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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
31. Unemployed persons by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, marital status, and duration of unemployment

[Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic2016
UnemployedWeeks
TotalLess than
5 weeks
5 to 14
weeks
15 weeks and overAverage
(mean)
duration
Median
duration
Total15 to 26
weeks
27 weeks
and over

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over

7,7512,3622,2263,1631,1582,00527.510.6

16 to 19 years

92538530024011712214.36.8

20 to 24 years

1,28644439844419225221.09.0

25 to 34 years

1,79753252973728145625.310.9

35 to 44 years

1,25835537253118634427.911.3

45 to 54 years

1,18931130257618938735.413.8

55 to 64 years

94122424047815032838.515.0

65 years and over

355112861574211539.311.7

Men, 16 years and over

4,1871,2451,1811,7616251,13629.311.2

16 to 19 years

512201174137647315.57.4

20 to 24 years

74224221928011616523.09.9

25 to 34 years

96628827440514925526.611.1

35 to 44 years

6441831892719617527.611.5

45 to 54 years

6021531493009220940.014.4

55 to 64 years

5281231332738618739.215.6

65 years and over

193564394237148.013.7

Women, 16 years and over

3,5641,1171,0461,40253386925.410.1

16 to 19 years

413184126103544912.96.0

20 to 24 years

545202179164778718.27.9

25 to 34 years

83224425533213120123.810.6

35 to 44 years

6141721832599016928.311.2

45 to 54 years

5861581532769817830.813.2

55 to 64 years

4131011072056414137.414.3

65 years and over

162564363204428.99.9

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

White, 16 years and over

5,3451,7171,5552,0737841,28926.310.0

Men

2,9529218281,20344376028.610.6

Women

2,39379672787034152923.59.4

Black or African American, 16 years and over

1,65542245178225752531.813.4

Men

84521323340012127833.213.4

Women

81020921938213624730.413.3

Asian, 16 years and over

349100100149559427.911.4

Men

176485376264928.011.6

Women

172524773294427.811.3

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over

1,54851744758323035424.39.6

Men

83329023430911919023.79.4

Women

71522821327411016425.09.9

MARITAL STATUS

Men, 16 years and over

Married, spouse present(1)

1,25936933955219236030.311.8

Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)

6001571752689617234.112.5

Never married

2,32872066794033760427.510.5

Women, 16 years and over

Married, spouse present(1)

1,09334331843316926425.710.1

Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)

75720521134111122930.112.4

Never married

1,71556951762925337623.19.4

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