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
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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	November 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	10,264	2,291	2,293	5,681	1,807	3,873	24.0	18.8
16 to 19 years	745	302	202	242	126	116	15.8	7.6
20 to 24 years	1,445	490	363	593	254	339	18.3	11.1
25 to 34 years	2,421	479	610	1,332	453	879	24.2	18.1
35 to 44 years	1,839	330	441	1,068	337	731	24.7	20.8
45 to 54 years	1,667	273	267	1,127	297	831	27.1	25.7
55 to 64 years	1,553	290	330	933	218	716	27.9	23.5
65 years and over	594	127	81	386	123	263	25.4	23.7

Men, 16 years and over	5,643	1,342	1,231	3,069	916	2,153	23.9	18.1
16 to 19 years	413	186	108	119	69	51	12.8	6.6
20 to 24 years	815	292	204	320	108	211	18.7	9.6
25 to 34 years	1,402	281	349	772	273	499	25.0	17.8
35 to 44 years	981	179	249	554	158	396	24.0	20.7
45 to 54 years	870	168	117	585	153	432	27.1	25.6
55 to 64 years	826	159	152	516	99	417	28.8	25.4
65 years and over	336	79	53	204	56	147	24.4	22.6

Women, 16 years and over	4,621	949	1,061	2,611	891	1,720	24.1	19.7
16 to 19 years	333	117	94	122	57	65	19.5	8.5
20 to 24 years	630	198	159	273	145	128	17.7	12.5
25 to 34 years	1,019	198	261	560	180	380	23.1	18.7
35 to 44 years	857	151	192	514	179	335	25.6	20.9
45 to 54 years	797	105	150	542	144	398	27.1	25.8
55 to 64 years	727	131	178	418	119	299	26.9	22.5
65 years and over	258	49	27	182	67	115	26.8	25.3

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White, 16 years and over	7,024	1,651	1,541	3,832	1,247	2,584	22.9	18.2
Men	3,979	1,046	833	2,100	661	1,439	22.5	16.7
Women	3,045	605	708	1,731	586	1,145	23.3	20.1
Black or African American, 16 years and over	1,982	390	504	1,089	309	779	26.1	19.2
Men	1,020	165	284	572	140	431	27.0	19.7
Women	962	225	220	517	169	348	25.2	18.6
Asian, 16 years and over	691	92	125	474	142	332	32.0	25.2
Men	341	50	49	241	66	175	33.3	26.5
Women	350	42	76	233	76	157	30.8	23.6
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	2,419	551	579	1,289	428	862	23.2	17.1
Men	1,373	343	342	688	213	476	23.2	14.6
Women	1,046	208	237	601	215	386	23.1	19.4

MARITAL STATUS
Men, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	1,784	383	332	1,068	325	743	24.9	21.0
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	762	153	182	427	98	329	23.6	21.6
Never married	3,097	806	717	1,574	493	1,081	23.3	15.2
Women, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	1,560	268	335	957	334	623	25.8	21.8
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	911	153	205	554	156	398	25.8	23.9
Never married	2,150	528	522	1,100	401	699	22.1	15.5
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: December 04, 2020