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	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	3rd
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over	8,239	6,761	6,273	5,995	5,841	5,868	5,849	5,943	6,197	6,324	6,337	6,651	7,037
16 to 19 years	652	660	653	667	689	686	670	649	741	786	775	796	873
16 to 17 years	249	232	256	249	258	242	240	250	287	330	299	321	335
18 to 19 years	399	432	394	419	435	449	425	398	458	464	468	477	542
20 years and over	7,587	6,101	5,620	5,328	5,152	5,182	5,179	5,294	5,456	5,538	5,562	5,854	6,165
20 to 24 years	1,257	1,076	1,102	1,024	987	1,038	1,089	936	1,090	1,050	1,036	1,119	1,136
25 years and over	6,279	5,067	4,567	4,268	4,106	4,173	4,154	4,319	4,306	4,521	4,586	4,704	4,978
25 to 54 years	4,805	3,861	3,433	3,216	3,155	3,220	3,178	3,334	3,336	3,430	3,497	3,605	3,831
25 to 34 years	2,073	1,599	1,515	1,399	1,349	1,438	1,445	1,453	1,435	1,529	1,531	1,530	1,663
35 to 44 years	1,478	1,258	1,133	1,072	1,023	944	933	1,064	1,065	1,071	1,057	1,191	1,251
45 to 54 years	1,253	1,004	785	746	782	838	800	817	836	831	909	883	917
55 years and over	1,490	1,213	1,116	1,047	967	960	957	982	987	1,096	1,069	1,095	1,154

Men, 16 years and over	4,547	3,583	3,337	3,232	3,175	3,125	3,188	3,245	3,511	3,557	3,398	3,632	3,830
16 to 19 years	356	334	338	347	347	368	374	345	412	430	426	454	472
16 to 17 years	123	113	124	122	125	146	143	119	159	186	160	169	179
18 to 19 years	228	228	215	220	224	230	234	221	255	253	267	281	298
20 years and over	4,191	3,249	2,999	2,885	2,827	2,756	2,814	2,900	3,099	3,128	2,972	3,178	3,358
20 to 24 years	708	610	635	588	578	564	616	537	637	564	570	598	610
25 years and over	3,444	2,663	2,416	2,264	2,204	2,202	2,264	2,326	2,416	2,579	2,462	2,553	2,710
25 to 54 years	2,633	2,047	1,791	1,693	1,680	1,671	1,733	1,762	1,896	1,963	1,863	1,962	2,052
25 to 34 years	1,157	895	798	775	697	768	818	793	819	884	813	830	886
35 to 44 years	811	672	611	545	558	467	520	528	578	614	562	646	670
45 to 54 years	665	480	382	372	425	435	395	442	499	465	488	486	496
55 years and over	811	616	625	571	524	532	531	564	519	616	599	591	658

Women, 16 years and over	3,692	3,178	2,936	2,763	2,666	2,743	2,662	2,698	2,686	2,767	2,939	3,019	3,208
16 to 19 years	296	325	315	320	341	318	296	303	329	357	349	342	401
16 to 17 years	126	119	132	127	133	96	96	131	128	145	139	152	156
18 to 19 years	171	204	178	199	210	218	192	177	203	210	201	195	243
20 years and over	3,396	2,852	2,621	2,443	2,324	2,426	2,365	2,395	2,357	2,410	2,590	2,676	2,807
20 to 24 years	549	466	467	436	409	473	473	398	454	487	466	521	526
25 years and over	2,835	2,405	2,151	2,004	1,902	1,971	1,890	1,993	1,890	1,942	2,124	2,151	2,267
25 to 54 years	2,172	1,814	1,643	1,524	1,475	1,549	1,446	1,572	1,440	1,467	1,634	1,642	1,779
25 to 34 years	916	704	717	624	652	670	627	660	616	644	718	700	777
35 to 44 years	667	586	522	526	465	477	413	536	487	457	495	544	581
45 to 54 years	588	524	404	374	358	402	406	376	337	366	421	398	421
55 years and over	675	595	496	478	438	425	432	420	461	479	475	507	492

MARITAL STATUS
Married men, spouse present(1)	1,406	989	852	921	877	875	865	871	913	962	903	921	998
Married women, spouse present(1)	1,074	988	857	825	759	768	750	821	791	792	800	856	914

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: October 04, 2024