2019 Annual Averages ‐ Unemployed persons by marital status, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, age, and sex : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

An official website of the United States government

The .gov means it's official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you're on a federal government site.

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Bureau of Labor Statistics > Current Population Survey > Home

See also PDF and XLSX versions of this table.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
24. Unemployed persons by marital status, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, age, and sex [Numbers in thousands]
Marital status, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and age	Men				Women
	Unemployed		Unemployment rates		Unemployed		Unemployment rates
	2018	2019	2018	2019	2018	2019	2018	2019
Total, 16 years and over	3,398	3,227	3.9	3.7	2,916	2,774	3.8	3.6
Married, spouse present(1)	959	857	2.0	1.8	897	836	2.4	2.2
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	487	429	4.5	4.0	587	552	4.0	3.8
Never married	1,952	1,941	6.9	6.7	1,432	1,386	5.8	5.5

White, 16 years and over	2,380	2,266	3.5	3.3	1,973	1,893	3.4	3.2
Married, spouse present(1)	744	667	1.9	1.7	697	660	2.3	2.2
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	382	323	4.4	3.8	441	407	4.0	3.7
Never married	1,254	1,277	6.0	5.9	835	825	5.0	4.8

Black or African American, 16 years and over	676	645	7.0	6.6	646	607	6.0	5.6
Married, spouse present(1)	123	99	3.3	2.6	99	84	3.3	2.7
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	76	75	5.6	5.5	105	101	4.5	4.2
Never married	477	470	10.4	10.1	442	422	8.2	7.8

Asian, 16 years and over	159	149	3.0	2.7	146	132	3.0	2.7
Married, spouse present(1)	61	66	1.8	1.9	69	62	2.4	2.1
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	7	12	1.6	2.7	16	15	2.5	2.2
Never married	91	71	5.8	4.5	62	54	4.7	4.2

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	695	657	4.3	4.0	628	591	5.1	4.7
Married, spouse present(1)	218	192	2.7	2.3	203	184	3.9	3.5
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	86	68	4.7	3.6	125	95	5.2	3.8
Never married	391	398	6.4	6.3	300	311	6.5	6.4

Total, 25 years and over	2,380	2,217	3.2	2.9	2,127	2,014	3.2	3.0
Married, spouse present(1)	934	836	2.0	1.8	847	796	2.3	2.2
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	467	415	4.4	3.9	567	536	4.0	3.7
Never married	979	965	5.3	5.0	713	682	4.6	4.3

White, 25 years and over	1,703	1,580	2.8	2.6	1,448	1,395	2.9	2.8
Married, spouse present(1)	724	651	1.9	1.7	654	627	2.2	2.1
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	365	313	4.3	3.7	424	394	3.9	3.6
Never married	614	616	4.6	4.4	370	374	3.8	3.7

Black or African American, 25 years and over	449	424	5.4	5.1	473	423	5.1	4.5
Married, spouse present(1)	122	96	3.3	2.6	96	80	3.2	2.6
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	74	74	5.6	5.5	102	100	4.5	4.3
Never married	253	253	7.9	7.7	274	243	7.0	6.2

Asian, 25 years and over	119	120	2.4	2.4	110	101	2.5	2.3
Married, spouse present(1)	59	64	1.8	1.9	68	62	2.4	2.1
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	7	11	1.7	2.5	15	14	2.5	2.2
Never married	54	45	4.7	3.9	27	25	3.0	2.9

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 25 years and over	455	420	3.3	3.0	444	400	4.4	3.8
Married, spouse present(1)	210	185	2.6	2.3	188	166	3.8	3.3
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	81	65	4.5	3.5	117	88	5.0	3.6
Never married	164	170	4.3	4.3	138	146	5.1	5.1
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 22, 2020