HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Characteristic

2011

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,747 12,517 51.5 55.6 18.5 28.8 21.0 8.6 15.4 2.0

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,400 1,349 48.7 61.3 12.5 20.5 10.7 3.7 10.2 1.7

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,234 2,082 51.6 58.0 16.0 24.3 18.3 6.9 13.8 1.9

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,187 2,920 52.3 57.3 18.2 28.1 22.7 8.8 15.5 2.0

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,389 2,141 51.8 53.9 20.7 32.1 24.0 10.8 16.7 2.1

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,493 2,224 52.9 53.1 21.2 33.7 24.5 10.5 17.1 2.1

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,579 1,408 50.4 53.4 21.4 31.2 23.0 9.8 17.9 2.1

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465 394 48.7 43.2 16.5 32.8 14.2 5.8 15.8 1.8

Men, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,684 6,875 52.4 53.0 18.0 30.4 22.0 9.0 15.7 2.0

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 786 759 48.1 59.0 12.6 22.3 12.2 3.8 9.7 1.7

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,275 1,165 52.7 55.0 15.5 25.3 20.1 7.9 13.6 1.9

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,795 1,605 53.3 55.5 18.1 30.3 23.9 9.3 15.7 2.1

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,316 1,150 53.8 49.9 20.7 35.8 25.4 11.3 17.5 2.2

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,370 1,198 54.0 50.2 20.4 35.4 24.8 10.6 18.1 2.1

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 882 777 50.1 51.6 20.2 30.9 23.6 9.6 18.6 2.1

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 222 50.6 41.5 13.9 30.8 13.2 6.7 15.4 1.7

Women, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,063 5,642 50.4 58.8 19.1 26.9 19.8 8.2 15.1 2.0

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613 589 49.4 64.2 12.4 18.2 8.9 3.5 11.0 1.7

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 960 917 50.2 61.9 16.7 23.1 16.1 5.6 14.2 1.9

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,392 1,315 51.1 59.5 18.3 25.4 21.2 8.3 15.2 2.0

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,073 991 49.5 58.7 20.8 27.8 22.4 10.3 15.9 2.1

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,123 1,026 51.7 56.5 22.3 31.7 24.1 10.5 16.0 2.1

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 631 50.8 55.6 22.8 31.6 22.3 10.1 17.1 2.1

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 172 46.2 45.4 19.9 35.5 15.6 4.8 16.2 1.8

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO

ETHNICITY

White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,889 8,874 51.9 55.7 19.0 29.3 19.8 8.5 15.8 2.0

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,631 4,947 52.7 53.2 18.5 31.1 20.8 8.9 16.1 2.0

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,257 3,927 50.8 58.9 19.6 27.0 18.4 8.1 15.4 2.0

Black or African American. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,831 2,686 50.9 55.1 17.5 27.1 25.6 8.6 13.7 2.0

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,502 1,418 51.6 52.6 16.8 28.2 26.8 8.6 13.4 2.0

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,329 1,268 50.3 57.9 18.3 25.9 24.4 8.7 14.1 2.0

Asian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518 486 48.5 54.1 18.3 34.9 17.6 11.6 19.3 2.1

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 253 49.9 52.9 16.7 37.2 18.1 12.4 21.1 2.1

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 233 47.0 55.5 20.0 32.4 17.0 10.8 17.3 2.0

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,629 2,370 53.6 48.1 14.1 34.3 20.5 9.0 13.0 1.9

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,527 1,341 55.1 45.3 13.5 35.7 21.5 9.0 13.4 1.9

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,102 1,028 51.7 51.8 14.9 32.4 19.2 9.1 12.5 1.9

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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