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	December 2018
	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	6,029	2,050	1,901	2,078	859	1,219	21.5	8.9
16 to 19 years	619	243	215	161	103	58	11.9	7.6
20 to 24 years	1,007	346	369	293	181	111	15.1	8.4
25 to 34 years	1,431	501	479	451	168	283	20.6	8.7
35 to 44 years	947	330	304	313	123	190	20.6	8.5
45 to 54 years	964	298	264	403	126	277	29.3	10.0
55 to 64 years	779	218	224	337	105	231	28.9	10.9
65 years and over	283	114	47	121	53	69	25.8	9.2

Men, 16 years and over	3,417	1,199	1,105	1,113	506	606	19.1	8.7
16 to 19 years	351	141	122	89	66	23	10.9	7.5
20 to 24 years	578	184	213	181	129	52	15.0	9.7
25 to 34 years	754	287	278	188	78	110	15.2	7.7
35 to 44 years	544	196	181	168	63	105	20.2	8.6
45 to 54 years	559	180	141	237	69	168	28.6	10.2
55 to 64 years	483	153	153	176	61	115	23.2	8.7
65 years and over	148	59	17	73	40	32	21.5	13.4

Women, 16 years and over	2,612	851	796	966	353	613	24.6	9.3
16 to 19 years	267	102	93	72	37	35	13.2	7.7
20 to 24 years	430	162	156	111	52	59	15.3	6.9
25 to 34 years	677	214	201	263	90	173	26.6	10.3
35 to 44 years	402	134	123	145	60	84	21.1	8.5
45 to 54 years	406	118	122	166	57	109	30.3	9.7
55 to 64 years	296	65	71	160	44	116	38.3	17.7
65 years and over	135	55	31	49	12	36	30.4	8.1

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White, 16 years and over	4,173	1,473	1,305	1,394	599	795	20.8	8.5
Men	2,424	914	761	750	351	399	18.3	7.7
Women	1,748	559	545	644	248	396	24.3	9.5
Black or African American, 16 years and over	1,257	422	388	447	139	307	23.4	9.4
Men	646	197	229	220	78	142	19.6	10.3
Women	611	225	159	227	62	165	27.3	8.3
Asian, 16 years and over	322	61	130	131	56	75	26.9	11.5
Men	189	38	68	83	36	48	30.3	12.5
Women	133	23	62	48	21	27	22.0	10.3
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	1,255	495	394	366	193	173	16.8	7.8
Men	711	307	194	210	110	100	15.8	7.8
Women	543	188	200	156	83	73	18.2	7.8

MARITAL STATUS
Men, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	1,033	389	300	344	129	215	20.2	8.3
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	480	155	146	179	83	96	22.6	8.8
Never married	1,904	656	659	589	294	295	17.7	8.8
Women, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	807	285	214	307	111	196	25.8	9.7
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	513	157	144	212	64	148	27.7	11.0
Never married	1,292	408	438	446	177	269	22.7	8.7
Footnotes (1) Refers 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: January 04, 2019

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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