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Unemployed persons by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, marital status, and duration of unemployment

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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	2023
	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	6,080	2,112	1,866	2,102	925	1,177	20.6	8.9
16 to 19 years	713	337	226	151	77	74	11.7	5.2
20 to 24 years	1,044	369	354	321	159	162	16.3	8.3
25 to 34 years	1,465	497	442	527	234	292	20.9	9.3
35 to 44 years	1,031	336	318	377	160	218	22.5	9.8
45 to 54 years	821	261	239	321	143	178	23.8	10.0
55 to 64 years	689	203	200	286	103	183	27.4	10.7
65 years and over	316	110	88	119	49	70	23.8	9.1

Men, 16 years and over	3,377	1,149	1,018	1,210	532	678	21.2	9.2
16 to 19 years	392	185	122	85	43	42	12.0	5.2
20 to 24 years	591	209	187	195	90	105	17.1	8.7
25 to 34 years	829	279	245	304	132	172	21.7	9.5
35 to 44 years	558	174	177	208	96	112	22.6	10.3
45 to 54 years	450	137	130	183	86	97	24.3	10.5
55 to 64 years	388	111	112	166	59	107	27.7	11.1
65 years and over	169	55	45	70	28	42	25.5	10.1

Women, 16 years and over	2,702	962	848	892	393	499	19.9	8.5
16 to 19 years	321	151	103	66	34	32	11.4	5.2
20 to 24 years	453	160	167	126	69	57	15.3	7.8
25 to 34 years	637	218	197	223	102	120	19.7	9.0
35 to 44 years	473	163	141	170	64	106	22.4	9.3
45 to 54 years	371	124	109	138	58	81	23.2	9.5
55 to 64 years	301	92	89	120	44	76	27.0	10.3
65 years and over	147	55	43	49	22	27	22.0	8.0

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White, 16 years and over	4,162	1,514	1,301	1,347	609	737	19.1	8.4
Men	2,368	844	731	793	361	431	19.7	8.7
Women	1,794	670	570	554	248	306	18.3	8.0
Black or African American, 16 years and over	1,212	368	362	482	197	285	24.4	10.3
Men	599	176	171	252	101	150	25.9	10.9
Women	612	191	191	230	95	135	22.9	9.9
Asian, 16 years and over	344	96	104	144	64	81	24.8	11.2
Men	204	53	60	91	38	54	26.0	12.2
Women	139	42	44	53	26	27	22.9	10.1
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	1,475	552	454	469	225	244	18.5	8.2
Men	839	326	250	264	121	143	18.4	7.9
Women	635	227	204	205	104	101	18.5	8.6

MARITAL STATUS
Men, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	903	311	270	322	147	175	20.8	9.1
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	418	131	120	167	68	99	24.4	10.3
Never married	2,057	708	627	722	317	404	20.7	9.1
Women, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	788	296	232	261	109	151	20.8	8.3
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	472	164	141	167	65	102	22.4	9.2
Never married	1,442	502	475	464	219	246	18.6	8.5
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 26, 2024