HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

Characteristic

2006

Thousands of persons Methods used as a percent of total jobseekers

Average

number of

methods

used

Total

unemployed

Total

jobseekers

Employer

directly

Sent out

resumes

or filled

out

applications

Placed

or

answered

ads

Friends

or

relatives

Public

employment

agency

Private

employment

agency

Other

AGE AND SEX

 Total, 16 years and over ................. 7,001 6,080 61.3 53.9 14.4 17.1 17.3 6.7 11.0 1.82

16 to 19 years ................................... 1,119 1,062 58.8 58.8 9.7 13.8 7.7 2.7 5.9 1.57

20 to 24 years ................................... 1,234 1,131 62.6 55.3 13.0 15.6 16.1 5.6 9.6 1.78

25 to 34 years ................................... 1,521 1,312 62.0 53.8 15.6 16.9 19.6 7.6 11.7 1.88

35 to 44 years ................................... 1,279 1,067 62.5 51.2 16.3 19.3 22.3 8.0 12.8 1.93

45 to 54 years ................................... 1,094 911 62.0 53.2 16.7 18.8 21.5 8.8 13.1 1.95

55 to 64 years ................................... 595 482 59.1 51.0 16.2 19.9 17.9 9.1 14.7 1.89

65 years and over ............................. 159 114 56.8 37.8 13.1 18.2 12.5 5.2 14.0 1.58

 Men, 16 years and over .................. 3,753 3,181 63.0 51.4 14.4 18.5 17.0 7.0 11.1 1.83

16 to 19 years ................................... 622 590 59.9 56.8 9.6 14.1 7.2 2.6 6.0 1.56

20 to 24 years ................................... 705 635 63.3 52.7 13.3 17.5 16.2 5.8 8.8 1.78

25 to 34 years ................................... 810 670 64.0 50.5 16.3 19.1 20.2 8.3 12.0 1.91

35 to 44 years ................................... 642 512 64.5 47.8 16.0 21.1 21.5 8.4 13.8 1.94

45 to 54 years ................................... 569 457 64.4 51.1 17.1 20.8 20.8 9.7 13.9 1.98

55 to 64 years ................................... 318 255 62.4 49.6 15.9 20.4 18.6 9.7 16.3 1.94

65 years and over ............................. 88 62 58.8 38.1 12.8 18.0 12.9 5.1 11.6 1.57

 Women, 16 years and over ............ 3,247 2,899 59.4 56.5 14.3 15.5 17.7 6.4 10.8 1.81

16 to 19 years ................................... 496 472 57.4 61.2 9.8 13.3 8.3 2.8 5.8 1.59

20 to 24 years ................................... 530 496 61.7 58.5 12.6 13.0 16.0 5.4 10.6 1.78

25 to 34 years ................................... 711 643 59.8 57.2 14.8 14.6 18.9 7.0 11.4 1.84

35 to 44 years ................................... 637 555 60.6 54.4 16.6 17.6 23.0 7.6 11.8 1.92

45 to 54 years ................................... 524 454 59.6 55.4 16.3 16.7 22.3 7.9 12.2 1.91

55 to 64 years ................................... 277 227 55.4 52.6 16.5 19.4 17.0 8.5 12.8 1.83

65 years and over ............................. 71 52 54.5 37.5 13.4 18.5 12.2 5.3 17.0 1.58

RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO

ETHNICITY, AND SEX

 White, 16 years and over ............... 5,002 4,238 61.5 54.1 14.9 17.8 16.2 6.9 11.8 1.84

Men ................................................... 2,730 2,253 63.2 51.6 14.9 19.2 16.1 7.4 12.2 1.85

Women ............................................. 2,271 1,985 59.6 56.9 14.9 16.2 16.3 6.3 11.4 1.82

 Black or African American,

16 years and over ...................... 1,549 1,434 61.0 53.2 13.0 14.8 21.1 6.5 8.4 1.78

Men ................................................... 774 705 62.8 50.8 12.8 16.4 20.2 6.2 7.8 1.77

Women ............................................. 775 730 59.4 55.6 13.1 13.2 21.9 6.7 8.9 1.79

 Asian, 16 years and over ............... 205 192 60.1 48.2 12.2 18.2 11.7 5.3 12.9 1.69

Men ................................................... 110 103 64.1 47.2 12.4 20.6 12.6 5.4 12.2 1.75

Women ............................................. 95 89 55.5 49.3 12.0 15.3 10.7 5.3 13.8 1.62

 Hispanic or Latino ethnicity,

16 years and over ....................... 1,081 c 922 61.1 46.1 11.1 24.3 16.8 6.3 9.1 c 1.75

Men ................................................... 601 c 491 63.4 42.8 10.8 25.8 16.6 7.0 8.9 c 1.75

Women ............................................. 480 c 431 58.5 49.9 11.6 22.5 17.1 5.4 9.3 c 1.74

 c = corrected.

 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. Beginining in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls

used in the household survey.

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