Table 3. Unemployment in families by presence and relationship of employed members and family type, 2022-2023 annual averages

Table 3. Unemployment in families by presence and relationship of employed members and family type, 2022-2023 annual averages [Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic	Number		Percent distribution
Characteristic	2022	2023	2022	2023
TOTAL MARRIED-COUPLE FAMILIES(1)
With at least one family member unemployed, total	2,284	2,369	100.0	100.0
Employment of family members
Some family member(s) employed	1,878	1,961	82.2	82.8
No family member employed	406	408	17.8	17.2
Unemployment of family members
At least one spouse unemployed(2)	1,478	1,513	64.7	63.9
One spouse employed	1,074	1,120	47.0	47.3
Other family member(s) unemployed	806	856	35.3	36.1

Opposite-sex married-couple families
With at least one family member unemployed, total	2,255	2,338	100.0	100.0
Employment of family members
Some family member(s) employed	1,854	1,938	82.2	82.9
No family member employed	401	401	17.8	17.1
Unemployment of family members
Husband unemployed(3)	787	805	34.9	34.4
Wife employed	484	515	21.5	22.0
Wife unemployed, husband employed or not in labor force	667	682	29.6	29.2
Husband employed	572	585	25.4	25.0
Other family member(s) unemployed	801	852	35.5	36.4

FAMILIES MAINTAINED BY WOMEN(4)
With at least one family member unemployed, total	1,171	1,121	100.0	100.0
Employment of family members
Some family member(s) employed	627	643	53.5	57.3
No family member employed	545	478	46.5	42.7
Unemployment of family members
Householder unemployed	508	483	43.3	43.1
Other member(s) employed	136	158	11.6	14.1
Other family member(s) unemployed	664	638	56.7	56.9

FAMILIES MAINTAINED BY MEN(4)
With at least one family member unemployed, total	519	522	100.0	100.0
Employment of family members
Some family member(s) employed	314	323	60.5	62.0
No family member employed	205	198	39.5	38.0
Unemployment of family members
Householder unemployed	289	279	55.7	53.5
Other member(s) employed	132	135	25.4	25.8
Other family member(s) unemployed	230	242	44.3	46.5
Footnotes (1) Includes both opposite-sex and same-sex married-couple families. (2) Includes families with both spouses unemployed. (3) Total opposite-sex married couple families with unemployed husbands, including those with unemployed wives. (4) Includes families with no spouse of either sex present.
NOTE: In families maintained by women or men with no spouse present, householder refers to the woman or man maintaining the family. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Beginning in 2020, family estimates reflect a change in the classification of marital status. This change expanded the definition of married-couple families to include same-sex married couples. As a result, data under the new definition are not strictly comparable with data prior to 2020.

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