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Charting the labor market:
Data from the Current

Population Survey (CPS)
July 3, 2014
Table of contents
1.
Civilian labor force
2.
Civilian labor force participation rate
3.
Civilian employment
4.
Employment-population ratio
5.
Nonagricultural wage and salary employment
6.
Nonagricultural self-employment (unincorporated)
7.
Part-time workers as a percent of total employed
8.
Employed part time for economic reasons
9.
Civilian unemployment
10. Civilian unemployment rate

11. Duration of unemployment
12. Long-term unemployed as a percent of total unemployed

13. Reasons for unemployment
14. Job losers
Table of contentsContinued
15. Unemployment rates for adult men, adult women, and teenagers
16. Unemployment rates by race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

17. Unemployment rates for persons 25 years and older by educational
attainment
18. Persons not in the labor force who want a job
19. Persons not in the labor force, selected indicators
20. Alternative measures of labor underutilization
Additional information available in The Employment Situation news release:

www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
Browse labor force concepts and data by subject:
www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaz.htm
Chart 1. Civilian labor force

Seasonally adjusted, 19902014
Numbers in thousands
160,000
160,000
155,000
155,000
150,000
150,000
145,000
145,000
140,000
140,000
135,000
135,000
130,000
130,000
125,000
125,000
120,000
120,000
115,000
115,000
110,000
1990
110,000
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
Note: Shaded areas represent recessions as determined by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Data online
at http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11000000.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, July 3, 2014.
Chart 2. Civilian labor force participation rate

Percent
67.5
67.5
67.0
67.0
66.5
66.5
66.0
66.0
65.5
65.5
65.0
65.0
64.5
64.5
June 2014
62.8 percent
64.0
64.0
63.5
63.5
63.0
63.0
62.5
1990
62.5
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
Chart 3. Civilian employment

150,000
150,000
145,000
145,000
140,000
140,000
135,000
135,000
130,000
130,000
125,000
125,000
120,000
120,000
115,000
115,000
110,000
1990
110,000
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
Chart 4. Employment-population ratio

Percent
65.0
65.0
64.0
64.0
63.0
63.0
62.0
62.0
61.0
61.0
60.0
60.0
June 2014
59.0 percent
59.0
59.0
58.0
58.0
57.0
1990
57.0
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
Chart 5. Nonagricultural wage and salary employment

140,000
140,000
135,000
135,000
130,000
130,000
125,000
125,000
120,000
120,000
115,000
115,000
110,000
110,000
105,000
105,000
100,000
1990
100,000
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
Chart 6. Nonagricultural self-employment (unincorporated)

10,000
10,000
9,800
9,800
9,600
9,600
9,400
9,400
9,200
9,200
9,000
9,000
8,800
8,800
8,600
8,600
8,400
8,400
8,200
8,200
8,000
1990
8,000
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
Chart 7. Part-time workers as a percent of total employed

Percent
21.0
21.0
20.0
20.0
19.0
19.0
18.0
18.0
17.0
17.0
16.0
16.0
15.0
1990
15.0
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
Note: Shaded areas represent recessions as determined by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Beginning in
1994, data reflect the introduction of a major redesign of the Current Population Survey. Data online at
http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS12600000?series_id=LNS12000000.
Chart 8. Employed part time for economic reasons

10,000
10,000
9,000
9,000
8,000
8,000
7,000
7,000
6,000
6,000
5,000
5,000
4,000
4,000
3,000
3,000
2,000
2,000
1,000
1,000
0
1990
0
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
Note: Shaded areas represent recessions as determined by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Beginning in
1994, data reflect the introduction of a major redesign of the Current Population Survey. Data online at
http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS12032194.
Chart 9. Civilian unemployment

16,000
16,000
14,000
14,000
12,000
12,000
10,000
10,000
8,000
8,000
6,000
6,000
4,000
4,000
2,000
2,000
0
1990
0
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
Chart 10. Civilian unemployment rate

Percent
11.0
11.0
10.0
10.0
June 2014
6.1 percent
9.0
9.0
8.0
8.0
7.0
7.0
6.0
6.0
5.0
5.0
4.0
4.0
3.0
1990
3.0
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
Chart 11. Duration of unemployment

7,000
7,000
6,000
6,000
27 weeks and over

5,000
5,000
4,000
4,000
Less than 5 weeks
3,000
2,000
3,000
2,000
5 to 14 weeks
1,000
0
1990
1,000
15 to 26 weeks
0
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
at http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS13008396&series_id=LNS13008756&series_id=LNS13008876&series_id=LNS13008636.
Chart 12. Long-term unemployed as a percent of total

unemployed
Percent
50.0
50.0
45.0
45.0
40.0
40.0
35.0
35.0
30.0
30.0
Percent unemployed 27 weeks and over
25.0
25.0
20.0
20.0
15.0
15.0
10.0
10.0
5.0
5.0
0.0
1990
0.0
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
Chart 13. Reasons for unemployment

