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	September 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	6,859	2,036	1,801	3,023	1,086	1,937	25.4	12.1
16 to 19 years	913	364	281	268	121	147	14.2	7.9
20 to 24 years	1,273	366	374	533	196	337	22.9	11.2
25 to 34 years	1,570	428	413	728	248	480	27.1	13.2
35 to 44 years	1,244	338	262	645	240	405	28.6	15.4
45 to 54 years	904	233	218	453	153	300	27.6	14.6
55 to 64 years	563	174	146	243	69	173	34.9	11.9
65 years and over	392	133	107	152	57	95	24.2	10.1

Men, 16 years and over	3,627	1,051	944	1,633	527	1,106	27.8	12.2
16 to 19 years	462	189	152	121	42	79	13.7	6.5
20 to 24 years	657	176	192	288	99	189	25.2	11.7
25 to 34 years	881	232	224	425	107	318	30.8	13.9
35 to 44 years	645	149	142	353	132	222	32.2	16.7
45 to 54 years	432	124	111	197	69	127	27.1	13.1
55 to 64 years	335	106	64	165	38	128	40.6	14.1
65 years and over	215	75	57	83	39	44	22.0	9.6

Women, 16 years and over	3,232	985	857	1,390	559	831	22.7	12.1
16 to 19 years	451	175	129	147	79	68	14.7	9.2
20 to 24 years	616	190	181	245	97	148	20.5	10.8
25 to 34 years	689	196	189	303	141	162	22.3	12.1
35 to 44 years	600	189	119	292	109	183	24.7	14.0
45 to 54 years	473	109	107	257	84	173	28.1	17.1
55 to 64 years	228	68	82	77	32	46	26.5	10.4
65 years and over	177	58	49	70	18	52	27.0	10.9

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White, 16 years and over	4,246	1,310	1,194	1,742	635	1,107	24.6	11.1
Men	2,341	681	610	1,051	312	739	28.7	11.9
Women	1,905	629	584	691	323	368	19.5	10.5
Black or African American, 16 years and over	1,513	391	355	766	264	502	29.2	14.9
Men	673	174	159	341	124	217	30.9	14.9
Women	840	218	196	426	140	285	27.7	15.0
Asian, 16 years and over	395	97	103	194	70	124	29.1	14.0
Men	223	70	48	106	42	64	29.3	12.8
Women	171	27	56	88	28	60	28.9	15.4
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	1,634	527	485	622	239	383	20.3	9.9
Men	909	296	305	308	104	204	20.8	8.9
Women	726	231	180	315	135	179	19.8	12.1

MARITAL STATUS
Men, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	846	230	196	420	153	267	28.7	14.3
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	377	134	88	155	55	100	26.3	10.8
Never married	2,405	688	659	1,058	319	738	27.7	11.9
Women, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	807	237	254	316	109	207	22.6	11.5
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	465	112	97	256	116	141	27.4	16.7
Never married	1,960	636	507	817	334	483	21.7	11.3
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: October 02, 2026