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5.7 percent of U.S. families included an unemployed person in 2025

June 08, 2026

In 2025, 5.7 percent of the nation's 85.9 million families included an unemployed person. Of these 4.9 million families with at least one unemployed family member, 71.8 percent also had at least one employed family member and 63.2 percent had a member employed full time.

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Percentage of families with at least one unemployed family member, by race and ethnicity, 2025 annual averages
Characteristic	Percent	Number of families
Total families, all races and ethnicities	100.0	85,915,000
With at least one family member unemployed (percent of total families)	5.7	4,864,000
Some family member(s) employed (percent of families with at least one family member unemployed)	71.8	3,492,000
Some family member(s) employed full time (percent of families with at least one family member unemployed)	63.2	3,076,000
White, total families	100.0	66,441,000
With at least one family member unemployed (percent of total families)	5.0	3,296,000
Some family member(s) employed (percent of families with at least one family member unemployed)	73.9	2,437,000
Some family member(s) employed full time (percent of families with at least one family member unemployed)	64.8	2,136,000
Black or African American, total families	100.0	10,641,000
With at least one family member unemployed (percent of total families)	9.0	962,000
Some family member(s) employed (percent of families with at least one family member unemployed)	63.0	606,000
Some family member(s) employed full time (percent of families with at least one family member unemployed)	55.2	532,000
Asian, total families	100.0	5,931,000
With at least one family member unemployed (percent of total families)	5.8	341,000
Some family member(s) employed (percent of families with at least one family member unemployed)	78.2	267,000
Some family member(s) employed full time (percent of families with at least one family member unemployed)	72.9	249,000
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, total families	100.0	15,364,000
With at least one family member unemployed (percent of total families)	7.7	1,181,000
Some family member(s) employed (percent of families with at least one family member unemployed)	72.9	861,000
Some family member(s) employed full time (percent of families with at least one family member unemployed)	64.0	755,000
Note: The race or ethnicity of the family is determined by that of the householder, the family reference person in whose name the housing unit is owned or rented. People whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Full time means usually working 35 hours or more per week at all jobs. Estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.

Black and Hispanic families remained more likely to have an unemployed member than Asian or White families. The proportion of families with an unemployed person was 9.0 percent for Black families, 7.7 percent for Hispanic families, 5.8 percent for Asian families, and 5.0 percent for White families.

Among families with an unemployed member, Black families were less likely to also have at least one family member who was working in 2025 (63.0 percent of families with an unemployed family member) than White (73.9 percent), Asian (78.2 percent), and Hispanic (72.9 percent) families.

These data are from the Current Population Survey. For more information, see "Employment Characteristics of Families — 2025." The race or ethnicity of the family is determined by that of the householder, the family reference person in whose name the housing unit is owned or rented. People whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Full time means usually working 35 hours or more per week at all jobs.

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, 5.7 percent of U.S. families included an unemployed person in 2025 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2026/5-7-percent-of-u-s-families-included-an-unemployed-person-in-2025.htm (visited June 08, 2026).

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