HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Sex, age, and race

1998

Thousands of persons Methods used as a percent of total jobseekers

Average

number of

methods

used

Total

unemployed

Total

jobseekers

Employer

directly

Sent out

resumes

or filled

out

applications

Placed

or

answered

ads

Friends

or

relatives

Public

employment

agency

Private

employment

agency

Other

 Total, 16 years and over ................. 6,210 5,344 64.6 48.6 15.9 14.8 19.2 6.9 8.8 1.79

16 to 19 years ................................... 1,205 1,144 62.7 54.2 9.8 10.8 8.9 2.4 5.6 1.55

20 to 24 years ................................... 1,081 989 65.9 48.0 15.3 13.9 18.8 7.3 8.0 1.78

25 to 34 years ................................... 1,419 1,204 65.8 47.8 18.0 16.5 22.7 7.8 9.6 1.89

35 to 44 years ................................... 1,258 1,035 65.9 47.1 18.5 15.6 24.2 8.7 9.1 1.90

45 to 54 years ................................... 782 619 64.5 48.2 18.6 17.8 23.8 10.4 11.1 1.95

55 to 64 years ................................... 343 264 62.2 42.0 19.6 17.5 21.0 7.7 13.7 1.84

65 years and over ............................. 122 89 53.8 32.4 13.4 14.4 11.0 2.9 15.3 1.44

 Men, 16 years and over .................. 3,266 2,748 65.6 46.7 15.8 16.3 19.2 6.9 9.4 1.80

16 to 19 years ................................... 686 650 62.6 52.9 9.3 12.0 8.5 2.5 5.1 1.53

20 to 24 years ................................... 583 522 66.5 44.7 15.0 15.5 18.4 7.2 7.9 1.76

25 to 34 years ................................... 699 559 67.7 45.5 18.1 18.6 23.3 7.3 10.2 1.91

35 to 44 years ................................... 609 481 69.2 45.3 18.7 17.6 25.6 8.9 10.0 1.96

45 to 54 years ................................... 420 325 64.7 45.8 19.9 20.2 25.5 12.1 13.5 2.03

55 to 64 years ................................... 201 159 62.7 42.2 19.9 16.9 22.6 7.8 15.4 1.88

65 years and over ............................. 69 52 53.0 34.3 12.8 13.8 9.3 2.4 21.0 1.49

 Women, 16 years and over ............ 2,944 2,596 63.6 50.6 16.1 13.2 19.1 6.9 8.2 1.78

16 to 19 years ................................... 519 494 62.8 55.9 10.5 9.2 9.5 2.3 6.1 1.57

20 to 24 years ................................... 498 467 65.2 51.8 15.7 12.0 19.3 7.4 8.1 1.80

25 to 34 years ................................... 720 645 64.1 49.8 17.9 14.7 22.2 8.2 9.1 1.86

35 to 44 years ................................... 650 554 63.1 48.7 18.3 13.8 22.9 8.5 8.3 1.84

45 to 54 years ................................... 362 294 64.2 50.8 17.1 15.2 21.8 8.5 8.4 1.86

55 to 64 years ................................... 141 106 61.4 41.6 19.1 18.3 18.5 7.6 11.2 1.78

65 years and over ............................. 53 36 55.0 29.7 14.3 15.2 13.4 3.6 7.0 1.38

 White, 16 years and over ................ 4,484 3,767 64.8 48.4 32.6 31.1 35.2 13.3 9.5 1.79

Men ................................................... 2,431 1,997 65.8 47.0 16.2 14.0 17.9 6.7 10.3 1.82

Women ............................................. 2,053 1,770 63.7 49.8 16.4 17.1 17.3 6.6 8.5 1.77

 Black, 16 years and over ................ 1,426 1,311 64.5 49.9 29.2 24.5 47.9 14.8 6.7 1.79

Men ................................................... 671 604 65.6 46.6 14.1 13.5 24.5 7.3 6.5 1.78

Women ............................................. 756 706 63.5 52.7 15.1 11.0 23.4 7.5 6.9 1.80

 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 1998, data reflect new composite estimation

procedures and revised population controls used in the household survey

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