HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES 33. Unemployed jobseekers by sex, age, race, and active jobsearch methods used ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | 1997 | __________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | Thousands of | Methods used as a percent of total jobseekers | | persons | | | | | ___________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Sex, age, and race | | | | | | | | | | Average | | | |Sent out | | | | | |number o | Total | Total | | resumes | Placed | Friends | Public | Private | | methods | unem- | job- |Employer |or filled| or | or | employ- | employ- | Other | used | ployed | seekers |directly | out |answered |relatives| ment | ment | | | | | |applica- | ads | | agency | agency | | | | | | tions | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Total, 16 years and over.......| 6,739 | 5,808 | 65.0 | 48.4 | 16.9 | 16.1 | 18.7 | 6.9 | 8.1 | 1.80 16 to 19 years...................| 1,271 | 1,212 | 62.6 | 52.8 | 10.7 | 11.6 | 8.7 | 2.6 | 5.1 | 1.54 20 to 24 years...................| 1,152 | 1,044 | 66.1 | 50.1 | 14.8 | 13.0 | 18.4 | 6.1 | 7.3 | 1.76 25 to 34 years...................| 1,571 | 1,338 | 65.2 | 48.2 | 18.4 | 16.7 | 22.4 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 1.87 35 to 44 years...................| 1,418 | 1,155 | 67.0 | 47.1 | 19.9 | 18.5 | 23.8 | 9.0 | 9.6 | 1.95 45 to 54 years...................| 830 | 677 | 64.7 | 46.1 | 21.7 | 21.2 | 22.7 | 10.8 | 11.1 | 1.99 55 to 64 years...................| 369 | 287 | 64.1 | 41.7 | 20.7 | 19.6 | 18.6 | 8.4 | 10.7 | 1.84 65 years and over................| 127 | 95 | 58.1 | 30.4 | 13.0 | 21.5 | 8.2 | 4.6 | 7.9 | 1.44 | | | | | | | | | | Men, 16 years and over.........| 3,577 | 2,974 | 66.1 | 46.7 | 17.2 | 17.8 | 19.5 | 7.0 | 8.7 | 1.83 16 to 19 years...................| 694 | 659 | 63.8 | 51.1 | 11.3 | 12.3 | 8.9 | 2.7 | 4.3 | 1.54 20 to 24 years...................| 636 | 560 | 66.7 | 48.7 | 16.0 | 15.3 | 19.1 | 6.0 | 7.4 | 1.79 25 to 34 years...................| 772 | 615 | 66.8 | 45.7 | 18.3 | 19.4 | 24.3 | 8.1 | 8.6 | 1.92 35 to 44 years...................| 732 | 563 | 68.8 | 44.7 | 20.8 | 20.9 | 25.4 | 9.3 | 11.0 | 2.01 45 to 54 years...................| 457 | 359 | 65.1 | 45.2 | 21.2 | 22.9 | 24.0 | 11.1 | 13.5 | 2.03 55 to 64 years...................| 217 | 166 | 66.3 | 42.7 | 19.4 | 20.0 | 19.0 | 8.0 | 12.6 | 1.89 65 years and over................| 69 | 53 | 57.2 | 29.5 | 15.1 | 21.9 | 7.2 | 3.4 | 9.4 | 1.44 | | | | | | | | | | Women, 16 years and over.......| 3,162 | 2,834 | 63.7 | 50.2 | 16.6 | 14.2 | 17.9 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 1.77 16 to 19 years...................| 577 | 553 | 61.2 | 54.8 | 10.0 | 10.8 | 8.5 | 2.6 | 5.9 | 1.54 20 to 24 years...................| 516 | 485 | 65.3 | 51.8 | 13.4 | 10.4 | 17.5 | 6.3 | 7.2 | 1.72 25 to 34 years...................| 800 | 724 | 63.9 | 50.3 | 18.5 | 14.5 | 20.8 | 6.9 | 7.9 | 1.83 35 to 44 years...................| 686 | 591 | 65.2 | 49.3 | 19.0 | 16.2 | 22.2 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 1.89 45 to 54 years...................| 373 | 318 | 64.3 | 47.1 | 22.3 | 19.3 | 21.2 | 10.4 | 8.3 | 1.93 55 to 64 years...................| 152 | 121 | 61.1 | 40.3 | 22.5 | 19.1 | 18.2 | 9.1 | 8.1 | 1.78 65 years and over................| 58 | 43 | 59.3 | 31.5 | 10.4 | 21.0 | 9.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.44 | | | | | | | | | | White, 16 years and over.......| 4,836 | 4,058 | 65.1 | 49.2 | 17.4 | 16.3 | 17.5 | 6.8 | 8.8 | 1.81 Men..............................| 2,641 | 2,127 | 65.9 | 47.8 | 17.4 | 14.2 | 19.0 | 6.9 | 9.5 | 1.85 Women............................| 2,195 | 1,932 | 64.3 | 50.7 | 17.5 | 18.2 | 15.7 | 6.7 | 8.1 | 1.77 | | | | | | | | | | Black, 16 years and over.......| 1,560 | 1,439 | 64.7 | 46.5 | 15.2 | 14.7 | 23.0 | 7.2 | 6.2 | 1.78 Men..............................| 747 | 678 | 66.7 | 44.5 | 15.8 | 15.3 | 21.9 | 7.3 | 6.3 | 1.78 Women............................| 813 | 760 | 62.9 | 48.3 | 14.7 | 14.2 | 24.0 | 7.1 | 6.0 | 1.77 | | | | | | | | | | ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: The jobseekers total is less than the total unemployed because it does not include persons on temporary layoff. The percent using each method will always total more than 100 because many jobseekers use more than one method. Beginning in January 1997, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.