Employment Situation Summary Table A.

Household data, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted
[Numbers in thousands]
[Source: Department of Labor]
Category

Change
Year

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Dec/Dec

Civilian noninstitutional population

2009

234739

234913

235086

235271

235452

235655

235870

236087

236322

236550

236743

236924

Not in Labor Force

2009

80507

80387

80944

80793

80710

80944

81365

81787

82507

82746

82855

83804

3424

Civil Labor Force

2009

154232

154526

154142

154478

154742

154711

154505

154300

153815

153804

153888

153120

-1535

1889

Employed

2009

142153

141644

140721

140652

140250

140005

139898

139481

138810

138421

138665

138025

-5344

Unemployed

2009

12079

12881

13421

13826

14492

14705

14607

14819

15005

15382

15223

15095

3809

Unemployment Rate

2009

7.8%

8.3%

8.7%

9.0%

9.4%

9.5%

9.5%

9.6%

9.8%

10.0%

9.9%

9.9%

Participation Rate

2009

65.7%

65.8%

65.6%

65.7%

65.7%

65.7%

65.5%

65.4%

65.1%

65.0%

65.0%

64.6%

Emploment Population Ratio

2009

60.6%

60.3%

59.9%

59.8%

59.6%

59.4%

59.3%

59.1%

58.7%

58.5%

58.6%

58.3%

Civilian noninstitutional population

2010

236832

236998

237159

237329

237499

237690

237890

238099

238322

238530

238715

238889

1965

Not in Labor Force

2010

83378

83296

83199

82752

83389

84067

84180

84022

84356

84849

84575

85241

1437

Civil Labor Force

2010

153454

153702

153960

154577

154110

153623

153710

154077

153966

153681

154140

153648

528

Employed

2010

138439

138624

138767

139296

139255

139148

139167

139405

139388

139097

139046

139295

1270
-741

Unemployed

2010

15016

15078

15192

15281

14856

14475

14542

14673

14577

14584

15094

14354

Unemployment Rate

2010

9.8%

9.8%

9.9%

9.9%

9.6%

9.4%

9.5%

9.5%

9.5%

9.5%

9.8%

9.3%

Participation Rate

2010

64.8%

64.9%

64.9%

65.1%

64.9%

64.6%

64.6%

64.7%

64.6%

64.4%

64.6%

64.3%

Emploment Population Ratio

2010

58.5%

58.5%

58.5%

58.7%

58.6%

58.5%

58.5%

58.5%

58.5%

58.3%

58.2%

58.3%

Civilian noninstitutional population

2011

238704

238851

239000

239146

239313

239489

239671

239871

240071

240269

240441

240584

1695

Not in Labor Force

2011

85460

85582

85641

85668

85761

86120

86345

86165

85997

86260

86345

86640

1399

Civil Labor Force

2011

153244

153269

153359

153478

153552

153369

153326

153706

154074

154009

154096

153944

296

Employed

2011

139253

139471

139643

139606

139681

139405

139509

139870

140164

140314

140771

140896

1601

Unemployed

2011

13992

13798

13716

13872

13871

13964

13817

13837

13910

13696

13325

13049

-1305

Unemployment Rate

2011

9.1%

9.0%

8.9%

9.0%

9.0%

9.1%

9.0%

9.0%

9.0%

8.9%

8.6%

8.5%

Participation Rate

2011

64.2%

64.2%

64.2%

64.2%

64.2%

64.0%

64.0%

64.1%

64.2%

64.1%

64.1%

64.0%

Emploment Population Ratio

2011

58.3%

58.4%

58.4%

58.4%

58.4%

58.2%

58.2%

58.3%

58.4%

58.4%

58.5%

58.6%

Civilian noninstitutional population

2012

242269

242435

242604

242784

242966

243155

243354

243566

243772

243983

244174

244350

3766

Not in Labor Force

2012

87913

87611

87898

88332

87968

88006

88359

88919

88716

88407

88855

88839

2199

Civil Labor Force

2012

154356

154824

154706

154452

154998

155149

154995

154647

155056

155576

155319

155511

1567

Employed

2012

141608

142019

142020

141934

142302

142448

142250

142164

142974

143328

143277

143305

2409

Unemployed

2012

12748

12806

12686

12518

12695

12701

12745

12483

12082

12248

12042

12206

-843

Unemployment Rate

2012

8.3%

8.3%

8.2%

8.1%

8.2%

8.2%

8.2%

8.1%

7.8%

7.9%

7.8%

7.8%

Participation Rate

2012

63.7%

63.9%

63.8%

63.6%

63.8%

63.8%

63.7%

63.5%

63.6%

63.8%

63.6%

63.6%

Emploment Population Ratio

2012

58.5%

58.6%

58.5%

58.5%

58.6%

58.6%

58.5%

58.4%

58.7%

58.7%

58.7%

58.6%

Employment Situation Summary Table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted
[Numbers in thousands]
[Source: Department of Labor]
Category

Change
Year

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Dec/Dec

Civilian noninstitutional population

2013

244663

244828

244995

245175

245363

245552

1202

Not in Labor Force

2013

89008

89304

89967

89936

89705

89717

878

Civil Labor Force

