2016 Annual Averages ‐ Unemployed persons by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, marital status, and duration of unemployment : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
31. Unemployed persons by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, marital status, and duration of unemployment
[Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic	2016
	Unemployed						Weeks
	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	7,751	2,362	2,226	3,163	1,158	2,005	27.5	10.6
16 to 19 years	925	385	300	240	117	122	14.3	6.8
20 to 24 years	1,286	444	398	444	192	252	21.0	9.0
25 to 34 years	1,797	532	529	737	281	456	25.3	10.9
35 to 44 years	1,258	355	372	531	186	344	27.9	11.3
45 to 54 years	1,189	311	302	576	189	387	35.4	13.8
55 to 64 years	941	224	240	478	150	328	38.5	15.0
65 years and over	355	112	86	157	42	115	39.3	11.7

Men, 16 years and over	4,187	1,245	1,181	1,761	625	1,136	29.3	11.2
16 to 19 years	512	201	174	137	64	73	15.5	7.4
20 to 24 years	742	242	219	280	116	165	23.0	9.9
25 to 34 years	966	288	274	405	149	255	26.6	11.1
35 to 44 years	644	183	189	271	96	175	27.6	11.5
45 to 54 years	602	153	149	300	92	209	40.0	14.4
55 to 64 years	528	123	133	273	86	187	39.2	15.6
65 years and over	193	56	43	94	23	71	48.0	13.7

Women, 16 years and over	3,564	1,117	1,046	1,402	533	869	25.4	10.1
16 to 19 years	413	184	126	103	54	49	12.9	6.0
20 to 24 years	545	202	179	164	77	87	18.2	7.9
25 to 34 years	832	244	255	332	131	201	23.8	10.6
35 to 44 years	614	172	183	259	90	169	28.3	11.2
45 to 54 years	586	158	153	276	98	178	30.8	13.2
55 to 64 years	413	101	107	205	64	141	37.4	14.3
65 years and over	162	56	43	63	20	44	28.9	9.9

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White, 16 years and over	5,345	1,717	1,555	2,073	784	1,289	26.3	10.0
Men	2,952	921	828	1,203	443	760	28.6	10.6
Women	2,393	796	727	870	341	529	23.5	9.4
Black or African American, 16 years and over	1,655	422	451	782	257	525	31.8	13.4
Men	845	213	233	400	121	278	33.2	13.4
Women	810	209	219	382	136	247	30.4	13.3
Asian, 16 years and over	349	100	100	149	55	94	27.9	11.4
Men	176	48	53	76	26	49	28.0	11.6
Women	172	52	47	73	29	44	27.8	11.3
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	1,548	517	447	583	230	354	24.3	9.6
Men	833	290	234	309	119	190	23.7	9.4
Women	715	228	213	274	110	164	25.0	9.9

MARITAL STATUS
Men, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	1,259	369	339	552	192	360	30.3	11.8
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	600	157	175	268	96	172	34.1	12.5
Never married	2,328	720	667	940	337	604	27.5	10.5
Women, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	1,093	343	318	433	169	264	25.7	10.1
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	757	205	211	341	111	229	30.1	12.4
Never married	1,715	569	517	629	253	376	23.1	9.4
Footnotes (1) Refers 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: February 8, 2017