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 September 2017
Unemployed Weeks of unemployment
Total Less
than
5 weeks		 5 to 14
weeks		 15 weeks and over Average
(mean)
duration		 Median
duration
Total 15 to 26
weeks		 27 weeks
and over

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over

 6,556 2,227 1,740 2,589 889 1,700 26.9 10.3

16 to 19 years

 735 337 237 160 104 56 10.9 6.6

20 to 24 years

 1,144 451 325 367 132 235 17.5 7.7

25 to 34 years

 1,523 494 494 535 129 406 27.5 9.7

35 to 44 years

 1,015 325 210 479 183 296 29.8 13.1

45 to 54 years

 980 290 221 469 173 297 31.8 13.5

55 to 64 years

 850 227 172 450 144 306 39.2 16.5

65 years and over

 310 103 79 128 24 104 37.5 11.7

Men, 16 years and over

 3,397 1,093 839 1,466 491 975 28.2 11.0

16 to 19 years

 426 213 104 108 72 37 11.5 4.5

20 to 24 years

 675 231 199 245 81 163 19.2 8.8

25 to 34 years

 755 250 248 257 47 210 28.0 9.2

35 to 44 years

 473 127 85 261 102 158 33.0 17.0

45 to 54 years

 490 134 81 275 94 181 35.2 18.3

55 to 64 years

 429 101 83 245 83 162 39.3 18.3

65 years and over

 149 37 38 75 11 63 48.3 14.6

Women, 16 years and over

 3,158 1,134 901 1,123 398 725 25.4 9.7

16 to 19 years

 309 124 133 52 32 20 10.0 7.5

20 to 24 years

 469 220 126 122 50 72 15.1 5.6

25 to 34 years

 768 244 246 278 82 195 27.0 10.2

35 to 44 years

 541 198 125 218 81 138 27.0 10.6

45 to 54 years

 491 156 140 194 79 116 28.5 11.2

55 to 64 years

 421 126 89 205 61 144 39.2 14.0

65 years and over

 161 66 41 53 12 41 27.5 8.3

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

White, 16 years and over

 4,463 1,602 1,177 1,684 550 1,135 26.3 9.6

Men

 2,322 761 611 949 295 654 27.6 10.3

Women

 2,141 840 566 735 255 481 24.8 8.7

Black or African American, 16 years and over

 1,385 375 361 649 238 410 30.6 13.5

Men

 718 229 125 364 128 236 30.1 14.9

Women

 667 146 236 285 110 175 31.1 12.9

Asian, 16 years and over

 353 99 98 157 67 91 23.5 11.0

Men

 188 43 53 93 47 46 27.2 14.0

Women

 166 56 45 64 20 44 19.4 9.5

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over

 1,329 474 372 483 175 309 24.0 8.9

Men

 655 229 191 235 68 167 24.6 9.0

Women

 674 244 181 249 107 142 23.5 8.9

MARITAL STATUS

Men, 16 years and over

Married, spouse present(1)

 973 262 229 482 166 315 33.6 14.2

Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)

 412 107 74 232 75 156 39.3 18.0

Never married

 2,012 724 536 753 249 503 23.4 9.4

Women, 16 years and over

Married, spouse present(1)

 922 367 216 339 120 219 26.6 8.8

Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)

 734 236 215 283 98 185 25.2 10.5

Never married

 1,502 532 469 501 180 321 24.9 9.7

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: October 06, 2017