HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-4. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, sex, and age, seasonally adjusted
[Numbers in thousands]
Employment status, race,
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity,
sex, and age		 2012 2013
Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.

WHITE

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 192,893 193,004 193,120 193,245 193,376 193,503 193,633 193,748 193,849 193,776 193,859 193,946 194,041

Civilian labor force

 123,585 123,981 123,783 123,578 123,292 123,637 123,794 123,540 123,774 123,971 123,626 123,382 123,504

Participation rate

 64.1 64.2 64.1 63.9 63.8 63.9 63.9 63.8 63.9 64.0 63.8 63.6 63.6

Employed

 114,438 114,817 114,730 114,428 114,395 115,002 115,205 115,124 115,289 115,266 115,250 115,080 115,266

Employment-population ratio

 59.3 59.5 59.4 59.2 59.2 59.4 59.5 59.4 59.5 59.5 59.5 59.3 59.4

Unemployed

 9,147 9,163 9,053 9,151 8,897 8,635 8,588 8,416 8,485 8,705 8,376 8,302 8,238

Unemployment rate

 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.4 7.2 7.0 6.9 6.8 6.9 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.7

Not in labor force

 69,308 69,023 69,337 69,667 70,084 69,866 69,839 70,207 70,076 69,805 70,233 70,565 70,537

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 64,451 64,581 64,535 64,485 64,246 64,540 64,718 64,509 64,646 64,924 64,720 64,549 64,674

Participation rate

 73.6 73.7 73.6 73.4 73.1 73.4 73.5 73.2 73.3 73.7 73.4 73.1 73.2

Employed

 60,054 60,074 60,045 60,073 59,910 60,292 60,493 60,397 60,609 60,652 60,659 60,594 60,540

Employment-population ratio

 68.6 68.5 68.4 68.4 68.2 68.5 68.7 68.5 68.7 68.8 68.8 68.7 68.6

Unemployed

 4,396 4,507 4,490 4,413 4,336 4,248 4,225 4,112 4,037 4,272 4,061 3,955 4,135

Unemployment rate

 6.8 7.0 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.4 6.2 6.6 6.3 6.1 6.4

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 54,470 54,720 54,484 54,380 54,408 54,500 54,423 54,366 54,452 54,318 54,224 54,255 54,221

Participation rate

 58.8 59.1 58.8 58.6 58.6 58.7 58.5 58.4 58.5 58.4 58.2 58.2 58.2

Employed

 50,777 51,078 50,914 50,653 50,915 51,085 51,020 51,008 51,015 50,869 50,946 50,940 51,123

Employment-population ratio

 54.8 55.1 54.9 54.6 54.8 55.0 54.9 54.8 54.8 54.7 54.7 54.7 54.8

Unemployed

 3,693 3,642 3,570 3,727 3,493 3,415 3,403 3,358 3,437 3,450 3,278 3,315 3,098

Unemployment rate

 6.8 6.7 6.6 6.9 6.4 6.3 6.3 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.0 6.1 5.7

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force

 4,665 4,680 4,764 4,713 4,638 4,598 4,653 4,665 4,676 4,729 4,682 4,578 4,608

Participation rate

 36.8 36.9 37.6 37.2 36.7 36.4 36.9 37.0 37.2 37.7 37.3 36.5 36.8

Employed

 3,607 3,665 3,771 3,702 3,569 3,625 3,692 3,718 3,665 3,746 3,645 3,546 3,603

Employment-population ratio

 28.4 28.9 29.8 29.3 28.2 28.7 29.3 29.5 29.1 29.8 29.1 28.3 28.8

Unemployed

 1,057 1,015 994 1,010 1,069 972 961 946 1,011 983 1,037 1,032 1,005

Unemployment rate

 22.7 21.7 20.9 21.4 23.0 21.1 20.7 20.3 21.6 20.8 22.1 22.5 21.8


BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 29,824 29,854 29,885 29,918 29,954 29,991 30,027 30,061 30,093 30,190 30,223 30,255 30,290

Civilian labor force

 18,298 18,301 18,549 18,424 18,389 18,346 18,716 18,374 18,403 18,641 18,639 18,524 18,617

Participation rate

 61.4 61.3 62.1 61.6 61.4 61.2 62.3 61.1 61.2 61.7 61.7 61.2 61.5

Employed

 15,910 15,808 15,879 15,833 15,811 15,891 16,011 15,952 15,827 16,073 16,059 16,068 16,167

