A-36. Unemployed persons by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, marital status, and duration of unemployment

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-36. Unemployed persons by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, marital status, and duration of unemployment [Numbers in thousands]
Age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and marital status	March 2024
	Unemployed						Weeks of unemployment
	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	6,604	1,909	2,141	2,554	1,195	1,359	22.3	10.7
16 to 19 years	764	324	264	176	118	59	11.2	6.4
20 to 24 years	1,095	328	369	398	180	219	18.9	10.6
25 to 34 years	1,614	472	528	615	254	360	24.5	10.7
35 to 44 years	1,020	306	292	422	167	255	23.9	10.7
45 to 54 years	1,041	247	369	424	215	209	22.4	11.9
55 to 64 years	733	134	236	363	189	174	26.7	14.3
65 years and over	337	99	83	155	72	83	32.6	12.4

Men, 16 years and over	3,639	1,020	1,121	1,497	702	795	23.7	11.4
16 to 19 years	440	192	143	104	63	41	12.3	6.3
20 to 24 years	586	170	202	213	81	132	20.8	10.4
25 to 34 years	916	249	288	378	164	214	27.8	11.3
35 to 44 years	485	132	137	215	66	149	24.2	12.2
45 to 54 years	595	126	190	279	167	113	23.5	13.8
55 to 64 years	412	86	119	207	114	93	26.5	14.6
65 years and over	205	64	42	100	46	53	32.7	12.1

Women, 16 years and over	2,965	889	1,020	1,057	493	564	20.5	10.1
16 to 19 years	323	131	120	72	54	18	9.8	6.5
20 to 24 years	510	158	167	185	99	86	16.8	10.8
25 to 34 years	699	222	240	237	90	147	20.3	10.1
35 to 44 years	535	174	154	207	101	106	23.6	9.8
45 to 54 years	445	121	179	145	49	96	20.9	9.4
55 to 64 years	321	48	118	156	75	81	26.9	14.0
65 years and over	132	35	41	56	25	30	32.5	12.5

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White, 16 years and over	4,465	1,400	1,387	1,677	777	901	21.6	10.1
Men	2,465	714	766	985	443	542	23.3	10.6
Women	2,000	686	621	692	334	359	19.5	9.4
Black or African American, 16 years and over	1,435	325	491	619	283	336	25.5	12.8
Men	781	202	224	355	172	183	27.1	13.3
Women	654	123	267	264	111	154	23.6	12.3
Asian, 16 years and over	285	57	83	145	79	66	21.2	14.9
Men	164	36	41	87	47	40	23.3	15.8
Women	121	21	43	58	32	26	18.4	12.3
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	1,510	453	513	544	256	288	22.3	10.9
Men	797	225	289	283	131	152	21.9	11.0
Women	713	228	224	260	125	136	22.9	10.7

MARITAL STATUS
Men, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	1,003	283	321	399	181	218	23.6	11.3
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	384	116	89	179	116	63	21.3	13.0
Never married	2,252	622	712	918	405	514	24.2	11.3
Women, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	820	265	250	305	167	138	19.5	9.8
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	508	99	203	206	73	133	26.7	11.6
Never married	1,637	524	567	546	253	293	19.1	9.7
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: April 05, 2024