HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Characteristic

2019

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,001 5,177 51.1 56.0 13.1 23.3 13.6 7.7 13.5 1.8

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746 704 48.3 60.8 9.6 16.8 6.3 2.9 9.9 1.5

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,024 942 53.2 56.1 11.6 20.5 11.7 5.8 12.2 1.7

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,384 1,222 52.6 57.5 13.8 23.1 14.1 7.8 13.3 1.8

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 930 777 51.3 56.5 14.2 27.1 16.1 9.5 13.9 1.9

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 890 734 51.0 54.9 15.4 27.0 18.9 10.2 15.6 1.9

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710 565 51.2 52.2 15.0 26.0 15.7 10.4 16.2 1.9

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 233 43.3 44.6 11.5 23.8 11.0 7.8 16.2 1.6

Men, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,227 2,749 51.9 53.8 12.9 24.2 13.9 7.6 14.0 1.8

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408 386 47.4 58.9 9.3 17.7 7.0 2.7 10.5 1.5

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602 548 55.1 52.9 10.5 22.1 12.2 6.4 13.0 1.7

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 741 639 52.7 54.7 13.6 23.8 14.9 7.6 13.9 1.8

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475 390 51.7 55.1 14.5 29.6 16.3 8.7 14.3 1.9

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471 383 53.5 51.3 15.8 28.9 18.0 10.4 15.6 1.9

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 281 52.4 52.3 15.6 25.0 16.4 11.1 17.1 1.9

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 122 42.6 43.3 11.2 22.9 12.0 8.6 17.7 1.6

Women, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,774 2,429 50.2 58.6 13.4 22.3 13.3 7.7 12.9 1.8

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339 318 49.4 63.2 9.9 15.7 5.4 3.2 9.3 1.6

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421 394 50.4 60.7 13.1 18.3 11.0 4.9 11.1 1.7

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643 583 52.4 60.7 14.1 22.4 13.2 8.0 12.6 1.8

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 387 50.8 57.9 14.0 24.6 15.8 10.3 13.5 1.9

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419 351 48.3 58.8 14.9 25.1 20.0 10.0 15.5 1.9

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 285 50.0 52.1 14.4 27.0 15.1 9.8 15.2 1.8

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 110 44.1 46.0 11.7 24.8 10.0 6.9 14.6 1.6

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO

ETHNICITY

White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,159 3,492 51.0 56.1 12.7 23.6 12.5 7.4 14.1 1.8

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,266 1,871 52.2 54.0 12.6 24.7 13.1 7.4 14.4 1.8

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,893 1,621 49.6 58.5 12.8 22.3 11.9 7.3 13.7 1.8

Black or African American. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,251 1,155 50.4 56.0 14.1 22.9 17.0 8.1 10.8 1.8

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645 597 50.5 51.9 14.0 23.1 16.7 7.5 11.4 1.8

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607 558 50.3 60.3 14.2 22.8 17.4 8.7 10.2 1.8

Asian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 256 51.5 55.2 15.1 22.9 11.2 10.4 18.0 1.9

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 136 51.1 55.9 15.0 23.2 9.6 10.6 19.3 1.9

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 120 52.1 54.4 15.3 22.6 12.9 10.1 16.5 1.9

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,248 1,038 49.8 54.0 10.7 28.1 13.2 7.9 11.6 1.8

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657 526 51.4 50.3 10.4 28.8 12.9 8.1 12.7 1.8

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591 512 48.2 57.8 11.0 27.5 13.5 7.8 10.4 1.8

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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