HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES 31. Unemployed persons by selected demographic characteristics and duration of unemployment ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | 1996 | _______________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Thousands of persons | Weeks | | _________________________________________________________________ _____________________ Characteristic | | | | | | | | | | 15 weeks and over | | | | Less | 5 to 14 | | Average | Median ________________________________ | Total | than | weeks | | | | (mean) | duration | | 5 weeks | | Total | 15 to 26 | 27 weeks | duration | | | | | | weeks | and over | | | | | | | | | | ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | TOTAL | | | | | | | | Total, 16 years and over..................| 7,236 | 2,633 | 2,287 | 2,316 | 1,053 | 1,262 | 16.7 | 8.3 16 to 19 years..............................| 1,306 | 596 | 462 | 248 | 135 | 113 | 10.8 | 5.5 20 to 24 years..............................| 1,239 | 513 | 397 | 329 | 169 | 160 | 13.6 | 6.9 25 to 34 years..............................| 1,757 | 629 | 571 | 557 | 261 | 296 | 16.3 | 8.4 35 to 44 years..............................| 1,505 | 481 | 459 | 566 | 245 | 320 | 19.4 | 9.9 45 to 54 years..............................| 883 | 259 | 251 | 373 | 152 | 222 | 22.1 | 11.2 55 to 64 years..............................| 406 | 109 | 113 | 185 | 69 | 116 | 23.6 | 12.5 65 years and over...........................| 139 | 47 | 35 | 57 | 22 | 36 | 23.9 | 10.3 | | | | | | | | Men, 16 years and over....................| 3,880 | 1,363 | 1,219 | 1,297 | 579 | 718 | 17.7 | 8.7 16 to 19 years..............................| 733 | 330 | 262 | 141 | 72 | 69 | 11.2 | 5.7 20 to 24 years..............................| 675 | 276 | 214 | 185 | 92 | 93 | 14.1 | 7.2 25 to 34 years..............................| 903 | 310 | 299 | 294 | 139 | 154 | 16.9 | 8.9 35 to 44 years..............................| 786 | 236 | 236 | 313 | 137 | 176 | 20.4 | 10.6 45 to 54 years..............................| 484 | 129 | 132 | 223 | 89 | 135 | 24.7 | 12.9 55 to 64 years..............................| 223 | 58 | 58 | 107 | 37 | 70 | 25.6 | 13.4 65 years and over...........................| 76 | 24 | 18 | 34 | 13 | 21 | 25.3 | 11.8 | | | | | | | | Women, 16 years and over..................| 3,356 | 1,270 | 1,068 | 1,018 | 474 | 544 | 15.6 | 7.8 16 to 19 years..............................| 573 | 266 | 200 | 107 | 63 | 45 | 10.2 | 5.3 20 to 24 years..............................| 564 | 238 | 183 | 144 | 77 | 67 | 12.9 | 6.7 25 to 34 years..............................| 854 | 319 | 272 | 263 | 122 | 142 | 15.7 | 7.9 35 to 44 years..............................| 720 | 245 | 222 | 252 | 109 | 144 | 18.3 | 9.1 45 to 54 years..............................| 399 | 130 | 119 | 150 | 63 | 87 | 19.0 | 9.5 55 to 64 years..............................| 183 | 50 | 55 | 78 | 33 | 45 | 21.3 | 11.7 65 years and over...........................| 63 | 23 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 22.2 | 9.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Race and Hispanic origin | | | | | | | | White, 16 years and over..................| 5,300 | 2,036 | 1,662 | 1,602 | 754 | 848 | 15.8 | 7.8 Men.........................................| 2,896 | 1,065 | 905 | 925 | 424 | 502 | 17.0 | 8.3 Women.......................................| 2,404 | 971 | 757 | 676 | 331 | 346 | 14.4 | 7.1 | | | | | | | | Black, 16 years and over..................| 1,592 | 477 | 522 | 593 | 246 | 347 | 19.4 | 9.9 Men.........................................| 808 | 239 | 264 | 306 | 126 | 179 | 19.7 | 10.2 Women.......................................| 784 | 239 | 258 | 287 | 120 | 167 | 19.0 | 9.7 | | | | | | | | Hispanic origin, 16 years and over........| 1,132 | 404 | 344 | 384 | 167 | 217 | 17.6 | 8.8 Men.........................................| 607 | 213 | 185 | 209 | 85 | 124 | 18.8 | 9.0 Women.......................................| 525 | 191 | 159 | 175 | 82 | 93 | 16.3 | 8.6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Marital status | | | | | | | | Men, 16 years and over: | | | | | | | | Married, spouse present.....................| 1,322 | 431 | 391 | 500 | 227 | 273 | 19.3 | 9.8 Widowed, divorced, or separated............| 541 | 170 | 162 | 210 | 87 | 122 | 20.6 | 10.1 Single (never married)......................| 2,016 | 762 | 666 | 588 | 265 | 323 | 15.9 | 7.8 | | | | | | | | Women, 16 years and over: | | | | | | | | Married, spouse present.....................| 1,211 | 473 | 370 | 368 | 170 | 198 | 15.5 | 7.5 Widowed, divorced, or separated............| 706 | 232 | 214 | 260 | 106 | 154 | 19.4 | 9.6 Single (never married)......................| 1,439 | 566 | 483 | 390 | 198 | 192 | 14.0 | 7.3 | | | | | | | | ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups.