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	April 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	6,768	2,118	1,561	3,088	1,234	1,854	26.2	12.7
16 to 19 years	762	356	173	234	150	84	13.1	6.7
20 to 24 years	1,047	351	271	424	229	195	21.3	10.8
25 to 34 years	1,722	496	350	875	302	573	27.6	15.0
35 to 44 years	1,091	309	280	503	217	285	24.6	12.9
45 to 54 years	1,036	293	255	488	155	333	30.7	13.6
55 to 64 years	725	199	165	362	97	264	34.4	14.5
65 years and over	385	115	67	203	84	119	35.4	15.8

Men, 16 years and over	3,731	1,040	873	1,818	717	1,101	27.4	13.8
16 to 19 years	411	184	93	135	80	55	13.9	7.5
20 to 24 years	593	176	146	271	145	126	24.4	12.5
25 to 34 years	964	224	211	528	178	350	29.7	17.2
35 to 44 years	639	152	163	325	145	180	25.1	14.9
45 to 54 years	475	137	123	215	43	172	32.7	12.5
55 to 64 years	434	112	116	206	65	141	31.7	13.3
65 years and over	216	55	21	140	61	78	38.1	19.3

Women, 16 years and over	3,037	1,079	688	1,270	517	753	24.6	11.9
16 to 19 years	351	172	80	99	70	29	12.2	5.0
20 to 24 years	454	175	126	153	84	69	17.3	9.4
25 to 34 years	758	272	139	347	124	223	25.0	13.1
35 to 44 years	452	157	117	178	72	106	23.8	11.5
45 to 54 years	561	156	132	273	112	161	29.0	14.1
55 to 64 years	291	87	49	156	32	124	38.5	18.0
65 years and over	169	59	46	64	23	41	32.0	10.1

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White, 16 years and over	4,214	1,285	979	1,951	762	1,189	27.0	13.1
Men	2,350	600	567	1,183	443	740	30.0	14.7
Women	1,864	684	412	768	319	449	23.2	11.4
Black or African American, 16 years and over	1,449	430	303	715	283	432	26.2	14.1
Men	759	204	188	368	153	215	24.2	13.1
Women	689	227	115	347	130	217	28.3	14.7
Asian, 16 years and over	410	121	124	166	53	112	26.5	11.7
Men	225	67	58	100	28	71	24.6	11.6
Women	185	54	66	66	25	41	28.8	11.7
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	1,671	595	375	701	325	376	23.0	11.0
Men	874	272	206	396	167	230	27.0	11.7
Women	796	323	169	305	159	146	18.6	10.5

MARITAL STATUS
Men, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	898	237	252	409	178	231	26.4	12.4
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	506	137	117	251	93	158	29.0	14.3
Never married	2,327	666	503	1,158	446	712	27.5	14.4
Women, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	865	261	256	347	113	235	27.6	12.1
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	489	162	95	232	84	148	28.0	13.7
Never married	1,684	656	337	691	320	371	22.1	11.2
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: May 08, 2026