Releases > Employment Situation > Release Tables > Current Population Survey (Household Data) > Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age

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    Dec 2019

	Name	Dec 2019	Nov 2019	Dec 2018	Units
	White
	Civilian noninstitutional population	201,326	201,254	200,774	Thous. of Persons
	Civilian labor force	126,758	127,170	126,072	Thous. of Persons
	Participation rate	63.0	63.2	62.8	%
	Employed	122,919	123,397	121,900	Thous. of Persons
	Employment-Population Ratio	61.1	61.3	60.7	%
	Unemployed	3,839	3,773	4,173	Thous. of Persons
	Unemployment Rate	3.0	3.0	3.3	%
	Not in Labor Force	74,568	74,084	74,702	Thous. of Persons
	Men, 20 years and over
	Civilian labor force	65,827	66,143	65,822	Thous. of Persons
	Participation rate	71.4	71.7	71.6	%
	Employed	63,897	64,336	63,649	Thous. of Persons
	Employment-Population Ratio	69.3	69.8	69.2	%
	Unemployed	1,930	1,807	2,174	Thous. of Persons
	Unemployment Rate	2.9	2.7	3.3	%
	Women, 20 years and over
	Civilian labor force	56,509	56,591	55,939	Thous. of Persons
	Participation rate	58.4	58.5	58.0	%
	Employed	55,086	55,095	54,368	Thous. of Persons
	Employment-Population Ratio	56.9	56.9	56.3	%
	Unemployed	1,423	1,496	1,571	Thous. of Persons
	Unemployment Rate	2.5	2.6	2.8	%
	Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
	Civilian labor force	4,423	4,436	4,311	Thous. of Persons
	Participation rate	36.2	36.2	35.1	%
	Employed	3,936	3,966	3,883	Thous. of Persons
	Employment-Population Ratio	32.2	32.4	31.6	%
	Unemployed	486	470	428	Thous. of Persons
	Unemployment Rate	11.0	10.6	9.9	%
	Black or African American
	Civilian noninstitutional population	33,215	33,184	32,956	Thous. of Persons
	Civilian labor force	20,855	20,670	20,325	Thous. of Persons
	Participation rate	62.8	62.3	61.7	%
	Employed	19,692	19,587	19,067	Thous. of Persons
	Employment-Population Ratio	59.3	59.0	57.9	%
	Unemployed	1,163	1,083	1,257	Thous. of Persons
	Unemployment Rate	5.6	5.2	6.2	%
	Not in Labor Force	12,360	12,515	12,632	Thous. of Persons
	Men, 20 years and over
	Civilian labor force	9,500	9,475	9,214	Thous. of Persons
	Participation rate	68.0	67.9	66.7	%
	Employed	8,965	9,024	8,645	Thous. of Persons
	Employment-Population Ratio	64.1	64.6	62.5	%
	Unemployed	535	451	570	Thous. of Persons
	Unemployment Rate	5.6	4.8	6.2	%
	Women, 20 years and over
	Civilian labor force	10,646	10,490	10,329	Thous. of Persons
	Participation rate	63.4	62.5	62.1	%
	Employed	10,139	9,995	9,779	Thous. of Persons
	Employment-Population Ratio	60.4	59.6	58.8	%
	Unemployed	507	494	551	Thous. of Persons
	Unemployment Rate	4.8	4.7	5.3	%
	Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
	Civilian labor force	709	704	781	Thous. of Persons
	Participation rate	28.9	28.7	31.4	%
	Employed	588	568	644	Thous. of Persons
	Employment-Population Ratio	24.0	23.1	25.9	%
	Unemployed	121	137	137	Thous. of Persons
	Unemployment Rate	17.1	19.4	17.5	%
	Asian
	Civilian noninstitutional population	16,482	16,558	16,138	Thous. of Persons
	Civilian labor force	10,443	10,666	10,250	Thous. of Persons
	Participation rate	63.4	64.4	63.5	%
	Employed	10,189	10,391	9,928	Thous. of Persons
	Employment-Population Ratio	61.8	62.8	61.5	%
	Unemployed	254	274	322	Thous. of Persons
	Unemployment Rate	2.4	2.6	3.1	%
	Not in Labor Force	6,040	5,892	5,888	Thous. of Persons

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