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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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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]
Characteristic2019
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

6,0012,0861,7892,1268601,26621.69.1

16 to 19 years

746344243160847612.05.7

20 to 24 years

1,02438431232714917817.88.3

25 to 34 years

1,38445842050521129521.99.7

35 to 44 years

93030428534113820422.79.6

45 to 54 years

89027025536513023626.210.8

55 to 64 years

71021018931110820326.911.4

65 years and over

31711684117417627.08.8

Men, 16 years and over

3,2271,0899421,19546872722.59.6

16 to 19 years

40818412698514612.76.1

20 to 24 years

6022041842148912520.29.1

25 to 34 years

74124222227711016723.010.0

35 to 44 years

4751531351867211422.610.2

45 to 54 years

4711411361947212226.511.2

55 to 64 years

361102981605310828.011.8

65 years and over

170624167224529.39.7

Women, 16 years and over

2,77499784693039153920.58.6

16 to 19 years

33916011762323011.35.2

20 to 24 years

421180128113615314.46.9

25 to 34 years

64321619922810112820.79.4

35 to 44 years

455150150155659022.89.0

45 to 54 years

4191291191715811325.810.4

55 to 64 years

35010891150559525.811.0

65 years and over

147544350193124.48.0

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

White, 16 years and over

4,1591,5201,2381,40158581620.28.6

Men

2,26679766680331848421.39.1

Women

1,89372357159826733118.98.0

Black or African American, 16 years and over

1,25136338050818732125.310.8

Men

64518118727710417426.411.7

Women

6071831932318314824.110.2

Asian, 16 years and over

2809187102396323.19.7

Men

149504256223421.89.8

Women

132414447182924.59.6

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over

1,24846537141318023220.18.6

Men

6572491892199312619.18.5

Women

5912161811948710621.18.7

MARITAL STATUS

Men, 16 years and over

Married, spouse present(1)

85729624631512419121.59.3

Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)

4291261251786611125.411.5

Never married

1,94166857170327842422.39.3

Women, 16 years and over

Married, spouse present(1)

83630525128011916121.28.4

Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)

5521711652168613022.610.0

Never married

1,38652143043518624819.38.3

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: January 22, 2020