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

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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
	2019	2020	2019	2020	2019	2020	2019	2020
Total, 16 years and over	3,227	6,644	3.7	7.8	2,774	6,304	3.6	8.3
Married, spouse present(1)	857	2,271	1.8	4.9	836	2,347	2.2	6.3
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	429	847	4.0	8.4	552	1,143	3.8	8.4
Never married	1,941	3,526	6.7	12.3	1,386	2,813	5.5	11.4

White, 16 years and over	2,266	4,725	3.3	7.0	1,893	4,365	3.2	7.6
Married, spouse present(1)	667	1,723	1.7	4.6	660	1,774	2.2	5.9
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	323	631	3.8	7.8	407	826	3.7	8.0
Never married	1,277	2,371	5.9	11.2	825	1,765	4.8	10.4

Black or African American, 16 years and over	645	1,150	6.6	12.1	607	1,155	5.6	10.9
Married, spouse present(1)	99	259	2.6	6.9	84	231	2.7	7.4
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	75	137	5.5	10.8	101	203	4.2	9.0
Never married	470	754	10.1	16.7	422	721	7.8	13.7

Asian, 16 years and over	149	427	2.7	7.8	132	467	2.7	9.6
Married, spouse present(1)	66	215	1.9	6.1	62	260	2.1	8.8
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	12	40	2.7	9.8	15	50	2.2	9.1
Never married	71	172	4.5	11.1	54	158	4.2	11.6

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	657	1,598	4.0	9.7	591	1,421	4.7	11.4
Married, spouse present(1)	192	568	2.3	6.9	184	493	3.5	9.2
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	68	173	3.6	9.1	95	260	3.8	11.4
Never married	398	856	6.3	13.6	311	668	6.4	13.6

Total, 25 years and over	2,217	5,102	2.9	6.8	2,014	4,830	3.0	7.4
Married, spouse present(1)	836	2,228	1.8	4.9	796	2,274	2.2	6.2
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	415	823	3.9	8.3	536	1,107	3.7	8.3
Never married	965	2,051	5.0	10.7	682	1,449	4.3	9.2

White, 25 years and over	1,580	3,665	2.6	6.2	1,395	3,363	2.8	6.8
Married, spouse present(1)	651	1,692	1.7	4.5	627	1,719	2.1	5.8
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	313	615	3.7	7.8	394	800	3.6	7.9
Never married	616	1,358	4.4	9.8	374	845	3.7	8.3

Black or African American, 25 years and over	424	860	5.1	10.4	423	867	4.5	9.4
Married, spouse present(1)	96	252	2.6	6.8	80	224	2.6	7.3
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	74	135	5.5	10.7	100	196	4.3	8.8
Never married	253	473	7.7	14.5	243	447	6.2	11.4

Asian, 25 years and over	120	353	2.4	7.0	101	392	2.3	8.9
Married, spouse present(1)	64	213	1.9	6.1	62	255	2.1	8.7
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	11	37	2.5	9.5	14	49	2.2	9.2
Never married	45	103	3.9	9.0	25	88	2.9	9.5

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 25 years and over	420	1,199	3.0	8.6	400	1,029	3.8	10.0
Married, spouse present(1)	185	557	2.3	6.9	166	471	3.3	9.1
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	65	165	3.5	9.0	88	246	3.6	11.1
Never married	170	477	4.3	11.9	146	312	5.1	10.9
Footnotes (1) Beginning with data for January 2020, refers to persons in both opposite-sex and same-sex married couples. Prior to January 2020, referred 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, 2021