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 people 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	May 2026
	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	6,904	2,179	1,603	3,121	1,157	1,964	26.8	11.8
16 to 19 years	889	464	205	220	87	134	12.2	4.3
20 to 24 years	1,138	428	283	427	213	214	17.0	8.8
25 to 34 years	1,658	525	364	769	235	533	26.3	12.3
35 to 44 years	1,244	249	326	668	303	365	32.4	16.4
45 to 54 years	916	217	228	471	160	311	34.2	15.4
55 to 64 years	717	172	149	396	104	292	36.9	18.8
65 years and over	342	123	50	170	55	115	39.0	14.1

Men, 16 years and over	3,773	1,113	920	1,740	601	1,139	27.8	12.8
16 to 19 years	493	246	119	129	32	96	13.6	4.6
20 to 24 years	676	225	179	272	169	103	17.4	10.0
25 to 34 years	876	259	176	440	113	328	30.4	14.8
35 to 44 years	665	108	218	340	141	200	31.6	15.3
45 to 54 years	436	122	117	197	50	147	33.5	12.7
55 to 64 years	417	58	101	258	66	193	38.9	22.8
65 years and over	210	95	11	104	31	73	38.2	9.6

Women, 16 years and over	3,130	1,066	683	1,381	556	825	25.6	10.2
16 to 19 years	396	218	86	92	54	37	10.6	4.1
20 to 24 years	462	203	104	155	44	111	16.3	7.5
25 to 34 years	782	266	187	328	122	206	21.7	9.9
35 to 44 years	578	142	109	328	163	165	33.4	17.0
45 to 54 years	480	95	111	274	111	164	34.8	17.8
55 to 64 years	300	114	48	138	38	100	34.2	10.4
65 years and over	132	27	38	66	24	42	40.1	14.7

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White, 16 years and over	4,451	1,561	1,014	1,876	672	1,204	25.9	9.9
Men	2,458	826	562	1,071	365	705	27.3	10.5
Women	1,992	735	452	805	307	499	24.1	9.1
Black or African American, 16 years and over	1,400	384	318	698	274	423	26.2	14.4
Men	748	186	201	361	124	238	29.0	13.9
Women	652	198	117	337	151	186	22.9	15.3
Asian, 16 years and over	486	81	106	299	121	178	30.3	21.0
Men	260	54	61	145	50	95	26.7	18.6
Women	226	26	46	154	71	83	34.3	22.8
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	1,636	554	379	702	278	424	24.0	10.6
Men	754	246	169	339	121	218	27.9	12.6
Women	881	308	210	363	158	206	20.7	9.5

MARITAL STATUS
Men, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	920	261	215	444	168	276	32.2	13.8
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	435	121	104	209	62	147	28.2	13.8
Never married	2,418	730	601	1,087	372	716	26.1	12.0
Women, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	834	254	153	427	161	266	30.4	15.2
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	588	169	129	290	143	146	28.6	13.9
Never married	1,708	642	402	664	252	412	22.3	9.1
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) Separated includes people 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. People 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: June 05, 2026