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	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over	7,605	-	7,781	7,503	7,368	7,571	7,239	7,373	7,307	7,094	6,916	7,031	7,109
16 to 19 years	858	-	1,056	1,020	851	937	858	910	919	907	740	880	941
16 to 17 years	366	-	402	425	374	383	331	384	391	383	278	326	402
18 to 19 years	500	-	641	595	481	547	536	539	537	518	456	554	547
20 years and over	6,747	-	6,725	6,483	6,516	6,634	6,380	6,463	6,388	6,187	6,176	6,151	6,169
20 to 24 years	1,430	-	1,305	1,282	1,116	1,178	1,007	1,181	1,129	1,108	1,101	1,115	1,269
25 years and over	5,280	-	5,498	5,214	5,411	5,524	5,321	5,274	5,252	5,072	5,063	5,063	4,898
25 to 54 years	4,020	-	4,289	4,020	4,114	4,205	4,032	4,086	4,112	3,991	3,875	3,910	3,892
25 to 34 years	1,813	-	1,877	1,618	1,878	1,812	1,837	1,829	1,788	1,731	1,762	1,653	1,654
35 to 44 years	1,257	-	1,325	1,359	1,236	1,263	1,212	1,183	1,325	1,249	1,109	1,190	1,276
45 to 54 years	950	-	1,086	1,042	1,000	1,130	983	1,074	999	1,011	1,004	1,067	963
55 years and over	1,276	-	1,200	1,194	1,271	1,294	1,288	1,179	1,157	1,076	1,196	1,169	1,022

Men, 16 years and over	4,033	-	4,123	3,968	3,852	3,891	3,736	3,929	3,966	3,836	3,761	3,922	3,867
16 to 19 years	487	-	538	529	539	475	501	491	523	480	423	478	483
16 to 17 years	193	-	205	220	239	187	177	215	198	173	162	167	179
18 to 19 years	299	-	336	309	302	292	324	273	318	301	248	313	307
20 years and over	3,546	-	3,585	3,439	3,313	3,415	3,235	3,438	3,443	3,356	3,338	3,444	3,384
20 to 24 years	755	-	742	757	568	671	544	656	672	548	545	598	659
25 years and over	2,771	-	2,913	2,680	2,757	2,806	2,654	2,794	2,769	2,785	2,781	2,872	2,736
25 to 54 years	2,068	-	2,236	2,029	2,059	2,073	1,994	2,133	2,096	2,212	2,198	2,200	2,122
25 to 34 years	996	-	948	792	929	971	942	980	932	972	1,038	1,033	953
35 to 44 years	570	-	709	689	675	610	598	678	695	721	624	614	687
45 to 54 years	502	-	580	548	454	492	454	475	469	519	536	554	482
55 years and over	703	-	677	651	699	733	660	661	672	574	584	672	614

Women, 16 years and over	3,572	-	3,658	3,535	3,515	3,680	3,503	3,444	3,341	3,258	3,155	3,109	3,242
16 to 19 years	371	-	518	491	312	462	358	418	396	428	317	402	458
16 to 17 years	173	-	197	205	135	196	154	170	193	210	116	158	223
18 to 19 years	201	-	306	286	179	255	212	266	219	217	208	241	239
20 years and over	3,201	-	3,140	3,044	3,203	3,218	3,146	3,026	2,945	2,830	2,838	2,708	2,785
20 to 24 years	675	-	563	525	548	507	463	525	456	560	556	517	610
25 years and over	2,509	-	2,585	2,533	2,654	2,718	2,667	2,480	2,484	2,287	2,282	2,190	2,162
25 to 54 years	1,952	-	2,052	1,990	2,056	2,132	2,038	1,954	2,016	1,780	1,678	1,710	1,770
25 to 34 years	817	-	930	826	949	842	895	849	856	759	725	620	701
35 to 44 years	687	-	616	670	561	653	613	505	630	529	485	575	589
45 to 54 years	448	-	507	494	545	637	530	599	530	492	468	514	481
55 years and over	565	-	530	540	577	572	622	514	475	510	607	499	400

MARITAL STATUS
Married men, spouse present(1)	1,089	-	1,135	997	1,009	1,019	1,018	933	1,041	1,003	949	979	951
Married women, spouse present(1)	907	-	1,045	995	1,116	1,136	1,154	975	966	995	906	975	817

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: October 02, 2026