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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 October 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

6,098 2,104 1,726 2,268 975 1,292 22.2 9.1

16 to 19 years

830 360 235 235 136 99 13.5 6.4

20 to 24 years

1,038 352 282 405 209 196 19.6 8.4

25 to 34 years

1,519 518 471 529 201 328 22.2 8.9

35 to 44 years

1,009 305 282 421 157 264 27.2 11.3

45 to 54 years

724 240 188 296 137 159 22.4 9.6

55 to 64 years

690 236 198 255 76 180 25.6 10.0

65 years and over

289 94 69 126 60 66 31.0 11.8

Men, 16 years and over

3,345 1,135 952 1,258 518 740 23.2 9.3

16 to 19 years

466 202 126 138 77 62 15.1 7.2

20 to 24 years

572 209 151 212 103 109 19.5 8.3

25 to 34 years

866 272 265 328 116 213 23.3 9.6

35 to 44 years

533 161 160 212 84 128 28.0 11.0

45 to 54 years

406 125 114 167 77 90 22.4 10.1

55 to 64 years

360 132 101 128 39 88 25.3 9.2

65 years and over

142 34 36 72 22 51 42.2 15.5

Women, 16 years and over

2,753 969 774 1,010 457 553 21.1 8.8

16 to 19 years

363 158 109 96 59 37 11.5 5.6

20 to 24 years

467 142 131 193 106 88 19.7 8.5

25 to 34 years

653 246 206 201 85 115 20.8 8.1

35 to 44 years

476 144 122 209 73 136 26.4 11.7

45 to 54 years

318 115 74 129 60 69 22.4 8.9

55 to 64 years

330 105 98 128 36 91 26.0 11.1

65 years and over

147 59 34 54 38 16 20.1 10.2

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

White, 16 years and over

4,063 1,461 1,160 1,441 647 795 21.1 8.7

Men

2,319 807 675 836 367 469 21.9 9.0

Women

1,744 654 485 605 279 326 20.1 8.4

Black or African American, 16 years and over

1,281 379 376 526 226 300 25.0 9.7

Men

570 178 165 226 99 127 26.9 9.6

Women

711 200 211 300 127 173 23.5 9.8

Asian, 16 years and over

349 115 84 150 43 107 26.0 12.6

Men

217 59 48 110 27 83 28.1 15.0

Women

132 56 36 40 16 24 22.7 9.7

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over

1,429 511 433 485 276 209 18.3 8.2

Men

821 319 242 260 121 138 18.9 7.2

Women

609 193 191 226 154 71 17.5 9.8

MARITAL STATUS

Men, 16 years and over

Married, spouse present(1)

794 275 227 292 125 168 23.4 10.0

Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)

366 103 104 160 56 103 26.1 11.8

Never married

2,185 757 621 806 337 469 22.6 8.9

Women, 16 years and over

Married, spouse present(1)

749 284 189 276 118 158 22.7 9.8

Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)

442 145 121 176 65 111 25.0 10.5

Never married

1,562 540 464 558 274 284 19.3 8.1

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: November 03, 2023