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	2014
	Unemployed						Weeks
	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	9,617	2,471	2,432	4,714	1,497	3,218	33.7	14.0
16 to 19 years	1,106	429	335	342	166	176	16.7	7.9
20 to 24 years	1,747	505	503	739	283	456	25.0	11.2
25 to 34 years	2,224	548	568	1,108	365	743	31.9	14.4
35 to 44 years	1,539	359	379	802	238	563	36.9	16.0
45 to 54 years	1,507	319	344	844	231	614	41.6	19.2
55 to 64 years	1,107	221	222	663	165	498	47.1	22.3
65 years and over	387	90	80	217	49	168	50.6	20.6

Men, 16 years and over	5,190	1,332	1,279	2,580	815	1,765	34.3	14.4
16 to 19 years	605	235	182	188	91	97	16.7	8.0
20 to 24 years	996	274	267	455	167	288	27.1	12.5
25 to 34 years	1,185	296	301	587	188	399	31.9	14.3
35 to 44 years	813	187	199	427	134	293	35.6	16.2
45 to 54 years	782	170	171	441	118	323	43.1	19.4
55 to 64 years	600	124	115	361	91	270	48.0	22.5
65 years and over	210	45	44	121	26	94	56.8	22.1

Women, 16 years and over	4,426	1,139	1,153	2,135	682	1,453	33.0	13.7
16 to 19 years	501	193	153	154	75	79	16.8	7.7
20 to 24 years	751	231	236	284	117	168	22.2	10.0
25 to 34 years	1,039	252	267	520	177	344	32.0	14.5
35 to 44 years	726	172	180	375	104	271	38.5	15.8
45 to 54 years	725	148	173	403	112	290	40.0	18.9
55 to 64 years	507	98	107	303	74	228	46.0	22.1
65 years and over	177	45	36	96	23	74	43.1	18.8

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White, 16 years and over	6,540	1,798	1,696	3,046	987	2,059	32.3	12.9
Men	3,572	979	899	1,694	545	1,149	33.2	13.3
Women	2,968	819	796	1,352	443	910	31.3	12.4
Black or African American, 16 years and over	2,141	437	487	1,217	370	847	37.9	19.5
Men	1,091	221	240	630	187	443	38.5	20.4
Women	1,050	215	248	587	183	404	37.4	18.5
Asian, 16 years and over	436	102	106	228	64	164	38.3	16.3
Men	246	55	59	132	38	94	39.7	17.3
Women	190	47	47	96	26	70	36.4	15.0
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	1,878	543	483	852	291	561	30.4	12.4
Men	996	303	247	446	152	294	29.8	12.0
Women	882	240	236	406	139	267	31.1	12.8

MARITAL STATUS
Men, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present	1,542	386	366	790	244	546	37.0	15.4
Widowed, divorced, or separated	727	167	175	385	119	267	38.3	16.7
Never married	2,921	778	738	1,404	452	953	32.0	13.6
Women, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present	1,363	363	346	654	198	456	34.2	13.6
Widowed, divorced, or separated	965	201	238	526	155	371	39.6	17.7
Never married	2,098	574	569	955	329	626	29.2	12.5
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 12, 2015