Table A-10. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-10. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
Characteristic	Number of unemployed people (in thousands)			Unemployment rates
Characteristic	May 2025	Apr. 2026	May 2026	May 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026	May 2026
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over	7,248	7,373	7,307	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3
16 to 19 years	864	910	919	13.4	13.6	14.9	13.7	14.4	14.7
16 to 17 years	330	384	391	14.6	16.3	16.3	14.2	16.6	17.4
18 to 19 years	537	539	537	12.8	12.2	13.8	13.4	13.4	13.3
20 years and over	6,384	6,463	6,388	3.9	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.9
20 to 24 years	1,285	1,181	1,129	8.2	7.0	7.4	6.4	7.6	7.2
25 years and over	5,060	5,274	5,252	3.4	3.6	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5
25 to 54 years	3,890	4,086	4,112	3.6	3.8	3.9	3.7	3.7	3.8
25 to 34 years	1,565	1,829	1,788	4.1	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7
35 to 44 years	1,252	1,183	1,325	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.1	3.5
45 to 54 years	1,072	1,074	999	3.2	3.0	3.4	3.0	3.3	3.0
55 years and over	1,192	1,179	1,157	3.0	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.0	3.0

Men, 16 years and over	3,915	3,929	3,966	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.2	4.4	4.4
16 to 19 years	520	491	523	15.8	17.4	15.4	16.4	15.6	16.6
16 to 17 years	202	215	198	17.6	20.6	17.1	17.1	20.3	18.5
18 to 19 years	310	273	318	14.5	15.5	14.3	16.0	13.0	15.3
20 years and over	3,395	3,438	3,443	3.9	3.8	4.0	3.8	4.0	4.0
20 to 24 years	707	656	672	8.8	7.1	8.3	6.7	8.2	8.2
25 years and over	2,654	2,794	2,769	3.4	3.5	3.6	3.4	3.6	3.6
25 to 54 years	2,019	2,133	2,096	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.7	3.7
25 to 34 years	854	980	932	4.2	4.6	4.8	4.7	4.8	4.6
35 to 44 years	614	678	695	3.0	3.4	3.1	3.0	3.4	3.5
45 to 54 years	551	475	469	3.2	2.7	2.9	2.7	2.8	2.8
55 years and over	635	661	672	3.0	3.4	3.5	3.2	3.2	3.3

Women, 16 years and over	3,333	3,444	3,341	4.2	4.3	4.5	4.3	4.2	4.1
16 to 19 years	344	418	396	10.9	10.0	14.4	11.1	13.2	12.7
16 to 17 years	128	170	193	11.5	11.8	15.6	11.9	13.5	16.5
18 to 19 years	226	266	219	11.1	9.0	13.2	10.8	13.8	11.2
20 years and over	2,989	3,026	2,945	3.9	4.1	4.1	4.0	3.9	3.8
20 to 24 years	578	525	456	7.6	7.0	6.5	6.2	6.9	6.2
25 years and over	2,406	2,480	2,484	3.5	3.8	3.9	3.8	3.5	3.5
25 to 54 years	1,870	1,954	2,016	3.6	4.0	4.1	3.9	3.8	3.9
25 to 34 years	711	849	856	4.0	5.3	4.7	4.9	4.8	4.8
35 to 44 years	638	505	630	3.6	3.1	3.6	3.4	2.8	3.5
45 to 54 years	521	599	530	3.3	3.4	4.0	3.3	3.8	3.4
55 years and over	548	514	475	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.4	2.8	2.5

MARITAL STATUS
Married men, spouse present(1)	1,083	933	1,041	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.0	2.3
Married women, spouse present(1)	982	975	966	2.6	2.9	2.9	3.0	2.5	2.5
Women who maintain families(2)	629	443	493	5.9	5.5	5.5	5.0	4.2	4.7

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS
Full-time workers(3)	5,898	5,996	5,897	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.2	4.3	4.2
Part-time workers(4)	1,320	1,378	1,418	4.4	4.8	5.1	4.6	4.6	4.7
Footnotes (1) Beginning with data for January 2020, refers to people in both opposite-sex and same-sex married couples. Prior to January 2020, referred to people in opposite-sex married couples only. (2) Data are not seasonally adjusted. Beginning with data for January 2020, refers to female householders residing with one or more family members, but not a spouse of either sex. Prior to January 2020, referred to female householders residing with one or more family members, but not an opposite-sex spouse. (3) Full-time workers are unemployed people who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or are on layoff from full-time jobs. (4) Part-time workers are unemployed people who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week) or are on layoff from part-time jobs.
NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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Last Modified Date: June 05, 2026