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	Apr. 2012	Mar. 2013	Apr. 2013	Apr. 2012	Dec. 2012	Jan. 2013	Feb. 2013	Mar. 2013	Apr. 2013
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population	242,784	244,995	245,175	242,784	244,350	244,663	244,828	244,995	245,175
Civilian labor force	153,905	154,512	154,739	154,451	155,511	155,654	155,524	155,028	155,238
Participation rate	63.4	63.1	63.1	63.6	63.6	63.6	63.5	63.3	63.3
Employed	141,995	142,698	143,724	141,934	143,305	143,322	143,492	143,286	143,579
Employment-population ratio	58.5	58.2	58.6	58.5	58.6	58.6	58.6	58.5	58.6
Unemployed	11,910	11,815	11,014	12,518	12,206	12,332	12,032	11,742	11,659
Unemployment rate	7.7	7.6	7.1	8.1	7.8	7.9	7.7	7.6	7.5
Not in labor force	88,879	90,483	90,436	88,332	88,839	89,008	89,304	89,967	89,936
Persons who currently want a job	6,328	6,399	6,329	6,387	6,750	6,631	6,821	6,722	6,413

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	117,081	118,204	118,296	117,081	117,902	118,033	118,117	118,204	118,296
Civilian labor force	81,629	82,133	82,201	82,064	82,545	82,940	82,823	82,584	82,621
Participation rate	69.7	69.5	69.5	70.1	70.0	70.3	70.1	69.9	69.8
Employed	75,074	75,521	76,029	75,301	76,060	76,290	76,375	76,329	76,239
Employment-population ratio	64.1	63.9	64.3	64.3	64.5	64.6	64.7	64.6	64.4
Unemployed	6,555	6,611	6,172	6,762	6,486	6,650	6,447	6,255	6,382
Unemployment rate	8.0	8.0	7.5	8.2	7.9	8.0	7.8	7.6	7.7
Not in labor force	35,452	36,071	36,095	35,017	35,357	35,093	35,295	35,619	35,675

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	108,396	109,635	109,736	108,396	109,308	109,448	109,541	109,635	109,736
Civilian labor force	78,839	79,529	79,551	79,103	79,695	80,016	79,910	79,747	79,803
Participation rate	72.7	72.5	72.5	73.0	72.9	73.1	72.9	72.7	72.7
Employed	73,010	73,588	74,042	73,145	73,949	74,139	74,249	74,228	74,159
Employment-population ratio	67.4	67.1	67.5	67.5	67.7	67.7	67.8	67.7	67.6
Unemployed	5,829	5,941	5,509	5,958	5,746	5,877	5,661	5,519	5,644
Unemployment rate	7.4	7.5	6.9	7.5	7.2	7.3	7.1	6.9	7.1
Not in labor force	29,557	30,107	30,184	29,292	29,613	29,432	29,631	29,888	29,933

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	125,703	126,791	126,878	125,703	126,447	126,630	126,710	126,791	126,878
Civilian labor force	72,276	72,379	72,538	72,387	72,965	72,715	72,701	72,443	72,617
Participation rate	57.5	57.1	57.2	57.6	57.7	57.4	57.4	57.1	57.2
Employed	66,921	67,176	67,695	66,632	67,245	67,032	67,116	66,956	67,340
Employment-population ratio	53.2	53.0	53.4	53.0	53.2	52.9	53.0	52.8	53.1
Unemployed	5,355	5,203	4,843	5,755	5,721	5,682	5,585	5,487	5,277
Unemployment rate	7.4	7.2	6.7	8.0	7.8	7.8	7.7	7.6	7.3
Not in labor force	53,427	54,412	54,340	53,315	53,482	53,916	54,009	54,348	54,261

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	117,353	118,520	118,612	117,353	118,170	118,348	118,433	118,520	118,612
Civilian labor force	69,643	69,675	69,833	69,580	70,059	69,749	69,772	69,544	69,744
Participation rate	59.3	58.8	58.9	59.3	59.3	58.9	58.9	58.7	58.8
Employed	64,822	65,038	65,533	64,454	64,954	64,675	64,867	64,707	65,101
Employment-population ratio	55.2	54.9	55.3	54.9	55.0	54.6	54.8	54.6	54.9
Unemployed	4,820	4,637	4,300	5,126	5,105	5,074	4,905	4,837	4,642
Unemployment rate	6.9	6.7	6.2	7.4	7.3	7.3	7.0	7.0	6.7
Not in labor force	47,711	48,845	48,778	47,774	48,111	48,599	48,661	48,976	48,868

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,034	16,840	16,827	17,034	16,871	16,867	16,854	16,840	16,827
Civilian labor force	5,423	5,309	5,355	5,768	5,756	5,889	5,842	5,737	5,692
Participation rate	31.8	31.5	31.8	33.9	34.1	34.9	34.7	34.1	33.8
Employed	4,163	4,072	4,149	4,334	4,402	4,508	4,376	4,351	4,320
Employment-population ratio	24.4	24.2	24.7	25.4	26.1	26.7	26.0	25.8	25.7
Unemployed	1,260	1,237	1,206	1,434	1,355	1,381	1,466	1,386	1,372
Unemployment rate	23.2	23.3	22.5	24.9	23.5	23.4	25.1	24.2	24.1
Not in labor force	11,611	11,531	11,473	11,266	11,115	10,978	11,012	11,103	11,135
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.

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

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