A-9. Unemployed persons by age, sex, and marital status, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-9. Unemployed people by age, sex, and marital status, seasonally adjusted [In thousands]
Age, sex, and marital status	2025			2026
Age, sex, and marital status	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over	-	7,781	7,503	7,368	7,571	7,239	7,373	7,307	7,094	6,916	7,031	7,109	7,068
16 to 19 years	-	1,056	1,020	851	937	858	910	919	907	740	880	941	892
16 to 17 years	-	402	425	374	383	331	384	391	383	278	326	402	390
18 to 19 years	-	641	595	481	547	536	539	537	518	456	554	547	496
20 years and over	-	6,725	6,483	6,516	6,634	6,380	6,463	6,388	6,187	6,176	6,151	6,169	6,176
20 to 24 years	-	1,305	1,282	1,116	1,178	1,007	1,181	1,129	1,108	1,101	1,115	1,269	1,190
25 years and over	-	5,498	5,214	5,411	5,524	5,321	5,274	5,252	5,072	5,063	5,063	4,898	4,998
25 to 54 years	-	4,289	4,020	4,114	4,205	4,032	4,086	4,112	3,991	3,875	3,910	3,892	3,898
25 to 34 years	-	1,877	1,618	1,878	1,812	1,837	1,829	1,788	1,731	1,762	1,653	1,654	1,717
35 to 44 years	-	1,325	1,359	1,236	1,263	1,212	1,183	1,325	1,249	1,109	1,190	1,276	1,288
45 to 54 years	-	1,086	1,042	1,000	1,130	983	1,074	999	1,011	1,004	1,067	963	893
55 years and over	-	1,200	1,194	1,271	1,294	1,288	1,179	1,157	1,076	1,196	1,169	1,022	1,121

Men, 16 years and over	-	4,123	3,968	3,852	3,891	3,736	3,929	3,966	3,836	3,761	3,922	3,867	3,826
16 to 19 years	-	538	529	539	475	501	491	523	480	423	478	483	433
16 to 17 years	-	205	220	239	187	177	215	198	173	162	167	179	217
18 to 19 years	-	336	309	302	292	324	273	318	301	248	313	307	230
20 years and over	-	3,585	3,439	3,313	3,415	3,235	3,438	3,443	3,356	3,338	3,444	3,384	3,393
20 to 24 years	-	742	757	568	671	544	656	672	548	545	598	659	675
25 years and over	-	2,913	2,680	2,757	2,806	2,654	2,794	2,769	2,785	2,781	2,872	2,736	2,715
25 to 54 years	-	2,236	2,029	2,059	2,073	1,994	2,133	2,096	2,212	2,198	2,200	2,122	2,142
25 to 34 years	-	948	792	929	971	942	980	932	972	1,038	1,033	953	995
35 to 44 years	-	709	689	675	610	598	678	695	721	624	614	687	678
45 to 54 years	-	580	548	454	492	454	475	469	519	536	554	482	468
55 years and over	-	677	651	699	733	660	661	672	574	584	672	614	573

Women, 16 years and over	-	3,658	3,535	3,515	3,680	3,503	3,444	3,341	3,258	3,155	3,109	3,242	3,242
16 to 19 years	-	518	491	312	462	358	418	396	428	317	402	458	459
16 to 17 years	-	197	205	135	196	154	170	193	210	116	158	223	174
18 to 19 years	-	306	286	179	255	212	266	219	217	208	241	239	266
20 years and over	-	3,140	3,044	3,203	3,218	3,146	3,026	2,945	2,830	2,838	2,708	2,785	2,783
20 to 24 years	-	563	525	548	507	463	525	456	560	556	517	610	515
25 years and over	-	2,585	2,533	2,654	2,718	2,667	2,480	2,484	2,287	2,282	2,190	2,162	2,283
25 to 54 years	-	2,052	1,990	2,056	2,132	2,038	1,954	2,016	1,780	1,678	1,710	1,770	1,757
25 to 34 years	-	930	826	949	842	895	849	856	759	725	620	701	722
35 to 44 years	-	616	670	561	653	613	505	630	529	485	575	589	610
45 to 54 years	-	507	494	545	637	530	599	530	492	468	514	481	425
55 years and over	-	530	540	577	572	622	514	475	510	607	499	400	549

MARITAL STATUS
Married men, spouse present(1)	-	1,135	997	1,009	1,019	1,018	933	1,041	1,003	949	979	951	936
Married women, spouse present(1)	-	1,045	995	1,116	1,136	1,154	975	966	995	906	975	817	869

Footnotes (1) Beginning with data for January 2020, refers to people in both opposite-sex and same-sex married couples. Prior to January 2020, referred to 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 October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.

Last Modified Date: November 06, 2026