E-7. Unemployed persons by age, sex, and marital status, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
QUARTERLY AVERAGES
E-7. Unemployed persons by age, sex, and marital status, seasonally adjusted [In thousands]
Age, sex, and marital status	2021				2022				2023				2024
Age, sex, and marital status	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over	9,974	9,533	8,239	6,761	6,273	5,995	5,841	5,868	5,849	5,943	6,197	6,324	6,337
16 to 19 years	829	657	652	660	653	667	689	686	670	649	741	786	775
16 to 17 years	309	236	249	232	256	249	258	242	240	250	287	330	299
18 to 19 years	513	418	399	432	394	419	435	449	425	398	458	464	468
20 years and over	9,145	8,876	7,587	6,101	5,620	5,328	5,152	5,182	5,179	5,294	5,456	5,538	5,562
20 to 24 years	1,452	1,471	1,257	1,076	1,102	1,024	987	1,038	1,089	936	1,090	1,050	1,036
25 years and over	7,683	7,390	6,279	5,067	4,567	4,268	4,106	4,173	4,154	4,319	4,306	4,521	4,586
25 to 54 years	5,773	5,541	4,805	3,861	3,433	3,216	3,155	3,220	3,178	3,334	3,336	3,430	3,497
25 to 34 years	2,414	2,280	2,073	1,599	1,515	1,399	1,349	1,438	1,445	1,453	1,435	1,529	1,531
35 to 44 years	1,840	1,746	1,478	1,258	1,133	1,072	1,023	944	933	1,064	1,065	1,071	1,057
45 to 54 years	1,519	1,515	1,253	1,004	785	746	782	838	800	817	836	831	909
55 years and over	1,893	1,844	1,490	1,213	1,116	1,047	967	960	957	982	987	1,096	1,069

Men, 16 years and over	5,344	5,233	4,547	3,583	3,337	3,232	3,175	3,125	3,188	3,245	3,511	3,557	3,398
16 to 19 years	463	344	356	334	338	347	347	368	374	345	412	430	426
16 to 17 years	146	115	123	113	124	122	125	146	143	119	159	186	160
18 to 19 years	317	220	228	228	215	220	224	230	234	221	255	253	267
20 years and over	4,881	4,889	4,191	3,249	2,999	2,885	2,827	2,756	2,814	2,900	3,099	3,128	2,972
20 to 24 years	782	842	708	610	635	588	578	564	616	537	637	564	570
25 years and over	4,092	4,035	3,444	2,663	2,416	2,264	2,204	2,202	2,264	2,326	2,416	2,579	2,462
25 to 54 years	3,058	3,058	2,633	2,047	1,791	1,693	1,680	1,671	1,733	1,762	1,896	1,963	1,863
25 to 34 years	1,315	1,300	1,157	895	798	775	697	768	818	793	819	884	813
35 to 44 years	975	931	811	672	611	545	558	467	520	528	578	614	562
45 to 54 years	769	827	665	480	382	372	425	435	395	442	499	465	488
55 years and over	1,034	977	811	616	625	571	524	532	531	564	519	616	599

Women, 16 years and over	4,630	4,300	3,692	3,178	2,936	2,763	2,666	2,743	2,662	2,698	2,686	2,767	2,939
16 to 19 years	366	313	296	325	315	320	341	318	296	303	329	357	349
16 to 17 years	164	120	126	119	132	127	133	96	96	131	128	145	139
18 to 19 years	196	198	171	204	178	199	210	218	192	177	203	210	201
20 years and over	4,264	3,987	3,396	2,852	2,621	2,443	2,324	2,426	2,365	2,395	2,357	2,410	2,590
20 to 24 years	669	629	549	466	467	436	409	473	473	398	454	487	466
25 years and over	3,592	3,355	2,835	2,405	2,151	2,004	1,902	1,971	1,890	1,993	1,890	1,942	2,124
25 to 54 years	2,715	2,484	2,172	1,814	1,643	1,524	1,475	1,549	1,446	1,572	1,440	1,467	1,634
25 to 34 years	1,099	980	916	704	717	624	652	670	627	660	616	644	718
35 to 44 years	865	815	667	586	522	526	465	477	413	536	487	457	495
45 to 54 years	751	689	588	524	404	374	358	402	406	376	337	366	421
55 years and over	865	868	675	595	496	478	438	425	432	420	461	479	475

MARITAL STATUS
Married men, spouse present(1)	1,678	1,659	1,406	989	852	921	877	875	865	871	913	962	903
Married women, spouse present(1)	1,526	1,347	1,074	988	857	825	759	768	750	821	791	792	800

Footnotes (1) Beginning with data for January 2020, refers to persons in both opposite-sex and same-sex married couples. Prior to January 2020, includes persons in opposite-sex married couples only.
NOTE: Detail for the 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.

Last Modified Date: April 05, 2024