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 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	February 2019
	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	6,625	2,085	2,137	2,403	1,031	1,371	21.5	9.5
16 to 19 years	761	325	250	186	79	107	14.2	6.5
20 to 24 years	1,127	367	365	394	172	223	17.4	9.1
25 to 34 years	1,616	500	570	546	244	302	19.9	9.6
35 to 44 years	973	294	293	386	173	213	24.5	10.1
45 to 54 years	1,026	270	326	431	177	254	25.7	10.9
55 to 64 years	778	202	228	347	146	201	27.1	12.2
65 years and over	344	128	105	112	40	72	25.2	7.5

Men, 16 years and over	3,745	1,085	1,278	1,382	627	755	21.1	10.1
16 to 19 years	427	150	144	133	63	70	16.6	8.5
20 to 24 years	634	161	226	247	125	122	17.8	10.3
25 to 34 years	888	280	327	281	139	142	19.1	9.6
35 to 44 years	550	174	171	206	97	108	21.2	10.1
45 to 54 years	592	158	190	244	94	150	24.8	11.1
55 to 64 years	468	87	171	210	84	126	28.1	12.9
65 years and over	187	75	49	62	25	37	23.1	7.8

Women, 16 years and over	2,880	1,000	859	1,020	404	616	22.0	8.7
16 to 19 years	334	174	106	53	16	37	11.2	4.4
20 to 24 years	493	206	139	148	47	101	16.8	7.5
25 to 34 years	728	219	243	265	105	160	20.9	9.6
35 to 44 years	423	120	122	181	76	104	28.7	10.2
45 to 54 years	434	112	136	187	83	103	27.0	10.7
55 to 64 years	310	115	58	137	62	75	25.6	9.7
65 years and over	158	53	55	49	15	35	27.6	7.0

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White, 16 years and over	4,475	1,508	1,484	1,483	661	822	20.2	8.9
Men	2,597	786	954	857	396	461	20.5	9.4
Women	1,878	722	530	625	264	361	19.8	8.1
Black or African American, 16 years and over	1,497	395	429	672	251	421	25.8	12.3
Men	827	207	216	403	165	238	24.2	14.0
Women	670	188	213	270	86	184	27.8	9.9
Asian, 16 years and over	329	76	117	136	61	75	22.8	11.7
Men	139	32	43	64	32	32	20.7	13.4
Women	191	44	75	72	29	43	24.4	10.1
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	1,361	454	428	480	239	241	17.7	9.4
Men	778	261	244	273	119	154	19.0	9.8
Women	583	192	184	207	120	87	16.0	8.9

MARITAL STATUS
Men, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	1,032	322	339	371	174	197	19.6	9.6
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	514	129	179	207	88	118	25.3	11.7
Never married	2,198	634	760	805	365	440	20.9	10.0
Women, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	879	299	237	343	141	202	23.1	9.4
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	495	165	139	191	91	100	20.0	8.9
Never married	1,505	537	483	486	172	314	22.0	8.4
Footnotes (1) Refers 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: March 08, 2019

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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