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

HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
QUARTERLY AVERAGES
E-7. Unemployed people by age, sex, and marital status, seasonally adjusted [In thousands]
Age, sex, and marital status	2022			2023				2024				2025
Age, sex, and marital status	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over	5,979	5,826	5,891	5,849	5,933	6,176	6,350	6,369	6,659	7,023	6,993	6,995	7,139
16 to 19 years	669	687	687	669	651	739	788	776	803	874	843	847	874
16 to 17 years	250	258	239	239	252	287	327	300	323	338	298	356	328
18 to 19 years	421	432	449	426	400	454	463	471	480	543	536	490	548
20 years and over	5,310	5,139	5,204	5,180	5,282	5,437	5,562	5,593	5,856	6,149	6,149	6,147	6,265
20 to 24 years	1,023	990	1,035	1,091	934	1,095	1,047	1,040	1,124	1,141	1,184	1,247	1,284
25 years and over	4,271	4,098	4,183	4,149	4,323	4,297	4,532	4,586	4,710	4,968	5,010	4,934	4,971
25 to 54 years	3,220	3,144	3,235	3,171	3,338	3,323	3,446	3,499	3,613	3,822	3,839	3,767	3,776
25 to 34 years	1,404	1,348	1,446	1,433	1,458	1,433	1,538	1,524	1,537	1,661	1,623	1,597	1,530
35 to 44 years	1,071	1,019	945	936	1,064	1,060	1,073	1,061	1,194	1,250	1,328	1,221	1,233
45 to 54 years	744	778	843	801	816	831	836	914	881	911	888	948	1,012
55 years and over	1,050	964	957	960	985	983	1,093	1,070	1,098	1,154	1,179	1,151	1,196

Men, 16 years and over	3,215	3,164	3,140	3,194	3,233	3,494	3,574	3,427	3,636	3,820	3,764	3,740	3,917
16 to 19 years	347	347	369	374	345	411	431	427	458	473	467	450	513
16 to 17 years	122	124	145	143	120	158	185	160	170	180	164	173	174
18 to 19 years	219	224	231	233	220	254	254	269	282	299	302	279	336
20 years and over	2,867	2,817	2,771	2,820	2,888	3,082	3,143	3,000	3,178	3,348	3,298	3,290	3,404
20 to 24 years	588	582	561	616	536	642	559	573	602	616	694	734	739
25 years and over	2,266	2,195	2,206	2,266	2,329	2,405	2,584	2,463	2,557	2,702	2,631	2,591	2,657
25 to 54 years	1,693	1,675	1,677	1,733	1,762	1,889	1,970	1,863	1,964	2,044	1,969	1,984	2,003
25 to 34 years	777	700	770	812	794	821	886	807	831	888	876	864	846
35 to 44 years	545	552	470	523	528	572	617	565	648	667	641	611	621
45 to 54 years	371	422	437	397	440	496	467	492	484	490	453	508	535
55 years and over	574	521	530	533	567	516	613	600	593	657	663	608	655

Women, 16 years and over	2,764	2,663	2,751	2,655	2,699	2,683	2,776	2,942	3,023	3,202	3,228	3,254	3,222
16 to 19 years	322	340	318	295	306	328	357	348	345	401	377	397	361
16 to 17 years	128	134	94	96	132	129	142	140	153	158	134	183	153
18 to 19 years	202	208	217	192	180	200	209	202	198	244	234	211	212
20 years and over	2,442	2,322	2,433	2,360	2,394	2,355	2,419	2,594	2,678	2,801	2,852	2,857	2,861
20 to 24 years	435	408	474	474	397	452	487	467	521	525	490	512	545
25 years and over	2,004	1,903	1,976	1,883	1,994	1,892	1,948	2,123	2,154	2,266	2,378	2,343	2,313
25 to 54 years	1,527	1,470	1,558	1,438	1,575	1,434	1,476	1,635	1,649	1,778	1,870	1,783	1,773
25 to 34 years	627	648	677	621	664	611	652	717	706	773	747	733	684
35 to 44 years	527	466	476	413	536	488	456	496	546	583	688	610	612
45 to 54 years	373	356	406	404	376	335	369	422	397	421	435	440	477
55 years and over	478	439	425	432	420	463	478	475	506	493	515	546	542

MARITAL STATUS
Married men, spouse present(1)	920	876	870	873	872	911	956	906	926	1,005	1,037	970	1,077
Married women, spouse present(1)	829	756	764	753	825	788	788	803	860	915	971	924	944

Footnotes (1) Beginning with data for January 2020, refers to people in both opposite-sex and same-sex married couples. Prior to January 2020, includes people 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: July 03, 2025