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

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	March 2021
	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	9,905	1,876	2,142	5,886	1,610	4,276	30.6	21.6
16 to 19 years	697	252	206	239	133	106	15.6	9.2
20 to 24 years	1,517	409	439	669	243	426	23.9	12.5
25 to 34 years	2,554	465	523	1,567	368	1,199	32.3	22.8
35 to 44 years	1,835	295	378	1,162	287	875	31.6	25.5
45 to 54 years	1,517	231	301	985	279	706	31.6	24.9
55 to 64 years	1,258	156	198	904	213	691	38.3	32.7
65 years and over	527	68	99	360	87	274	36.6	29.6

Men, 16 years and over	5,540	1,004	1,226	3,310	935	2,375	30.1	21.6
16 to 19 years	420	124	132	164	94	70	15.8	11.3
20 to 24 years	876	233	250	394	160	234	24.5	13.0
25 to 34 years	1,411	233	279	900	211	689	32.7	25.9
35 to 44 years	1,027	166	218	643	180	464	30.3	24.5
45 to 54 years	831	138	167	526	136	390	31.0	24.0
55 to 64 years	683	83	107	493	104	389	37.8	34.1
65 years and over	292	28	73	191	51	139	34.5	26.8

Women, 16 years and over	4,365	872	917	2,576	675	1,902	31.1	21.7
16 to 19 years	277	128	73	76	40	36	15.4	6.6
20 to 24 years	641	176	189	275	83	192	23.0	11.7
25 to 34 years	1,143	232	244	667	157	510	31.8	20.9
35 to 44 years	807	129	160	518	108	411	33.2	27.7
45 to 54 years	686	93	134	459	143	316	32.3	25.8
55 to 64 years	575	74	90	411	109	302	38.9	30.6
65 years and over	236	40	26	170	35	134	39.2	37.3

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White, 16 years and over	6,787	1,316	1,491	3,980	1,177	2,804	30.7	20.5
Men	3,887	743	890	2,255	684	1,570	29.6	20.0
Women	2,899	573	600	1,726	492	1,233	32.1	21.2
Black or African American, 16 years and over	2,002	401	391	1,209	270	939	30.1	24.6
Men	1,040	174	203	664	172	492	31.4	26.0
Women	961	227	189	545	99	447	28.6	23.1
Asian, 16 years and over	616	81	95	440	117	323	33.7	33.8
Men	333	43	34	256	52	204	36.2	46.6
Women	283	38	61	184	66	119	30.8	23.1
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	2,384	449	539	1,397	358	1,039	29.9	21.2
Men	1,431	278	323	830	228	602	28.4	20.5
Women	954	171	216	567	129	438	32.1	22.5

MARITAL STATUS
Men, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	1,658	221	344	1,093	308	784	31.0	25.2
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	739	137	153	449	84	365	32.6	27.4
Never married	3,143	646	729	1,769	543	1,226	29.1	19.0
Women, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	1,366	239	259	869	219	650	34.4	25.0
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	885	148	167	570	161	409	32.6	25.2
Never married	2,114	485	491	1,137	295	842	28.4	17.9
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: April 02, 2021