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

HOUSEHOLD DATA
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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	January 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	7,941	2,557	2,313	3,070	1,201	1,869	22.4	10.1
16 to 19 years	823	306	248	269	152	118	15.1	8.2
20 to 24 years	1,178	355	363	460	140	320	22.2	10.5
25 to 34 years	2,007	589	642	776	340	436	22.0	10.3
35 to 44 years	1,406	430	409	567	207	360	25.4	10.6
45 to 54 years	1,127	347	320	460	156	304	25.2	10.8
55 to 64 years	1,007	366	240	401	158	243	21.2	9.1
65 years and over	393	165	91	137	48	89	24.2	9.1

Men, 16 years and over	4,421	1,364	1,372	1,686	634	1,051	22.4	10.2
16 to 19 years	526	187	161	178	94	83	16.6	10.0
20 to 24 years	628	168	207	252	57	195	25.3	11.7
25 to 34 years	1,061	287	347	426	168	259	22.0	10.6
35 to 44 years	819	240	276	303	123	180	23.3	9.6
45 to 54 years	574	197	147	231	80	151	26.2	10.4
55 to 64 years	592	193	176	223	91	131	18.6	8.9
65 years and over	221	90	59	73	21	51	26.4	9.5

Women, 16 years and over	3,520	1,194	942	1,385	567	818	22.4	9.9
16 to 19 years	297	119	87	92	57	34	12.5	6.1
20 to 24 years	551	186	157	208	83	125	18.5	9.3
25 to 34 years	946	302	295	349	172	177	22.0	10.0
35 to 44 years	587	189	134	264	84	180	28.3	12.6
45 to 54 years	553	150	173	229	77	153	24.1	11.2
55 to 64 years	415	173	64	178	67	111	25.0	9.9
65 years and over	171	75	32	64	27	38	21.3	7.1

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White, 16 years and over	5,273	1,847	1,553	1,873	742	1,131	20.9	9.1
Men	3,018	1,009	916	1,093	424	670	21.0	9.3
Women	2,256	838	638	780	318	461	20.8	8.8
Black or African American, 16 years and over	1,668	418	461	789	312	477	27.2	13.6
Men	938	243	273	422	172	250	26.6	13.2
Women	730	175	188	367	140	226	27.9	14.7
Asian, 16 years and over	554	164	154	237	65	171	23.6	11.9
Men	250	60	79	110	12	98	27.3	12.7
Women	305	103	75	127	53	74	20.6	10.9
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	1,900	635	577	688	316	372	20.9	9.3
Men	1,054	357	336	361	174	187	19.3	8.9
Women	846	278	241	327	142	185	22.8	9.9

MARITAL STATUS
Men, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	1,272	423	394	455	182	274	20.6	9.4
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	607	267	173	168	57	110	21.3	6.1
Never married	2,541	674	805	1,063	395	667	23.5	11.8
Women, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	1,122	417	275	430	172	257	22.9	9.6
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	640	176	189	275	110	164	26.1	11.9
Never married	1,759	601	478	681	285	396	20.6	9.5
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.

Last Modified Date: February 11, 2026