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

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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	February 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	8,052	2,198	2,540	3,313	1,344	1,969	25.3	11.2
16 to 19 years	883	293	314	275	172	103	14.1	8.3
20 to 24 years	1,218	347	369	502	168	335	24.8	10.8
25 to 34 years	1,974	471	610	893	398	494	24.9	12.9
35 to 44 years	1,346	436	409	501	160	342	26.0	10.5
45 to 54 years	1,240	318	378	544	191	354	29.7	12.0
55 to 64 years	931	192	313	426	171	255	29.9	12.8
65 years and over	460	141	148	171	84	87	26.8	9.3

Men, 16 years and over	4,375	1,177	1,381	1,818	699	1,118	24.3	11.6
16 to 19 years	468	158	160	150	88	62	15.1	8.5
20 to 24 years	715	194	214	307	98	210	25.1	12.1
25 to 34 years	1,115	253	331	531	220	311	26.3	13.7
35 to 44 years	682	225	201	256	69	187	24.0	11.0
45 to 54 years	582	144	175	264	102	162	28.0	11.5
55 to 64 years	525	117	193	214	81	133	23.5	11.6
65 years and over	287	85	107	95	42	54	25.0	9.2

Women, 16 years and over	3,677	1,022	1,160	1,496	645	851	26.4	10.5
16 to 19 years	415	135	154	125	84	41	13.0	8.1
20 to 24 years	503	153	155	195	70	125	24.3	9.4
25 to 34 years	859	218	279	362	179	183	23.2	11.7
35 to 44 years	664	210	208	245	90	155	28.0	9.9
45 to 54 years	658	174	203	281	89	191	31.2	12.3
55 to 64 years	406	74	119	212	90	122	38.1	16.0
65 years and over	173	56	41	76	43	34	29.9	9.6

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White, 16 years and over	4,974	1,399	1,572	2,004	833	1,171	24.5	10.9
Men	2,882	783	935	1,164	475	689	23.9	11.3
Women	2,093	616	637	840	358	482	25.3	10.3
Black or African American, 16 years and over	1,727	421	507	799	320	479	26.9	13.1
Men	846	210	246	390	122	268	29.5	13.1
Women	881	211	261	409	198	210	24.4	13.0
Asian, 16 years and over	678	220	223	235	86	149	24.1	9.5
Men	317	115	100	101	27	75	19.1	9.2
Women	361	105	123	133	59	74	28.5	9.7
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	1,990	562	602	826	324	502	25.3	11.4
Men	1,068	304	319	445	154	291	24.0	11.8
Women	922	258	283	381	170	211	26.9	10.8

MARITAL STATUS
Men, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	1,179	304	430	445	175	271	23.0	11.0
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	537	140	194	204	77	126	23.1	10.0
Never married	2,659	733	757	1,169	447	721	25.2	12.3
Women, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	1,146	297	395	454	177	277	32.3	10.5
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	714	201	199	314	147	167	26.8	11.4
Never married	1,816	524	565	727	321	406	22.6	10.4
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: March 06, 2026