HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

31. Unemployed persons by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, marital status, and duration of

unemployment

[Numbers in thousands]

Characteristic

2022

Unemployed Weeks

Total Less than

5 weeks

5 to 14

weeks

15 weeks and over Average

(mean)

duration

Median

Total duration 15 to 26

weeks

27 weeks

and over

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,996 2,216 1,711 2,070 756 1,314 22.6 8.7

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675 343 210 122 69 53 10.8 4.4

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,039 427 311 302 116 186 18.2 7.4

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,425 491 430 504 193 312 21.3 9.1

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,046 346 295 405 143 262 25.4 10.0

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 788 267 214 306 108 198 27.1 9.7

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699 220 177 302 92 210 29.9 11.0

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 121 75 127 35 92 31.6 9.4

Men, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,218 1,171 905 1,143 397 746 23.7 9.0

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 175 103 73 37 35 12.0 4.5

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593 229 175 188 69 119 20.3 8.2

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760 261 221 277 100 177 22.1 9.4

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548 182 156 211 68 143 26.4 10.1

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404 136 107 160 55 105 27.5 9.9

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376 117 99 160 46 114 30.3 10.9

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 70 43 74 21 53 33.5 9.9

Women, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,778 1,045 806 927 359 568 21.4 8.3

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 168 106 50 31 18 9.6 4.4

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 198 135 113 47 67 15.4 6.2

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666 230 209 227 92 135 20.4 8.8

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498 165 139 194 75 119 24.2 10.0

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384 131 107 147 53 93 26.6 9.5

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 102 78 143 46 96 29.4 11.2

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 52 31 54 14 40 29.0 8.8

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

White, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,049 1,587 1,159 1,303 485 818 21.4 7.9

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,238 853 630 755 269 486 22.7 8.4

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,811 734 529 548 216 332 19.8 7.4

Black or African American, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,300 405 367 527 194 333 25.6 10.4

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642 205 184 253 89 164 26.2 10.1

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 658 200 184 274 105 169 25.1 10.7

Asian, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306 100 85 121 37 84 26.6 10.5

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 48 48 69 19 50 27.9 11.4

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 51 37 52 18 34 24.9 9.5

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,302 521 358 423 149 274 21.7 7.9

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715 290 189 236 75 161 22.7 7.8

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587 231 169 187 75 113 20.4 8.1

MARITAL STATUS

Men, 16 years and over

Married, spouse present1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 881 330 238 313 109 205 24.3 8.9

Widowed, divorced, or separated2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415 143 106 166 50 116 28.9 10.1

Never married. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,922 698 561 663 239 425 22.3 8.8

Women, 16 years and over

Married, spouse present1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 802 303 239 261 102 159 21.7 8.4

Widowed, divorced, or separated2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497 174 129 194 71 124 24.6 9.3

Never married. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,478 569 437 472 187 285 20.1 7.9

1 Beginning with data for January 2020, refers to persons in both opposite-sex and same-sex married couples. Prior to January 2020, referred to persons in opposite-sex

married couples only.

2 Separated includes persons who are married, spouse absent.

NOTE: 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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