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

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A-36. Unemployed persons 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	October 2023
	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	6,098	2,104	1,726	2,268	975	1,292	22.2	9.1
16 to 19 years	830	360	235	235	136	99	13.5	6.4
20 to 24 years	1,038	352	282	405	209	196	19.6	8.4
25 to 34 years	1,519	518	471	529	201	328	22.2	8.9
35 to 44 years	1,009	305	282	421	157	264	27.2	11.3
45 to 54 years	724	240	188	296	137	159	22.4	9.6
55 to 64 years	690	236	198	255	76	180	25.6	10.0
65 years and over	289	94	69	126	60	66	31.0	11.8

Men, 16 years and over	3,345	1,135	952	1,258	518	740	23.2	9.3
16 to 19 years	466	202	126	138	77	62	15.1	7.2
20 to 24 years	572	209	151	212	103	109	19.5	8.3
25 to 34 years	866	272	265	328	116	213	23.3	9.6
35 to 44 years	533	161	160	212	84	128	28.0	11.0
45 to 54 years	406	125	114	167	77	90	22.4	10.1
55 to 64 years	360	132	101	128	39	88	25.3	9.2
65 years and over	142	34	36	72	22	51	42.2	15.5

Women, 16 years and over	2,753	969	774	1,010	457	553	21.1	8.8
16 to 19 years	363	158	109	96	59	37	11.5	5.6
20 to 24 years	467	142	131	193	106	88	19.7	8.5
25 to 34 years	653	246	206	201	85	115	20.8	8.1
35 to 44 years	476	144	122	209	73	136	26.4	11.7
45 to 54 years	318	115	74	129	60	69	22.4	8.9
55 to 64 years	330	105	98	128	36	91	26.0	11.1
65 years and over	147	59	34	54	38	16	20.1	10.2

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White, 16 years and over	4,063	1,461	1,160	1,441	647	795	21.1	8.7
Men	2,319	807	675	836	367	469	21.9	9.0
Women	1,744	654	485	605	279	326	20.1	8.4
Black or African American, 16 years and over	1,281	379	376	526	226	300	25.0	9.7
Men	570	178	165	226	99	127	26.9	9.6
Women	711	200	211	300	127	173	23.5	9.8
Asian, 16 years and over	349	115	84	150	43	107	26.0	12.6
Men	217	59	48	110	27	83	28.1	15.0
Women	132	56	36	40	16	24	22.7	9.7
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	1,429	511	433	485	276	209	18.3	8.2
Men	821	319	242	260	121	138	18.9	7.2
Women	609	193	191	226	154	71	17.5	9.8

MARITAL STATUS
Men, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	794	275	227	292	125	168	23.4	10.0
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	366	103	104	160	56	103	26.1	11.8
Never married	2,185	757	621	806	337	469	22.6	8.9
Women, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	749	284	189	276	118	158	22.7	9.8
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	442	145	121	176	65	111	25.0	10.5
Never married	1,562	540	464	558	274	284	19.3	8.1
Footnotes (1) Beginning with data for January 2020, refers to persons in both opposite-sex and same-sex married couples. Prior to January 2020, referred to persons in opposite-sex married couples only. (2) Separated includes persons 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. Persons 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: November 03, 2023