Table A-10. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-10. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
Characteristic	Number of unemployed people (in thousands)			Unemployment rates
Characteristic	May 2024	Apr. 2025	May 2025	May 2024	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025	May 2025
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over	6,635	7,166	7,237	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2
16 to 19 years	827	853	866	12.4	11.8	12.9	13.7	13.0	13.4
16 to 17 years	342	336	329	13.7	13.4	16.0	15.3	14.4	14.5
18 to 19 years	485	507	531	11.5	10.9	11.1	12.8	12.0	12.7
20 years and over	5,808	6,313	6,371	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9
20 to 24 years	1,193	1,299	1,283	7.9	7.9	8.3	7.5	8.2	8.2
25 years and over	4,611	5,026	5,053	3.2	3.3	3.4	3.3	3.4	3.4
25 to 54 years	3,576	3,811	3,880	3.3	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6
25 to 34 years	1,518	1,601	1,558	4.1	4.2	4.4	4.0	4.2	4.1
35 to 44 years	1,225	1,209	1,250	3.3	3.1	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.3
45 to 54 years	833	1,002	1,073	2.5	2.6	2.7	3.2	3.0	3.2
55 years and over	1,049	1,210	1,194	2.7	3.0	2.9	2.9	3.1	3.0

Men, 16 years and over	3,711	3,960	3,906	4.2	4.0	4.2	4.2	4.4	4.3
16 to 19 years	497	509	523	14.7	11.9	14.1	14.2	15.0	15.8
16 to 17 years	201	166	202	16.8	12.1	17.8	14.2	13.8	17.5
18 to 19 years	287	329	310	13.1	11.9	12.2	14.0	15.2	14.5
20 years and over	3,214	3,451	3,383	3.8	3.7	3.8	3.8	4.0	3.9
20 to 24 years	650	779	706	8.4	9.2	9.8	8.4	9.6	8.8
25 years and over	2,566	2,709	2,646	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.3
25 to 54 years	2,008	2,035	2,012	3.5	3.3	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5
25 to 34 years	856	880	849	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.4	4.3	4.2
35 to 44 years	681	639	612	3.4	2.9	3.1	3.0	3.1	3.0
45 to 54 years	471	516	551	2.7	2.7	2.9	3.1	3.0	3.2
55 years and over	557	674	634	2.7	3.0	2.8	2.9	3.2	3.0

Women, 16 years and over	2,924	3,206	3,331	3.7	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.2
16 to 19 years	330	344	343	10.0	11.6	11.7	13.3	10.7	10.9
16 to 17 years	142	170	127	10.9	14.7	14.2	16.4	15.0	11.4
18 to 19 years	198	179	221	9.8	9.8	9.9	11.5	8.7	10.8
20 years and over	2,595	2,862	2,989	3.4	3.7	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.9
20 to 24 years	543	519	577	7.4	6.6	6.7	6.6	6.8	7.6
25 years and over	2,045	2,317	2,407	3.0	3.3	3.5	3.3	3.3	3.5
25 to 54 years	1,568	1,776	1,868	3.1	3.4	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.6
25 to 34 years	662	720	708	3.8	4.1	4.6	3.6	4.1	4.0
35 to 44 years	544	570	638	3.1	3.3	3.5	3.5	3.2	3.6
45 to 54 years	362	486	522	2.3	2.5	2.6	3.3	3.1	3.3
55 years and over	481	534	548	2.7	3.1	3.0	2.9	2.9	3.0

MARITAL STATUS
Married men, spouse present(1)	887	1,089	1,079	1.9	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.3	2.3
Married women, spouse present(1)	813	883	982	2.1	2.3	2.5	2.5	2.3	2.6
Women who maintain families(2)	454	547	629	4.4	5.5	5.7	5.8	5.2	5.9

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS
Full-time workers(3)	5,443	5,965	5,882	3.9	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2
Part-time workers(4)	1,184	1,233	1,317	4.1	4.2	4.4	4.5	4.1	4.4
Footnotes (1) Beginning with data for January 2020, refers to people in both opposite-sex and same-sex married couples. Prior to January 2020, referred to people 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 people 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 people 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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