HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Characteristic

2014

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,617 8,609 50.1 57.1 16.0 27.8 18.3 8.8 15.1 1.9

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,106 1,049 48.0 62.0 11.1 19.2 7.5 3.4 10.0 1.6

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,747 1,641 51.7 59.5 14.6 24.7 16.0 6.6 14.1 1.9

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,224 2,000 51.7 58.9 16.6 28.2 20.5 9.6 14.0 2.0

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,539 1,351 48.9 57.1 16.6 28.9 21.3 9.8 16.1 2.0

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,507 1,300 51.1 55.1 18.4 32.5 22.9 12.2 17.1 2.1

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,107 954 49.1 51.8 18.9 32.3 20.7 11.1 19.0 2.0

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387 314 44.1 42.4 14.5 32.5 13.1 7.9 18.5 1.7

Men, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,190 4,572 50.9 54.6 16.1 29.6 18.5 9.0 15.3 1.9

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605 571 48.1 59.8 11.2 20.7 7.9 3.7 9.6 1.6

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 996 925 50.2 57.9 14.6 26.9 16.4 6.3 13.2 1.9

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,185 1,038 53.5 56.0 17.1 31.3 20.9 10.3 14.5 2.0

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 813 692 50.5 53.9 16.9 29.2 21.3 9.5 16.8 2.0

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 782 662 53.4 51.3 18.0 34.5 24.1 12.5 17.7 2.1

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600 511 50.2 48.9 19.8 33.6 20.8 11.4 20.5 2.1

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 172 42.8 42.9 13.5 33.5 12.0 10.1 20.3 1.8

Women, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,426 4,037 49.3 60.0 15.9 25.8 18.0 8.5 14.8 1.9

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501 478 47.8 64.6 11.0 17.3 7.0 3.0 10.5 1.6

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751 715 53.6 61.5 14.6 21.9 15.4 6.9 15.3 1.9

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,039 961 49.7 62.0 16.0 25.0 20.1 8.8 13.6 2.0

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726 659 47.2 60.4 16.3 28.7 21.2 10.2 15.3 2.0

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725 638 48.7 59.0 18.8 30.4 21.6 11.8 16.6 2.1

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507 443 47.9 55.1 17.8 30.7 20.7 10.7 17.3 2.0

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 142 45.7 41.7 15.6 31.4 14.5 5.3 16.2 1.7

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO

ETHNICITY

White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,540 5,731 50.7 56.5 16.7 28.3 17.4 8.8 15.8 1.9

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,572 3,071 51.8 54.2 16.8 30.2 17.7 9.1 16.0 2.0

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,968 2,661 49.4 59.2 16.5 26.1 17.0 8.6 15.5 1.9

Black or African American. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,141 2,013 49.0 58.3 14.4 25.8 22.3 8.5 12.6 1.9

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,091 1,019 49.8 55.0 14.6 27.4 22.2 8.5 12.5 1.9

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,050 994 48.2 61.6 14.1 24.1 22.5 8.6 12.8 1.9

Asian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436 413 48.6 56.4 15.9 34.3 14.0 10.2 18.4 2.0

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 236 47.0 53.8 15.1 33.9 15.0 11.3 19.5 2.0

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 177 50.7 59.8 17.0 34.8 12.7 8.8 16.9 2.0

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,878 1,673 52.2 51.9 11.8 32.8 19.6 9.8 14.2 1.9

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 996 869 54.3 49.3 12.4 33.4 20.3 9.9 14.3 1.9

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 882 804 49.9 54.8 11.2 32.0 18.8 9.7 14.1 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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