2013

155655

155524

155028

155239

155658

155835

324

Employed

2013

143322

143492

143286

143579

143898

144058

753

Unemployed

2013

12332

12032

11742

11659

11760

11777

-429

Unemployment Rate

2013

7.9%

7.7%

7.6%

7.5%

7.6%

7.6%

Participation Rate

2013

63.6%

63.5%

63.3%

63.3%

63.4%

63.5%

Emploment Population Ratio

2013

58.6%

58.6%

58.5%

58.6%

58.6%

58.7%

For the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) model-based areas, BLS obtains estimates of the civilian noninstitutional population ages 16 and older, which is the universe for labor force
data, from the Census Bureau. These population estimates are used to adjust labor force level (that is, number-of-person) measures to be consistent with the Census Bureaus most up-to-date
information on the distribution of population across states. Labor force level measures for all LAUS areas are controlled to the Census Bureaus statewide estimates of civilian noninstitutional
population ages 16 and older through a process of additivity. (See the page on LAUS estimation methodology, and particularly the section on substate labor market areas, for more on additivity.)
These Census Bureau population data also allow BLS to calculate labor force participation rates and employment-population ratios for the LAUS model-based areas.

Civilian Labor Force: The civilian labor force, which is recalculated monthly, is a key component of two commonly used employment calculations created by the BLS: the labor force participation rate
and the unemployment rate.
Barron's Business Dictionary:
Civilian Labor Force
All members of the population aged 16 or over in the United States who are not in the military or institutions such as prisons or mental hospitals and who are either employed or are unemployed and
actively seeking and available for work. Every month the U.S. Department of Labor releases the unemployment rate, which is the percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. In very
bad economic times, the unemployment rate can be deceptive because it does not consider discouraged workers, those who are unemployed but have stopped actively seeking employment.

Not in labor force includes all people 16 years old and over who are not classified as members of the labor force. This category consists mainly of students, housewives, retired workers, seasonal
workers interviewed in an off season who were not looking for work, institutionalized people, and people doing only incidental unpaid family work (less than 15 hours during the reference week).
Related term: Labor force. (references)
Question: How are the labor force components (i.e., civilian noninstitutional population, civilian labor force, employed, unemployed, and unemployment rate) defined? Answer: The official concepts
and definitions of the labor force components used in the Current Population Survey (CPS) are described below. For a complete description, see Definitions of Labor Force Concepts
Civilian noninstitutional population: Persons 16 years of age and older residing in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, who are not inmates of institutions (e.g., penal and mental facilities,
homes for the aged), and who are not on active duty in the Armed Forces.
Civilian labor force: All persons in the civilian noninstitutional population classified as either employed or unemployed.
Employed persons: All persons who, during the reference week (week including the twelfth day of the month), (a) did any work as paid employees, worked in their own business or profession or on
their own farm, or worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an enterprise operated by a member of their family, or (b) were not working but who had jobs from which they were temporarily
absent. Each employed person is counted only once, even if he or she holds more than one job.
Unemployed persons: All persons who had no employment during the reference week, were available for work, except for temporary illness, and had made specific efforts to find employment some
time during the 4 week-period ending with the reference week. Persons who were waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not have been looking for work to be
classified as unemployed.
Unemployment rate: The ratio of unemployed to the civilian labor force expressed as a percent [i.e., 100 times (unemployed/labor force)].