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	Nov. 2022	Oct. 2023	Nov. 2023	Nov. 2022	July 2023	Aug. 2023	Sept. 2023	Oct. 2023	Nov. 2023
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over	6,000	6,506	6,291	3.6	3.5	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.7
16 to 19 years	729	863	740	11.3	11.3	12.2	11.6	13.2	11.4
16 to 17 years	290	370	284	11.5	11.2	11.8	12.7	14.6	11.3
18 to 19 years	447	505	455	11.3	11.4	12.7	11.1	12.6	11.5
20 years and over	5,271	5,643	5,551	3.3	3.2	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4
20 to 24 years	1,011	1,103	1,057	6.8	6.7	7.2	7.1	7.0	6.7
25 years and over	4,250	4,508	4,508	3.0	2.8	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1
25 to 54 years	3,318	3,457	3,365	3.2	3.0	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2
25 to 34 years	1,507	1,589	1,466	4.1	3.6	3.9	4.0	4.3	3.9
35 to 44 years	945	1,077	1,055	2.6	3.0	3.0	2.8	2.9	2.9
45 to 54 years	865	791	844	2.7	2.3	2.5	2.8	2.4	2.6
55 years and over	947	1,059	1,141	2.5	2.3	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.9

Men, 16 years and over	3,236	3,654	3,582	3.7	3.6	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.0
16 to 19 years	409	480	402	12.5	13.0	13.7	12.6	14.7	12.2
16 to 17 years	195	206	161	15.6	13.2	12.0	15.2	16.2	13.1
18 to 19 years	222	289	245	10.9	12.9	15.3	11.4	14.3	11.7
20 years and over	2,827	3,174	3,179	3.3	3.3	3.7	3.8	3.7	3.7
20 to 24 years	588	621	577	7.7	7.2	8.4	8.4	7.9	7.2
25 years and over	2,243	2,533	2,629	2.9	2.9	3.1	3.3	3.3	3.4
25 to 54 years	1,701	1,973	1,946	3.0	3.1	3.2	3.6	3.5	3.4
25 to 34 years	795	938	848	4.1	3.8	3.9	4.6	4.7	4.3
35 to 44 years	459	584	631	2.4	2.8	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.2
45 to 54 years	447	450	467	2.6	2.6	2.7	3.1	2.6	2.7
55 years and over	542	560	683	2.6	2.2	2.8	2.5	2.7	3.3

Women, 16 years and over	2,764	2,852	2,709	3.6	3.4	3.5	3.4	3.6	3.4
16 to 19 years	320	383	338	10.0	9.7	10.8	10.6	11.7	10.6
16 to 17 years	95	164	123	7.4	9.4	11.6	9.9	13.1	9.5
18 to 19 years	225	217	211	11.7	10.0	10.2	10.8	10.8	11.2
20 years and over	2,444	2,469	2,371	3.3	3.1	3.2	3.1	3.3	3.1
20 to 24 years	423	482	479	5.9	6.2	5.8	5.7	6.2	6.1
25 years and over	2,007	1,975	1,879	3.0	2.7	2.9	2.8	2.9	2.8
25 to 54 years	1,617	1,484	1,420	3.3	2.8	3.0	2.8	3.0	2.9
25 to 34 years	712	651	618	4.1	3.3	3.8	3.3	3.7	3.6
35 to 44 years	486	493	424	2.9	3.2	2.9	2.5	2.9	2.5
45 to 54 years	419	341	377	2.8	1.9	2.2	2.4	2.2	2.5
55 years and over	400	502	462	2.3	2.3	2.5	2.7	2.8	2.6

MARITAL STATUS
Married men, spouse present(1)	921	942	966	2.0	1.7	2.0	2.1	2.0	2.0
Married women, spouse present(1)	752	798	767	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.2	2.1	2.0
Women who maintain families(2)	507	485	495	4.9	4.5	4.9	4.0	4.6	4.8

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS
Full-time workers(3)	4,801	5,236	5,184	3.5	3.4	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7
Part-time workers(4)	1,200	1,286	1,112	4.4	4.1	4.4	4.3	4.6	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: December 08, 2023