Table 4. Extent of unemployment during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2022-2023

Table 4. Extent of unemployment during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2022-2023
[Numbers in thousands]
Extent of unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	Total		Men		Women
	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023
WHITE
Total who worked or looked for work	131,341	133,046	70,583	71,184	60,757	61,862
Percent with unemployment	7.1	7.3	7.5	7.8	6.7	6.7
Total with unemployment	9,349	9,722	5,266	5,567	4,083	4,155
Did not work but looked for work	1,304	1,568	692	921	612	647
Worked during the year	8,044	8,153	4,574	4,646	3,470	3,507
Median weeks of unemployment for all workers	12.2	12.9	12.7	13.2	11.1	12.4
Percent who worked during the year(1)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Year-round workers(2) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment	4.3	3.7	4.7	3.8	3.8	3.6
Part-year workers(3) with unemployment	95.7	96.3	95.3	96.2	96.2	96.4
1 to 4 weeks	22.9	24.2	21.1	22.5	25.3	26.4
5 to 14 weeks	31.4	28.7	31.9	28.9	30.7	28.4
15 weeks or more	41.4	43.4	42.3	44.7	40.2	41.6
With 2 spells or more of unemployment	20.2	20.5	20.9	20.6	19.3	20.4
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN
Total who worked or looked for work	22,270	22,450	10,513	10,686	11,757	11,764
Percent with unemployment	10.2	10.5	11.3	11.1	9.2	10.0
Total with unemployment	2,265	2,359	1,187	1,187	1,078	1,172
Did not work but looked for work	535	493	296	275	240	217
Worked during the year	1,730	1,867	892	912	838	955
Median weeks of unemployment for all workers	15.7	14.2	15.0	14.6	16.3	13.7
Percent who worked during the year(1)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Year-round workers(2) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment	4.2	2.8	4.3	2.1	4.0	3.5
Part-year workers(3) with unemployment	95.8	97.2	95.7	97.9	96.0	96.5
1 to 4 weeks	15.5	20.5	16.6	15.3	14.3	25.4
5 to 14 weeks	29.2	29.3	29.1	34.0	29.3	24.9
15 weeks or more	51.1	47.4	49.9	48.6	52.4	46.2
With 2 spells or more of unemployment	22.1	17.5	21.9	19.6	22.3	15.4
ASIAN
Total who worked or looked for work	11,754	11,986	6,225	6,321	5,528	5,665
Percent with unemployment	6.3	6.8	6.7	6.8	5.8	6.8
Total with unemployment	737	811	415	428	322	383
Did not work but looked for work	147	183	86	95	62	88
Worked during the year	590	628	330	333	260	295
Median weeks of unemployment for all workers	13.5	14.5	14.4	16.3	10.9	13.1
Percent who worked during the year(1)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Year-round workers(2) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment	2.5	3.1	3.0	2.7	2.0	3.7
Part-year workers(3) with unemployment	97.5	96.9	97.0	97.3	98.0	96.3
1 to 4 weeks	23.4	22.7	19.1	17.9	28.8	28.1
5 to 14 weeks	28.5	25.7	30.1	26.9	26.4	24.4
15 weeks or more	45.6	48.5	47.8	52.6	42.8	43.8
With 2 spells or more of unemployment	17.0	20.3	18.0	19.5	15.8	21.3
HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
Total who worked or looked for work	31,974	33,200	17,852	18,485	14,123	14,716
Percent with unemployment	9.5	9.8	9.4	10.2	9.6	9.3
Total with unemployment	3,033	3,256	1,673	1,892	1,360	1,365
Did not work but looked for work	517	531	260	265	257	266
Worked during the year	2,517	2,725	1,414	1,627	1,103	1,099
Median weeks of unemployment for all workers	12.6	15.2	12.9	14.7	11.9	16.0
Percent who worked during the year(1)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Year-round workers(2) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment	3.9	3.5	3.6	4.2	4.4	2.5
Part-year workers(3) with unemployment	96.1	96.5	96.4	95.8	95.6	97.5
1 to 4 weeks	22.0	18.9	21.7	17.0	22.5	21.7
5 to 14 weeks	32.7	27.1	33.0	29.7	32.3	23.2
15 weeks or more	41.3	50.5	41.7	49.1	40.9	52.6
With 2 spells or more of unemployment	23.2	21.8	25.6	23.0	20.1	20.0
(1) Time worked includes paid vacation and sick leave. (2) Worked 50 or 51 weeks. (3) Worked less than 50 weeks.
NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals shown in table 3 because data are not presented for all races. People whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000).

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Last Modified Date: December 18, 2024