Table 4. Extent of unemployment during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2021-2022

Table 4. Extent of unemployment during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2021-2022
[Numbers in thousands]
Extent of unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	Total		Men		Women
	2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022
WHITE
Total who worked or looked for work	130,965	131,341	70,463	70,583	60,502	60,757
Percent with unemployment	8.8	7.1	9.2	7.5	8.2	6.7
Total with unemployment	11,465	9,349	6,509	5,266	4,956	4,083
Did not work but looked for work	1,823	1,304	952	692	871	612
Worked during the year	9,642	8,044	5,557	4,574	4,085	3,470
Median weeks of unemployment for all workers	14.9	12.2	15.9	12.7	13.9	11.1
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	3.1	4.3	3.6	4.7	2.5	3.8
Part-year workers(3) with unemployment	96.9	95.7	96.4	95.3	97.5	96.2
1 to 4 weeks	21.0	22.9	19.8	21.1	22.6	25.3
5 to 14 weeks	26.3	31.4	24.8	31.9	28.3	30.7
15 weeks or more	49.6	41.4	51.7	42.3	46.6	40.2
With 2 spells or more of unemployment	20.3	20.2	21.6	20.9	18.6	19.3
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN
Total who worked or looked for work	21,427	22,270	10,133	10,513	11,294	11,757
Percent with unemployment	13.2	10.2	14.1	11.3	12.5	9.2
Total with unemployment	2,833	2,265	1,425	1,187	1,408	1,078
Did not work but looked for work	620	535	277	296	343	240
Worked during the year	2,213	1,730	1,148	892	1,065	838
Median weeks of unemployment for all workers	19.7	15.7	19.1	15.0	20.2	16.3
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	1.4	4.2	1.6	4.3	1.2	4.0
Part-year workers(3) with unemployment	98.6	95.8	98.4	95.7	98.8	96.0
1 to 4 weeks	17.8	15.5	15.2	16.6	20.6	14.3
5 to 14 weeks	22.1	29.2	26.0	29.1	18.0	29.3
15 weeks or more	58.7	51.1	57.3	49.9	60.2	52.4
With 2 spells or more of unemployment	19.6	22.1	23.3	21.9	15.7	22.3
ASIAN
Total who worked or looked for work	11,171	11,754	5,802	6,225	5,369	5,528
Percent with unemployment	8.6	6.3	8.9	6.7	8.1	5.8
Total with unemployment	955	737	518	415	437	322
Did not work but looked for work	252	147	133	86	119	62
Worked during the year	704	590	385	330	318	260
Median weeks of unemployment for all workers	18.7	13.5	19.6	14.4	16.9	10.9
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	5.9	2.5	5.1	3.0	6.8	2.0
Part-year workers(3) with unemployment	94.1	97.5	94.9	97.0	93.2	98.0
1 to 4 weeks	13.8	23.4	14.6	19.1	12.9	28.8
5 to 14 weeks	23.4	28.5	20.1	30.1	27.4	26.4
15 weeks or more	56.9	45.6	60.2	47.8	52.8	42.8
With 2 spells or more of unemployment	12.3	17.0	13.5	18.0	10.8	15.8
HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
Total who worked or looked for work	30,924	31,974	17,422	17,852	13,502	14,123
Percent with unemployment	11.6	9.5	11.9	9.4	11.4	9.6
Total with unemployment	3,603	3,033	2,067	1,673	1,536	1,360
Did not work but looked for work	611	517	313	260	298	257
Worked during the year	2,992	2,517	1,754	1,414	1,238	1,103
Median weeks of unemployment for all workers	16.4	12.6	17.5	12.9	14.7	11.9
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	4.1	3.9	5.2	3.6	2.5	4.4
Part-year workers(3) with unemployment	95.9	96.1	94.8	96.4	97.5	95.6
1 to 4 weeks	20.0	22.0	18.5	21.7	22.2	22.5
5 to 14 weeks	23.2	32.7	21.1	33.0	26.1	32.3
15 weeks or more	52.7	41.3	55.2	41.7	49.3	40.9
With 2 spells or more of unemployment	19.7	23.2	21.7	25.6	16.9	20.1
(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. Persons 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 19, 2023