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Labor Force Survey - quarterly levels

Labor Force Survey - quarterly levels, Quarterly, Seasonally Adjusted

   

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    Q1 1998    
 
 
    Q4 2019
Persons
Name Q4 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2018
Working age population
Aged 15 and over
All persons
427,598,955.82191 427,106,838.42667 426,401,302.34087
Females
220,233,153.00382 219,981,352.29848 219,641,172.01001
Males
207,365,802.81809 207,125,486.12819 206,760,130.33087
Aged 15-24
All persons
53,691,080.91073 53,723,775.82088 53,878,684.10188
Males
27,506,077.54916 27,543,180.56789 27,650,856.40491
Females
26,185,003.36156 26,180,595.25299 26,227,827.69698
Aged 15-74
Males
188,505,402.65467 188,278,401.98356 188,149,262.52598
All persons
381,054,866.21158 380,676,543.83481 380,384,658.04391
Females
192,549,463.55692 192,398,141.85124 192,235,395.51793
Aged 55-64
Females
35,118,897.30633 34,867,390.52445 34,495,921.51591
Males
33,255,977.42955 32,929,436.52533 32,628,008.02132
All persons
68,374,874.73588 67,796,827.04977 67,123,929.53723
Aged 25-54
Males
102,703,398.93841 102,671,262.21422 103,123,075.27223
Females
102,334,508.69501 102,369,245.44517 102,891,568.28243
All persons
205,037,907.63342 205,040,507.65939 206,014,643.55466
Aged 15-64
All persons
326,889,791.15637 326,636,540.55489 326,852,466.15345
Females
163,553,769.12084 163,429,538.46470 163,544,049.98249
Males
163,336,022.03552 163,207,002.09019 163,308,416.17096
Unemployed population
Aged 15 and over
Males
7,959,033.37957 8,113,431.97313 8,475,500.98590
Females
7,326,839.49832 7,479,694.19428 7,832,007.07359
All persons
15,285,872.87789 15,593,126.16741 16,307,508.05948
Aged 15-74
All persons
15,280,303.32372 15,545,307.87795 16,310,922.17134
Females
7,326,839.49832 7,479,694.19428 7,832,007.07359
Males
7,953,463.82540 8,065,613.68367 8,478,915.09775
Aged 55-64
All persons
2,055,638.68137 2,064,087.46606 2,123,191.39455
Females
935,605.66201 922,828.99877 963,362.74879
Males
1,120,033.01936 1,141,258.46729 1,159,828.64575
Aged 15-64
Males
7,868,656.92335 7,995,805.15243 8,419,137.18039
All persons
15,158,706.96343 15,442,155.80814 16,221,051.04394
Females
7,290,050.04008 7,446,350.65571 7,801,913.86356
Aged 15-24
Males
1,782,814.72693 1,823,829.96422 1,868,253.73066
Total
3,146,388.97313 3,224,322.19633 3,316,017.63798
Females
1,363,574.24620 1,400,492.23211 1,447,763.90732
Aged 25-54
Females
4,998,414.26541 5,117,902.79234 5,395,602.25214
Males
4,986,187.06590 5,104,089.55281 5,392,757.46634
Total
9,984,601.33131 10,221,992.34515 10,788,359.71848
Active population
Aged 55-64
Females
20,011,163.61869 19,642,899.36056 19,234,129.88125
All persons
43,452,716.71814 42,726,766.40657 41,909,795.51450
Males
23,441,553.09945 23,083,867.04602 22,675,665.63325
Aged 25-54
Males
94,320,480.02683 94,219,318.34914 94,506,448.15266
All persons
176,702,383.55433 176,553,991.40917 176,866,624.44571
Females
82,381,903.52750 82,334,673.06003 82,360,176.29305
Aged 15-64
All persons
242,431,172.27453 241,846,560.69774 241,172,233.21638
Males
129,862,495.66348 129,586,270.07724 129,391,341.00670
Females
112,568,676.61105 112,260,290.62050 111,780,892.20969
Aged 15-24
Females
10,186,222.12053 10,195,576.73394 10,220,256.08321
Males
12,201,807.47265 12,189,795.80889 12,251,058.74706
All persons
22,388,029.59318 22,385,372.54283 22,471,314.83027
Aged 15 and over
Females
115,165,826.90750 114,684,547.41106 114,189,424.62974
Males
133,922,061.15394 133,535,396.28309 133,270,860.86360
All persons
249,087,888.06144 248,219,943.69415 247,460,285.49334
Aged 15-74
Males
133,412,801.62242 133,099,418.12490 132,796,458.98361
All persons
