HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                        HOUSEHOLD DATA
     ANNUAL AVERAGES                                                                                                      ANNUAL AVERAGES
     
     33.  Unemployed jobseekers by sex, age, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and active jobsearch methods used
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                     2007                                                
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                        Thousands of                 Methods used as a percent of total jobseekers                       
                                          persons                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                         
             Characteristic                                                                                                      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                                                                
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
              AGE AND SEX                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                         
       Total, 16 years and over....    7,078     6,102      57.4       50.7       16.0      21.7      17.7       7.6      12.9      1.84 
     16 to 19 years................    1,101     1,039      55.5       55.6        9.7      14.6       8.1       2.6       7.9      1.54 
     20 to 24 years................    1,241     1,136      59.3       52.5       15.1      20.1      15.4       6.1      11.3      1.80 
     25 to 34 years................    1,544     1,329      57.6       50.3       17.5      23.4      19.4       7.8      14.2      1.91 
     35 to 44 years................    1,225     1,019      59.3       48.9       18.3      25.3      22.4      11.0      13.8      2.00 
     45 to 54 years................    1,135       934      58.1       49.1       18.3      23.5      22.5      10.1      15.3      1.98 
     55 to 64 years................      642       512      52.9       47.3       18.1      23.8      20.8       9.5      16.2      1.89 
     65 years and over.............      190       134      50.3       39.5       13.3      28.1      12.7       5.6      14.4      1.64 
                                                                                                                                         
       Men, 16 years and over......    3,882     3,266      58.3       48.5       15.7      23.2      17.8       7.8      13.1      1.85 
     16 to 19 years................      623       588      55.3       54.9        9.9      15.0       8.0       2.7       7.7      1.54 
     20 to 24 years................      721       649      59.3       49.9       15.4      21.6      15.3       5.9      11.2      1.79 
     25 to 34 years................      856       701      59.2       45.8       15.9      25.9      19.5       8.0      14.3      1.89 
     35 to 44 years................      634       502      61.1       47.4       18.0      28.2      23.3      12.8      14.0      2.06 
     45 to 54 years................      591       470      59.3       46.8       20.0      25.3      24.1      10.5      16.7      2.04 
     55 to 64 years................      349       276      55.3       45.6       18.1      23.2      20.6       9.2      18.1      1.91 
     65 years and over.............      108        80      50.7       39.2       11.7      29.5      13.7       5.7      15.2      1.66 
                                                                                                                                         
       Women, 16 years and over....    3,196     2,836      56.3       53.3       16.2      20.0      17.6       7.4      12.6      1.84 
     16 to 19 years................      478       451      55.7       56.5        9.6      14.0       8.4       2.5       8.0      1.55 
     20 to 24 years................      520       486      59.3       56.0       14.8      18.1      15.6       6.4      11.5      1.82 
     25 to 34 years................      688       628      55.9       55.3       19.3      20.5      19.3       7.6      14.1      1.93 
     35 to 44 years................      591       517      57.6       50.4       18.5      22.5      21.6       9.2      13.7      1.94 
     45 to 54 years................      544       464      56.9       51.3       16.6      21.7      20.9       9.7      13.9      1.92 
     55 to 64 years................      293       236      50.0       49.4       18.1      24.5      21.1       9.8      14.0      1.88 
     65 years and over.............       81        54      49.6       39.8       15.7      26.0      11.3       5.4      13.2      1.61 
                                                                                                                                         
        RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO                                                                                                         
          ETHNICITY, AND SEX                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                         
       White, 16 years and over ...    5,143     4,337      57.5       51.1       16.5      21.8      16.5       7.3      13.3      1.85 
     Men...........................    2,869     2,353      58.5       48.7       16.0      23.3      16.6       7.6      13.8      1.85 
     Women.........................    2,274     1,985      56.2       53.9       17.1      20.2      16.4       7.0      12.7      1.84 
                                                                                                                                         
       Black or African American,                                                                                                        
        16 years and over .........    1,445     1,323      58.1       49.7       15.0      20.7      22.3       8.2      10.7      1.85 
     Men...........................      752       683      57.9       48.0       15.2      21.9      22.6       8.3      10.2      1.84 
     Women.........................      693       641      58.3       51.6       14.7      19.5      22.0       8.1      11.2      1.86 
                                                                                                                                         
       Asian, 16 years and over ...      229       212      56.5       45.5       13.2      27.5      13.2       9.3      17.7      1.84 
     Men...........................      119       111      58.3       44.5       13.4      29.6      14.5      10.3      19.1      1.91 
     Women.........................      110       101      54.4       46.6       12.9      25.2      11.8       8.2      16.1      1.76 
                                                                                                                                         
       Hispanic or Latino                                                                                                                
        ethnicity,                                                                                                                       
        16 years and over..........    1,220    1,035       56.8       42.7       12.9      30.2      16.5       6.8      11.8     1.78  
     Men...........................      695      567       58.7       39.7       12.1      32.4      16.2       6.9      11.3     1.77  
     Women.........................      525      469       54.4       46.4       14.0      27.7      16.9       6.6      12.4     1.78  

       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.