Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age [Numbers in thousands] Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted(1) Mar. Feb. Mar. Mar. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Employment status, sex, and age 2021 2022 2022 2021 2021 2021 2022 2022 2022 TOTAL Civilian noninstitutional population 261,003 263,324 263,444 261,003 262,029 262,136 263,202 263,324 263,444 Civilian labor force 160,397 163,725 164,274 160,631 162,126 162,294 163,687 163,991 164,409 Participation rate 61.5 62.2 62.4 61.5 61.9 61.9 62.2 62.3 62.4 Employed 150,493 156,942 158,106 150,940 155,324 155,975 157,174 157,722 158,458 Employment-population ratio 57.7 59.6 60.0 57.8 59.3 59.5 59.7 59.9 60.1 Unemployed 9,905 6,782 6,168 9,691 6,802 6,319 6,513 6,270 5,952 Unemployment rate 6.2 4.1 3.8 6.0 4.2 3.9 4.0 3.8 3.6 Not in labor force 100,606 99,600 99,170 100,372 99,902 99,842 99,516 99,333 99,035 Persons who currently want a job 6,576 5,299 5,502 6,822 5,819 5,713 5,704 5,355 5,737 Men, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population 126,266 128,296 128,355 126,266 126,779 126,832 128,236 128,296 128,355 Civilian labor force 84,728 87,271 87,408 85,008 86,017 85,857 87,074 87,567 87,660 Participation rate 67.1 68.0 68.1 67.3 67.8 67.7 67.9 68.3 68.3 Employed 79,188 83,460 83,902 79,777 82,432 82,508 83,518 84,247 84,465 Employment-population ratio 62.7 65.1 65.4 63.2 65.0 65.1 65.1 65.7 65.8 Unemployed 5,540 3,812 3,506 5,231 3,585 3,349 3,556 3,320 3,195 Unemployment rate 6.5 4.4 4.0 6.2 4.2 3.9 4.1 3.8 3.6 Not in labor force 41,538 41,024 40,947 41,259 40,762 40,975 41,162 40,729 40,695Men, 20 years and over Civirlan noninslitulianal population 117,949 119,669 119,726 117,949 118,466 118,520 119,612 119,669 119,726 Civilian labor force 81,992 84,390 84,403 82,048 83,007 82,902 83,967 84,446 84,426 Participation rate 69.5 70.5 70.5 69.6 70.1 69.9 70.2 70.6 70.5 Employed 76,872 80,918 81,201 77,262 79,736 79,892 80,767 81,473 81,554 Employmentpopulation ratio 65.2 67.6 67.8 65.5 67.3 67.4 67.5 68.1 68.1 Unemployed 5,120 3,472 3,202 4,786 3,272 3,010 3,199 2,973 2,872 Unemployment rate 6.2 4.1 3.8 5.8 3.9 3.6 3.8 3.5 3.4 Not in labor force 35,957 35,280 35,323 35,901 35,459 35,618 35,645 35,224 35,300 Women, 16 years and over Civirlan noninslitulional population 134,737 135,028 135,089 134,737 135,250 135,304 134,966 135,028 135,089 Civilian labor force 75,670 76,453 76,866 75,623 76,109 76,437 76,612 76,425 76,749 Participation rate 56.2 56.6 56.9 56.1 56.3 56.5 56.8 56.6 56.8 Employed 71,305 73,483 74,203 71,163 72,892 73,467 73,656 73,475 73,992 Employmentpopulation ratio 52.9 54.4 54.9 52.8 53.9 54.3 54.6 54.4 54.8 Unemployed 4,365 2,971 2,663 4,461 3,217 2,970 2,957 2,950 2,757 Unemployment rate 5.8 3.9 3.5 5.9 4.2 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.6 Not in labor force 59,067 58,575 58,223 59,113 59,141 58,867 58,354 58,604 58,340 Women, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population 126,594 126,631 126,691 126,594 127,112 127,167 126,570 126,631 126,691 Civilian labor force 72,818 73,650 73,946 72,635 73,134 73,455 73,494 73,446 73,695 Participation rate 57.5 58.2 58.4 57.4 57.5 57.8 58.1 58.0 58.2 Employed 68,730 70,931 71,555 68,486 70,257 70,795 70,857 70,775 71,244 Employment-population ratio 54.3 56.0 56.5 54.1 55.3 55.7 56.0 55.9 56.2 Unemployed 4,088 2,718 2,391 4,149 2,876 2,660 2,637 2,671 2,451 Unemployment rate 5.6 3.7 3.2 5.7 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.3 Not in labor force 53,775 52,981 52,745 53,959 53,978 53,712 53,076 53,185 52,996 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian noninstitutional population 16,460 17,024 17,027 16,460 16,450 16,449 17,020 17,024 17,027 Civilian labor force 5,587 5,685 5,926 5,948 5,985 5,936 6,226 6,100 6,288 Participation rate 33.9 33.4 34.8 36.1 36.4 36.1 36.6 35.8 36.9 Employed 4,890 5,094 5,350 5,192 5,331 5,287 5,550 5,474 5,660 Employment-population ratio 29.7 29.9 31.4 31.5 32.4 32.1 32.6 32.2 33.2 Unemployed 697 592 576 756 654 649 676 626 629 Unemployment rate 12.5 10.4 9.7 12.7 10.9 10.9 10.9 10.3 10.0 Not in labor force 10,873 11,339 11,102 10,512 10,465 10,512 10,795 10,924 10,739 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