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	2019				2020				2021				2022
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	6,249	5,913	5,914	5,924	6,236	20,531	14,135	10,894	9,954	9,491	8,225	6,832	6,245
16 to 19 years	767	737	744	733	752	1,512	979	862	817	649	662	667	644
16 to 17 years	302	285	278	298	276	524	349	299	303	233	251	239	252
18 to 19 years	466	446	458	446	474	982	623	567	513	410	402	439	393
20 years and over	5,482	5,176	5,170	5,190	5,484	19,020	13,155	10,031	9,138	8,842	7,563	6,165	5,601
20 to 24 years	1,117	982	1,003	986	1,097	3,124	2,127	1,624	1,462	1,445	1,268	1,077	1,106
25 years and over	4,423	4,148	4,136	4,207	4,449	15,860	11,019	8,436	7,668	7,375	6,277	5,101	4,549
25 to 54 years	3,341	3,104	3,136	3,228	3,355	11,506	8,080	6,286	5,769	5,522	4,784	3,907	3,437
25 to 34 years	1,455	1,332	1,318	1,434	1,449	4,742	3,550	2,579	2,411	2,269	2,048	1,639	1,516
35 to 44 years	947	908	911	945	1,035	3,435	2,349	1,921	1,842	1,745	1,484	1,252	1,135
45 to 54 years	939	864	907	849	870	3,330	2,182	1,786	1,516	1,508	1,252	1,016	787
55 years and over	1,069	1,032	996	1,013	1,080	4,335	2,931	2,192	1,885	1,831	1,483	1,240	1,113

Men, 16 years and over	3,362	3,197	3,191	3,154	3,316	10,089	7,270	5,894	5,370	5,200	4,526	3,611	3,357
16 to 19 years	415	405	404	405	390	720	530	457	469	333	360	338	342
16 to 17 years	157	144	139	155	136	201	182	153	148	112	123	117	127
18 to 19 years	258	260	259	259	252	523	345	301	317	215	230	231	216
20 years and over	2,947	2,793	2,787	2,749	2,926	9,369	6,739	5,437	4,901	4,868	4,167	3,274	3,015
20 to 24 years	652	599	575	575	583	1,488	1,090	916	791	819	720	609	637
25 years and over	2,351	2,141	2,188	2,177	2,402	7,836	5,649	4,554	4,100	4,015	3,438	2,682	2,426
25 to 54 years	1,755	1,622	1,700	1,660	1,786	5,767	4,204	3,416	3,062	3,036	2,634	2,065	1,798
25 to 34 years	744	695	744	779	798	2,481	1,927	1,451	1,315	1,288	1,148	915	803
35 to 44 years	516	455	454	464	544	1,718	1,234	1,043	981	926	817	666	616
45 to 54 years	494	472	501	417	444	1,568	1,044	922	766	822	669	484	379
55 years and over	596	519	489	518	616	2,069	1,445	1,138	1,038	979	804	617	629

Women, 16 years and over	2,886	2,716	2,723	2,770	2,921	10,442	6,865	4,999	4,585	4,290	3,699	3,221	2,888
16 to 19 years	351	332	340	328	362	791	449	405	348	316	302	329	301
16 to 17 years	145	141	139	144	139	322	167	146	155	121	128	122	125
18 to 19 years	208	187	199	187	222	460	278	266	196	194	172	208	177
20 years and over	2,535	2,383	2,383	2,441	2,558	9,651	6,416	4,594	4,237	3,975	3,396	2,892	2,586
20 to 24 years	465	383	427	410	514	1,636	1,037	708	671	626	548	468	468
25 years and over	2,072	2,007	1,948	2,029	2,046	8,024	5,370	3,882	3,568	3,361	2,839	2,419	2,123
25 to 54 years	1,586	1,482	1,436	1,568	1,568	5,739	3,876	2,870	2,707	2,485	2,149	1,842	1,640
25 to 34 years	710	637	573	655	651	2,261	1,623	1,128	1,096	980	900	724	713
35 to 44 years	431	453	456	481	491	1,717	1,115	878	861	820	667	586	519
45 to 54 years	445	392	407	432	426	1,761	1,138	864	750	686	583	532	407
55 years and over	489	520	492	486	482	2,277	1,468	1,042	866	866	662	609	505

MARITAL STATUS
Married men, spouse present(1)	892	813	853	872	923	3,823	2,451	1,887	1,678	1,651	1,396	1,007	854
Married women, spouse present(1)	888	813	806	838	915	4,146	2,628	1,700	1,511	1,344	1,085	996	847

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 01, 2022