Employment-population ratio

 53.3 53.0 53.1 52.9 52.8 53.0 53.3 53.1 52.6 53.2 53.1 53.1 53.4

Unemployed

 2,388 2,493 2,670 2,590 2,578 2,456 2,705 2,422 2,577 2,568 2,580 2,456 2,450

Unemployment rate

 13.1 13.6 14.4 14.1 14.0 13.4 14.5 13.2 14.0 13.8 13.8 13.3 13.2

Not in labor force

 11,526 11,553 11,337 11,494 11,566 11,645 11,311 11,687 11,690 11,549 11,583 11,731 11,673

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 8,166 8,275 8,319 8,277 8,231 8,214 8,296 8,225 8,298 8,382 8,437 8,447 8,377

Participation rate

 67.3 68.1 68.3 67.9 67.4 67.1 67.6 66.9 67.4 67.8 68.2 68.1 67.4

Employed

 7,049 7,093 7,140 7,049 7,059 7,052 7,127 7,165 7,134 7,262 7,352 7,370 7,319

Employment-population ratio

 58.1 58.3 58.6 57.8 57.8 57.6 58.1 58.3 58.0 58.8 59.4 59.4 58.9

Unemployed

 1,118 1,183 1,179 1,228 1,172 1,162 1,169 1,060 1,164 1,120 1,085 1,077 1,058

Unemployment rate

 13.7 14.3 14.2 14.8 14.2 14.1 14.1 12.9 14.0 13.4 12.9 12.7 12.6

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 9,454 9,350 9,486 9,371 9,463 9,377 9,668 9,444 9,454 9,545 9,491 9,365 9,529

Participation rate

 62.9 62.2 63.0 62.1 62.7 62.0 63.8 62.3 62.2 62.7 62.2 61.3 62.3

Employed

 8,440 8,286 8,287 8,290 8,323 8,363 8,440 8,360 8,305 8,367 8,302 8,226 8,425

Employment-population ratio

 56.2 55.1 55.0 55.0 55.1 55.3 55.7 55.1 54.7 54.9 54.4 53.9 55.1

Unemployed

 1,013 1,064 1,199 1,080 1,140 1,014 1,228 1,085 1,149 1,178 1,189 1,139 1,105

Unemployment rate

 10.7 11.4 12.6 11.5 12.0 10.8 12.7 11.5 12.2 12.3 12.5 12.2 11.6

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force

 679 676 744 776 695 756 752 704 651 714 711 713 711

Participation rate

 25.5 25.5 28.1 29.4 26.4 28.8 28.7 27.0 25.1 27.5 27.4 27.6 27.5

Employed

 421 430 452 494 429 475 444 427 387 444 404 472 423

Employment-population ratio

 15.8 16.2 17.1 18.7 16.3 18.1 17.0 16.4 14.9 17.1 15.6 18.2 16.4

Unemployed

 257 246 292 282 265 280 307 277 264 270 307 241 287

Unemployment rate

 37.9 36.4 39.3 36.3 38.2 37.1 40.9 39.3 40.5 37.8 43.1 33.8 40.5


HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 36,546 36,626 36,708 36,792 36,881 36,969 37,058 37,147 37,231 37,094 37,169 37,242 37,320

Civilian labor force

 24,248 24,568 24,585 24,467 24,351 24,465 24,572 24,544 24,539 24,572 24,563 24,354 24,512

Participation rate

 66.3 67.1 67.0 66.5 66.0 66.2 66.3 66.1 65.9 66.2 66.1 65.4 65.7

Employed

 21,749 21,856 21,878 21,950 21,874 22,042 22,112 22,109 22,195 22,199 22,215 22,122 22,310

Employment-population ratio

 59.5 59.7 59.6 59.7 59.3 59.6 59.7 59.5 59.6 59.8 59.8 59.4 59.8

Unemployed

 2,499 2,712 2,708 2,517 2,477 2,422 2,460 2,435 2,344 2,373 2,348 2,232 2,202

Unemployment rate

 10.3 11.0 11.0 10.3 10.2 9.9 10.0 9.9 9.6 9.7 9.6 9.2 9.0

Not in labor force

 12,298 12,058 12,123 12,325 12,529 12,505 12,486 12,602 12,692 12,522 12,606 12,888 12,808


Footnotes
 (1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation.

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (white and black or African American) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

 

Last Modified Date: May 03, 2013