HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES


24. Unemployed persons by marital status, race, age, and sex

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                                        |                    Men                    |                   Women
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     Marital status, race, and age      |    Thousands of     |    Unemployment     |    Thousands of     |    Unemployment
                                        |       persons       |        rates        |       persons       |        rates
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                                        |   1996   |   1997   |   1996   |   1997   |   1996   |   1997   |   1996   |   1997
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      Total, 16 years and over..........|   3,880  |   3,577  |    5.4   |    4.9   |   3,356  |   3,162  |    5.4   |    5.0
Married, spouse present.................|   1,322  |   1,167  |    3.0   |    2.7   |   1,211  |   1,047  |    3.6   |    3.1
Widowed, divorced, or separated.........|     541  |     504  |    6.5   |    5.8   |     706  |     660  |    5.7   |    5.2
Single (never married)..................|   2,016  |   1,906  |   10.0   |    9.2   |   1,439  |   1,455  |    9.1   |    8.8
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      White, 16 years and over..........|   2,896  |   2,641  |    4.7   |    4.2   |   2,404  |   2,195  |    4.7   |    4.2
Married, spouse present.................|   1,094  |     957  |    2.8   |    2.5   |   1,020  |     855  |    3.5   |    2.9
Widowed, divorced, or separated.........|     408  |     382  |    5.9   |    5.3   |     506  |     461  |    5.2   |    4.6
Single (never married)..................|   1,394  |   1,303  |    8.6   |    7.8   |     878  |     879  |    7.3   |    7.1
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      Black, 16 years and over..........|     808  |     747  |   11.1   |   10.2   |     784  |     813  |   10.0   |    9.9
Married, spouse present.................|     163  |     141  |    4.9   |    4.3   |     113  |     131  |    4.4   |    5.2
Widowed, divorced, or separated.........|     117  |      99  |   10.5   |    8.3   |     169  |     172  |    7.8   |    7.7
Single (never married)..................|     528  |     506  |   18.7   |   17.7   |     502  |     510  |   16.1   |   15.0
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      Total, 25 years and over..........|   2,471  |   2,246  |    4.1   |    3.6   |   2,219  |   2,069  |    4.3   |    3.9
Married, spouse present.................|   1,230  |   1,095  |    2.9   |    2.6   |   1,080  |     943  |    3.4   |    2.9
Widowed, divorced, or separated.........|     511  |     478  |    6.4   |    5.6   |     655  |     612  |    5.5   |    4.9
Single (never married)..................|     730  |     674  |    6.9   |    6.2   |     484  |     514  |    6.2   |    6.3
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      White, 25 years and over..........|   1,885  |   1,700  |    3.6   |    3.2   |   1,622  |   1,458  |    3.8   |    3.3
Married, spouse present.................|   1,016  |     899  |    2.7   |    2.4   |     910  |     770  |    3.2   |    2.7
Widowed, divorced, or separated.........|     383  |     359  |    5.7   |    5.1   |     468  |     426  |    4.9   |    4.4
Single (never married)..................|     485  |     442  |    5.8   |    5.1   |     243  |     263  |    4.4   |    4.6
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      Black, 25 years and over..........|     476  |     420  |    8.0   |    6.9   |     480  |     510  |    7.4   |    7.6
Married, spouse present.................|     152  |     129  |    4.7   |    4.0   |      98  |     117  |    4.0   |    4.8
Widowed, divorced, or separated.........|     114  |      97  |   10.4   |    8.2   |     158  |     162  |    7.5   |    7.4
Single (never married)..................|     210  |     195  |   12.8   |   11.5   |     223  |     231  |   11.5   |   11.0
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   NOTE:  Beginning in January 1997, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.