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

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
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	August 2021
	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	8,556	2,051	2,269	4,236	1,042	3,195	29.2	14.3
16 to 19 years	697	263	284	150	57	93	13.4	7.1
20 to 24 years	1,345	419	457	468	177	292	18.6	9.9
25 to 34 years	2,133	555	528	1,051	269	781	28.6	14.2
35 to 44 years	1,515	296	392	827	203	624	32.1	18.9
45 to 54 years	1,338	265	259	814	162	652	35.1	23.4
55 to 64 years	1,032	163	249	620	107	513	37.1	28.1
65 years and over	496	91	101	305	65	240	41.0	27.0

Men, 16 years and over	4,404	1,017	1,120	2,267	602	1,665	29.5	15.7
16 to 19 years	370	144	152	74	26	48	12.7	6.4
20 to 24 years	673	189	247	237	101	137	18.2	10.4
25 to 34 years	1,113	304	236	574	142	432	29.1	15.7
35 to 44 years	792	140	199	453	132	321	31.8	19.5
45 to 54 years	676	119	111	447	106	341	35.7	27.7
55 to 64 years	529	88	112	329	67	262	39.4	28.0
65 years and over	250	34	63	153	29	124	40.7	29.6

Women, 16 years and over	4,152	1,033	1,150	1,970	440	1,530	28.9	13.3
16 to 19 years	327	119	132	76	31	45	14.2	7.8
20 to 24 years	672	230	210	231	76	155	19.0	9.4
25 to 34 years	1,020	251	292	477	128	349	28.1	13.4
35 to 44 years	722	155	193	374	72	302	32.4	17.4
45 to 54 years	662	146	149	367	57	310	34.5	20.3
55 to 64 years	503	75	137	292	40	252	34.6	28.3
65 years and over	246	57	37	152	36	116	41.4	25.9

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White, 16 years and over	5,728	1,427	1,469	2,832	685	2,147	29.5	14.2
Men	2,952	710	741	1,501	402	1,099	29.1	15.2
Women	2,776	718	728	1,330	283	1,048	29.9	13.5
Black or African American, 16 years and over	1,889	412	502	975	230	745	29.5	16.0
Men	906	181	216	509	133	376	31.9	18.6
Women	983	231	286	466	97	369	27.3	13.5
Asian, 16 years and over	492	86	146	259	58	200	32.6	17.6
Men	272	45	74	153	31	122	34.3	22.1
Women	219	41	73	106	27	78	30.5	14.0
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	1,814	457	513	844	229	615	26.6	13.1
Men	984	284	256	443	138	305	24.6	12.7
Women	831	173	257	401	91	310	28.8	13.8

MARITAL STATUS
Men, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	1,368	264	282	822	209	612	36.3	21.4
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	605	133	148	324	86	238	29.9	17.6
Never married	2,431	620	690	1,121	306	815	25.5	13.0
Women, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	1,186	279	320	587	140	447	31.6	14.3
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	844	180	194	470	84	387	34.7	21.5
Never married	2,122	575	635	912	216	696	25.0	11.6
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: September 03, 2021