12,000
12,000
10,000
10,000
8,000
8,000
6,000
6,000
Job losers
4,000
4,000
Reentrants
2,000
0
1990
New entrants
Job leavers
2,000
0
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
Chart 14. Job losers

9,000
9,000
8,000
8,000
7,000
7,000
6,000
6,000
5,000
5,000
Not on temporary layoff

4,000
4,000
3,000
3,000
2,000
2,000
On temporary layoff
1,000
0
1990
1,000
0
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
at http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS13025699&series_id=LNS13023653.
Chart 15. Unemployment rates for adult men, adult

women, and teenagers
Percent
30.0
30.0
25.0
25.0
Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

20.0
20.0
15.0
15.0
10.0
5.0
0.0
1990
10.0
Adult men (20 years and older)
5.0
Adult women
(20 years and older)
0.0
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
at http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000025&series_id=LNS14000026&series_id=LNS14000012.
Chart 16. Unemployment rates by race and Hispanic or

Latino ethnicity
Percent
20.0
20.0
18.0
18.0
16.0
16.0
Blacks or African Americans
14.0
14.0
12.0
12.0
10.0
10.0
8.0
8.0
Hispanics or Latinos
6.0
6.0
4.0
4.0
Whites
Asians
2.0
0.0
1990
2.0
(Not seasonally adjusted)
0.0
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
Note: Shaded areas represent recessions as determined by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Persons of
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity may be of any race. Data for Asians (not seasonally adjusted) are not available before 2000. Data
online at http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000003&series_id=LNS14000006&series_id=LNU04032183&series_id=LNS14000009.
Chart 17. Unemployment rates for persons 25 years and

older by educational attainment
Percent
16.0
16.0
14.0
14.0
Less than a high school diploma
12.0
12.0
10.0
10.0
8.0
8.0
High school
graduates, no college
6.0
6.0
4.0
4.0
2.0
2.0
Some college or associate degree

0.0
1992
Bachelor's degree and higher

0.0
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
Chart 18. Persons not in the labor force who want a job
8,000
8,000
7,000
7,000
6,000
6,000
5,000
5,000
4,000
4,000
3,000
3,000
2,000
2,000
1,000
1,000
0
1994
0
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
Chart 19. Persons not in the labor force, selected

indicators
Not seasonally adjusted, 19942014
3,000
3,000
2,500
2,500
2,000
2,000
Marginally attached
1,500
1,500
1,000
1,000
Discouraged
500
0
1994
500
0
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
at http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNU05026642&series_id=LNU05026645.
Chart 20. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

Percent
18.0
18.0
16.0
U-6
14.0
14.0
12.0
12.0
U-6
U-4
U-5
10.0
U-3
8.0
U-5
6.0
U-1
4.0
U-3 Unemployment rate

U-2
2.0
10.0
8.0
U-2
U-4
6.0
4.0
16.0
2.0
U-1
0.0
1994
0.0
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
Note: Shaded areas represent recessions as determined by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Data online at
http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS13025670&series_id=LNS14023621&series_id=LNS14000000&series_id=LNS13327707 and at
http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS13327708&series_id=LNS13327709.

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Charting the labor market:

Data from the Current

Civilian labor force

Civilian labor force participation rate

Nonagricultural wage and salary employment

Nonagricultural self-employment (unincorporated)

Part-time workers as a percent of total employed

Employed part time for economic reasons

10. Civilian unemployment rate

12. Long-term unemployed as a percent of total unemployed

16. Unemployment rates by race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Additional information available in The Employment Situation news release:

Chart 1. Civilian labor force

Chart 2. Civilian labor force participation rate

Chart 3. Civilian employment

Chart 4. Employment-population ratio

Chart 5. Nonagricultural wage and salary employment

Chart 6. Nonagricultural self-employment (unincorporated)

Chart 7. Part-time workers as a percent of total employed

Chart 8. Employed part time for economic reasons

Chart 9. Civilian unemployment

Chart 10. Civilian unemployment rate

Chart 11. Duration of unemployment

27 weeks and over

Less than 5 weeks

Chart 12. Long-term unemployed as a percent of total

Percent unemployed 27 weeks and over

Chart 13. Reasons for unemployment

Chart 14. Job losers

Seasonally adjusted, 19902014

Not on temporary layoff

Chart 15. Unemployment rates for adult men, adult

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

Adult men (20 years and older)

Chart 16. Unemployment rates by race and Hispanic or

Blacks or African Americans

(Not seasonally adjusted)

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, July 3, 2014.

Chart 17. Unemployment rates for persons 25 years and

Less than a high school diploma

Some college or associate degree

Bachelor's degree and higher

Chart 19. Persons not in the labor force, selected

Chart 20. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

U-3 Unemployment rate

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