HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-7. Employment status of the civilian population by nativity and sex, not seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands] Total Men Women Employment status and nativity Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. 2021 2022 2021 2022 2021 2022 Foreign born, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ................................... 43,449 45,908 21,226 22,506 22 ,223 23,402 Civilian labor force .................................................. 28,564 30,459 16,570 17,657 11,994 12,602 Participation rate .................................................. 65.7 66.3 76.1 78.5 54.0 54.7 Employed .......................................................... 27,341 29,451 15,932 17,110 11,409 12,340 Employment-population ratio.. .............. 62.9 64.2 75.1 76.0 51.3 52.7 Unemployed ..................................................... 1 ,224 1,008 639 547 565 461 Unemployment rate... ......... 4.3 3.3 3.9 3.1 4.9 3.6 Not in labor force .................................................... 14,685 15,450 4,656 4,849 10,229 10,600 Native bom, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population ................................... 218,458 218,627 105,492 106,391 112,966 112,236 Civilian labor force .................................................. 133,298 134,294 69,155 70,026 64,144 64,267 Participation rate .................................................. 61.0 61.4 65.6 65.6 56.6 57.3 Employed .......................................................... 127,626 129,693 66,232 67,686 61 .394 62,005 Employment-population ratio ................................. 58.4 59.3 62.8 63.6 54.3 55.2 Unemployed ....................................................... 5,673 4,601 2,923 2,340 2,750 2,261 Unemployment rate... 4.3 3.4 4.2 3.3 4.3 3.5 Not in labor force .................................................... 85,160 84,333 36,338 36,363 46,822 47,970 NOTE: The foreign born are those residing in the United States who were not US. citizens at birth. That is, they were born outside the United States or one of its outlying areas such as Puerto Rico or Guam, to arents neither of whom was a US. citizen. The native born are persons who were born in the United States or one of its outlying areas such as Pue o Rico or Guam or who were born abroad of at least one parent who was a US. citizen. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data