HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES


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

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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.......|   6,739 |   5,808 |   65.0  |   48.4  |   16.9  |   16.1  |   18.7  |    6.9  |    8.1  |   1.80
16 to 19 years...................|   1,271 |   1,212 |   62.6  |   52.8  |   10.7  |   11.6  |    8.7  |    2.6  |    5.1  |   1.54
20 to 24 years...................|   1,152 |   1,044 |   66.1  |   50.1  |   14.8  |   13.0  |   18.4  |    6.1  |    7.3  |   1.76
25 to 34 years...................|   1,571 |   1,338 |   65.2  |   48.2  |   18.4  |   16.7  |   22.4  |    7.4  |    8.2  |   1.87
35 to 44 years...................|   1,418 |   1,155 |   67.0  |   47.1  |   19.9  |   18.5  |   23.8  |    9.0  |    9.6  |   1.95
45 to 54 years...................|     830 |     677 |   64.7  |   46.1  |   21.7  |   21.2  |   22.7  |   10.8  |   11.1  |   1.99
55 to 64 years...................|     369 |     287 |   64.1  |   41.7  |   20.7  |   19.6  |   18.6  |    8.4  |   10.7  |   1.84
65 years and over................|     127 |      95 |   58.1  |   30.4  |   13.0  |   21.5  |    8.2  |    4.6  |    7.9  |   1.44
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  Men, 16 years and over.........|   3,577 |   2,974 |   66.1  |   46.7  |   17.2  |   17.8  |   19.5  |    7.0  |    8.7  |   1.83
16 to 19 years...................|     694 |     659 |   63.8  |   51.1  |   11.3  |   12.3  |    8.9  |    2.7  |    4.3  |   1.54
20 to 24 years...................|     636 |     560 |   66.7  |   48.7  |   16.0  |   15.3  |   19.1  |    6.0  |    7.4  |   1.79
25 to 34 years...................|     772 |     615 |   66.8  |   45.7  |   18.3  |   19.4  |   24.3  |    8.1  |    8.6  |   1.92
35 to 44 years...................|     732 |     563 |   68.8  |   44.7  |   20.8  |   20.9  |   25.4  |    9.3  |   11.0  |   2.01
45 to 54 years...................|     457 |     359 |   65.1  |   45.2  |   21.2  |   22.9  |   24.0  |   11.1  |   13.5  |   2.03
55 to 64 years...................|     217 |     166 |   66.3  |   42.7  |   19.4  |   20.0  |   19.0  |    8.0  |   12.6  |   1.89
65 years and over................|      69 |      53 |   57.2  |   29.5  |   15.1  |   21.9  |    7.2  |    3.4  |    9.4  |   1.44
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  Women, 16 years and over.......|   3,162 |   2,834 |   63.7  |   50.2  |   16.6  |   14.2  |   17.9  |    6.8  |    7.5  |   1.77
16 to 19 years...................|     577 |     553 |   61.2  |   54.8  |   10.0  |   10.8  |    8.5  |    2.6  |    5.9  |   1.54
20 to 24 years...................|     516 |     485 |   65.3  |   51.8  |   13.4  |   10.4  |   17.5  |    6.3  |    7.2  |   1.72
25 to 34 years...................|     800 |     724 |   63.9  |   50.3  |   18.5  |   14.5  |   20.8  |    6.9  |    7.9  |   1.83
35 to 44 years...................|     686 |     591 |   65.2  |   49.3  |   19.0  |   16.2  |   22.2  |    8.7  |    8.2  |   1.89
45 to 54 years...................|     373 |     318 |   64.3  |   47.1  |   22.3  |   19.3  |   21.2  |   10.4  |    8.3  |   1.93
55 to 64 years...................|     152 |     121 |   61.1  |   40.3  |   22.5  |   19.1  |   18.2  |    9.1  |    8.1  |   1.78
65 years and over................|      58 |      43 |   59.3  |   31.5  |   10.4  |   21.0  |    9.5  |    6.0  |    6.0  |   1.44
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  White, 16 years and over.......|   4,836 |   4,058 |   65.1  |   49.2  |   17.4  |   16.3  |   17.5  |    6.8  |    8.8  |   1.81
Men..............................|   2,641 |   2,127 |   65.9  |   47.8  |   17.4  |   14.2  |   19.0  |    6.9  |    9.5  |   1.85
Women............................|   2,195 |   1,932 |   64.3  |   50.7  |   17.5  |   18.2  |   15.7  |    6.7  |    8.1  |   1.77
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  Black, 16 years and over.......|   1,560 |   1,439 |   64.7  |   46.5  |   15.2  |   14.7  |   23.0  |    7.2  |    6.2  |   1.78
Men..............................|     747 |     678 |   66.7  |   44.5  |   15.8  |   15.3  |   21.9  |    7.3  |    6.3  |   1.78
Women............................|     813 |     760 |   62.9  |   48.3  |   14.7  |   14.2  |   24.0  |    7.1  |    6.0  |   1.77
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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.  Beginning in January
1997, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.