E-7. Unemployed persons by age, sex, and marital status, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
QUARTERLY AVERAGES
E-7. Unemployed persons by age, sex, and marital status, seasonally adjusted [In thousands]
Age, sex, and marital status	2021	2022				2023				2024
Age, sex, and marital status	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over	6,809	6,276	5,979	5,826	5,891	5,849	5,933	6,176	6,350	6,369	6,659	7,023	6,993
16 to 19 years	660	651	669	687	687	669	651	739	788	776	803	874	843
16 to 17 years	230	256	250	258	239	239	252	287	327	300	323	338	298
18 to 19 years	432	394	421	432	449	426	400	454	463	471	480	543	536
20 years and over	6,149	5,624	5,310	5,139	5,204	5,180	5,282	5,437	5,562	5,593	5,856	6,149	6,149
20 to 24 years	1,073	1,104	1,023	990	1,035	1,091	934	1,095	1,047	1,040	1,124	1,141	1,184
25 years and over	5,077	4,561	4,271	4,098	4,183	4,149	4,323	4,297	4,532	4,586	4,710	4,968	5,010
25 to 54 years	3,875	3,425	3,220	3,144	3,235	3,171	3,338	3,323	3,446	3,499	3,613	3,822	3,839
25 to 34 years	1,607	1,503	1,404	1,348	1,446	1,433	1,458	1,433	1,538	1,524	1,537	1,661	1,623
35 to 44 years	1,259	1,136	1,071	1,019	945	936	1,064	1,060	1,073	1,061	1,194	1,250	1,328
45 to 54 years	1,009	786	744	778	843	801	816	831	836	914	881	911	888
55 years and over	1,210	1,119	1,050	964	957	960	985	983	1,093	1,070	1,098	1,154	1,179

Men, 16 years and over	3,625	3,345	3,215	3,164	3,140	3,194	3,233	3,494	3,574	3,427	3,636	3,820	3,764
16 to 19 years	334	338	347	347	369	374	345	411	431	427	458	473	467
16 to 17 years	113	124	122	124	145	143	120	158	185	160	170	180	164
18 to 19 years	229	215	219	224	231	233	220	254	254	269	282	299	302
20 years and over	3,291	3,008	2,867	2,817	2,771	2,820	2,888	3,082	3,143	3,000	3,178	3,348	3,298
20 to 24 years	607	635	588	582	561	616	536	642	559	573	602	616	694
25 years and over	2,667	2,417	2,266	2,195	2,206	2,266	2,329	2,405	2,584	2,463	2,557	2,702	2,631
25 to 54 years	2,053	1,789	1,693	1,675	1,677	1,733	1,762	1,889	1,970	1,863	1,964	2,044	1,969
25 to 34 years	896	791	777	700	770	812	794	821	886	807	831	888	876
35 to 44 years	675	614	545	552	470	523	528	572	617	565	648	667	641
45 to 54 years	483	384	371	422	437	397	440	496	467	492	484	490	453
55 years and over	613	628	574	521	530	533	567	516	613	600	593	657	663

Women, 16 years and over	3,184	2,930	2,764	2,663	2,751	2,655	2,699	2,683	2,776	2,942	3,023	3,202	3,228
16 to 19 years	326	314	322	340	318	295	306	328	357	348	345	401	377
16 to 17 years	117	132	128	134	94	96	132	129	142	140	153	158	134
18 to 19 years	203	179	202	208	217	192	180	200	209	202	198	244	234
20 years and over	2,859	2,617	2,442	2,322	2,433	2,360	2,394	2,355	2,419	2,594	2,678	2,801	2,852
20 to 24 years	466	468	435	408	474	474	397	452	487	467	521	525	490
25 years and over	2,410	2,145	2,004	1,903	1,976	1,883	1,994	1,892	1,948	2,123	2,154	2,266	2,378
25 to 54 years	1,822	1,635	1,527	1,470	1,558	1,438	1,575	1,434	1,476	1,635	1,649	1,778	1,870
25 to 34 years	711	712	627	648	677	621	664	611	652	717	706	773	747
35 to 44 years	585	522	527	466	476	413	536	488	456	496	546	583	688
45 to 54 years	527	402	373	356	406	404	376	335	369	422	397	421	435
55 years and over	594	496	478	439	425	432	420	463	478	475	506	493	515

MARITAL STATUS
Married men, spouse present(1)	986	858	920	876	870	873	872	911	956	906	926	1,005	1,037
Married women, spouse present(1)	984	860	829	756	764	753	825	788	788	803	860	915	971

Footnotes (1) Beginning with data for January 2020, refers to persons in both opposite-sex and same-sex married couples. Prior to January 2020, includes persons in opposite-sex married couples only.
NOTE: Detail for the data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: January 10, 2025