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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 January 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

7,467 2,716 2,101 2,650 1,166 1,484 20.6 9.1

16 to 19 years

728 310 243 175 116 59 11.6 7.1

20 to 24 years

1,368 509 344 515 254 260 18.6 9.4

25 to 34 years

1,772 634 536 602 270 332 18.8 9.0

35 to 44 years

1,317 480 350 487 191 297 23.4 9.2

45 to 54 years

988 344 261 383 139 244 21.4 10.1

55 to 64 years

867 318 248 301 110 191 26.9 8.8

65 years and over

427 121 120 187 85 102 26.3 10.3

Men, 16 years and over

4,233 1,545 1,212 1,476 661 815 19.4 8.7

16 to 19 years

379 158 134 87 66 21 10.3 7.4

20 to 24 years

836 320 204 311 155 156 18.6 8.5

25 to 34 years

1,021 359 331 331 149 183 17.9 8.7

35 to 44 years

701 251 190 260 101 159 24.8 8.9

45 to 54 years

578 206 134 238 80 158 21.9 10.3

55 to 64 years

471 185 148 137 54 83 17.9 6.8

65 years and over

247 64 72 111 55 56 24.4 10.2

Women, 16 years and over

3,234 1,171 889 1,174 505 668 22.1 10.0

16 to 19 years

349 152 109 88 50 38 13.0 6.5

20 to 24 years

532 188 140 204 99 104 18.7 11.3

25 to 34 years

751 274 206 270 121 149 20.0 9.6

35 to 44 years

615 228 160 227 90 137 21.7 9.5

45 to 54 years

410 138 127 145 59 86 20.7 10.0

55 to 64 years

397 133 100 164 56 108 37.7 11.8

65 years and over

180 57 48 76 30 46 29.0 10.6

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

White, 16 years and over

5,051 1,914 1,518 1,619 781 838 18.0 8.4

Men

2,811 1,051 884 876 441 435 16.7 8.1

Women

2,241 863 634 744 340 403 19.6 9.0

Black or African American, 16 years and over

1,427 477 320 630 233 397 28.7 11.6

Men

815 255 161 398 150 248 29.6 13.7

Women

613 222 159 232 82 149 27.5 10.1

Asian, 16 years and over

467 121 143 204 71 132 24.6 12.9

Men

285 76 92 117 37 80 23.0 12.7

Women

182 45 51 87 34 52 27.3 13.4

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over

1,884 666 591 627 274 354 18.6 9.2

Men

1,081 419 358 305 156 148 14.9 7.8

Women

803 247 233 323 117 205 23.5 12.2

MARITAL STATUS

Men, 16 years and over

Married, spouse present(1)

1,183 457 352 374 159 216 17.5 8.1

Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)

488 162 137 189 69 120 27.4 10.2

Never married

2,562 927 723 913 433 480 18.8 8.8

Women, 16 years and over

Married, spouse present(1)

916 353 229 333 121 213 21.9 9.1

Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)

621 205 187 230 95 135 27.7 10.4

Never married

1,697 613 474 611 290 320 20.2 10.4

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: February 07, 2025