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	2013
	Unemployed						Weeks
	Total	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	15 weeks and over			Average (mean) duration	Median duration
	Total	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	Total	15 to 26 weeks	27 weeks and over	Average (mean) duration	Median duration
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over	11,460	2,584	2,759	6,117	1,807	4,310	36.5	17.0
16 to 19 years	1,327	449	438	440	207	233	17.2	8.9
20 to 24 years	1,997	493	535	969	357	611	28.5	13.9
25 to 34 years	2,504	558	592	1,354	411	943	35.5	17.4
35 to 44 years	1,913	380	430	1,102	302	800	39.8	19.9
45 to 54 years	1,945	367	426	1,151	292	860	44.7	21.5
55 to 64 years	1,340	231	260	849	184	665	49.7	26.6
65 years and over	435	105	78	252	54	197	46.6	22.7

Men, 16 years and over	6,314	1,403	1,520	3,392	989	2,403	37.3	17.2
16 to 19 years	746	242	240	264	117	147	18.6	9.4
20 to 24 years	1,143	268	303	572	199	373	30.2	14.5
25 to 34 years	1,381	309	328	744	229	515	35.2	17.1
35 to 44 years	1,015	198	221	595	159	436	40.6	20.5
45 to 54 years	1,039	203	235	600	151	449	45.1	20.5
55 to 64 years	741	123	142	475	103	372	52.1	27.3
65 years and over	250	59	50	141	30	111	46.7	21.3

Women, 16 years and over	5,146	1,181	1,239	2,725	818	1,907	35.6	16.7
16 to 19 years	581	206	199	176	90	86	15.3	8.3
20 to 24 years	854	226	231	397	158	239	26.2	13.1
25 to 34 years	1,123	248	264	611	182	429	36.0	17.8
35 to 44 years	898	182	209	507	142	364	39.0	19.3
45 to 54 years	906	164	191	551	140	411	44.2	22.6
55 to 64 years	600	108	118	374	81	293	46.7	25.6
65 years and over	185	47	28	110	24	86	46.5	24.3

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White, 16 years and over	8,033	1,943	1,972	4,119	1,241	2,877	35.1	15.4
Men	4,520	1,074	1,105	2,341	695	1,646	36.1	15.8
Women	3,513	868	867	1,778	546	1,232	33.9	15.0
Black or African American, 16 years and over	2,429	426	549	1,454	403	1,051	40.5	21.5
Men	1,236	211	280	745	203	541	41.0	21.9
Women	1,192	215	269	709	200	509	39.9	21.1
Asian, 16 years and over	448	92	95	261	73	188	42.0	20.5
Men	253	51	56	146	45	101	40.5	19.6
Women	195	42	39	115	27	87	43.9	21.8
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	2,257	561	568	1,128	346	782	32.9	14.5
Men	1,263	317	307	639	199	440	32.8	14.9
Women	994	244	261	488	147	341	33.0	14.1

MARITAL STATUS
Men, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present	1,993	441	472	1,080	295	785	38.7	17.7
Widowed, divorced, or separated	923	183	193	547	148	399	43.7	20.9
Never married	3,398	778	855	1,765	546	1,219	34.7	15.9
Women, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present	1,653	384	387	882	251	631	36.6	17.2
Widowed, divorced, or separated	1,112	211	239	663	176	487	42.6	21.6
Never married	2,381	587	613	1,180	391	789	31.7	14.3
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: February 26, 2014