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	2022
	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	5,996	2,216	1,711	2,070	756	1,314	22.6	8.7
16 to 19 years	675	343	210	122	69	53	10.8	4.4
20 to 24 years	1,039	427	311	302	116	186	18.2	7.4
25 to 34 years	1,425	491	430	504	193	312	21.3	9.1
35 to 44 years	1,046	346	295	405	143	262	25.4	10.0
45 to 54 years	788	267	214	306	108	198	27.1	9.7
55 to 64 years	699	220	177	302	92	210	29.9	11.0
65 years and over	323	121	75	127	35	92	31.6	9.4

Men, 16 years and over	3,218	1,171	905	1,143	397	746	23.7	9.0
16 to 19 years	351	175	103	73	37	35	12.0	4.5
20 to 24 years	593	229	175	188	69	119	20.3	8.2
25 to 34 years	760	261	221	277	100	177	22.1	9.4
35 to 44 years	548	182	156	211	68	143	26.4	10.1
45 to 54 years	404	136	107	160	55	105	27.5	9.9
55 to 64 years	376	117	99	160	46	114	30.3	10.9
65 years and over	187	70	43	74	21	53	33.5	9.9

Women, 16 years and over	2,778	1,045	806	927	359	568	21.4	8.3
16 to 19 years	324	168	106	50	31	18	9.6	4.4
20 to 24 years	446	198	135	113	47	67	15.4	6.2
25 to 34 years	666	230	209	227	92	135	20.4	8.8
35 to 44 years	498	165	139	194	75	119	24.2	10.0
45 to 54 years	384	131	107	147	53	93	26.6	9.5
55 to 64 years	323	102	78	143	46	96	29.4	11.2
65 years and over	136	52	31	54	14	40	29.0	8.8

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White, 16 years and over	4,049	1,587	1,159	1,303	485	818	21.4	7.9
Men	2,238	853	630	755	269	486	22.7	8.4
Women	1,811	734	529	548	216	332	19.8	7.4
Black or African American, 16 years and over	1,300	405	367	527	194	333	25.6	10.4
Men	642	205	184	253	89	164	26.2	10.1
Women	658	200	184	274	105	169	25.1	10.7
Asian, 16 years and over	306	100	85	121	37	84	26.6	10.5
Men	165	48	48	69	19	50	27.9	11.4
Women	140	51	37	52	18	34	24.9	9.5
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	1,302	521	358	423	149	274	21.7	7.9
Men	715	290	189	236	75	161	22.7	7.8
Women	587	231	169	187	75	113	20.4	8.1

MARITAL STATUS
Men, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	881	330	238	313	109	205	24.3	8.9
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	415	143	106	166	50	116	28.9	10.1
Never married	1,922	698	561	663	239	425	22.3	8.8
Women, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	802	303	239	261	102	159	21.7	8.4
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	497	174	129	194	71	124	24.6	9.3
Never married	1,478	569	437	472	187	285	20.1	7.9
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: January 25, 2023