Unemployed persons by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, marital status, and duration of unemployment : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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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	2015
	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	8,296	2,399	2,302	3,595	1,267	2,328	29.2	11.6
16 to 19 years	966	385	315	266	135	131	14.5	7.4
20 to 24 years	1,501	487	449	565	229	336	21.8	9.7
25 to 34 years	1,905	535	539	830	298	533	27.4	11.8
35 to 44 years	1,351	358	355	638	212	426	32.2	13.2
45 to 54 years	1,259	310	325	624	195	428	35.5	14.3
55 to 64 years	978	225	243	511	157	354	40.7	16.1
65 years and over	337	99	75	162	42	120	44.9	13.4

Men, 16 years and over	4,490	1,263	1,207	2,020	695	1,325	30.3	12.3
16 to 19 years	531	203	171	157	81	75	14.6	7.9
20 to 24 years	865	262	255	348	133	214	23.4	10.4
25 to 34 years	1,030	285	288	458	164	294	28.6	12.2
35 to 44 years	695	179	174	342	109	233	33.0	14.1
45 to 54 years	649	160	157	332	100	231	37.8	15.4
55 to 64 years	536	125	128	283	85	198	40.6	16.5
65 years and over	184	47	35	102	23	79	51.9	20.2

Women, 16 years and over	3,807	1,136	1,095	1,575	572	1,003	27.8	10.8
16 to 19 years	435	182	144	109	53	56	14.4	6.9
20 to 24 years	636	225	194	217	95	122	19.5	8.8
25 to 34 years	874	250	252	373	134	238	26.0	11.4
35 to 44 years	656	178	181	296	102	193	31.4	12.3
45 to 54 years	610	150	169	292	95	197	33.0	13.5
55 to 64 years	442	99	115	229	72	156	40.8	15.6
65 years and over	153	52	41	61	19	41	36.4	9.7

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White, 16 years and over	5,662	1,746	1,608	2,308	837	1,471	27.5	10.5
Men	3,126	942	868	1,315	471	844	28.2	11.1
Women	2,537	804	741	993	366	627	26.7	10.0
Black or African American, 16 years and over	1,846	416	481	949	314	635	33.8	15.5
Men	935	198	233	504	161	343	36.0	17.2
Women	911	218	248	445	152	292	31.6	14.0
Asian, 16 years and over	347	99	85	163	55	108	33.3	13.1
Men	191	50	42	99	30	69	38.1	16.0
Women	156	49	43	63	24	39	27.3	10.7
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	1,726	548	484	695	258	436	25.2	10.4
Men	943	312	260	371	142	230	23.5	10.1
Women	783	235	224	323	117	207	27.3	10.8

MARITAL STATUS
Men, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present	1,310	384	349	577	196	381	30.2	11.8
Widowed, divorced, or separated	643	164	152	327	104	223	37.7	15.2
Never married	2,537	714	707	1,116	395	721	28.5	11.9
Women, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present	1,138	342	332	463	173	291	28.4	10.4
Widowed, divorced, or separated	812	212	221	379	128	251	32.9	13.1
Never married	1,857	582	541	733	271	462	25.1	10.2
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 10, 2016