A-36. Unemployed persons by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, marital status, and duration of unemployment

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-36. Unemployed people by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, marital status, and duration of unemployment [Numbers in thousands]
Age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and marital status	December 2025
	Unemployed						Weeks of unemployment
	Total	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	15 weeks and over			Average (mean) duration	Median duration
	Total	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	Total	15 to 26 weeks	27 weeks and over	Average (mean) duration	Median duration
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over	7,003	2,167	1,848	2,988	1,128	1,860	24.1	11.1
16 to 19 years	839	306	257	276	168	108	15.9	8.8
20 to 24 years	1,139	329	316	494	174	320	21.0	11.7
25 to 34 years	1,545	485	419	641	229	412	23.0	10.1
35 to 44 years	1,326	413	281	632	217	414	27.7	13.0
45 to 54 years	1,015	292	306	417	132	285	24.1	10.8
55 to 64 years	825	258	196	371	139	232	27.6	12.6
65 years and over	313	83	73	157	68	89	37.7	14.6

Men, 16 years and over	3,827	1,271	953	1,604	560	1,043	23.8	10.1
16 to 19 years	450	133	168	149	110	39	15.8	9.7
20 to 24 years	689	226	165	297	90	207	20.5	9.9
25 to 34 years	779	238	200	341	98	244	23.7	10.4
35 to 44 years	693	270	155	269	58	211	26.2	8.6
45 to 54 years	557	180	139	238	81	157	24.2	11.2
55 to 64 years	467	181	77	209	75	135	26.0	11.2
65 years and over	192	43	49	100	49	51	38.7	15.5

Women, 16 years and over	3,176	896	895	1,384	567	817	24.4	12.1
16 to 19 years	389	173	89	127	58	69	16.1	6.8
20 to 24 years	450	103	151	196	84	113	21.8	13.0
25 to 34 years	766	247	219	299	131	169	22.2	9.9
35 to 44 years	633	144	126	363	159	203	29.4	19.4
45 to 54 years	459	112	167	179	51	128	23.8	10.4
55 to 64 years	358	78	119	162	65	97	29.7	13.3
65 years and over	121	40	24	57	19	38	36.0	13.6

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White, 16 years and over	4,548	1,583	1,291	1,675	672	1,003	22.1	9.3
Men	2,659	965	706	988	384	604	21.8	8.9
Women	1,890	619	584	687	288	399	22.5	9.8
Black or African American, 16 years and over	1,562	313	349	900	287	614	30.7	20.0
Men	741	152	161	428	115	313	31.9	20.5
Women	821	161	188	472	171	301	29.7	19.6
Asian, 16 years and over	441	122	81	238	115	123	22.9	16.8
Men	231	65	29	136	49	87	28.5	22.2
Women	210	57	52	102	66	36	16.9	13.7
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	1,690	521	473	695	289	407	21.7	11.4
Men	956	313	248	395	151	244	22.3	10.5
Women	734	209	225	301	138	163	21.0	12.1

MARITAL STATUS
Men, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	1,011	368	263	379	165	214	21.3	9.0
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	478	188	117	173	44	128	25.2	8.6
Never married	2,338	714	572	1,052	351	701	24.5	11.5
Women, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	908	235	263	410	172	238	28.2	12.6
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	564	161	178	225	71	153	24.8	11.7
Never married	1,704	500	454	750	324	426	22.3	12.0
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. (2) Separated includes people who are married, spouse absent.
NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. People whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: January 09, 2026