HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES

31.  Unemployed persons by selected demographic characteristics and duration of unemployment
 
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                                            |                      Thousands of persons                       |        Weeks
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               Characteristic               |          |          |          |                                |          |
                                            |          |          |          |       15 weeks and over        |          |
                                            |          |   Less   | 5 to 14  |                                | Average  |  Median
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                                            |  Total   |   than   |  weeks   |          |          |          |  (mean)  | duration
                                            |          | 5 weeks  |          |  Total   | 15 to 26 | 27 weeks | duration |
                                            |          |          |          |          |  weeks   | and over |          |
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                   TOTAL
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  Total, 16 years and over..................|   7,236  |   2,633  |   2,287  |   2,316  |   1,053  |   1,262  |   16.7   |    8.3
16 to 19 years..............................|   1,306  |     596  |     462  |     248  |     135  |     113  |   10.8   |    5.5
20 to 24 years..............................|   1,239  |     513  |     397  |     329  |     169  |     160  |   13.6   |    6.9
25 to 34 years..............................|   1,757  |     629  |     571  |     557  |     261  |     296  |   16.3   |    8.4
35 to 44 years..............................|   1,505  |     481  |     459  |     566  |     245  |     320  |   19.4   |    9.9
45 to 54 years..............................|     883  |     259  |     251  |     373  |     152  |     222  |   22.1   |   11.2
55 to 64 years..............................|     406  |     109  |     113  |     185  |      69  |     116  |   23.6   |   12.5
65 years and over...........................|     139  |      47  |      35  |      57  |      22  |      36  |   23.9   |   10.3
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  Men, 16 years and over....................|   3,880  |   1,363  |   1,219  |   1,297  |     579  |     718  |   17.7   |    8.7
16 to 19 years..............................|     733  |     330  |     262  |     141  |      72  |      69  |   11.2   |    5.7
20 to 24 years..............................|     675  |     276  |     214  |     185  |      92  |      93  |   14.1   |    7.2
25 to 34 years..............................|     903  |     310  |     299  |     294  |     139  |     154  |   16.9   |    8.9
35 to 44 years..............................|     786  |     236  |     236  |     313  |     137  |     176  |   20.4   |   10.6
45 to 54 years..............................|     484  |     129  |     132  |     223  |      89  |     135  |   24.7   |   12.9
55 to 64 years..............................|     223  |      58  |      58  |     107  |      37  |      70  |   25.6   |   13.4
65 years and over...........................|      76  |      24  |      18  |      34  |      13  |      21  |   25.3   |   11.8
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  Women, 16 years and over..................|   3,356  |   1,270  |   1,068  |   1,018  |     474  |     544  |   15.6   |    7.8
16 to 19 years..............................|     573  |     266  |     200  |     107  |      63  |      45  |   10.2   |    5.3
20 to 24 years..............................|     564  |     238  |     183  |     144  |      77  |      67  |   12.9   |    6.7
25 to 34 years..............................|     854  |     319  |     272  |     263  |     122  |     142  |   15.7   |    7.9
35 to 44 years..............................|     720  |     245  |     222  |     252  |     109  |     144  |   18.3   |    9.1
45 to 54 years..............................|     399  |     130  |     119  |     150  |      63  |      87  |   19.0   |    9.5
55 to 64 years..............................|     183  |      50  |      55  |      78  |      33  |      45  |   21.3   |   11.7
65 years and over...........................|      63  |      23  |      17  |      24  |       9  |      15  |   22.2   |    9.0
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          Race and Hispanic origin
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  White, 16 years and over..................|   5,300  |   2,036  |   1,662  |   1,602  |     754  |     848  |   15.8   |    7.8
Men.........................................|   2,896  |   1,065  |     905  |     925  |     424  |     502  |   17.0   |    8.3
Women.......................................|   2,404  |     971  |     757  |     676  |     331  |     346  |   14.4   |    7.1
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  Black, 16 years and over..................|   1,592  |     477  |     522  |     593  |     246  |     347  |   19.4   |    9.9
Men.........................................|     808  |     239  |     264  |     306  |     126  |     179  |   19.7   |   10.2
Women.......................................|     784  |     239  |     258  |     287  |     120  |     167  |   19.0   |    9.7
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  Hispanic origin, 16 years and over........|   1,132  |     404  |     344  |     384  |     167  |     217  |   17.6   |    8.8
Men.........................................|     607  |     213  |     185  |     209  |      85  |     124  |   18.8   |    9.0
Women.......................................|     525  |     191  |     159  |     175  |      82  |      93  |   16.3   |    8.6
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               Marital status
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   Men, 16 years and over:                  |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
Married, spouse present.....................|   1,322  |     431  |     391  |     500  |     227  |     273  |   19.3   |    9.8
Widowed, divorced, or  separated............|     541  |     170  |     162  |     210  |      87  |     122  |   20.6   |   10.1
Single (never married)......................|   2,016  |     762  |     666  |     588  |     265  |     323  |   15.9   |    7.8
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   Women, 16 years and over:                |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
Married, spouse present.....................|   1,211  |     473  |     370  |     368  |     170  |     198  |   15.5   |    7.5
Widowed, divorced, or  separated............|     706  |     232  |     214  |     260  |     106  |     154  |   19.4   |    9.6
Single (never married)......................|   1,439  |     566  |     483  |     390  |     198  |     192  |   14.0   |    7.3
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   NOTE:  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races" group are
not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups.