HOUSEHOLD DATA
                                                                                                                          ANNUAL AVERAGES
     
     33.  Unemployed jobseekers by sex, age, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and active jobsearch methods used
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                     2003                                                
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                        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....    8,774     7,653      63.8       54.6       17.2      18.8      20.6       8.2      12.2      1.96 
     16 to 19 years................    1,251     1,184      61.4       58.8       10.5      12.1       8.5       2.2       5.9      1.60 
     20 to 24 years................    1,495     1,361      65.0       55.1       15.8      15.7      18.3       6.6      10.7      1.88 
     25 to 34 years................    1,960     1,702      64.7       55.2       18.0      19.0      22.4       9.0      12.4      2.01 
     35 to 44 years................    1,815     1,537      64.4       53.7       19.1      21.4      25.4      10.1      14.1      2.09 
     45 to 54 years................    1,356     1,138      64.7       53.9       20.4      21.9      26.0      11.2      15.7      2.15 
     55 to 64 years................      713       589      61.8       49.8       20.6      24.4      23.6      10.6      16.0      2.07 
     65 years and over.............      183       145      59.4       40.5       16.6      23.7      15.9       7.2      11.2      1.75 
                                                                                                                                         
       Men, 16 years and over......    4,906     4,175      65.2       52.3       16.9      20.1      20.9       8.2      12.4      1.96 
     16 to 19 years................      697       653      61.9       57.2       10.5      13.1       8.8       2.4       5.1      1.59 
     20 to 24 years................      841       747      65.1       53.0       14.9      17.6      19.0       6.5       9.8      1.86 
     25 to 34 years................    1,097       913      67.4       53.1       18.1      20.1      22.8       9.3      12.8      2.04 
     35 to 44 years................      988       806      66.4       50.4       18.1      22.8      25.2      10.4      15.3      2.09 
     45 to 54 years................      764       631      66.2       52.7       21.1      23.7      26.8      11.4      16.2      2.19 
     55 to 64 years................      412       338      63.0       46.5       19.7      24.5      23.5       9.6      17.0      2.04 
     65 years and over.............      107        87      59.0       40.0       15.9      24.3      14.2       7.7      11.9      1.73 
                                                                                                                                         
       Women, 16 years and over....    3,868     3,478      62.2       57.3       17.6      17.2      20.4       8.1      11.9      1.95 
     16 to 19 years................      554       531      60.6       60.9       10.5      10.8       8.2       2.0       6.8      1.60 
     20 to 24 years................      654       614      64.9       57.8       16.9      13.3      17.5       6.7      11.7      1.89 
     25 to 34 years................      863       788      61.4       57.6       17.8      17.8      22.0       8.7      11.9      1.98 
     35 to 44 years................      827       731      62.2       57.4       20.2      20.0      25.6       9.8      12.7      2.09 
     45 to 54 years................      592       507      62.8       55.4       19.6      19.7      25.0      10.9      15.0      2.09 
     55 to 64 years................      302       250      60.2       54.3       21.8      24.3      23.8      12.0      14.7      2.12 
     65 years and over.............       76        57      59.9       41.4       17.6      22.8      18.7       6.5      10.0      1.77 
                                                                                                                                         
       White, 16 years and over                                                                                                          
        (1)........................    6,311     5,386      63.4       54.6       17.5      19.0      19.8       8.3      13.0      1.96 
     Men...........................    3,643     3,026      65.1       52.3       17.3      20.5      20.4       8.4      13.5      1.98 
     Women.........................    2,668     2,360      61.3       57.5       17.8      17.1      19.0       8.1      12.4      1.94 
                                                                                                                                         
       Black or African American,                                                                                                        
        16 years and over (1)......    1,787     1,648      65.2       55.3       16.5      16.7      23.3       7.6       8.4      1.93 
     Men...........................      891       812      66.2       53.2       16.1      17.1      22.3       7.1       7.9      1.90 
     Women.........................      895       836      64.2       57.4       16.8      16.3      24.3       8.1       9.0      1.96 
                                                                                                                                         
       Asian, 16 years and                                                                                                           
        over(1)....................      366       340      64.6       48.4       16.7      26.1      18.2      10.0      16.5      2.01 
     Men...........................      204       190      65.8       46.2       15.7      27.2      19.3      11.1      15.2      2.01 
     Women.........................      162       149      63.0       51.1       17.8      24.7      16.8       8.5      18.2      2.01 
                                                                                                                                         
       Hispanic or Latino                                                                                                                
        ethnicity, 16 years                                                                                                                      
        and over...................    1,441     1,216      65.0       45.8       13.8      23.1      20.4       7.7       9.4     1.85  
     Men...........................      809       664      68.8       42.1       12.5      24.3      20.4       7.4       8.9     1.85  
     Women.........................      631       552      60.5       50.4       15.3      21.6      20.5       8.1       9.9     1.86  

       1 Beginning in 2003, persons who selected this race group only; persons who selected more than one race group are not included. 
     Prior to 2003, persons who reported more than one race group were included in the group they identified as the main race.  For more
     information, see the "Explanatory Notes and Estimates of Error" section of this publication.
       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 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.