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	Mar. 2025	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Mar. 2025	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over	7,132	7,571	7,239	4.2	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.4	4.3
16 to 19 years	920	937	858	13.8	16.3	15.7	13.6	14.9	13.7
16 to 17 years	380	383	331	15.4	17.2	18.0	16.3	16.3	14.2
18 to 19 years	549	547	536	12.9	15.6	14.4	12.2	13.8	13.4
20 years and over	6,212	6,634	6,380	3.8	4.1	3.9	4.0	4.0	3.9
20 to 24 years	1,191	1,178	1,007	7.6	8.3	8.2	7.0	7.4	6.4
25 years and over	4,955	5,524	5,321	3.3	3.7	3.5	3.6	3.7	3.6
25 to 54 years	3,810	4,205	4,032	3.5	3.9	3.7	3.8	3.9	3.7
25 to 34 years	1,523	1,812	1,837	4.0	4.9	4.3	4.9	4.8	4.8
35 to 44 years	1,232	1,263	1,212	3.2	3.4	3.5	3.3	3.3	3.2
45 to 54 years	1,054	1,130	983	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.0	3.4	3.0
55 years and over	1,153	1,294	1,288	2.9	3.1	3.0	3.2	3.3	3.3

Men, 16 years and over	3,849	3,891	3,736	4.3	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.4	4.2
16 to 19 years	478	475	501	14.3	17.3	16.8	17.4	15.4	16.4
16 to 17 years	173	187	177	14.3	18.0	19.2	20.6	17.1	17.1
18 to 19 years	307	292	324	14.1	17.1	15.5	15.5	14.3	16.0
20 years and over	3,371	3,415	3,235	3.9	4.1	3.9	3.8	4.0	3.8
20 to 24 years	679	671	544	8.4	9.1	9.4	7.1	8.3	6.7
25 years and over	2,644	2,806	2,654	3.3	3.7	3.4	3.5	3.6	3.4
25 to 54 years	2,028	2,073	1,994	3.5	3.8	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.5
25 to 34 years	886	971	942	4.4	4.7	3.9	4.6	4.8	4.7
35 to 44 years	608	610	598	3.0	3.4	3.3	3.4	3.1	3.0
45 to 54 years	535	492	454	3.1	3.3	3.1	2.7	2.9	2.7
55 years and over	616	733	660	2.9	3.2	3.1	3.4	3.5	3.2

Women, 16 years and over	3,283	3,680	3,503	4.1	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.5	4.3
16 to 19 years	442	462	358	13.2	15.4	14.6	10.0	14.4	11.1
16 to 17 years	207	196	154	16.5	16.4	16.8	11.8	15.6	11.9
18 to 19 years	242	255	212	11.6	14.2	13.3	9.0	13.2	10.8
20 years and over	2,841	3,218	3,146	3.7	4.1	3.9	4.1	4.1	4.0
20 to 24 years	512	507	463	6.6	7.4	6.9	7.0	6.5	6.2
25 years and over	2,311	2,718	2,667	3.3	3.7	3.6	3.8	3.9	3.8
25 to 54 years	1,782	2,132	2,038	3.5	4.0	3.9	4.0	4.1	3.9
25 to 34 years	637	842	895	3.6	5.2	4.6	5.3	4.7	4.9
35 to 44 years	625	653	613	3.5	3.4	3.7	3.1	3.6	3.4
45 to 54 years	520	637	530	3.3	3.2	3.1	3.4	4.0	3.3
55 years and over	529	572	622	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.4

MARITAL STATUS
Married men, spouse present(1)	988	1,019	1,018	2.1	2.4	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2
Married women, spouse present(1)	934	1,136	1,154	2.5	2.7	2.6	2.9	2.9	3.0
Women who maintain families(2)	627	601	549	5.8	6.2	5.7	5.5	5.5	5.0

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS
Full-time workers(3)	5,775	6,059	5,854	4.1	4.5	4.3	4.2	4.3	4.2
Part-time workers(4)	1,333	1,545	1,358	4.5	4.8	4.6	4.8	5.1	4.6
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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Last Modified Date: April 03, 2026