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	Jan. 2019	Dec. 2019	Jan. 2020	Jan. 2019	Sept. 2019	Oct. 2019	Nov. 2019	Dec. 2019	Jan. 2020
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over	6,516	5,753	5,892	4.0	3.5	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.6
16 to 19 years	765	752	734	12.9	12.5	12.3	12.0	12.6	12.2
16 to 17 years	287	298	260	14.8	13.1	14.0	12.6	13.7	11.8
18 to 19 years	478	461	473	12.1	12.2	11.3	11.7	12.1	12.5
20 years and over	5,751	5,001	5,158	3.7	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3
20 to 24 years	1,127	958	1,012	7.5	6.3	6.2	6.4	6.3	6.6
25 years and over	4,613	4,045	4,153	3.2	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.9
25 to 54 years	3,418	3,133	3,154	3.3	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
25 to 34 years	1,462	1,344	1,397	3.9	3.6	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.7
35 to 44 years	981	947	946	2.9	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.8	2.8
45 to 54 years	975	842	811	2.9	2.8	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.5
55 years and over	1,212	911	1,000	3.2	2.4	2.6	2.6	2.4	2.6

Men, 16 years and over	3,530	3,015	3,147	4.1	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.6
16 to 19 years	419	397	405	14.2	13.7	13.7	13.4	13.0	13.5
16 to 17 years	151	150	144	15.9	13.1	14.4	14.1	14.6	14.4
18 to 19 years	261	260	256	13.1	14.0	13.2	13.0	12.8	12.9
20 years and over	3,112	2,618	2,743	3.7	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.3
20 to 24 years	650	555	533	8.4	7.2	7.5	7.3	7.2	6.8
25 years and over	2,484	2,064	2,227	3.3	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.9
25 to 54 years	1,815	1,619	1,683	3.3	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0
25 to 34 years	798	728	783	4.0	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.9
35 to 44 years	518	466	476	2.8	2.4	2.4	2.6	2.5	2.6
45 to 54 years	498	424	425	2.9	2.7	2.6	2.2	2.5	2.5
55 years and over	669	445	544	3.3	2.3	2.4	2.6	2.2	2.6

Women, 16 years and over	2,985	2,738	2,744	3.9	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5
16 to 19 years	346	355	330	11.7	11.2	10.8	10.6	12.1	11.0
16 to 17 years	136	148	115	13.7	13.2	13.6	11.3	12.9	9.6
18 to 19 years	217	201	217	11.1	10.2	9.4	10.2	11.3	12.1
20 years and over	2,639	2,383	2,415	3.6	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2
20 to 24 years	477	403	478	6.5	5.4	4.8	5.5	5.5	6.5
25 years and over	2,130	1,981	1,926	3.2	2.9	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9
25 to 54 years	1,603	1,514	1,471	3.3	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.0
25 to 34 years	664	616	614	3.9	3.3	3.7	3.4	3.5	3.5
35 to 44 years	463	481	470	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	2.9
45 to 54 years	476	417	386	3.0	2.8	2.7	2.9	2.7	2.5
55 years and over	511	476	438	2.9	2.6	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.4

MARITAL STATUS
Married men, spouse present(1)	960	751	804	2.1	1.7	1.7	1.9	1.6	1.7
Married women, spouse present(1)	911	798	796	2.4	2.2	2.3	2.2	2.1	2.1
Women who maintain families(2)	539	425	545	5.4	4.7	5.4	4.8	4.2	5.4

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS
Full-time workers(3)	5,333	4,664	4,744	3.9	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.5
Part-time workers(4)	1,190	1,087	1,171	4.3	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.9	4.1
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.

Last Modified Date: February 21, 2020

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Table A-10. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

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