{"id":50670,"date":"2018-01-05T08:00:01","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T16:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=50670"},"modified":"2018-01-05T08:00:01","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T16:00:01","slug":"total-nonfarm-payroll-increased-by-148000-in-december-unemployment-steady-at-4-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=50670","title":{"rendered":"Total Nonfarm Payroll Increased By 148,000 in December, Unemployment Steady at 4.1%"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Washington, DC...Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 148,000 in December, and the unemployment\r\nrate was unchanged at 4.1 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.\r\nEmployment gains occurred in health care, construction, and manufacturing.\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\n   __________________________________________________________________________________\r\n  |                                                                                  |\r\n  |                   Revision of Seasonally Adjusted Household Survey Data          |\r\n  |                                                                                  |\r\n  |Seasonally adjusted household survey data have been revised using updated seasonal|\r\n  |adjustment factors, a procedure done at the end of each calendar year. Seasonally |\r\n  |adjusted estimates back to January 2013 were subject to revision. The unemployment|\r\n  |rates for January 2017 through November 2017 (as originally published and as      |\r\n  |revised) appear in table A, along with additional information about the revisions.|\r\n  |__________________________________________________________________________________|\r\n\r\nHousehold Survey Data\r\n\r\nIn December, the unemployment rate was 4.1 percent for the third consecutive month. The\r\nnumber of unemployed persons, at 6.6 million, was essentially unchanged over the month.\r\nOver the year, the unemployment rate and the number of unemployed persons were down by\r\n0.6 percentage point and 926,000, respectively. (See table A-1.)\r\n\r\nAmong the major worker groups, the unemployment rate for teenagers declined to 13.6\r\npercent in December, offsetting an increase in November. In December, the unemployment\r\nrates for adult men (3.8 percent), adult women (3.7 percent), Whites (3.7 percent),\r\nBlacks (6.8 percent), Asians (2.5 percent), and Hispanics (4.9 percent) showed little\r\nor no change. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)\r\n\r\nAmong the unemployed, the number of new entrants decreased by 116,000 in December. New\r\nentrants are unemployed persons who never previously worked. (See table A-11.)\r\n\r\nThe number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was little\r\nchanged at 1.5 million in December and accounted for 22.9 percent of the unemployed.\r\nOver the year, the number of long-term unemployed declined by 354,000. (See table A-12.)\r\n\r\nThe labor force participation rate, at 62.7 percent, was unchanged over the month and\r\nover the year. The employment-population ratio was unchanged at 60.1 percent in December\r\nbut was up by 0.3 percentage point over the year. (See table A-1.) \r\n\r\nThe number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as\r\ninvoluntary part-time workers) was essentially unchanged at 4.9 million in December but\r\nwas down by 639,000 over the year. These individuals, who would have preferred full-time\r\nemployment, were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they\r\nwere unable to find a full-time job. (See table A-8.)\r\n\r\nIn December, 1.6 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force, about\r\nunchanged from a year earlier. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.) These individuals\r\nwere not in the labor force, wanted and were available for work, and had looked for a job\r\nsometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not\r\nsearched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. (See table A-16.)\r\n\r\nAmong the marginally attached, there were 474,000 discouraged workers in December, little\r\nchanged from a year earlier. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.) Discouraged workers\r\nare persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available\r\nfor them. The remaining 1.1 million persons marginally attached to the labor force in\r\nDecember had not searched for work for reasons such as school attendance or family\r\nresponsibilities. (See table A-16.)