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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	2024
	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	6,761	2,235	2,012	2,513	1,064	1,449	21.6	9.6
16 to 19 years	823	364	279	180	88	93	12.2	6.2
20 to 24 years	1,121	388	337	396	187	209	19.0	9.2
25 to 34 years	1,586	514	481	591	258	332	20.8	9.6
35 to 44 years	1,206	371	341	494	192	302	24.9	10.5
45 to 54 years	899	264	273	362	151	211	23.3	10.8
55 to 64 years	761	220	206	336	136	200	26.2	12.0
65 years and over	364	115	94	155	53	102	28.9	10.9

Men, 16 years and over	3,661	1,183	1,085	1,392	579	813	22.0	9.8
16 to 19 years	455	196	153	106	46	60	13.1	6.4
20 to 24 years	620	196	197	227	96	131	20.7	9.6
25 to 34 years	850	275	257	319	146	173	21.1	9.7
35 to 44 years	628	193	171	264	99	164	24.8	10.8
45 to 54 years	480	141	143	196	86	110	22.5	11.1
55 to 64 years	427	124	118	185	77	108	25.8	11.9
65 years and over	202	58	48	96	28	68	32.1	13.3

Women, 16 years and over	3,100	1,052	927	1,121	485	636	21.1	9.3
16 to 19 years	369	167	127	74	42	33	11.1	5.9
20 to 24 years	501	192	140	169	91	78	16.9	8.6
25 to 34 years	736	240	225	271	112	160	20.6	9.5
35 to 44 years	578	178	170	230	92	138	25.0	10.3
45 to 54 years	419	122	130	166	65	101	24.3	10.5
55 to 64 years	335	95	88	151	59	92	26.7	12.2
65 years and over	163	57	46	59	25	34	24.9	9.0

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White, 16 years and over	4,599	1,607	1,370	1,622	682	940	20.8	9.0
Men	2,530	867	746	917	381	536	21.0	9.2
Women	2,069	740	624	705	302	403	20.5	8.8
Black or African American, 16 years and over	1,318	364	389	566	248	318	23.6	11.7
Men	677	184	193	301	131	169	24.6	12.3
Women	641	181	195	265	117	149	22.5	11.0
Asian, 16 years and over	410	115	122	173	76	97	22.2	11.4
Men	215	58	68	89	36	53	23.3	11.4
Women	196	58	54	84	40	44	20.9	11.4
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	1,663	591	497	575	253	322	20.4	9.0
Men	890	328	269	293	126	167	19.2	8.4
Women	773	263	228	282	127	155	21.9	9.5

MARITAL STATUS
Men, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	969	329	269	370	150	221	22.0	9.6
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	420	135	121	164	70	94	23.9	10.2
Never married	2,272	719	695	858	360	499	21.7	9.8
Women, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	887	308	261	319	135	184	22.0	9.2
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	546	155	169	222	90	132	23.9	10.7
Never married	1,666	589	497	580	260	319	19.7	9.0
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 29, 2025