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	2020
	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	12,947	3,708	4,728	4,511	2,516	1,995	16.5	9.7
16 to 19 years	1,025	424	374	227	137	91	11.6	6.6
20 to 24 years	1,990	632	753	605	365	240	14.5	8.8
25 to 34 years	3,080	855	1,112	1,113	619	494	17.1	10.1
35 to 44 years	2,177	595	800	782	438	344	16.4	10.0
45 to 54 years	2,042	534	731	778	415	362	18.1	10.4
55 to 64 years	1,839	460	665	714	373	342	18.4	10.9
65 years and over	795	208	295	291	169	122	17.3	10.2

Men, 16 years and over	6,644	1,901	2,358	2,384	1,287	1,097	17.1	9.9
16 to 19 years	526	215	194	116	73	44	11.4	6.7
20 to 24 years	1,016	317	359	339	194	145	15.6	9.1
25 to 34 years	1,664	449	608	608	332	275	17.7	10.2
35 to 44 years	1,126	318	401	408	222	187	16.3	10.1
45 to 54 years	995	264	337	393	195	198	19.4	10.6
55 to 64 years	916	230	310	376	187	189	19.7	11.6
65 years and over	401	108	150	143	84	59	16.7	9.9

Women, 16 years and over	6,304	1,806	2,370	2,127	1,230	898	15.8	9.5
16 to 19 years	500	209	179	111	64	47	11.7	6.6
20 to 24 years	974	315	393	266	171	95	13.3	8.5
25 to 34 years	1,416	406	504	505	287	219	16.5	9.9
35 to 44 years	1,050	278	399	374	216	158	16.5	9.9
45 to 54 years	1,047	269	394	385	220	165	16.7	10.2
55 to 64 years	924	229	356	338	186	152	17.2	10.3
65 years and over	394	100	145	149	85	63	18.0	10.4

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White, 16 years and over	9,090	2,724	3,365	3,001	1,699	1,302	15.7	9.3
Men	4,725	1,414	1,696	1,615	875	739	16.5	9.5
Women	4,365	1,310	1,669	1,386	824	563	14.8	9.1
Black or African American, 16 years and over	2,304	591	795	918	482	436	19.3	11.0
Men	1,150	289	379	482	250	232	20.0	11.7
Women	1,155	303	415	437	232	204	18.7	10.3
Asian, 16 years and over	894	202	335	357	201	156	18.4	11.2
Men	427	100	161	166	92	75	18.1	11.0
Women	467	102	174	191	109	81	18.7	11.3
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	3,018	898	1,100	1,020	575	445	15.6	9.6
Men	1,598	482	584	531	295	236	15.7	9.5
Women	1,421	416	516	488	280	209	15.5	9.7

MARITAL STATUS
Men, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	2,271	665	834	772	427	345	15.9	9.6
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	847	222	290	335	170	166	19.4	11.1
Never married	3,526	1,015	1,234	1,277	690	587	17.4	9.9
Women, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	2,347	654	908	785	468	317	15.3	9.5
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	1,143	300	413	430	250	181	17.4	10.3
Never married	2,813	852	1,049	912	512	400	15.6	9.3
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