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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
31. Unemployed persons by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, marital status, and duration of unemployment

[Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic2017
UnemployedWeeks
TotalLess than
5 weeks
5 to 14
weeks
15 weeks and overAverage
(mean)
duration
Median
duration
Total15 to 26
weeks
27 weeks
and over

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over

6,9822,2702,0082,7041,0171,68725.010.0

16 to 19 years

8273752561971049312.55.9

20 to 24 years

1,12741136035515520118.08.2

25 to 34 years

1,64752849562424238223.010.0

35 to 44 years

1,14334633046617529225.310.7

45 to 54 years

1,06029427549117132031.212.9

55 to 64 years

83521020941512828736.614.4

65 years and over

343105831554211338.512.0

Men, 16 years and over

3,7431,1951,0731,47556091425.310.1

16 to 19 years

457208140109585212.75.8

20 to 24 years

6672252182249912518.78.7

25 to 34 years

88428626433412920523.49.9

35 to 44 years

5751731662369014524.810.8

45 to 54 years

5371461342579116632.313.5

55 to 64 years

4451081082297015938.115.6

65 years and over

179494386246241.213.6

Women, 16 years and over

3,2391,0759341,23045777324.59.8

16 to 19 years

37116711688474112.46.2

20 to 24 years

460186142132567616.97.5

25 to 34 years

76324223129011417722.710.0

35 to 44 years

5681731642318514625.710.6

45 to 54 years

5231481412358015430.012.3

55 to 64 years

3891021011865812934.913.5

65 years and over

164573968185035.610.5

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

White, 16 years and over

4,7651,6351,3991,7316501,08123.89.3

Men

2,59287275996235660624.59.4

Women

2,17376464077029447522.99.1

Black or African American, 16 years and over

1,50140040269826543328.613.1

Men

76620320036414521928.013.5

Women

73519720333412021429.312.7

Asian, 16 years and over

3339098145519430.611.5

Men

177475674294531.411.3

Women

156444270224929.711.8

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over

1,40150640748819429522.38.9

Men

7302792202319213921.28.0

Women

67122718725710115623.410.0

MARITAL STATUS

Men, 16 years and over

Married, spouse present(1)

1,11333231246917329627.911.1

Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)

4921481292167214330.011.8

Never married

2,13871563379031547522.99.5

Women, 16 years and over

Married, spouse present(1)

99434128037413723725.39.3

Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)

69319419430410519927.912.1

Never married

1,55254046055221533722.59.2

Footnotes
(1) Refers to persons in opposite-sex married couples only.
(2) Separated includes persons who are married, spouse absent.

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: January 16, 2019