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

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
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	August 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	7,381	1,978	2,440	2,964	1,018	1,946	26.1	11.3
16 to 19 years	927	370	293	264	123	141	16.6	7.2
20 to 24 years	1,154	333	386	436	173	263	22.1	10.7
25 to 34 years	1,723	462	523	738	229	508	27.9	11.9
35 to 44 years	1,237	375	355	507	183	324	24.3	11.7
45 to 54 years	1,124	160	442	521	163	358	26.6	13.6
55 to 64 years	832	130	312	391	105	286	41.2	13.5
65 years and over	383	148	129	107	41	66	23.8	7.4

Men, 16 years and over	3,870	1,058	1,219	1,593	514	1,079	26.6	11.7
16 to 19 years	489	207	149	133	40	92	19.1	7.6
20 to 24 years	593	151	207	235	71	164	23.0	11.7
25 to 34 years	1,002	248	298	456	140	316	29.1	13.0
35 to 44 years	605	186	151	267	83	184	26.2	12.7
45 to 54 years	535	81	220	235	92	143	26.9	12.9
55 to 64 years	434	80	140	214	61	153	34.6	14.2
65 years and over	212	104	54	54	27	28	25.6	4.7

Women, 16 years and over	3,511	920	1,221	1,370	504	866	25.5	10.8
16 to 19 years	439	163	145	131	83	48	13.8	6.7
20 to 24 years	561	182	179	201	102	99	21.2	9.5
25 to 34 years	721	214	225	282	90	192	26.3	10.3
35 to 44 years	632	189	204	239	100	139	22.5	10.9
45 to 54 years	589	80	223	287	71	216	26.4	14.2
55 to 64 years	398	50	172	177	44	133	48.3	13.0
65 years and over	171	44	75	53	14	39	21.6	9.2

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White, 16 years and over	4,846	1,360	1,746	1,741	570	1,171	24.5	10.2
Men	2,622	718	817	1,088	320	768	27.7	11.7
Women	2,224	642	929	653	250	403	20.8	9.1
Black or African American, 16 years and over	1,397	361	404	632	237	395	27.0	12.9
Men	649	204	210	235	101	134	23.5	11.0
Women	748	157	194	397	136	260	30.0	16.2
Asian, 16 years and over	452	116	85	250	96	155	30.7	17.5
Men	240	52	51	137	58	78	27.0	17.4
Women	212	64	34	114	37	76	35.0	17.8
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	1,782	586	504	692	223	469	27.0	9.8
Men	970	332	254	384	117	267	25.3	9.6
Women	812	254	250	308	106	202	29.0	10.0

MARITAL STATUS
Men, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	955	246	323	386	135	251	22.1	11.7
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	428	98	112	218	76	142	33.1	15.2
Never married	2,486	714	784	989	303	686	27.1	11.2
Women, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	1,138	304	458	376	92	284	23.6	9.8
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	527	79	173	275	85	190	36.8	15.8
Never married	1,846	536	591	719	327	392	23.5	10.6
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: September 04, 2026