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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]
Characteristic2020
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

12,9473,7084,7284,5112,5161,99516.59.7

16 to 19 years

1,0254243742271379111.66.6

20 to 24 years

1,99063275360536524014.58.8

25 to 34 years

3,0808551,1121,11361949417.110.1

35 to 44 years

2,17759580078243834416.410.0

45 to 54 years

2,04253473177841536218.110.4

55 to 64 years

1,83946066571437334218.410.9

65 years and over

79520829529116912217.310.2

Men, 16 years and over

6,6441,9012,3582,3841,2871,09717.19.9

16 to 19 years

526215194116734411.46.7

20 to 24 years

1,01631735933919414515.69.1

25 to 34 years

1,66444960860833227517.710.2

35 to 44 years

1,12631840140822218716.310.1

45 to 54 years

99526433739319519819.410.6

55 to 64 years

91623031037618718919.711.6

65 years and over

401108150143845916.79.9

Women, 16 years and over

6,3041,8062,3702,1271,23089815.89.5

16 to 19 years

500209179111644711.76.6

20 to 24 years

9743153932661719513.38.5

25 to 34 years

1,41640650450528721916.59.9

35 to 44 years

1,05027839937421615816.59.9

45 to 54 years

1,04726939438522016516.710.2

55 to 64 years

92422935633818615217.210.3

65 years and over

394100145149856318.010.4

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

White, 16 years and over

9,0902,7243,3653,0011,6991,30215.79.3

Men

4,7251,4141,6961,61587573916.59.5

Women

4,3651,3101,6691,38682456314.89.1

Black or African American, 16 years and over

2,30459179591848243619.311.0

Men

1,15028937948225023220.011.7

Women

1,15530341543723220418.710.3

Asian, 16 years and over

89420233535720115618.411.2

Men

427100161166927518.111.0

Women

4671021741911098118.711.3

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over

3,0188981,1001,02057544515.69.6

Men

1,59848258453129523615.79.5

Women

1,42141651648828020915.59.7

MARITAL STATUS

Men, 16 years and over

Married, spouse present(1)

2,27166583477242734515.99.6

Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)

84722229033517016619.411.1

Never married

3,5261,0151,2341,27769058717.49.9

Women, 16 years and over

Married, spouse present(1)

2,34765490878546831715.39.5

Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)

1,14330041343025018117.410.3

Never married

2,8138521,04991251240015.69.3

Footnotes
(1) Beginning with data for January 2020, refers to persons in both opposite-sex and same-sex married couples. Prior to January 2020, referred 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, 2021