A-36. Unemployed persons by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, marital status, and duration of unemployment

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-36. Unemployed persons by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, marital status, and duration of unemployment [Numbers in thousands]
Age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and marital status	May 2024
	Unemployed						Weeks of unemployment
	Total	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	15 weeks and over			Average (mean) duration	Median duration
	Total	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	Total	15 to 26 weeks	27 weeks and over	Average (mean) duration	Median duration
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over	6,235	2,275	1,578	2,382	1,049	1,333	22.0	9.3
16 to 19 years	793	395	219	178	73	105	12.5	4.5
20 to 24 years	1,203	481	289	433	205	228	18.7	8.5
25 to 34 years	1,399	569	347	483	239	244	19.8	7.9
35 to 44 years	1,142	303	335	504	176	328	29.4	12.7
45 to 54 years	745	262	174	310	142	168	23.7	10.4
55 to 64 years	663	169	125	369	166	203	30.0	17.3
65 years and over	290	95	89	106	48	58	20.7	8.1

Men, 16 years and over	3,515	1,316	915	1,283	508	775	22.6	8.7
16 to 19 years	457	228	130	99	31	67	13.9	4.5
20 to 24 years	654	274	181	199	64	135	18.1	7.7
25 to 34 years	804	314	203	287	147	140	19.7	8.5
35 to 44 years	652	185	182	285	103	181	30.1	11.9
45 to 54 years	435	161	117	157	61	96	25.6	7.8
55 to 64 years	377	116	57	204	91	113	28.4	16.5
65 years and over	135	37	45	53	10	43	28.8	9.1

Women, 16 years and over	2,720	958	663	1,099	541	558	21.2	10.1
16 to 19 years	335	167	89	79	42	37	10.7	4.6
20 to 24 years	549	207	108	234	141	93	19.3	10.1
25 to 34 years	595	255	144	196	92	104	19.8	7.0
35 to 44 years	490	118	152	219	73	147	28.4	13.3
45 to 54 years	310	101	57	153	81	71	21.0	14.2
55 to 64 years	285	53	68	165	75	90	32.0	18.4
65 years and over	155	58	44	53	37	16	13.6	7.3

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White, 16 years and over	4,145	1,608	1,021	1,516	624	891	21.8	8.6
Men	2,371	927	581	863	335	528	22.2	8.1
Women	1,775	681	440	653	289	364	21.3	9.2
Black or African American, 16 years and over	1,327	378	393	556	297	259	21.9	11.4
Men	712	200	242	270	132	138	23.3	10.8
Women	615	178	150	287	165	121	20.4	12.7
Asian, 16 years and over	339	110	60	169	73	96	23.6	14.4
Men	178	78	30	70	21	49	20.2	6.3
Women	160	32	30	98	52	47	27.4	20.1
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	1,492	573	367	552	225	327	22.9	8.7
Men	879	360	211	308	115	193	21.2	7.9
Women	612	212	156	244	110	134	25.4	9.8

MARITAL STATUS
Men, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	759	281	183	296	136	160	23.1	9.0
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	503	211	112	180	63	117	25.8	7.0
Never married	2,252	824	620	807	309	498	21.7	8.9
Women, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	682	214	176	292	102	191	24.0	11.3
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	471	137	128	206	117	89	22.0	12.2
Never married	1,567	607	359	601	322	278	19.7	9.0
Footnotes (1) Beginning with data for January 2020, refers to persons in both opposite-sex and same-sex married couples. Prior to January 2020, referred to persons in opposite-sex married couples only. (2) Separated includes persons who are married, spouse absent.
NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: June 07, 2024