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

HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
31. Unemployed persons by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, marital status, and duration of unemployment
[Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic	2012
	Unemployed						Weeks
	Total	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	15 weeks and over			Average (mean) duration(1)	Median duration
	Total	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	Total	15 to 26 weeks	27 weeks and over	Average (mean) duration(1)	Median duration
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over	12,506	2,644	2,866	6,996	1,859	5,136	39.4	19.3
16 to 19 years	1,397	467	431	500	216	284	19.4	9.5
20 to 24 years	2,054	501	540	1,012	335	677	30.3	14.2
25 to 34 years	2,764	575	638	1,551	443	1,108	36.4	19.1
35 to 44 years	2,158	418	467	1,274	310	963	42.0	22.0
45 to 54 years	2,181	367	439	1,375	301	1,074	47.9	26.5
55 to 64 years	1,470	226	269	975	197	778	54.6	30.9
65 years and over	482	91	83	309	57	252	56.8	30.3

Men, 16 years and over	6,771	1,439	1,532	3,800	983	2,817	39.9	19.5
16 to 19 years	787	249	245	293	126	167	20.1	10.0
20 to 24 years	1,163	268	296	598	176	422	31.8	15.6
25 to 34 years	1,476	317	335	825	230	595	36.3	19.0
35 to 44 years	1,124	230	241	654	148	506	42.0	21.8
45 to 54 years	1,142	196	229	717	161	556	48.9	25.9
55 to 64 years	811	128	141	542	111	432	56.0	30.9
65 years and over	268	51	45	171	32	139	56.6	29.6

Women, 16 years and over	5,734	1,204	1,335	3,195	876	2,319	38.9	19.0
16 to 19 years	609	217	185	207	90	117	18.6	8.8
20 to 24 years	891	233	244	414	159	255	28.5	13.0
25 to 34 years	1,288	259	304	726	213	513	36.5	19.2
35 to 44 years	1,034	188	226	620	163	457	42.0	22.1
45 to 54 years	1,039	171	210	658	140	518	46.9	27.2
55 to 64 years	659	98	128	433	87	346	52.8	31.0
65 years and over	214	39	38	138	25	113	57.0	31.8

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White, 16 years and over	8,915	2,007	2,114	4,794	1,302	3,492	37.7	17.6
Men	4,931	1,117	1,153	2,661	705	1,955	38.1	17.8
Women	3,985	889	962	2,133	597	1,536	37.2	17.3
Black or African American, 16 years and over	2,544	430	523	1,591	396	1,195	44.9	24.7
Men	1,292	214	264	813	197	617	45.7	25.1
Women	1,252	215	259	778	199	579	44.0	24.3
Asian, 16 years and over	483	85	100	297	74	223	45.0	24.0
Men	249	44	50	156	36	119	47.3	25.4
Women	234	42	50	142	38	104	42.6	22.6
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	2,514	598	594	1,322	360	962	36.7	16.7
Men	1,383	340	332	711	187	524	35.9	15.8
Women	1,130	258	261	611	173	438	37.8	17.8

MARITAL STATUS
Men, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present	2,274	459	494	1,321	324	998	43.0	21.1
Widowed, divorced, or separated	1,005	196	193	616	144	472	46.2	24.4
Never married	3,492	784	845	1,863	516	1,347	36.0	17.2
Women, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present	1,915	375	420	1,120	279	841	42.6	21.5
Widowed, divorced, or separated	1,286	224	280	783	195	588	43.0	23.1
Never married	2,533	606	635	1,292	402	891	33.9	15.3
Footnotes (1) Beginning in January 2011, these series reflect a change to the collection of data on unemployment duration. For more information, see www.bls.gov/cps/duration.htm.
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: February 5, 2013