Table A-10. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-10. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
Characteristic	Number of unemployed persons (in thousands)			Unemployment rates
Characteristic	Aug. 2022	July 2023	Aug. 2023	Aug. 2022	Apr. 2023	May 2023	June 2023	July 2023	Aug. 2023
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over	6,021	5,841	6,355	3.7	3.4	3.7	3.6	3.5	3.8
16 to 19 years	670	696	779	10.4	9.2	10.3	11.0	11.3	12.2
16 to 17 years	243	262	280	9.7	9.4	9.5	11.2	11.2	11.8
18 to 19 years	428	432	506	10.9	9.4	10.6	10.5	11.4	12.7
20 years and over	5,351	5,145	5,576	3.4	3.2	3.4	3.3	3.2	3.5
20 to 24 years	1,022	1,046	1,125	7.0	5.4	6.3	6.1	6.7	7.2
25 years and over	4,299	4,079	4,395	3.0	2.9	3.0	3.0	2.8	3.0
25 to 54 years	3,283	3,181	3,353	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.1
25 to 34 years	1,391	1,333	1,446	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.6	3.9
35 to 44 years	1,029	1,093	1,085	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0
45 to 54 years	863	754	822	2.6	2.4	2.6	2.4	2.3	2.5
55 years and over	1,018	881	1,036	2.7	2.3	2.8	2.6	2.3	2.7

Men, 16 years and over	3,284	3,203	3,589	3.8	3.5	3.7	3.7	3.6	4.0
16 to 19 years	356	386	432	11.2	9.1	10.4	12.5	13.0	13.7
16 to 17 years	135	144	138	11.5	8.6	8.0	14.1	13.2	12.0
18 to 19 years	223	238	302	11.2	10.1	11.5	10.5	12.9	15.3
20 years and over	2,929	2,817	3,157	3.5	3.3	3.5	3.4	3.3	3.7
20 to 24 years	609	573	677	8.1	6.0	7.1	6.7	7.2	8.4
25 years and over	2,294	2,223	2,422	3.0	2.9	3.0	3.0	2.9	3.1
25 to 54 years	1,740	1,775	1,842	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.1	3.2
25 to 34 years	720	760	776	3.7	4.0	3.7	4.0	3.8	3.9
35 to 44 years	567	554	587	3.0	2.9	2.7	2.5	2.8	3.0
45 to 54 years	453	460	479	2.6	2.4	2.7	2.5	2.6	2.7
55 years and over	554	449	580	2.7	2.3	2.9	3.0	2.2	2.8

Women, 16 years and over	2,736	2,638	2,766	3.5	3.3	3.6	3.4	3.4	3.5
16 to 19 years	314	310	347	9.7	9.2	10.2	9.7	9.7	10.8
16 to 17 years	108	118	143	8.1	10.2	10.7	8.7	9.4	11.6
18 to 19 years	205	194	204	10.6	8.7	9.5	10.4	10.0	10.2
20 years and over	2,422	2,328	2,419	3.3	3.1	3.3	3.1	3.1	3.2
20 to 24 years	414	473	448	5.8	4.7	5.4	5.3	6.2	5.8
25 years and over	2,005	1,856	1,973	3.0	2.8	3.1	3.0	2.7	2.9
25 to 54 years	1,543	1,406	1,511	3.1	3.0	3.2	3.2	2.8	3.0
25 to 34 years	671	573	670	3.8	3.5	4.0	3.9	3.3	3.8
35 to 44 years	462	540	498	2.8	3.0	3.1	3.5	3.2	2.9
45 to 54 years	411	293	343	2.7	2.5	2.6	2.3	1.9	2.2
55 years and over	450	408	449	2.6	2.4	2.6	2.1	2.3	2.5

MARITAL STATUS
Married men, spouse present(1)	932	803	942	2.0	1.7	2.0	1.8	1.7	2.0
Married women, spouse present(1)	795	782	794	2.1	2.0	2.3	2.2	2.0	2.1
Women who maintain families(2)	533	466	499	5.1	4.8	4.6	4.8	4.5	4.9

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS
Full-time workers(3)	4,948	4,702	5,129	3.6	3.3	3.6	3.5	3.4	3.7
Part-time workers(4)	1,113	1,150	1,258	4.1	3.6	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.4
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) Data are not seasonally adjusted. Beginning with data for January 2020, refers to female householders residing with one or more family members, but not a spouse of either sex. Prior to January 2020, referred to female householders residing with one or more family members, but not an opposite-sex spouse. (3) Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or are on layoff from full-time jobs. (4) Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week) or are on layoff from part-time jobs.
NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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Last Modified Date: September 01, 2023