HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES


33.  Unemployed jobseekers by sex, age, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and active jobsearch methods used
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                2004                                                
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                   Thousands of                 Methods used as a percent of total jobseekers                       
                                     persons                                                                                        
 Age, sex, race, and Hispanic                                                                                                       
     or Latino ethnicity                                                                                                    Average 
                                                               Sent out                                                    number of
                                 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                                                                
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
  Total, 16 years and over....    8,149     7,151      62.7       54.5       16.4      18.0      19.9       7.7      11.8      1.92 
16 to 19 years................    1,208     1,149      60.4       60.4       10.7      12.6       8.1       2.5       6.0      1.61 
20 to 24 years................    1,431     1,313      64.1       55.2       14.8      15.9      18.0       6.0      10.9      1.85 
25 to 34 years................    1,784     1,542      63.1       53.8       16.8      17.8      22.5       8.8      12.3      1.95 
35 to 44 years................    1,578     1,348      64.1       54.1       19.2      20.5      24.0       9.0      12.9      2.04 
45 to 54 years................    1,288     1,097      62.9       53.7       19.9      21.7      25.4      10.7      14.7      2.10 
55 to 64 years................      682       562      61.2       49.6       18.2      21.2      23.3      10.7      15.6      2.00 
65 years and over.............      179       139      55.4       39.1       14.5      20.0      11.7       5.6      11.6      1.58 
                                                                                                                                    
  Men, 16 years and over......    4,456     3,807      63.9       52.4       15.9      19.5      20.0       8.2      12.7      1.93 
16 to 19 years................      664       628      59.6       60.0        9.3      14.1       8.5       2.8       6.3      1.61 
20 to 24 years................      811       726      64.4       53.4       13.4      17.8      17.2       6.6      10.9      1.84 
25 to 34 years................      980       810      65.1       50.7       16.8      19.3      22.1       9.0      13.1      1.97 
35 to 44 years................      839       693      67.0       50.1       19.4      22.3      24.8       9.8      14.7      2.09 
45 to 54 years................      684       567      64.4       52.1       19.7      22.7      26.2      11.9      16.3      2.14 
55 to 64 years................      373       301      61.9       48.5       19.1      22.5      25.0      11.4      17.5      2.07 
65 years and over.............      104        81      56.4       37.6       11.3      19.1      11.7       5.4      13.9      1.56 
                                                                                                                                    
  Women, 16 years and over....    3,694     3,344      61.4       57.0       17.1      16.4      19.8       7.1      10.7      1.90 
16 to 19 years................      543       520      61.4       60.9       12.4      10.9       7.6       2.2       5.8      1.61 
20 to 24 years................      619       587      63.6       57.5       16.4      13.6      18.9       5.4      11.0      1.87 
25 to 34 years................      804       732      60.8       57.2       16.8      16.0      23.0       8.5      11.3      1.94 
35 to 44 years................      739       655      61.0       58.4       18.9      18.7      23.2       8.1      11.0      2.00 
45 to 54 years................      605       529      61.3       55.4       20.2      20.6      24.5       9.4      12.9      2.05 
55 to 64 years................      309       261      60.4       50.9       17.2      19.7      21.3       9.9      13.5      1.93 
65 years and over.............       75        59      54.0       41.3       18.9      21.4      11.7       5.8       8.3      1.62 
                                                                                                                                    
  White, 16 years and over ...    5,847     5,029      62.6       55.0       17.4      18.1      18.4       7.5      12.4      1.92 
Men...........................    3,282     2,742      64.0       52.4       17.0      19.5      19.1       8.2      13.7      1.94 
Women.........................    2,565     2,287      60.9       58.0       17.8      16.3      17.6       6.6      10.9      1.89 
                                                                                                                                    
  Black or African American,                                                                                                        
   16 years and over .........    1,729     1,599      63.4       52.9       14.5      17.0      25.5       7.6       9.4      1.91 
Men...........................      860       784      64.1       51.0       13.2      17.6      23.8       7.2       9.4      1.87 
Women.........................      868       815      62.8       54.7       15.8      16.4      27.0       8.0       9.5      1.94 
                                                                                                                                    
  Asian, 16 years and over ...      277       258      62.2       51.6       14.5      26.1      16.4      11.9      13.8      1.98 
Men...........................      153       142      63.6       53.6       14.6      29.1      17.3      14.6      13.6      2.08 
Women.........................      124       115      60.4       49.1       14.4      22.4      15.3       8.7      14.2      1.85 
                                                                                                                                    
  Hispanic or Latino                                                                                                                
   ethnicity, 16 years                                                                                                              
   and over...................    1,342     1,142      63.2       46.3       12.5      21.9      19.7       6.9       9.0     1.80  
Men...........................      755       619      66.1       42.7       12.6      23.3      19.9       7.4      10.2     1.82  
Women.........................      587       524      59.7       50.6       12.4      20.1      19.5       6.3       7.5     1.76  

  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.  In
addition, persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race and, therefore, are classified by ethnicity
as well as by race. Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.