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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 March 2025
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

7,242 2,085 2,338 2,819 1,220 1,599 23.6 10.9

16 to 19 years

837 281 313 244 118 125 17.2 8.9

20 to 24 years

1,189 312 452 424 204 220 19.9 10.4

25 to 34 years

1,602 483 479 640 305 335 21.1 10.9

35 to 44 years

1,278 383 377 517 232 285 24.7 11.3

45 to 54 years

1,138 335 311 493 184 309 27.9 10.7

55 to 64 years

832 231 296 305 111 194 28.7 11.6

65 years and over

366 61 110 195 65 131 31.9 17.0

Men, 16 years and over

4,102 1,144 1,274 1,684 777 907 23.1 11.4

16 to 19 years

451 136 157 158 81 77 18.1 9.8

20 to 24 years

710 168 266 276 138 139 21.2 11.4

25 to 34 years

987 305 257 425 199 227 21.2 11.6

35 to 44 years

665 188 183 295 131 164 26.3 12.3

45 to 54 years

608 178 165 265 119 146 24.9 10.4

55 to 64 years

479 132 182 165 80 85 24.9 11.1

65 years and over

201 37 64 100 30 70 31.0 14.5

Women, 16 years and over

3,140 941 1,064 1,135 443 692 24.2 10.4

16 to 19 years

386 145 156 86 37 48 16.2 8.1

20 to 24 years

478 144 186 148 67 81 18.1 9.3

25 to 34 years

615 178 222 215 107 108 21.0 10.2

35 to 44 years

612 196 194 223 101 121 23.1 10.5

45 to 54 years

530 156 146 228 65 163 31.3 11.1

55 to 64 years

353 99 114 140 31 109 33.9 12.2

65 years and over

165 24 46 95 34 61 33.1 18.9

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

White, 16 years and over

4,908 1,423 1,606 1,879 840 1,039 23.7 10.8

Men

2,792 798 879 1,114 509 605 23.8 11.1

Women

2,116 625 727 765 331 434 23.6 10.5

Black or African American, 16 years and over

1,380 454 402 524 220 305 23.0 10.3

Men

768 225 207 336 167 169 21.9 12.3

Women

612 229 195 188 52 136 24.3 8.8

Asian, 16 years and over

430 93 140 197 75 122 25.2 13.3

Men

233 48 70 115 40 75 25.2 14.3

Women

197 46 70 82 35 47 25.1 12.3

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over

1,806 590 579 636 229 408 23.6 10.0

Men

1,024 362 311 351 151 200 20.6 9.3

Women

782 229 268 285 77 207 27.6 10.8

MARITAL STATUS

Men, 16 years and over

Married, spouse present(1)

1,130 353 377 401 194 206 19.9 9.5

Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)

468 152 129 187 97 90 22.0 10.0

Never married

2,504 639 768 1,097 486 611 24.8 12.5

Women, 16 years and over

Married, spouse present(1)

891 248 291 352 129 222 26.8 10.6

Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)

625 186 212 227 89 138 25.4 10.8

Never married

1,624 507 561 556 225 332 22.3 10.1

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: April 04, 2025