248,324,672.74803 247,676,476.07007 246,761,335.32783
Females
114,911,871.12561 114,577,057.94517 113,964,876.34422
Employed population
Aged 55-64
Females
19,075,557.95668 18,720,070.36179 18,270,767.13246
All persons
41,397,078.03677 40,662,678.94052 39,786,604.11995
Males
22,321,520.08009 21,942,608.57873 21,515,836.98749
Aged 15-24
All persons
19,241,640.62006 19,161,050.34651 19,155,297.19229
Females
8,822,647.87433 8,795,084.50183 8,772,492.17589
Males
10,418,992.74572 10,365,965.84467 10,382,805.01640
Aged 25-54
Males
89,334,292.96093 89,115,228.79633 89,113,690.68632
All persons
166,717,782.22302 166,331,999.06402 166,078,264.72723
Females
77,383,489.26209 77,216,770.26769 76,964,574.04091
Aged 15 and over
Females
107,838,987.40918 107,204,853.21678 106,357,417.55616
Males
125,963,027.77437 125,421,964.30996 124,795,359.87770
All persons
233,802,015.18355 232,626,817.52675 231,152,777.43386
Aged 15-64
All persons
227,272,465.31110 226,404,404.88960 224,951,182.17244
Males
121,993,838.74013 121,590,464.92481 120,972,203.82631
Females
105,278,626.57097 104,813,939.96479 103,978,978.34613
Aged 15-74
Males
125,459,337.79702 125,033,804.44123 124,317,543.88586
All persons
233,044,369.42431 232,131,168.19212 230,450,413.15649
Females
107,585,031.62729 107,097,363.75089 106,132,869.27063
Harmonized unemployment - monthly levels
Aged 15-24
Females
1,369,333.33333 1,406,666.66667 1,449,333.33333
Males
1,813,333.33333 1,821,333.33333 1,877,000.00000
All persons
3,182,333.33333 3,227,666.66667 3,326,666.66667
Total
Males
8,027,000.00000 8,098,333.33333 8,484,000.00000
Females
7,363,666.66667 7,495,666.66667 7,854,666.66667
All persons
15,390,666.66667 15,594,000.00000 16,338,666.66667
Aged 25 and over
All persons
12,208,000.00000 12,366,333.33333 13,012,000.00000
Males
6,214,000.00000 6,277,000.00000 6,607,000.00000
Females
5,994,666.66667 6,089,333.33333 6,405,333.33333
Inactive population
Aged 15 and over
All persons
178,511,067.76047 178,886,894.73252 178,941,016.84753
Females
105,067,326.09632 105,296,804.88742 105,451,747.38026
Males
73,443,741.66415 73,590,089.84510 73,489,269.46727
Aged 15-74
Males
55,092,601.03225 55,178,983.85866 55,352,803.54238
All persons
132,730,193.46355 133,000,067.76474 133,623,322.71608
Females
77,637,592.43130 77,821,083.90607 78,270,519.17371
Aged 15-64
All persons
84,458,618.88184 84,789,979.85714 85,680,232.93706
Females
50,985,092.50980 51,169,247.84420 51,763,157.77280
Males
33,473,526.37204 33,620,732.01294 33,917,075.16427
Aged 55-64
Females
15,107,733.68764 15,224,491.16389 15,261,791.63466
Males
9,814,424.33010 9,845,569.47931 9,952,342.38807
All persons
24,922,158.01774 25,070,060.64320 25,214,134.02274
Aged 15-24
All persons
31,303,051.31755 31,338,403.27805 31,407,369.27162
Males
15,304,270.07651 15,353,384.75900 15,399,797.65785
Females
15,998,781.24103 15,985,018.51905 16,007,571.61377
Aged 25-54
Males
8,382,918.91158 8,451,943.86508 8,616,627.11957
All persons
28,335,524.07909 28,486,516.25022 29,148,019.10895
Females
19,952,605.16751 20,034,572.38514 20,531,391.98938
Employment - by economic activity
Services, All persons
169,081,925.81033 168,260,510.55147 166,611,381.85349
Industry including construction, All persons
55,518,328.58384 55,543,004.68668 55,409,524.96014
Construction, All persons
15,862,396.25735 15,765,166.81627 15,723,989.56439
Manufacturing, All persons
35,493,789.58236 35,586,118.09513 35,494,548.28485
Agriculture, All persons
9,052,177.59576 8,913,216.10523 9,108,797.87131
Industry excluding construction, All persons
39,655,932.32649 39,777,837.87040 39,685,535.39575
Total Employees Employment - by professional status
197,914,911.36613 197,145,038.40898 195,607,073.72837
   

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