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	2023		2024				2025				2026
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	6,157	6,339	6,394	6,665	7,003	6,987	7,033	7,152	7,419	-	7,392	7,258	7,019
16 to 19 years	744	786	777	799	879	840	848	874	891	-	882	912	854
16 to 17 years	288	330	299	321	339	301	356	328	354	-	363	386	335
18 to 19 years	456	461	475	478	544	533	492	551	541	-	521	531	519
20 years and over	5,414	5,554	5,617	5,865	6,125	6,146	6,185	6,279	6,528	-	6,510	6,346	6,165
20 to 24 years	1,095	1,049	1,039	1,122	1,141	1,187	1,249	1,285	1,359	-	1,100	1,139	1,162
25 years and over	4,298	4,517	4,588	4,722	4,969	4,994	4,935	4,980	5,154	-	5,419	5,199	5,008
25 to 54 years	3,324	3,431	3,501	3,626	3,823	3,822	3,770	3,788	3,973	-	4,117	4,063	3,892
25 to 34 years	1,428	1,523	1,531	1,551	1,656	1,606	1,600	1,540	1,706	-	1,843	1,783	1,690
35 to 44 years	1,059	1,070	1,063	1,197	1,249	1,325	1,222	1,236	1,302	-	1,237	1,252	1,191
45 to 54 years	837	839	908	878	918	891	948	1,012	965	-	1,038	1,028	1,011
55 years and over	982	1,089	1,074	1,099	1,153	1,175	1,153	1,197	1,187	-	1,284	1,137	1,129

Men, 16 years and over	3,477	3,573	3,453	3,629	3,804	3,768	3,782	3,923	3,996	-	3,826	3,910	3,850
16 to 19 years	415	431	431	450	478	466	453	511	473	-	505	498	462
16 to 17 years	158	187	161	167	180	166	173	174	194	-	201	195	169
18 to 19 years	257	256	271	276	302	304	280	334	281	-	306	297	290
20 years and over	3,062	3,142	3,022	3,178	3,326	3,302	3,329	3,412	3,522	-	3,321	3,412	3,388
20 to 24 years	645	561	570	601	619	697	735	739	735	-	594	625	600
25 years and over	2,403	2,579	2,466	2,561	2,699	2,626	2,598	2,665	2,777	-	2,739	2,783	2,797
25 to 54 years	1,887	1,967	1,864	1,969	2,042	1,965	1,989	2,010	2,122	-	2,042	2,147	2,173
25 to 34 years	814	882	813	837	880	871	870	851	948	-	947	961	1,008
35 to 44 years	572	615	566	650	666	639	612	623	660	-	628	698	642
45 to 54 years	501	470	486	482	496	455	507	535	513	-	467	488	524
55 years and over	515	612	602	593	657	661	609	655	655	-	697	636	623

Women, 16 years and over	2,680	2,767	2,941	3,036	3,200	3,219	3,252	3,230	3,423	-	3,566	3,348	3,169
16 to 19 years	328	355	346	349	401	374	396	363	417	-	377	414	392
16 to 17 years	130	142	138	154	158	135	183	154	161	-	162	191	166
18 to 19 years	199	205	204	202	242	229	213	216	260	-	215	234	229
20 years and over	2,352	2,412	2,595	2,687	2,798	2,844	2,856	2,867	3,006	-	3,189	2,934	2,777
20 to 24 years	450	488	469	522	523	490	514	546	624	-	506	514	561
25 years and over	1,896	1,938	2,122	2,161	2,270	2,368	2,337	2,316	2,377	-	2,680	2,417	2,211
25 to 54 years	1,436	1,465	1,637	1,658	1,780	1,857	1,781	1,778	1,851	-	2,075	1,916	1,719
25 to 34 years	613	641	718	714	775	735	730	689	758	-	895	821	682
35 to 44 years	487	454	497	547	583	687	610	612	642	-	609	555	550
45 to 54 years	336	369	422	396	422	435	441	477	452	-	571	541	487
55 years and over	464	478	474	507	494	514	546	542	530	-	590	500	502

MARITAL STATUS
Married men, spouse present(1)	902	952	924	921	996	1,032	989	1,079	1,090	-	1,015	992	960
Married women, spouse present(1)	789	786	804	860	916	969	925	945	957	-	1,135	979	899

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. Data for the fourth quarter of 2025 were not produced. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown; therefore, reliable estimates for the fourth quarter of 2025 could not be produced.

Last Modified Date: October 02, 2026