,357 4

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 8,116 7,638 7,916 7,904 -12

Slack work or business conditions

 5,174 4,906 5,129 4,841 -288

Could only find part-time work

 2,693 2,576 2,527 2,721 194

Part time for noneconomic reasons

 19,356 18,745 18,908 18,934 26

Persons not in the labor force (not seasonally adjusted)

Marginally attached to the labor force

 2,423 2,326 2,347 2,164 -

Discouraged workers

 830 803 835 780 -

- Over-the-month changes are not displayed for not seasonally adjusted data.
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: June 07, 2013