\r\n\r\nEstablishment Survey Data\r\n\r\nTotal nonfarm payroll employment rose by 148,000 in December. Job gains occurred in health\r\ncare, construction, and manufacturing. In 2017, payroll employment growth totaled 2.1\r\nmillion, compared with a gain of 2.2 million in 2016. (See table B-1.)\r\n\r\nEmployment in health care increased by 31,000 in December. Employment continued to trend\r\nup in ambulatory health care services (+15,000) and hospitals (+12,000). Health care\r\nadded 300,000 jobs in 2017, compared with a gain of 379,000 jobs in 2016.\r\n\r\nConstruction added 30,000 jobs in December, with most of the increase among specialty\r\ntrade contractors (+24,000). In 2017, construction employment increased by 210,000,\r\ncompared with a gain of 155,000 in 2016.\r\n\r\nIn December, manufacturing employment rose by 25,000, largely reflecting a gain in\r\ndurable goods industries (+21,000). Manufacturing added 196,000 jobs in 2017, following\r\nlittle net change in 2016 (-16,000).\r\n\r\nEmployment in food services and drinking places changed little in December (+25,000).\r\nOver the year, the industry added 249,000 jobs, about in line with an increase of\r\n276,000 in 2016.\r\n\r\nIn December, employment changed little in professional and business services (+19,000).\r\nIn 2017, the industry added an average of 44,000 jobs per month, in line with its\r\naverage monthly gain in 2016.\r\n\r\nEmployment in retail trade was about unchanged in December (-20,000). Within the industry,\r\nemployment in general merchandise stores declined by 27,000 over the month. Retail trade\r\nemployment edged down in 2017 (-67,000), after increasing by 203,000 in 2016.\r\n\r\nEmployment in other major industries, including mining, wholesale trade, transportation\r\nand warehousing, information, financial activities, and government, changed little over\r\nthe month.\r\n\r\nThe average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at\r\n34.5 hours in December. In manufacturing, the workweek edged down by 0.1 hour to 40.8\r\nhours, while overtime remained at 3.5 hours. The average workweek for production and\r\nnonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at 33.8 hours. (See\r\ntables B-2 and B-7.)\r\n\r\nIn December, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls rose\r\nby 9 cents to $26.63. Over the year, average hourly earnings have risen by 65 cents, or\r\n2.5 percent. Average hourly earnings of private-sector production and nonsupervisory\r\nemployees increased by 7 cents to $22.30 in December. (See tables B-3 and B-8.)\r\n\r\nThe change in total nonfarm payroll employment for October was revised down from\r\n+244,000 to +211,000, and the change for November was revised up from +228,000 to\r\n+252,000. With these revisions, employment gains in October and November combined were\r\n9,000 less than previously reported. (Monthly revisions result from additional reports\r\nreceived from businesses and government agencies since the last published estimates and\r\nfrom the recalculation of seasonal factors.) After revisions, job gains have averaged\r\n204,000 over the last 3 months.\r\n\r\n_____________\r\nThe Employment Situation for January is scheduled to be released on Friday,\r\nFebruary 2, 2018, at 8:30 a.m. (EST).\r\n\r\n   __________________________________________________________________________________\r\n  |                                                                                  |\r\n  |                       Upcoming Changes to the Household Survey                   |\r\n  |                                                                                  |\r\n  |Effective with the release of The Employment Situation for January 2018 on        |\r\n  |February 2, 2018, new population controls will be used in the household survey    |\r\n  |estimation process. These new controls reflect the annual updating of intercensal |\r\n  |population estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau. In accordance with usual practice,|\r\n  |historical data will not be revised to incorporate the new controls; consequently,|\r\n  |household survey data for January 2018 will not be directly comparable with data  |\r\n  |for December 2017 or earlier periods. A table showing the effects of the new      |\r\n  |controls on the major labor force series will be included in the January 2018     |\r\n  |release.                                                                          |\r\n  |__________________________________________________________________________________|\r\n\r\n   ____________________________________________________________________________________\r\n  |                                                                                    |\r\n  |                                                                                    |\r\n  |                   Upcoming Changes to Establishment Survey Data                    |\r\n  |                                                                                    |\r\n  |Effective with the release of The Employment Situation for January 2018 on          |\r\n  |February 2, 2018, the establishment survey will introduce revisions to nonfarm      |\r\n  |payroll employment, hours, and earnings data to reflect the annual benchmark        |\r\n  |adjustment for March 2017 and updated seasonal adjustment factors. Not seasonally   |\r\n  |adjusted data beginning with April 2016 and seasonally adjusted data beginning with |\r\n  |January 2013 are subject to revision. Consistent with standard practice, some       |\r\n  |historical data may be subject to revisions resulting from issues identified during |\r\n  |the benchmark process.                                                              |\r\n  |                                                                                    |\r\n  |The establishment survey will also revise the basis for industry classification     |\r\n  |from the 2012 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) to the 2017     |\r\n  |NAICS. The conversion will result in minor revisions reflecting content changes     |\r\n  |within the mining and logging, retail trade, information, financial activities, and |\r\n  |professional and business services sectors. Additionally, some smaller industries   |\r\n  |will be combined within the mining and logging, durable goods manufacturing, retail |\r\n  |trade, and information sectors. Several industry titles and descriptions also will  |\r\n  |be updated.                                                                         |\r\n  |                                                                                    |\r\n  |Approximately 4 percent of employment will be reclassified into different industries|\r\n  |as a result of the revision. Details of new, discontinued, and combined industries  |\r\n  |due to the 2017 NAICS update, as well as changes due to the annual benchmarking     |\r\n  |process, are available at www.bls.gov\/web\/empsit\/cesnewseries.htm.                  |\r\n  |                                                                                    |\r\n  |For more information on the 2017 NAICS update, visit www.census.gov\/eos\/www\/naics\/. |\r\n  |____________________________________________________________________________________|\r\n\r\n   ____________________________________________________________________________________\r\n  |                                                                                    |\r\n  |                Upcoming Changes to The Employment Situation News Release           |\r\n  |                                                                                    |\r\n  |Effective with the release of January 2018 data on February 2, 2018, the U.S. Bureau|\r\n  |of Labor Statistics will introduce a minor change to The Employment Situation news  |\r\n  |release table B-1. As a result of the update to the 2017 NAICS, the industry title  |\r\n  |for general merchandise stores will change to general merchandise stores, including |\r\n  |warehouse clubs and supercenters. A listing of all series changes as a result of the|\r\n  |the 2017 NAICS update, including the industries published in news release table B-1,|\r\n  |are available on the BLS website at www.bls.gov\/web\/empsit\/cesnewseries.htm.        |\r\n  |____________________________________________________________________________________|\r\n\r\n\r\n                 Revision of Seasonally Adjusted Household Survey Data\r\n\r\nAt the end of each calendar year, BLS routinely updates the seasonal adjustment factors\r\nfor the labor force series derived from the Current Population Survey (CPS), or household\r\nsurvey. As a result of this process, seasonally adjusted data for January 2013 through\r\nNovember 2017 were subject to revision. (Not seasonally adjusted data were not subject\r\nto revision.)