Table A-10. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-10. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
Characteristic	Number of unemployed persons (in thousands)			Unemployment rates
Characteristic	Apr. 2023	Mar. 2024	Apr. 2024	Apr. 2023	Dec. 2023	Jan. 2024	Feb. 2024	Mar. 2024	Apr. 2024
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over	5,715	6,429	6,492	3.4	3.7	3.7	3.9	3.8	3.9
16 to 19 years	595	842	772	9.3	11.9	10.6	12.5	12.6	11.7
16 to 17 years	234	353	306	9.6	13.1	10.0	12.5	14.1	12.6
18 to 19 years	380	490	474	9.6	11.2	10.8	12.2	11.5	11.3
20 years and over	5,120	5,587	5,720	3.2	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5
20 to 24 years	854	1,091	1,033	5.4	6.4	5.9	7.2	7.1	6.7
25 years and over	4,195	4,499	4,630	2.9	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.2
25 to 54 years	3,290	3,466	3,462	3.1	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2
25 to 34 years	1,430	1,518	1,424	3.8	4.2	3.9	4.3	4.1	3.8
35 to 44 years	1,063	982	1,104	2.9	2.9	3.0	2.9	2.6	3.0
45 to 54 years	798	967	935	2.4	2.6	2.7	2.6	2.9	2.8
55 years and over	909	1,016	1,163	2.4	2.8	2.9	2.8	2.6	3.0

Men, 16 years and over	3,100	3,323	3,500	3.5	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.9
16 to 19 years	303	467	436	9.4	12.5	13.2	12.3	13.7	13.1
16 to 17 years	103	167	159	8.8	15.2	15.1	11.6	14.1	13.8
18 to 19 years	215	298	279	10.3	11.3	12.1	12.5	13.2	12.8
20 years and over	2,797	2,855	3,064	3.3	3.5	3.6	3.5	3.3	3.6
20 to 24 years	486	549	524	6.1	6.4	7.0	7.9	7.1	6.6
25 years and over	2,271	2,329	2,516	2.9	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.0	3.2
25 to 54 years	1,790	1,779	1,882	3.1	3.5	3.4	3.3	3.1	3.3
25 to 34 years	811	813	785	4.1	4.4	4.0	4.2	4.1	4.0
35 to 44 years	559	436	598	2.9	3.2	3.3	3.0	2.2	3.0
45 to 54 years	420	529	499	2.4	2.7	2.7	2.6	3.0	2.9
55 years and over	481	550	633	2.3	2.9	3.2	2.8	2.6	3.1

Women, 16 years and over	2,615	3,106	2,991	3.4	3.6	3.4	3.9	3.9	3.8
16 to 19 years	291	375	336	9.3	11.1	8.2	12.7	11.4	10.2
16 to 17 years	131	186	147	10.4	11.2	5.0	13.1	14.2	11.6
18 to 19 years	165	193	195	8.8	11.1	9.6	11.8	9.7	9.6
20 years and over	2,324	2,731	2,655	3.1	3.3	3.2	3.5	3.6	3.5
20 to 24 years	367	542	509	4.8	6.4	4.9	6.4	7.1	6.7
25 years and over	1,924	2,170	2,114	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.2	3.2	3.1
25 to 54 years	1,501	1,687	1,580	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.3	3.4	3.1
25 to 34 years	619	704	639	3.6	3.9	3.9	4.4	4.0	3.7
35 to 44 years	505	546	505	3.0	2.7	2.7	2.8	3.1	2.9
45 to 54 years	378	437	436	2.5	2.5	2.8	2.6	2.8	2.8
55 years and over	418	463	524	2.4	2.7	2.5	2.9	2.6	2.9

MARITAL STATUS
Married men, spouse present(1)	826	831	979	1.8	2.1	2.1	1.9	1.8	2.1
Married women, spouse present(1)	766	860	890	2.0	2.2	2.0	2.0	2.3	2.4
Women who maintain families(2)	489	550	506	4.8	4.7	5.4	5.5	5.3	4.8

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS
Full-time workers(3)	4,707	5,090	5,257	3.4	3.8	3.6	3.9	3.7	3.8
Part-time workers(4)	998	1,329	1,222	3.6	3.8	4.2	3.9	4.4	4.2
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) Data are not seasonally adjusted. Beginning with data for January 2020, refers to female householders residing with one or more family members, but not a spouse of either sex. Prior to January 2020, referred to female householders residing with one or more family members, but not an opposite-sex spouse. (3) Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or are on layoff from full-time jobs. (4) Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week) or are on layoff from part-time jobs.
NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted 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.

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