HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES

33.  Unemployed jobseekers by sex, age, race, and active jobsearch methods used

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                               1999                                                
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                  Thousands of                 Methods used as a percent of total jobseekers                       
                                    persons                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                   
     Sex, age, and race                                                                                                    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...    5,880     5,032      65.4      49.4        14.5      14.0      17.6       7.0      9.7      1.78  
  16 to 19 years.............    1,162     1,099      64.2      53.3         8.7       9.3       8.0       2.5      5.4      1.51  
  20 to 24 years.............    1,042       948      67.5      49.3        14.1      12.0      16.9       7.0      8.6      1.76  
  25 to 34 years.............    1,278     1,082      65.3      50.5        16.4      15.8      21.3       8.0     10.6      1.88  
  35 to 44 years.............    1,154       939      66.5      47.5        17.1      16.7      22.1       9.1     10.6      1.90  
  45 to 54 years.............      753       590      65.2      48.0        17.7      16.0      22.4      10.3     14.6      1.95  
  55 to 64 years.............      367       284      62.3      44.3        16.9      18.4      18.8       7.0     12.0      1.80  
  65 years and over..........      124        89      59.6      33.0        10.1      13.2      14.2       5.8     11.9      1.49  
                                                                                                                                   
  Men, 16 years and over.....    3,066     2,553      66.7      48.2        14.6      15.1      17.6       7.0     10.3      1.80  
  16 to 19 years.............      633       595      64.0      52.8         8.7       9.5       7.9       2.3      5.1      1.50  
  20 to 24 years.............      562       495      67.5      47.6        14.4      12.9      16.2       6.3      9.5      1.75  
  25 to 34 years.............      624       497      68.6      48.9        17.2      19.1      22.0       8.8     11.2      1.96  
  35 to 44 years.............      571       449      69.5      46.1        16.4      18.7      22.2       9.3     11.7      1.94  
  45 to 54 years.............      403       304      67.1      47.0        18.6      16.0      25.0      10.9     16.4      2.02  
  55 to 64 years.............      203       159      62.5      44.0        17.7      19.3      18.4       7.2     13.3      1.83  
  65 years and over..........       70        53      56.6      31.6         8.1      14.2      15.8       6.0     14.1      1.48  
                                                                                                                                   
  Women, 16 years and over...    2,814     2,479      64.1      50.6        14.4      12.8      17.5       7.0      9.0      1.76  
  16 to 19 years.............      529       504      64.4      53.9         8.6       9.1       8.0       2.7      5.7      1.53  
  20 to 24 years.............      480       452      67.4      51.1        13.8      11.0      17.6       7.8      7.6      1.77  
  25 to 34 years.............      654       586      62.6      51.9        15.7      13.0      20.7       7.4     10.2      1.82  
  35 to 44 years.............      584       490      63.8      48.7        17.7      14.8      22.0       9.0      9.6      1.86  
  45 to 54 years.............      350       286      63.1      49.1        16.7      16.1      19.5       9.7     12.7      1.87  
  55 to 64 years.............      163       125      62.0      44.6        15.8      17.2      19.4       6.7     10.5      1.76  
  65 years and over..........       54        36      64.1      35.1        13.1      11.9      11.8       5.5      8.6      1.50  
                                                                                                                                   
  White, 16 years and over...    4,273     3,571      65.7      49.8        15.0      13.9      16.6       7.0     10.4      1.79  
Men..........................    2,274     1,843      67.0      48.9        15.1      15.1      17.0       7.1     11.3      1.82  
Women........................    1,999     1,728      64.4      50.7        15.0      12.6      16.3       6.8      9.4      1.76  
                                                                                                                                   
  Black, 16 years and over...    1,309     1,199      64.8      48.7        13.1      13.6      20.9       7.0      7.3      1.76  
Men..........................      626       566      66.6      46.8        13.3      14.6      20.3       6.2      6.9      1.75  
Women........................      684       632      63.1      50.5        13.0      12.7      21.6       7.8      7.6      1.76  

   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.  Beginning in January
1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey