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	March 2026
	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	7,337	1,838	2,157	3,342	1,422	1,919	26.1	12.8
16 to 19 years	779	220	273	286	133	153	18.5	10.1
20 to 24 years	982	246	341	395	169	226	21.9	11.6
25 to 34 years	1,924	438	574	912	433	479	23.4	13.5
35 to 44 years	1,250	353	311	586	215	371	29.0	12.8
45 to 54 years	1,065	277	264	523	201	322	30.5	14.2
55 to 64 years	838	169	235	434	179	255	33.6	15.5
65 years and over	498	133	160	204	92	112	27.4	10.9

Men, 16 years and over	3,975	962	1,140	1,873	877	996	25.8	13.4
16 to 19 years	472	157	132	184	94	90	19.2	9.9
20 to 24 years	556	120	190	245	113	133	21.2	12.2
25 to 34 years	1,049	221	314	514	241	274	25.3	14.1
35 to 44 years	649	189	159	302	130	172	26.4	12.7
45 to 54 years	525	123	123	279	128	152	31.0	16.1
55 to 64 years	495	101	158	236	107	128	30.1	13.6
65 years and over	229	51	65	113	65	48	30.7	14.3

Women, 16 years and over	3,362	877	1,016	1,469	546	923	26.4	12.1
16 to 19 years	307	63	141	103	39	64	17.4	10.4
20 to 24 years	427	126	150	150	57	93	22.8	11.2
25 to 34 years	875	217	260	398	193	205	21.2	12.4
35 to 44 years	601	164	152	284	85	199	31.8	12.9
45 to 54 years	540	155	141	244	73	171	30.0	12.5
55 to 64 years	343	68	77	199	72	127	38.7	18.5
65 years and over	269	82	95	92	27	64	24.6	8.7

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White, 16 years and over	4,580	1,187	1,336	2,057	942	1,115	24.5	12.8
Men	2,537	623	770	1,143	553	591	24.0	13.0
Women	2,043	564	566	914	389	524	25.2	12.5
Black or African American, 16 years and over	1,562	350	448	764	289	476	29.8	14.0
Men	874	152	254	468	206	262	32.3	16.0
Women	688	197	195	296	83	213	26.6	11.1
Asian, 16 years and over	495	104	180	211	61	150	27.3	11.7
Men	220	64	59	97	27	70	31.4	9.5
Women	275	40	121	115	34	81	24.0	12.7
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	1,765	499	537	729	322	408	22.8	12.0
Men	877	225	277	374	199	175	19.9	12.8
Women	888	273	260	355	122	233	25.7	10.7

MARITAL STATUS
Men, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	1,161	318	306	538	298	240	25.7	13.1
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	435	99	165	171	80	91	24.0	11.5
Never married	2,378	545	670	1,164	498	666	26.3	14.1
Women, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	1,114	325	299	489	182	308	29.1	12.3
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	667	167	232	269	110	159	25.9	10.4
Never married	1,581	385	485	711	254	457	24.7	12.6
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: April 03, 2026