2016 Annual Averages ‐ Unemployed persons by marital status, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, age, and sex : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
24. Unemployed persons by marital status, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, age, and sex
[Numbers in thousands]
Marital status, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and age	Men				Women
	Unemployed		Unemployment rates		Unemployed		Unemployment rates
	2015	2016	2015	2016	2015	2016	2015	2016
Total, 16 years and over	4,490	4,187	5.4	4.9	3,807	3,564	5.2	4.8
Married, spouse present(1)	1,310	1,259	2.8	2.7	1,138	1,093	3.1	3.0
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	643	600	6.1	5.6	812	757	5.5	5.1
Never married	2,537	2,328	9.5	8.5	1,857	1,715	8.2	7.4

White, 16 years and over	3,126	2,952	4.7	4.4	2,537	2,393	4.5	4.2
Married, spouse present(1)	986	961	2.6	2.5	885	834	3.0	2.8
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	461	455	5.4	5.4	577	541	5.1	4.8
Never married	1,679	1,536	8.3	7.5	1,074	1,018	6.9	6.4

Black or African American, 16 years and over	935	845	10.3	9.1	911	810	8.9	7.8
Married, spouse present(1)	179	171	5.0	4.7	127	125	4.4	4.4
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	133	104	9.7	7.4	175	153	7.4	6.5
Never married	623	570	15.1	13.4	608	532	12.3	10.4

Asian, 16 years and over	191	176	4.0	3.5	156	172	3.7	3.9
Married, spouse present(1)	89	64	2.9	2.0	78	91	3.1	3.4
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	16	17	4.7	4.3	21	28	3.7	4.4
Never married	86	95	6.2	6.4	57	53	5.1	4.5

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	943	833	6.3	5.4	783	715	7.1	6.3
Married, spouse present(1)	298	270	3.9	3.4	248	238	5.2	4.9
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	111	99	6.1	5.5	144	144	6.3	6.1
Never married	533	465	9.7	8.2	390	333	9.9	8.0

Total, 25 years and over	3,094	2,934	4.3	4.0	2,735	2,607	4.3	4.1
Married, spouse present(1)	1,270	1,228	2.8	2.7	1,070	1,041	3.0	2.9
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	618	576	6.0	5.5	773	725	5.4	5.0
Never married	1,206	1,129	7.2	6.5	892	841	6.5	5.9

White, 25 years and over	2,170	2,110	3.7	3.6	1,860	1,753	3.8	3.5
Married, spouse present(1)	957	937	2.5	2.5	834	790	2.9	2.7
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	443	436	5.3	5.2	550	519	5.0	4.7
Never married	771	738	6.2	5.7	475	444	5.4	4.9

Black or African American, 25 years and over	626	551	8.2	7.0	637	581	7.4	6.6
Married, spouse present(1)	173	166	4.9	4.6	117	120	4.1	4.3
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	129	101	9.5	7.4	168	149	7.3	6.5
Never married	324	285	11.9	9.8	352	312	10.1	8.5

Asian, 25 years and over	147	137	3.4	3.0	118	143	3.1	3.5
Married, spouse present(1)	88	64	2.9	2.0	76	90	3.0	3.4
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	16	16	4.6	4.3	21	27	3.7	4.4
Never married	43	56	4.4	5.4	21	26	3.0	3.3

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 25 years and over	623	549	5.0	4.2	544	500	6.0	5.4
Married, spouse present(1)	288	260	3.8	3.4	230	218	5.0	4.6
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	104	95	5.9	5.5	135	132	6.1	5.8
Never married	231	193	7.0	5.6	179	150	8.1	6.4
Footnotes (1) Refers 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: February 8, 2017