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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).

Last Modified Date: December 18, 2024