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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
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 August 2024
Unemployed Weeks of unemployment
Total Less
than
5 weeks
5 to 14
weeks
15 weeks and over Average
(mean)
duration
Median
duration
Total 15 to 26
weeks
27 weeks
and over

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over

7,415 2,442 2,395 2,578 1,028 1,550 20.8 9.5

16 to 19 years

949 372 400 177 61 116 12.1 6.8

20 to 24 years

1,227 411 376 440 184 256 21.4 9.6

25 to 34 years

1,752 578 529 645 299 346 18.5 9.7

35 to 44 years

1,335 418 403 514 189 325 24.5 10.3

45 to 54 years

941 312 311 317 124 193 20.4 9.9

55 to 64 years

820 246 244 330 118 213 25.3 10.6

65 years and over

390 104 131 155 53 102 28.7 11.1

Men, 16 years and over

3,759 1,168 1,205 1,386 536 850 21.3 9.9

16 to 19 years

495 178 217 101 32 69 11.9 7.4

20 to 24 years

647 180 209 258 95 162 23.5 10.8

25 to 34 years

854 277 250 327 148 179 17.8 10.1

35 to 44 years

641 189 199 253 98 155 27.1 10.6

45 to 54 years

463 159 143 161 65 96 17.5 9.6

55 to 64 years

448 125 133 190 66 123 27.5 11.5

65 years and over

211 60 55 96 31 64 28.4 12.6

Women, 16 years and over

3,656 1,273 1,190 1,193 492 701 20.2 9.0

16 to 19 years

454 195 184 75 29 46 12.3 6.0

20 to 24 years

580 230 167 183 89 94 19.0 8.1

25 to 34 years

899 302 280 317 151 166 19.3 9.4

35 to 44 years

694 229 204 261 92 170 22.1 10.0

45 to 54 years

478 153 168 156 59 97 23.2 10.2

55 to 64 years

372 121 111 141 51 89 22.6 10.0

65 years and over

179 44 76 59 22 38 29.0 10.1

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

White, 16 years and over

5,094 1,791 1,683 1,620 628 992 19.6 8.7

Men

2,592 878 803 911 360 551 20.3 9.1

Women

2,501 912 879 710 268 441 18.9 8.3

Black or African American, 16 years and over

1,427 349 410 668 290 378 25.0 13.5

Men

679 146 218 315 111 204 24.8 13.5

Women

747 202 191 353 179 174 25.2 13.5

Asian, 16 years and over

508 155 189 165 59 106 19.7 9.9

Men

276 73 122 81 23 59 19.7 9.9

Women

232 82 66 83 36 48 19.8 10.1

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over

1,856 676 569 611 232 379 19.8 8.8

Men

982 353 286 343 121 222 19.9 9.2

Women

874 323 283 268 111 157 19.6 8.3

MARITAL STATUS

Men, 16 years and over

Married, spouse present(1)

967 318 290 359 134 225 23.3 10.1

Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)

406 163 126 118 38 80 20.1 8.6

Never married

2,386 688 789 909 365 545 20.7 10.0

Women, 16 years and over

Married, spouse present(1)

1,083 387 411 285 112 172 18.0 8.4

Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)

634 205 187 242 103 140 20.6 9.9

Never married

1,940 682 592 666 277 388 21.4 9.1

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: September 06, 2024