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
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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 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	5,964	1,884	1,453	2,626	722	1,905	27.6	10.8
16 to 19 years	535	254	143	137	74	63	15.5	5.2
20 to 24 years	947	345	227	375	156	219	21.2	9.9
25 to 34 years	1,477	469	347	661	222	439	25.7	10.5
35 to 44 years	1,106	348	260	497	111	386	27.3	10.4
45 to 54 years	859	219	231	408	55	353	33.8	13.1
55 to 64 years	751	174	165	413	81	331	37.5	22.0
65 years and over	289	75	79	136	22	114	37.1	12.6

Men, 16 years and over	3,314	1,089	821	1,404	363	1,041	26.8	10.1
16 to 19 years	292	151	86	55	33	21	10.3	4.4
20 to 24 years	551	207	138	206	60	146	24.2	8.9
25 to 34 years	851	258	187	406	149	257	25.5	12.8
35 to 44 years	625	210	144	270	46	224	27.7	8.9
45 to 54 years	437	121	131	185	25	160	27.9	10.1
55 to 64 years	382	95	82	206	32	173	38.8	25.3
65 years and over	176	48	53	75	17	59	36.2	10.1

Women, 16 years and over	2,649	794	632	1,223	359	864	28.6	11.9
16 to 19 years	243	103	57	83	41	42	21.7	7.1
20 to 24 years	395	138	89	168	96	73	17.0	10.8
25 to 34 years	626	212	160	254	73	181	26.0	9.3
35 to 44 years	481	139	116	227	65	161	26.7	12.6
45 to 54 years	422	98	101	223	30	193	39.8	18.2
55 to 64 years	369	78	83	207	49	158	36.1	19.7
65 years and over	113	26	26	61	5	55	38.6	24.8

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White, 16 years and over	3,891	1,318	998	1,575	451	1,125	24.8	9.6
Men	2,225	786	550	889	243	646	24.6	9.2
Women	1,666	532	448	686	208	478	25.1	9.9
Black or African American, 16 years and over	1,319	322	306	691	170	520	32.9	17.0
Men	665	176	171	318	69	249	32.8	12.8
Women	654	146	135	373	101	271	33.1	20.1
Asian, 16 years and over	383	114	68	201	53	147	32.6	16.6
Men	214	54	43	116	23	93	35.9	19.2
Women	168	59	25	84	30	54	28.5	14.5
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	1,357	444	352	560	160	400	25.1	9.8
Men	728	264	181	282	81	201	23.0	8.6
Women	629	180	171	278	79	199	27.5	10.4

MARITAL STATUS
Men, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	880	293	228	358	75	283	24.9	9.2
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	434	120	117	197	52	145	30.5	11.1
Never married	2,000	676	476	849	236	613	26.8	10.2
Women, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	806	241	205	360	113	247	23.8	11.9
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	494	133	100	261	41	220	37.2	18.5
Never married	1,350	421	328	601	205	396	28.2	10.5
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: January 07, 2022