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

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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	2018				2019				2020				2021
Age, sex, and marital status	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over	6,528	6,398	6,111	6,220	6,257	5,958	5,899	5,891	6,232	20,594	14,128	10,838	9,938
16 to 19 years	834	725	718	761	777	718	733	758	759	1,504	970	869	820
16 to 17 years	350	279	263	288	314	266	276	310	289	513	349	305	313
18 to 19 years	492	438	454	473	471	443	455	451	478	980	619	568	516
20 years and over	5,695	5,673	5,393	5,459	5,480	5,240	5,166	5,133	5,474	19,090	13,158	9,969	9,117
20 to 24 years	1,038	1,065	1,026	1,063	1,099	988	1,013	996	1,072	3,136	2,134	1,617	1,445
25 years and over	4,668	4,553	4,363	4,440	4,401	4,191	4,147	4,184	4,426	15,887	11,016	8,402	7,701
25 to 54 years	3,520	3,453	3,245	3,344	3,324	3,141	3,158	3,194	3,337	11,530	8,092	6,236	5,810
25 to 34 years	1,520	1,480	1,373	1,427	1,459	1,343	1,340	1,395	1,452	4,754	3,579	2,535	2,417
35 to 44 years	1,036	1,003	981	990	923	921	924	951	1,014	3,433	2,343	1,916	1,876
45 to 54 years	963	969	891	928	942	877	893	848	871	3,342	2,170	1,786	1,517
55 years and over	1,151	1,103	1,105	1,104	1,078	1,053	976	1,000	1,091	4,359	2,911	2,176	1,883

Men, 16 years and over	3,481	3,520	3,283	3,307	3,359	3,228	3,197	3,123	3,305	10,132	7,291	5,849	5,355
16 to 19 years	459	436	397	394	423	397	395	416	398	720	530	455	470
16 to 17 years	176	167	135	146	165	133	137	159	145	193	186	158	158
18 to 19 years	289	265	261	249	262	259	256	259	257	521	342	300	319
20 years and over	3,022	3,084	2,887	2,913	2,936	2,832	2,802	2,707	2,907	9,412	6,760	5,394	4,885
20 to 24 years	596	613	575	600	633	605	585	587	557	1,500	1,097	909	779
25 years and over	2,443	2,424	2,302	2,351	2,325	2,176	2,206	2,161	2,375	7,857	5,650	4,529	4,131
25 to 54 years	1,787	1,808	1,714	1,760	1,724	1,653	1,724	1,645	1,753	5,786	4,213	3,391	3,091
25 to 34 years	770	798	746	737	742	702	759	761	792	2,489	1,944	1,433	1,314
35 to 44 years	513	503	503	539	488	468	471	472	517	1,717	1,231	1,041	1,012
45 to 54 years	504	506	466	484	495	483	494	412	443	1,580	1,038	918	765
55 years and over	656	616	587	591	601	522	482	516	622	2,071	1,437	1,138	1,039

Women, 16 years and over	3,047	2,878	2,828	2,913	2,898	2,730	2,702	2,768	2,927	10,462	6,838	4,989	4,582
16 to 19 years	374	288	322	367	354	321	338	343	361	784	440	414	350
16 to 17 years	175	112	128	142	149	134	139	151	144	320	163	147	155
18 to 19 years	203	173	193	225	209	184	198	192	221	459	277	267	197
20 years and over	2,673	2,590	2,506	2,546	2,544	2,409	2,364	2,426	2,566	9,678	6,398	4,575	4,232
20 to 24 years	442	452	451	463	465	383	428	409	515	1,636	1,037	708	666
25 years and over	2,225	2,129	2,062	2,089	2,076	2,015	1,941	2,023	2,051	8,030	5,366	3,873	3,570
25 to 54 years	1,733	1,645	1,531	1,585	1,600	1,487	1,434	1,548	1,584	5,744	3,879	2,845	2,719
25 to 34 years	751	683	626	689	717	641	581	634	659	2,265	1,635	1,102	1,102
35 to 44 years	523	500	479	451	436	453	454	479	497	1,717	1,112	875	864
45 to 54 years	459	463	425	444	447	393	400	436	428	1,762	1,132	868	752
55 years and over	500	486	519	509	483	529	493	481	475	2,287	1,471	1,035	859

MARITAL STATUS
Married men, spouse present(1)	975	974	945	943	889	827	863	849	917	3,842	2,464	1,860	1,670
Married women, spouse present(1)	937	915	863	872	895	817	795	838	922	4,151	2,617	1,699	1,509

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: April 02, 2021