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	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	3rd
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over	5,826	5,891	5,849	5,933	6,176	6,350	6,369	6,659	7,023	6,993	6,995	7,139	7,408
16 to 19 years	687	687	669	651	739	788	776	803	874	843	847	874	887
16 to 17 years	258	239	239	252	287	327	300	323	338	298	356	328	353
18 to 19 years	432	449	426	400	454	463	471	480	543	536	490	548	540
20 years and over	5,139	5,204	5,180	5,282	5,437	5,562	5,593	5,856	6,149	6,149	6,147	6,265	6,521
20 to 24 years	990	1,035	1,091	934	1,095	1,047	1,040	1,124	1,141	1,184	1,247	1,284	1,358
25 years and over	4,098	4,183	4,149	4,323	4,297	4,532	4,586	4,710	4,968	5,010	4,934	4,971	5,143
25 to 54 years	3,144	3,235	3,171	3,338	3,323	3,446	3,499	3,613	3,822	3,839	3,767	3,776	3,963
25 to 34 years	1,348	1,446	1,433	1,458	1,433	1,538	1,524	1,537	1,661	1,623	1,597	1,530	1,700
35 to 44 years	1,019	945	936	1,064	1,060	1,073	1,061	1,194	1,250	1,328	1,221	1,233	1,301
45 to 54 years	778	843	801	816	831	836	914	881	911	888	948	1,012	962
55 years and over	964	957	960	985	983	1,093	1,070	1,098	1,154	1,179	1,151	1,196	1,185

Men, 16 years and over	3,164	3,140	3,194	3,233	3,494	3,574	3,427	3,636	3,820	3,764	3,740	3,917	3,998
16 to 19 years	347	369	374	345	411	431	427	458	473	467	450	513	472
16 to 17 years	124	145	143	120	158	185	160	170	180	164	173	174	193
18 to 19 years	224	231	233	220	254	254	269	282	299	302	279	336	281
20 years and over	2,817	2,771	2,820	2,888	3,082	3,143	3,000	3,178	3,348	3,298	3,290	3,404	3,526
20 to 24 years	582	561	616	536	642	559	573	602	616	694	734	739	734
25 years and over	2,195	2,206	2,266	2,329	2,405	2,584	2,463	2,557	2,702	2,631	2,591	2,657	2,778
25 to 54 years	1,675	1,677	1,733	1,762	1,889	1,970	1,863	1,964	2,044	1,969	1,984	2,003	2,124
25 to 34 years	700	770	812	794	821	886	807	831	888	876	864	846	953
35 to 44 years	552	470	523	528	572	617	565	648	667	641	611	621	660
45 to 54 years	422	437	397	440	496	467	492	484	490	453	508	535	511
55 years and over	521	530	533	567	516	613	600	593	657	663	608	655	655

Women, 16 years and over	2,663	2,751	2,655	2,699	2,683	2,776	2,942	3,023	3,202	3,228	3,254	3,222	3,410
16 to 19 years	340	318	295	306	328	357	348	345	401	377	397	361	415
16 to 17 years	134	94	96	132	129	142	140	153	158	134	183	153	160
18 to 19 years	208	217	192	180	200	209	202	198	244	234	211	212	258
20 years and over	2,322	2,433	2,360	2,394	2,355	2,419	2,594	2,678	2,801	2,852	2,857	2,861	2,995
20 to 24 years	408	474	474	397	452	487	467	521	525	490	512	545	624
25 years and over	1,903	1,976	1,883	1,994	1,892	1,948	2,123	2,154	2,266	2,378	2,343	2,313	2,365
25 to 54 years	1,470	1,558	1,438	1,575	1,434	1,476	1,635	1,649	1,778	1,870	1,783	1,773	1,840
25 to 34 years	648	677	621	664	611	652	717	706	773	747	733	684	747
35 to 44 years	466	476	413	536	488	456	496	546	583	688	610	612	642
45 to 54 years	356	406	404	376	335	369	422	397	421	435	440	477	451
55 years and over	439	425	432	420	463	478	475	506	493	515	546	542	529

MARITAL STATUS
Married men, spouse present(1)	876	870	873	872	911	956	906	926	1,005	1,037	970	1,077	1,093
Married women, spouse present(1)	756	764	753	825	788	788	803	860	915	971	924	944	957

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: November 20, 2025