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

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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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	August 2020
	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	13,742	2,283	3,442	8,018	6,381	1,637	19.7	16.2
16 to 19 years	949	274	337	337	282	55	13.7	10.0
20 to 24 years	1,997	353	552	1,091	841	251	18.9	15.6
25 to 34 years	3,557	679	849	2,028	1,555	473	19.1	16.0
35 to 44 years	2,217	387	497	1,333	1,091	242	20.0	16.3
45 to 54 years	2,055	278	525	1,252	1,052	200	20.6	16.5
55 to 64 years	2,068	204	503	1,361	1,041	321	22.4	17.4
65 years and over	900	107	178	614	519	96	20.8	17.5

Men, 16 years and over	6,889	1,191	1,698	4,000	3,099	901	19.7	16.2
16 to 19 years	513	149	178	186	159	28	13.3	10.3
20 to 24 years	1,008	196	237	575	422	153	18.9	16.2
25 to 34 years	1,853	331	482	1,039	780	259	18.9	15.8
35 to 44 years	1,126	196	266	664	528	136	18.9	16.2
45 to 54 years	947	138	218	591	462	129	23.9	16.9
55 to 64 years	995	121	220	655	503	151	22.1	17.4
65 years and over	446	60	97	289	244	45	20.4	17.2

Women, 16 years and over	6,853	1,092	1,744	4,018	3,282	736	19.6	16.2
16 to 19 years	435	125	159	151	123	28	14.2	9.7
20 to 24 years	988	157	315	516	418	98	18.8	15.0
25 to 34 years	1,704	348	367	989	776	213	19.3	16.1
35 to 44 years	1,092	191	232	668	563	105	21.2	16.4
45 to 54 years	1,108	140	307	661	590	72	17.7	16.2
55 to 64 years	1,073	83	283	707	537	169	22.6	17.4
65 years and over	453	47	81	325	274	51	21.3	17.8

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White, 16 years and over	9,286	1,600	2,421	5,266	4,278	987	18.9	15.9
Men	4,709	849	1,247	2,613	2,063	550	19.2	15.7
Women	4,577	751	1,173	2,653	2,216	437	18.5	16.0
Black or African American, 16 years and over	2,648	491	552	1,605	1,193	413	20.9	16.6
Men	1,284	221	221	841	599	243	21.9	17.4
Women	1,364	269	331	764	594	170	20.0	15.7
Asian, 16 years and over	1,136	120	289	727	604	123	21.8	16.9
Men	559	84	147	328	269	59	19.5	16.3
Women	577	36	142	399	335	64	24.1	17.4
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	3,042	548	832	1,662	1,296	366	18.3	15.5
Men	1,645	288	506	850	655	195	18.0	14.9
Women	1,398	260	326	812	641	171	18.7	16.2

MARITAL STATUS
Men, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	2,251	340	607	1,304	1,038	266	19.7	16.1
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	956	121	252	583	453	130	22.5	16.7
Never married	3,682	731	838	2,113	1,608	505	19.0	16.1
Women, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	2,586	363	631	1,591	1,315	276	20.2	16.6
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	1,279	197	323	760	632	128	19.4	16.2
Never married	2,989	532	789	1,667	1,335	332	19.2	15.7
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: September 23, 2020