Unemployed persons by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, marital status, and duration of unemployment : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
31. Unemployed persons by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, marital status, and duration of unemployment
[Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic	2011
	Unemployed						Weeks
	Total	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	15 weeks and over			Average (mean) duration(1)	Median duration
	Total	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	Total	15 to 26 weeks	27 weeks and over	Average (mean) duration(1)	Median duration
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over	13,747	2,677	2,993	8,077	2,061	6,016	39.3	21.4
16 to 19 years	1,400	429	432	539	220	319	20.6	10.1
20 to 24 years	2,234	520	577	1,137	362	775	30.4	15.2
25 to 34 years	3,187	607	706	1,874	512	1,362	36.7	21.0
35 to 44 years	2,389	412	483	1,495	355	1,140	43.2	24.9
45 to 54 years	2,493	392	460	1,640	344	1,296	47.1	29.5
55 to 64 years	1,579	228	260	1,090	218	873	51.9	34.9
65 years and over	465	89	74	302	50	252	52.4	34.2

Men, 16 years and over	7,684	1,490	1,645	4,550	1,161	3,388	40.0	21.7
16 to 19 years	786	235	244	308	127	181	20.9	10.4
20 to 24 years	1,275	278	320	677	221	456	31.6	16.6
25 to 34 years	1,795	347	391	1,057	296	761	37.2	20.8
35 to 44 years	1,316	235	258	823	186	637	43.3	25.5
45 to 54 years	1,370	219	254	897	187	710	47.9	29.3
55 to 64 years	882	128	142	612	122	491	52.6	34.9
65 years and over	261	47	37	177	24	152	57.1	43.9

Women, 16 years and over	6,063	1,188	1,348	3,527	900	2,628	38.5	21.1
16 to 19 years	613	194	188	231	93	138	20.3	9.7
20 to 24 years	960	242	258	460	142	319	28.9	13.6
25 to 34 years	1,392	260	315	817	217	600	36.2	21.3
35 to 44 years	1,073	177	225	672	169	503	42.9	24.2
45 to 54 years	1,123	173	206	744	157	586	46.1	29.8
55 to 64 years	697	101	119	478	96	382	51.0	34.8
65 years and over	204	42	37	126	26	100	46.3	26.7

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White, 16 years and over	9,889	2,083	2,214	5,592	1,465	4,127	37.8	19.7
Men	5,631	1,180	1,239	3,212	839	2,373	38.6	20.1
Women	4,257	903	975	2,380	626	1,754	36.7	19.2
Black or African American, 16 years and over	2,831	414	572	1,845	443	1,402	43.3	27.0
Men	1,502	217	299	985	241	744	43.1	27.1
Women	1,329	197	272	860	202	658	43.6	27.0
Asian, 16 years and over	518	86	99	333	75	259	47.6	27.7
Men	269	43	54	173	38	134	49.8	27.7
Women	250	44	45	161	36	124	45.3	27.7
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	2,629	558	617	1,453	404	1,049	36.4	18.5
Men	1,527	335	361	830	236	594	35.4	17.8
Women	1,102	223	256	623	168	455	37.7	19.6

MARITAL STATUS
Men, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present	2,671	485	529	1,657	391	1,267	42.9	24.6
Widowed, divorced, or separated	1,186	201	210	775	161	614	48.0	29.1
Never married	3,827	804	906	2,117	610	1,507	35.5	18.5
Women, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present	2,031	392	416	1,223	293	930	41.2	22.8
Widowed, divorced, or separated	1,420	225	288	907	218	690	42.8	26.2
Never married	2,612	571	644	1,397	389	1,008	34.0	17.3
Footnotes (1) Beginning in January 2011, these series reflect a change to the collection of data on unemployment duration. For more information, see www.bls.gov/cps/duration.htm.
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: March 1, 2012