HOUSEHOLD DATA
Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Category Apr.
2025		 Feb.
2026		 Mar.
2026		 Apr.
2026		 Change from:
Mar.
2026-
Apr.
2026

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 273,197 274,766 274,858 274,955 97

Civilian labor force

 171,054 170,483 170,087 169,995 -92

Participation rate

 62.6 62.0 61.9 61.8 -0.1

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 4.2 4.4 4.3 4.3 0.0

Adult men (20 years and over)

 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.0 0.2

Adult women (20 years and over)

 3.7 4.1 4.0 3.9 -0.1

Total, 25 years and over

 3.4 3.7 3.6 3.6 0.0

Less than a high school diploma

 6.2 5.6 5.9 6.4 0.5

High school graduates, no college

 4.0 4.8 4.7 4.7 0.0

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs

 3,455 3,620 3,403 3,511 108

Job leavers

 854 867 898 844 -54

Reentrants

 2,240 2,320 2,254 2,282 28

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 2,194 2,319 2,138 2,496 358

5 to 14 weeks

 2,262 2,078 1,998 1,859 -139

15 to 26 weeks

 993 1,206 1,212 1,057 -155

Employed people at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 4,686 4,396 4,497 4,942 445

Slack work or business conditions

 3,146 2,838 3,107 3,289 182

Could only find part-time work

 1,265 1,251 1,126 1,267 141

People not in the labor force

Marginally attached to the labor force

 1,627 1,619 1,944 1,792 -152

Discouraged workers

 417 366 510 475 -35

Footnotes
(1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation.

NOTE: People 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.