Employment Situation Summary Table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted
[Numbers in thousands]
Category Dec.
2010		 Oct.
2011		 Nov.
2011		 Dec.
2011		 Change from:
Nov.
2011-
Dec.
2011

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population

 238,889 240,269 240,441 240,584 143

Civilian labor force

 153,613 154,057 153,937 153,887 -50

Participation rate

 64.3 64.1 64.0 64.0 0.0

Employed

 139,220 140,297 140,614 140,790 176

Employment-population ratio

 58.3 58.4 58.5 58.5 0.0

Unemployed

 14,393 13,759 13,323 13,097 -226

Unemployment rate

 9.4 8.9 8.7 8.5 -0.2

Not in labor force

 85,276 86,213 86,503 86,697 194

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 9.4 8.9 8.7 8.5 -0.2

Adult men (20 years and over)

 9.4 8.7 8.3 8.0 -0.3

Adult women (20 years and over)

 8.1 7.9 7.8 7.9 0.1

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

 25.2 24.0 23.7 23.1 -0.6

White

 8.5 8.0 7.6 7.5 -0.1

Black or African American

 15.8 15.0 15.5 15.8 0.3

Asian (not seasonally adjusted)

 7.2 7.3 6.5 6.8 -

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 12.9 11.4 11.4 11.0 -0.4

Total, 25 years and over

 8.0 7.7 7.3 7.2 -0.1

Less than a high school diploma

 15.1 13.8 13.3 13.8 0.5

High school graduates, no college

 9.8 9.5 8.8 8.7 -0.1

Some college or associate degree

 8.2 8.2 7.6 7.7 0.1

Bachelor's degree and higher

 4.8 4.4 4.4 4.1 -0.3

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 8,877 7,924 7,599 7,602 3

Job leavers

 920 1,068 1,005 953 -52

Reentrants

 3,406 3,387 3,355 3,399 44

New entrants

 1,306 1,291 1,276 1,280 4

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 2,701 2,676 2,510 2,669 159

5 to 14 weeks

 3,167 3,285 2,896 2,858 -38

15 to 26 weeks

 2,191 2,029 2,087 2,039 -48

27 weeks and over

 6,421 5,839 5,680 5,588 -92

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 8,869 8,790 8,469 8,098 -371

Slack work or business conditions

 5,954 5,839 5,578 5,305 -273

Could only find part-time work

 2,501 2,538 2,496 2,419 -77

Part time for noneconomic reasons

 18,189 18,401 18,363 18,372 9

Persons not in the labor force (not seasonally adjusted)

Marginally attached to the labor force

 2,609 2,555 2,591 2,540 -

Discouraged workers

 1,318 967 1,096 945 -

- Over-the-month changes are not displayed for not seasonally adjusted data.
NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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Last Modified Date: January 06, 2012