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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 April 2023
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

5,146 1,484 1,607 2,055 958 1,098 22.4 10.5

16 to 19 years

499 223 163 113 55 58 11.7 5.8

20 to 24 years

734 220 250 264 153 111 14.6 9.4

25 to 34 years

1,347 385 404 558 232 326 24.2 11.1

35 to 44 years

990 303 315 372 163 210 22.3 11.0

45 to 54 years

745 179 248 318 159 159 24.8 12.1

55 to 64 years

597 125 154 319 147 172 32.3 16.1

65 years and over

234 49 74 111 49 62 27.5 12.7

Men, 16 years and over

2,903 756 951 1,196 588 608 23.3 11.1

16 to 19 years

250 126 63 61 30 31 12.1 4.5

20 to 24 years

437 85 161 191 109 82 16.7 11.6

25 to 34 years

801 207 254 340 142 198 24.8 11.3

35 to 44 years

531 147 208 176 91 85 18.9 10.8

45 to 54 years

417 87 146 184 114 70 26.1 12.5

55 to 64 years

342 88 75 179 70 109 36.1 15.8

65 years and over

124 16 44 65 31 34 32.4 15.1

Women, 16 years and over

2,243 728 656 860 370 490 21.3 10.0

16 to 19 years

249 97 99 53 25 27 11.3 6.7

20 to 24 years

296 134 89 73 44 29 11.3 5.7

25 to 34 years

546 178 150 219 90 128 23.3 10.9

35 to 44 years

459 156 107 197 71 125 26.2 11.4

45 to 54 years

328 92 102 133 45 88 23.1 11.7

55 to 64 years

255 37 79 140 77 63 27.2 16.3

65 years and over

109 33 30 46 18 28 22.0 10.0

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

White, 16 years and over

3,574 1,093 1,140 1,341 673 668 19.7 9.8

Men

2,025 572 666 786 413 374 20.7 10.1

Women

1,549 520 474 555 260 294 18.5 9.4

Black or African American, 16 years and over

947 207 298 442 167 275 28.7 13.5

Men

491 102 169 220 97 123 29.0 13.0

Women

456 105 129 222 70 152 28.3 14.0

Asian, 16 years and over

302 78 86 138 65 73 32.1 13.3

Men

195 39 47 109 57 52 35.2 16.3

Women

107 39 39 29 8 21 26.5 9.3

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over

1,273 375 408 490 246 244 20.2 10.4

Men

710 221 220 270 154 115 18.9 10.0

Women

563 154 188 221 91 129 21.9 10.9

MARITAL STATUS

Men, 16 years and over

Married, spouse present(1)

783 199 265 319 164 156 24.4 12.1

Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)

385 71 138 176 90 86 25.4 12.9

Never married

1,735 487 548 700 334 366 22.3 10.1

Women, 16 years and over

Married, spouse present(1)

665 235 176 254 123 131 21.7 10.0

Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)

459 133 139 187 67 121 22.6 10.1

Never married

1,119 360 341 418 180 238 20.6 10.0

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: May 05, 2023