\r\n\r\nTable A shows the unemployment rates for January 2017 through November 2017, as first\r\npublished and as revised. The rates changed by one-tenth of a percentage point in 1 of\r\nthe 11 months and were unchanged in the remaining 10 months. Revised seasonally adjusted\r\ndata for other major labor force series beginning in December 2016 appear in table B.\r\n\r\nAn article describing the seasonal adjustment methodology for the household survey\r\ndata and revised data for January 2017 through November 2017 is available at\r\nwww.bls.gov\/web\/empsit\/cps-seas-adjustment-methodology.pdf.\r\n\r\nHistorical data for the household series contained in the A tables of this release\r\ncan be accessed at www.bls.gov\/cps\/cpsatabs.htm. Revised historical seasonally\r\nadjusted data are available at www.bls.gov\/cps\/data.htm and\r\nhttps:\/\/download.bls.gov\/pub\/time.series\/ln\/.\r\n\r\n\r\nTable A. Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates in 2017 and changes due to revision\r\nJanuary - November 2017\r\n\r\n       Month              As first published         As revised            Change\r\n\r\nJanuary.............            4.8                      4.8                 0.0\r\nFebruary............            4.7                      4.7                  .0\r\nMarch...............            4.5                      4.5                  .0\r\nApril...............            4.4                      4.4                  .0\r\nMay.................            4.3                      4.3                  .0\r\nJune................            4.4                      4.3                 -.1\r\nJuly................            4.3                      4.3                  .0\r\nAugust..............            4.4                      4.4                  .0\r\nSeptember...........            4.2                      4.2                  .0\r\nOctober.............            4.1                      4.1                  .0\r\nNovember............            4.1                      4.1                  .0<\/pre>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
HOUSEHOLD DATA
\nTable B. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age, seasonally adjusted<\/span> [Numbers in thousands]<\/span><\/caption>\n
Employment status, sex, and age<\/th>\n2016<\/th>\n2017<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Dec.<\/th>\nJan.<\/th>\nFeb.<\/th>\nMar.<\/th>\nApr.<\/th>\nMay<\/th>\nJune<\/th>\nJuly<\/th>\nAug.<\/th>\nSept.<\/th>\nOct.<\/th>\nNov.<\/th>\nDec.<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
\n
TOTAL<\/p>\n<\/th>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Civilian noninstitutional population(1<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/th>\n
254,742<\/span><\/td>\n254,082<\/span><\/td>\n254,246<\/span><\/td>\n254,414<\/span><\/td>\n254,588<\/span><\/td>\n254,767<\/span><\/td>\n254,957<\/span><\/td>\n255,151<\/span><\/td>\n255,357<\/span><\/td>\n255,562<\/span><\/td>\n255,766<\/span><\/td>\n255,949<\/span><\/td>\n256,109<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Civilian labor force<\/p>\n<\/th>\n
159,736<\/span><\/td>\n159,718<\/span><\/td>\n159,997<\/span><\/td>\n160,235<\/span><\/td>\n160,181<\/span><\/td>\n159,729<\/span><\/td>\n160,214<\/span><\/td>\n160,467<\/span><\/td>\n160,598<\/span><\/td>\n161,082<\/span><\/td>\n160,371<\/span><\/td>\n160,533<\/span><\/td>\n160,597<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Participation rate<\/p>\n<\/th>\n
62.7<\/span><\/td>\n62.9<\/span><\/td>\n62.9<\/span><\/td>\n63.0<\/span><\/td>\n62.9<\/span><\/td>\n62.7<\/span><\/td>\n62.8<\/span><\/td>\n62.9<\/span><\/td>\n62.9<\/span><\/td>\n63.0<\/span><\/td>\n62.7<\/span><\/td>\n62.7<\/span><\/td>\n62.7<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Employed<\/p>\n<\/th>\n
152,233<\/span><\/td>\n152,076<\/span><\/td>\n152,511<\/span><\/td>\n153,064<\/span><\/td>\n153,161<\/span><\/td>\n152,892<\/span><\/td>\n153,250<\/span><\/td>\n153,511<\/span><\/td>\n153,471<\/span><\/td>\n154,324<\/span><\/td>\n153,846<\/span><\/td>\n153,917<\/span><\/td>\n154,021<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Employment-population ratio<\/p>\n<\/th>\n
