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Table 3. Unemployment in families by presence and relationship of employed members and family type, 2021-2022 annual averages

Table 3. Unemployment in families by presence and relationship of employed members and family type, 2021-2022 annual averages [Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic Number Percent distribution
2021 2022 2021 2022

TOTAL MARRIED-COUPLE FAMILIES(1)

With at least one family member unemployed, total

3,313 2,284 100.0 100.0

Employment of family members

Some family member(s) employed

2,602 1,878 78.5 82.2

No family member employed

711 406 21.5 17.8

Unemployment of family members

At least one spouse unemployed(2)

2,340 1,478 70.6 64.7

One spouse employed

1,633 1,074 49.3 47.0

Other family member(s) unemployed

972 806 29.4 35.3

Opposite-sex married-couple families

With at least one family member unemployed, total

3,279 2,255 100.0 100.0

Employment of family members

Some family member(s) employed

2,574 1,854 78.5 82.2

No family member employed

705 401 21.5 17.8

Unemployment of family members

Husband unemployed(3)

1,314 787 40.1 34.9

Wife employed

784 484 23.9 21.5

Wife unemployed, husband employed or not in labor force

994 667 30.3 29.6

Husband employed

824 572 25.1 25.4

Other family member(s) unemployed

971 801 29.6 35.5

FAMILIES MAINTAINED BY WOMEN(4)

With at least one family member unemployed, total

1,528 1,171 100.0 100.0

Employment of family members

Some family member(s) employed

745 627 48.7 53.5

No family member employed

783 545 51.3 46.5

Unemployment of family members

Householder unemployed

749 508 49.0 43.3

Other member(s) employed

185 136 12.1 11.6

Other family member(s) unemployed

780 664 51.0 56.7

FAMILIES MAINTAINED BY MEN(4)

With at least one family member unemployed, total

753 519 100.0 100.0

Employment of family members

Some family member(s) employed

425 314 56.4 60.5

No family member employed

328 205 43.6 39.5

Unemployment of family members

Householder unemployed

456 289 60.6 55.7

Other member(s) employed

187 132 24.8 25.4

Other family member(s) unemployed

296 230 39.4 44.3

Footnotes
(1) Includes both opposite-sex and same-sex married-couple families.
(2) Includes families with both spouses unemployed.
(3) Total opposite-sex married couple families with unemployed husbands, including those with unemployed wives.
(4) Includes families with no spouse of either sex present.

NOTE: In families maintained by women or men with no spouse present, householder refers to the woman or man maintaining the family. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Beginning in 2020, family estimates reflect a change in the classification of marital status. This change expanded the definition of married-couple families to include same-sex married couples. As a result, data under the new definition are not strictly comparable with data prior to 2020.

Last Modified Date: April 19, 2023