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	2021
	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	8,623	2,140	1,981	4,501	1,164	3,337	28.7	16.5
16 to 19 years	696	322	204	170	72	98	13.7	5.8
20 to 24 years	1,317	412	366	539	178	361	21.8	10.6
25 to 34 years	2,092	492	502	1,098	302	796	28.2	16.6
35 to 44 years	1,586	341	347	897	221	676	31.0	20.2
45 to 54 years	1,323	267	271	784	177	607	31.8	22.9
55 to 64 years	1,138	212	204	722	154	568	36.2	27.3
65 years and over	472	94	87	292	60	232	37.1	26.8

Men, 16 years and over	4,676	1,112	1,063	2,501	655	1,846	29.1	17.5
16 to 19 years	373	163	114	96	43	53	13.7	6.7
20 to 24 years	739	209	217	313	105	208	22.7	11.7
25 to 34 years	1,167	265	271	631	175	456	28.4	17.8
35 to 44 years	852	178	178	496	127	369	31.7	21.1
45 to 54 years	685	136	136	414	92	322	32.0	23.8
55 to 64 years	603	111	95	397	81	316	37.7	29.6
65 years and over	257	51	52	154	32	122	36.3	24.3

Women, 16 years and over	3,948	1,029	919	2,000	509	1,491	28.1	15.1
16 to 19 years	323	160	90	73	29	44	13.7	4.7
20 to 24 years	578	203	149	226	73	153	20.7	9.5
25 to 34 years	925	227	231	467	127	340	27.9	14.9
35 to 44 years	733	164	169	401	94	306	30.1	19.0
45 to 54 years	638	131	136	371	85	286	31.7	21.9
55 to 64 years	535	101	109	325	73	252	34.4	24.2
65 years and over	216	43	35	138	27	111	38.0	28.8

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White, 16 years and over	5,854	1,502	1,356	2,996	789	2,207	28.1	15.6
Men	3,222	787	744	1,692	463	1,229	28.4	16.6
Women	2,632	715	612	1,304	326	978	27.8	14.3
Black or African American, 16 years and over	1,756	409	385	963	237	726	30.4	19.0
Men	900	202	192	506	122	384	31.7	20.1
Women	857	207	193	457	115	342	29.0	17.7
Asian, 16 years and over	529	100	118	310	75	235	31.7	21.9
Men	275	51	54	169	36	134	33.1	26.1
Women	254	49	64	141	40	101	30.2	18.8
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	1,995	503	474	1,018	276	743	27.4	15.4
Men	1,090	265	259	566	161	405	27.1	16.0
Women	904	237	215	452	115	337	27.8	14.5

MARITAL STATUS
Men, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	1,433	318	300	815	194	621	30.5	20.6
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	607	134	122	352	79	273	32.9	21.7
Never married	2,635	660	641	1,334	381	953	27.4	15.0
Women, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	1,234	286	288	660	155	505	29.7	17.9
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	780	171	166	443	105	338	31.8	20.5
Never married	1,934	572	465	897	249	648	25.7	12.5
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 20, 2022