59.8<\/span><\/td>\n59.9<\/span><\/td>\n60.0<\/span><\/td>\n60.2<\/span><\/td>\n60.2<\/span><\/td>\n60.0<\/span><\/td>\n60.1<\/span><\/td>\n60.2<\/span><\/td>\n60.1<\/span><\/td>\n60.4<\/span><\/td>\n60.2<\/span><\/td>\n60.1<\/span><\/td>\n60.1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Unemployed<\/p>\n<\/th>\n
7,502<\/span><\/td>\n7,642<\/span><\/td>\n7,486<\/span><\/td>\n7,171<\/span><\/td>\n7,021<\/span><\/td>\n6,837<\/span><\/td>\n6,964<\/span><\/td>\n6,956<\/span><\/td>\n7,127<\/span><\/td>\n6,759<\/span><\/td>\n6,524<\/span><\/td>\n6,616<\/span><\/td>\n6,576<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Unemployment rate<\/p>\n<\/th>\n
4.7<\/span><\/td>\n4.8<\/span><\/td>\n4.7<\/span><\/td>\n4.5<\/span><\/td>\n4.4<\/span><\/td>\n4.3<\/span><\/td>\n4.3<\/span><\/td>\n4.3<\/span><\/td>\n4.4<\/span><\/td>\n4.2<\/span><\/td>\n4.1<\/span><\/td>\n4.1<\/span><\/td>\n4.1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Men, 20 years and over<\/p>\n<\/th>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Civilian noninstitutional population(1<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/th>\n
114,603<\/span><\/td>\n114,297<\/span><\/td>\n114,375<\/span><\/td>\n114,455<\/span><\/td>\n114,538<\/span><\/td>\n114,627<\/span><\/td>\n114,721<\/span><\/td>\n114,817<\/span><\/td>\n114,918<\/span><\/td>\n115,020<\/span><\/td>\n115,120<\/span><\/td>\n115,212<\/span><\/td>\n115,292<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Civilian labor force<\/p>\n<\/th>\n
81,996<\/span><\/td>\n82,051<\/span><\/td>\n82,054<\/span><\/td>\n82,007<\/span><\/td>\n82,054<\/span><\/td>\n81,915<\/span><\/td>\n82,022<\/span><\/td>\n82,128<\/span><\/td>\n82,297<\/span><\/td>\n82,561<\/span><\/td>\n82,366<\/span><\/td>\n82,375<\/span><\/td>\n82,548<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Participation rate<\/p>\n<\/th>\n
71.5<\/span><\/td>\n71.8<\/span><\/td>\n71.7<\/span><\/td>\n71.7<\/span><\/td>\n71.6<\/span><\/td>\n71.5<\/span><\/td>\n71.5<\/span><\/td>\n71.5<\/span><\/td>\n71.6<\/span><\/td>\n71.8<\/span><\/td>\n71.5<\/span><\/td>\n71.5<\/span><\/td>\n71.6<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Employed<\/p>\n<\/th>\n
78,396<\/span><\/td>\n78,448<\/span><\/td>\n78,515<\/span><\/td>\n78,548<\/span><\/td>\n78,839<\/span><\/td>\n78,794<\/span><\/td>\n78,753<\/span><\/td>\n78,863<\/span><\/td>\n78,887<\/span><\/td>\n79,393<\/span><\/td>\n79,248<\/span><\/td>\n79,324<\/span><\/td>\n79,431<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Employment-population ratio<\/p>\n<\/th>\n
68.4<\/span><\/td>\n68.6<\/span><\/td>\n68.6<\/span><\/td>\n68.6<\/span><\/td>\n68.8<\/span><\/td>\n68.7<\/span><\/td>\n68.6<\/span><\/td>\n68.7<\/span><\/td>\n68.6<\/span><\/td>\n69.0<\/span><\/td>\n68.8<\/span><\/td>\n68.9<\/span><\/td>\n68.9<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Unemployed<\/p>\n<\/th>\n
3,600<\/span><\/td>\n3,603<\/span><\/td>\n3,539<\/span><\/td>\n3,459<\/span><\/td>\n3,215<\/span><\/td>\n3,120<\/span><\/td>\n3,269<\/span><\/td>\n3,266<\/span><\/td>\n3,410<\/span><\/td>\n3,168<\/span><\/td>\n3,118<\/span><\/td>\n3,050<\/span><\/td>\n3,117<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Unemployment rate<\/p>\n<\/th>\n
4.4<\/span><\/td>\n4.4<\/span><\/td>\n4.3<\/span><\/td>\n4.2<\/span><\/td>\n3.9<\/span><\/td>\n3.8<\/span><\/td>\n4.0<\/span><\/td>\n4.0<\/span><\/td>\n4.1<\/span><\/td>\n3.8<\/span><\/td>\n3.8<\/span><\/td>\n3.7<\/span><\/td>\n3.8<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Women, 20 years and over<\/p>\n<\/th>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Civilian noninstitutional population(1<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/th>\n
123,383<\/span><\/td>\n123,052<\/span><\/td>\n123,131<\/span><\/td>\n123,212<\/span><\/td>\n123,296<\/span><\/td>\n123,386<\/span><\/td>\n123,480<\/span><\/td>\n123,577<\/span><\/td>\n123,679<\/span><\/td>\n123,781<\/span><\/td>\n123,882<\/span><\/td>\n123,975<\/span><\/td>\n124,057<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Civilian labor force<\/p>\n<\/th>\n
71,898<\/span><\/td>\n71,720<\/span><\/td>\n72,050<\/span><\/td>\n72,233<\/span><\/td>\n72,144<\/span><\/td>\n71,979<\/span><\/td>\n72,187<\/span><\/td>\n72,499<\/span><\/td>\n72,406<\/span><\/td>\n72,497<\/span><\/td>\n72,187<\/span><\/td>\n72,302<\/span><\/td>\n72,293<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Participation rate<\/p>\n<\/th>\n
