HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

33. Unemployed jobseekers by sex, age, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and active jobsearch methods used

[Numbers in thousands]

Characteristic

2017

Unemployed Percent of jobseekers using method

Average

number of

methods

used

Total Jobseekers

Contacted

employer

directly

Sent out

resumes

or filled

out

applications

Placed

or

answered

ads

Contacted

friends

or

relatives

Public

employment

agency

Private

employment

agency

Other

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,982 6,027 51.3 56.3 14.4 25.2 15.3 8.4 13.9 1.9

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827 781 49.1 60.4 10.1 18.7 5.9 3.5 9.7 1.6

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,127 1,031 53.9 57.7 13.9 22.3 14.2 6.3 12.5 1.8

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,647 1,432 52.0 57.7 14.3 23.8 15.9 8.7 13.6 1.9

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,143 961 50.8 57.0 15.1 27.1 18.8 10.2 14.6 1.9

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,060 889 51.8 53.9 17.4 31.0 18.5 11.2 15.8 2.0

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 835 673 50.5 52.5 15.9 30.0 18.5 11.3 16.6 2.0

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 259 46.1 46.1 13.2 25.3 11.0 6.6 17.0 1.7

Men, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,743 3,187 51.9 53.7 14.4 26.5 15.9 8.6 14.0 1.9

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457 431 49.7 58.9 9.8 21.5 6.7 3.4 8.9 1.6

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667 598 52.8 55.6 14.5 24.7 15.0 6.7 13.4 1.8

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 884 744 51.8 56.6 14.4 24.6 16.8 9.3 12.6 1.9

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575 469 53.1 51.8 15.2 29.3 19.7 10.9 15.4 2.0

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537 445 53.5 50.1 18.2 31.0 20.9 12.0 16.7 2.0

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445 362 51.3 50.1 14.3 30.7 18.4 10.2 16.4 1.9

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 139 46.8 41.1 12.4 25.7 9.5 6.7 21.1 1.6

Women, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,239 2,840 50.7 59.2 14.4 23.7 14.5 8.2 13.7 1.9

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 349 48.3 62.3 10.3 15.1 5.0 3.5 10.8 1.6

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460 434 55.5 60.6 13.0 18.9 13.1 5.8 11.3 1.8

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763 688 52.2 59.0 14.1 22.9 15.0 8.0 14.7 1.9

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568 493 48.5 62.0 14.9 25.0 18.0 9.5 13.9 1.9

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523 444 50.1 57.6 16.6 31.1 16.2 10.4 14.9 2.0

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389 311 49.5 55.3 17.7 29.3 18.6 12.6 16.9 2.0

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 121 45.4 51.8 14.1 24.9 12.7 6.5 12.2 1.7

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO

ETHNICITY

White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,765 4,002 52.1 55.1 14.6 25.3 14.4 8.2 14.4 1.8

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,592 2,151 53.0 52.6 14.6 26.7 15.1 8.5 14.7 1.9

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,173 1,851 51.1 58.0 14.7 23.6 13.6 7.7 14.0 1.8

Black or African American. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,501 1,388 49.2 58.8 14.2 24.3 18.7 8.7 11.0 1.9

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 766 700 48.7 56.2 15.1 25.8 19.1 8.4 10.5 1.8

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735 687 49.7 61.5 13.3 22.8 18.3 8.9 11.6 1.9

Asian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 306 52.6 56.2 12.7 32.4 12.5 10.6 18.9 2.0

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 162 53.8 55.4 11.2 32.1 14.5 10.5 18.9 2.0

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 143 51.4 57.1 14.3 32.7 10.2 10.8 19.0 2.0

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,401 1,180 51.9 52.4 11.3 29.0 15.2 9.4 12.2 1.8

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730 595 53.3 48.3 11.3 30.6 16.5 10.7 12.3 1.8

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671 586 50.5 56.5 11.4 27.4 13.9 8.0 12.1 1.8

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. 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.

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