HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES 

33.  Unemployed jobseekers by sex, age, race, and active jobsearch methods used

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                                 |                                               1995
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                                 |   Thousands of    |            Methods used as a percent of total jobseekers            |
                                 |      persons      |                                                                     |
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       Sex, age, and race        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         | Average
                                 |         |         |         |Sent out |         |         |         |         |         |number o
                                 |  Total  |  Total  |         | resumes | Placed  | Friends | Public  | Private |         | methods
                                 |  unem-  |  job-   |Employer |or filled|   or    |   or    | employ- | employ- |  Other  |  used
                                 | ployed  | seekers |directly |   out   |answered |relatives|  ment   |  ment   |         |
                                 |         |         |         |applica- |   ads   |         | agency  | agency  |         |
                                 |         |         |         |  tions  |         |         |         |         |         |
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  Total, 16 years and over.......|   7,404 |   6,375 |   65.3  |   45.1  |   18.5  |   17.3  |   18.8  |    6.5  |    7.9  |   1.80
16 to 19 years...................|   1,346 |   1,274 |   63.0  |   50.8  |   10.4  |   11.4  |    8.8  |    2.5  |    5.3  |   1.52
20 to 24 years...................|   1,244 |   1,123 |   66.7  |   45.5  |   18.0  |   15.3  |   18.7  |    6.3  |    7.2  |   1.78
25 to 34 years...................|   1,841 |   1,578 |   66.7  |   44.3  |   19.9  |   18.5  |   22.4  |    7.7  |    7.6  |   1.88
35 to 44 years...................|   1,549 |   1,274 |   64.6  |   44.4  |   22.4  |   20.0  |   22.7  |    7.8  |    8.9  |   1.91
45 to 54 years...................|     844 |     676 |   66.8  |   43.7  |   22.5  |   21.6  |   24.2  |    9.4  |   10.3  |   1.99
55 to 64 years...................|     425 |     332 |   62.6  |   39.1  |   21.2  |   21.3  |   17.8  |    7.6  |   11.8  |   1.82
65 years and over................|     153 |     117 |   64.6  |   24.2  |   18.0  |   21.4  |    9.7  |    3.7  |   10.5  |   1.52
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  Men, 16 years and over.........|   3,983 |   3,336 |   66.8  |   42.8  |   18.1  |   19.5  |   20.1  |    6.5  |    8.9  |   1.83
16 to 19 years...................|     744 |     698 |   63.8  |   49.9  |    9.5  |   12.3  |    9.1  |    2.9  |    5.2  |   1.53
20 to 24 years...................|     673 |     591 |   68.3  |   43.2  |   18.6  |   17.7  |   19.8  |    6.3  |    7.1  |   1.82
25 to 34 years...................|     961 |     783 |   68.5  |   41.4  |   19.8  |   22.4  |   25.1  |    7.7  |    8.6  |   1.94
35 to 44 years...................|     815 |     644 |   67.1  |   41.5  |   21.6  |   21.7  |   24.5  |    7.4  |   10.8  |   1.95
45 to 54 years...................|     464 |     361 |   68.4  |   41.8  |   22.1  |   23.4  |   27.0  |    9.4  |   12.6  |   2.05
55 to 64 years...................|     233 |     183 |   63.6  |   34.6  |   22.0  |   23.1  |   17.3  |    7.7  |   13.8  |   1.82
65 years and over................|      94 |      75 |   63.8  |   23.7  |   16.1  |   22.4  |    7.1  |    3.9  |   12.9  |   1.50
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  Women, 16 years and over.......|   3,421 |   3,039 |   63.6  |   47.7  |   18.9  |   15.0  |   17.4  |    6.6  |    6.8  |   1.76
16 to 19 years...................|     602 |     576 |   62.0  |   52.0  |   11.6  |   10.4  |    8.4  |    2.0  |    5.4  |   1.52
20 to 24 years...................|     571 |     533 |   65.0  |   47.9  |   17.2  |   12.5  |   17.4  |    6.2  |    7.2  |   1.74
25 to 34 years...................|     880 |     795 |   65.0  |   47.2  |   20.0  |   14.7  |   19.8  |    7.7  |    6.7  |   1.81
35 to 44 years...................|     735 |     630 |   62.0  |   47.4  |   23.3  |   18.1  |   20.9  |    8.3  |    6.9  |   1.87
45 to 54 years...................|     381 |     315 |   64.9  |   45.9  |   23.0  |   19.5  |   20.9  |    9.4  |    7.6  |   1.92
55 to 64 years...................|     193 |     149 |   61.3  |   44.6  |   20.1  |   19.0  |   18.3  |    7.4  |    9.3  |   1.81
65 years and over................|      60 |      42 |   66.0  |   25.1  |   21.5  |   19.6  |   14.3  |    3.4  |    6.1  |   1.56
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  White, 16 years and over.......|   5,459 |   4,603 |   65.6  |   45.5  |   19.4  |   17.6  |   18.5  |    6.5  |    8.4  |   1.82
Men..............................|   2,999 |   2,454 |   67.3  |   42.7  |   19.0  |   14.8  |   20.0  |    6.6  |    9.5  |   1.85
Women............................|   2,460 |   2,150 |   63.8  |   48.7  |   19.9  |   20.0  |   16.8  |    6.4  |    7.3  |   1.78
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  Black, 16 years and over.......|   1,538 |   1,421 |   64.6  |   45.1  |   15.4  |   15.2  |   20.4  |    6.7  |    5.8  |   1.73
Men..............................|     762 |     694 |   65.3  |   44.5  |   14.7  |   16.3  |   21.1  |    6.4  |    6.4  |   1.75
Women............................|     777 |     727 |   63.9  |   45.6  |   16.1  |   14.1  |   19.8  |    7.0  |    5.1  |   1.72
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   NOTE:   The jobseekers total is less than the total unemployed because it does not include persons on temporary layoff.  The
percent using each method will always total more than 100 because many jobseekers use more than one method.