Table 4. Extent of unemployment during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2009-10
Table 4. Extent of unemployment during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2009-10
(Numbers in thousands)
Total Men Women
Extent of unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
2009 2010 2009 2010 2009 2010
WHITE
Total who worked or looked for work........................... 130,189 129,249 70,042 69,593 60,147 59,656
Percent with unemployment................................... 15.5 15.0 18.1 16.8 12.6 12.8
Total with unemployment..................................... 20,231 19,329 12,669 11,687 7,562 7,643
Did not work but looked for work.......................... 3,954 4,598 2,311 2,609 1,643 1,989
Worked during the year.................................... 16,277 14,732 10,358 9,078 5,920 5,654
Median weeks of unemployment for all workers............ 19.1 19.2 19.2 19.6 19.0 18.5
Percent who worked during the year (1).................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Year-round workers (2) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment 3.4 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.0 3.1
Part-year workers (3) with unemployment................. 96.6 96.6 96.4 96.4 97.0 96.9
1 to 4 weeks.......................................... 12.8 12.0 11.8 10.2 14.5 14.9
5 to 14 weeks......................................... 25.3 26.3 26.0 26.6 24.0 25.7
15 weeks or more...................................... 58.6 58.3 58.6 59.6 58.5 56.3
With 2 spells or more of unemployment........... 21.5 21.5 23.9 23.7 17.3 17.9
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN
Total who worked or looked for work........................... 18,250 18,263 8,421 8,466 9,829 9,797
Percent with unemployment................................... 22.4 22.5 26.1 25.9 19.1 19.5
Total with unemployment..................................... 4,082 4,105 2,201 2,192 1,881 1,913
Did not work but looked for work.......................... 1,446 1,395 780 758 666 637
Worked during the year.................................... 2,636 2,710 1,421 1,434 1,215 1,276
Median weeks of unemployment for all workers............ 22.8 22.9 23.6 22.3 22.1 23.6
Percent who worked during the year (1).................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Year-round workers (2) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment 3.3 1.8 3.8 2.0 2.7 1.6
Part-year workers (3) with unemployment................. 96.7 98.2 96.2 98.0 97.3 98.4
1 to 4 weeks.......................................... 9.9 11.7 11.1 11.4 8.5 12.2
5 to 14 weeks......................................... 19.9 19.9 18.8 20.0 21.2 19.8
15 weeks or more...................................... 66.9 66.5 66.3 66.6 67.6 66.4
With 2 spells or more of unemployment........... 14.7 17.2 16.8 20.7 12.1 13.2
ASIAN
Total who worked or looked for work........................... 7,430 7,569 3,935 3,955 3,495 3,614
Percent with unemployment................................... 12.6 12.9 12.4 12.9 12.8 12.9
Total with unemployment..................................... 937 973 489 509 448 465
Did not work but looked for work.......................... 236 316 114 144 123 172
Worked during the year.................................... 701 657 376 364 325 293
Median weeks of unemployment for all workers............ 19.9 21.3 21.3 21.7 18.9 20.8
Percent who worked during the year (1).................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Year-round workers (2) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment 7.0 3.0 8.0 3.6 5.8 2.3
Part-year workers (3) with unemployment................. 93.0 97.0 92.0 96.4 94.2 97.7
1 to 4 weeks.......................................... 13.6 14.6 10.9 15.3 16.7 13.9
5 to 14 weeks......................................... 22.8 20.6 24.6 19.5 20.7 21.9
15 weeks or more...................................... 56.6 61.8 56.5 61.6 56.8 61.9
With 2 spells or more of unemployment........... 15.3 14.0 15.3 16.9 15.2 10.5
HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
Total who worked or looked for work........................... 22,668 22,825 13,268 13,301 9,400 9,524
Percent with unemployment................................... 20.9 20.5 23.7 22.4 16.9 18.0
Total with unemployment..................................... 4,729 4,686 3,140 2,974 1,589 1,712
Did not work but looked for work.......................... 944 1,138 544 638 400 500
Worked during the year.................................... 3,784 3,548 2,595 2,336 1,189 1,212
Median weeks of unemployment for all workers............ 20.0 20.0 19.4 19.9 21.6 20.2
Percent who worked during the year (1).................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Year-round workers (2) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment 1.5 2.3 1.4 2.3 1.7 2.1
Part-year workers (3) with unemployment................. 98.5 97.7 98.6 97.7 98.3 97.9
1 to 4 weeks.......................................... 12.4 10.7 12.3 8.9 12.6 14.0
5 to 14 weeks......................................... 25.5 26.5 26.8 27.8 22.6 24.1
15 weeks or more...................................... 60.6 60.5 59.5 60.9 63.1 59.8
With 2 spells or more of unemployment........... 24.1 24.0 27.7 26.7 16.2 18.8
1 Time worked includes paid vacation and sick leave.
2 Worked 50 or 51 weeks.
3 Worked less than 50 weeks.
NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (white, black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals shown in
table 3 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.