58.3<\/span><\/td>\n58.3<\/span><\/td>\n58.5<\/span><\/td>\n58.6<\/span><\/td>\n58.5<\/span><\/td>\n58.3<\/span><\/td>\n58.5<\/span><\/td>\n58.7<\/span><\/td>\n58.5<\/span><\/td>\n58.6<\/span><\/td>\n58.3<\/span><\/td>\n58.3<\/span><\/td>\n58.3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Employed<\/p>\n<\/th>\n
68,835<\/span><\/td>\n68,572<\/span><\/td>\n68,978<\/span><\/td>\n69,337<\/span><\/td>\n69,218<\/span><\/td>\n69,087<\/span><\/td>\n69,289<\/span><\/td>\n69,586<\/span><\/td>\n69,502<\/span><\/td>\n69,692<\/span><\/td>\n69,576<\/span><\/td>\n69,665<\/span><\/td>\n69,614<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Employment-population ratio<\/p>\n<\/th>\n
55.8<\/span><\/td>\n55.7<\/span><\/td>\n56.0<\/span><\/td>\n56.3<\/span><\/td>\n56.1<\/span><\/td>\n56.0<\/span><\/td>\n56.1<\/span><\/td>\n56.3<\/span><\/td>\n56.2<\/span><\/td>\n56.3<\/span><\/td>\n56.2<\/span><\/td>\n56.2<\/span><\/td>\n56.1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Unemployed<\/p>\n<\/th>\n
3,062<\/span><\/td>\n3,148<\/span><\/td>\n3,072<\/span><\/td>\n2,896<\/span><\/td>\n2,927<\/span><\/td>\n2,892<\/span><\/td>\n2,898<\/span><\/td>\n2,912<\/span><\/td>\n2,903<\/span><\/td>\n2,804<\/span><\/td>\n2,611<\/span><\/td>\n2,637<\/span><\/td>\n2,679<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Unemployment rate<\/p>\n<\/th>\n
4.3<\/span><\/td>\n4.4<\/span><\/td>\n4.3<\/span><\/td>\n4.0<\/span><\/td>\n4.1<\/span><\/td>\n4.0<\/span><\/td>\n4.0<\/span><\/td>\n4.0<\/span><\/td>\n4.0<\/span><\/td>\n3.9<\/span><\/td>\n3.6<\/span><\/td>\n3.6<\/span><\/td>\n3.7<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years<\/p>\n<\/th>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Civilian noninstitutional population(1<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/th>\n
16,756<\/span><\/td>\n16,734<\/span><\/td>\n16,740<\/span><\/td>\n16,747<\/span><\/td>\n16,754<\/span><\/td>\n16,754<\/span><\/td>\n16,756<\/span><\/td>\n16,757<\/span><\/td>\n16,759<\/span><\/td>\n16,761<\/span><\/td>\n16,763<\/span><\/td>\n16,762<\/span><\/td>\n16,760<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Civilian labor force<\/p>\n<\/th>\n
5,842<\/span><\/td>\n5,947<\/span><\/td>\n5,894<\/span><\/td>\n5,995<\/span><\/td>\n5,983<\/span><\/td>\n5,836<\/span><\/td>\n6,006<\/span><\/td>\n5,840<\/span><\/td>\n5,895<\/span><\/td>\n6,024<\/span><\/td>\n5,818<\/span><\/td>\n5,857<\/span><\/td>\n5,757<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Participation rate<\/p>\n<\/th>\n
34.9<\/span><\/td>\n35.5<\/span><\/td>\n35.2<\/span><\/td>\n35.8<\/span><\/td>\n35.7<\/span><\/td>\n34.8<\/span><\/td>\n35.8<\/span><\/td>\n34.9<\/span><\/td>\n35.2<\/span><\/td>\n35.9<\/span><\/td>\n34.7<\/span><\/td>\n34.9<\/span><\/td>\n34.4<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Employed<\/p>\n<\/th>\n
5,002<\/span><\/td>\n5,056<\/span><\/td>\n5,018<\/span><\/td>\n5,179<\/span><\/td>\n5,104<\/span><\/td>\n5,010<\/span><\/td>\n5,209<\/span><\/td>\n5,062<\/span><\/td>\n5,082<\/span><\/td>\n5,238<\/span><\/td>\n5,022<\/span><\/td>\n4,928<\/span><\/td>\n4,977<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Employment-population ratio<\/p>\n<\/th>\n
29.9<\/span><\/td>\n30.2<\/span><\/td>\n30.0<\/span><\/td>\n30.9<\/span><\/td>\n30.5<\/span><\/td>\n29.9<\/span><\/td>\n31.1<\/span><\/td>\n30.2<\/span><\/td>\n30.3<\/span><\/td>\n31.3<\/span><\/td>\n30.0<\/span><\/td>\n29.4<\/span><\/td>\n29.7<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Unemployed<\/p>\n<\/th>\n
840<\/span><\/td>\n891<\/span><\/td>\n876<\/span><\/td>\n816<\/span><\/td>\n879<\/span><\/td>\n825<\/span><\/td>\n797<\/span><\/td>\n778<\/span><\/td>\n813<\/span><\/td>\n786<\/span><\/td>\n796<\/span><\/td>\n929<\/span><\/td>\n780<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Unemployment rate<\/p>\n<\/th>\n
14.4<\/span><\/td>\n15.0<\/span><\/td>\n14.9<\/span><\/td>\n13.6<\/span><\/td>\n14.7<\/span><\/td>\n14.1<\/span><\/td>\n13.3<\/span><\/td>\n13.3<\/span><\/td>\n13.8<\/span><\/td>\n13.0<\/span><\/td>\n13.7<\/span><\/td>\n15.9<\/span><\/td>\n13.6<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
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Footnotes
\n<\/span> <\/a>(1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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NOTE: Seasonally adjusted data have been revised to reflect updated seasonal adjustment factors.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n
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