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	Feb. 2022	Jan. 2023	Feb. 2023	Feb. 2022	Oct. 2022	Nov. 2022	Dec. 2022	Jan. 2023	Feb. 2023
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over	6,272	5,694	5,936	3.8	3.7	3.6	3.5	3.4	3.6
16 to 19 years	628	658	716	10.3	11.0	11.3	10.4	10.3	11.1
16 to 17 years	256	277	216	10.1	9.8	11.5	8.4	10.9	9.0
18 to 19 years	362	384	488	10.1	11.9	11.3	12.2	10.0	12.1
20 years and over	5,644	5,035	5,219	3.6	3.4	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.3
20 to 24 years	1,121	1,116	1,103	7.5	6.9	6.8	7.3	7.1	6.9
25 years and over	4,641	4,020	4,235	3.2	3.0	3.0	2.8	2.8	2.9
25 to 54 years	3,477	3,136	3,242	3.3	3.2	3.2	2.9	3.0	3.1
25 to 34 years	1,502	1,459	1,447	4.1	4.0	4.1	3.8	3.9	3.9
35 to 44 years	1,175	927	936	3.3	2.9	2.6	2.4	2.6	2.6
45 to 54 years	799	750	858	2.5	2.8	2.7	2.3	2.3	2.6
55 years and over	1,130	874	957	2.9	2.4	2.5	2.7	2.3	2.5

Men, 16 years and over	3,318	3,147	3,208	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.4	3.6	3.6
16 to 19 years	347	387	405	11.1	12.1	12.5	10.2	11.9	12.4
16 to 17 years	111	183	131	9.0	11.7	15.6	9.3	15.0	11.4
18 to 19 years	234	207	275	12.4	12.6	10.9	11.3	10.1	12.9
20 years and over	2,971	2,760	2,803	3.5	3.3	3.3	3.1	3.2	3.3
20 to 24 years	600	620	646	7.8	7.2	7.7	7.3	7.8	7.9
25 years and over	2,464	2,225	2,251	3.2	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.9	2.9
25 to 54 years	1,794	1,722	1,738	3.2	3.1	3.0	2.8	3.1	3.1
25 to 34 years	756	856	773	3.9	3.9	4.1	3.9	4.3	3.9
35 to 44 years	636	484	532	3.3	2.6	2.4	2.3	2.5	2.7
45 to 54 years	401	382	434	2.3	2.8	2.6	2.1	2.2	2.5
55 years and over	670	504	512	3.2	2.3	2.6	2.7	2.4	2.5

Women, 16 years and over	2,954	2,546	2,728	3.9	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.3	3.5
16 to 19 years	281	271	311	9.4	9.8	10.0	10.7	8.7	9.8
16 to 17 years	145	93	86	11.1	8.0	7.4	7.6	7.1	6.8
18 to 19 years	128	177	213	7.6	11.1	11.7	13.2	9.8	11.2
20 years and over	2,672	2,275	2,417	3.6	3.4	3.3	3.2	3.1	3.2
20 to 24 years	521	496	457	7.1	6.6	5.9	7.3	6.3	5.9
25 years and over	2,178	1,795	1,984	3.3	3.1	3.0	2.8	2.7	3.0
25 to 54 years	1,683	1,414	1,503	3.5	3.3	3.3	3.0	2.9	3.0
25 to 34 years	746	604	674	4.4	4.0	4.1	3.7	3.5	3.9
35 to 44 years	539	443	405	3.3	3.2	2.9	2.5	2.7	2.4
45 to 54 years	398	368	425	2.6	2.7	2.8	2.5	2.4	2.8
55 years and over	502	386	482	2.9	2.5	2.3	2.6	2.2	2.7

MARITAL STATUS
Married men, spouse present(1)	871	837	885	1.9	1.9	2.0	1.8	1.8	1.9
Married women, spouse present(1)	858	710	766	2.3	2.2	2.0	2.1	1.9	2.0
Women who maintain families(2)	557	403	514	5.3	5.7	4.9	3.6	3.8	5.0

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS
Full-time workers(3)	5,223	4,634	4,863	3.8	3.7	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.5
Part-time workers(4)	1,085	1,078	1,117	4.0	3.9	4.4	3.9	3.8	4.0
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) 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: March 10, 2023