HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Characteristic

2018

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,314 5,461 50.2 55.0 14.1 23.8 14.5 8.1 13.5 1.8

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759 710 48.3 59.6 10.3 18.0 6.8 3.0 9.4 1.6

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,048 959 52.7 57.1 14.4 21.3 11.9 6.4 13.1 1.8

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,450 1,274 50.5 56.1 13.9 22.8 15.1 8.5 12.5 1.8

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,003 840 49.5 54.3 14.0 25.7 19.0 9.8 13.7 1.9

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 938 786 51.1 54.5 15.6 27.5 17.2 10.5 16.0 1.9

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 789 648 49.3 49.5 16.0 28.7 17.3 10.5 16.2 1.9

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327 245 47.1 46.2 15.0 24.0 12.3 8.3 15.7 1.7

Men, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,398 2,899 51.7 52.6 14.3 25.1 14.8 8.3 13.6 1.8

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422 395 47.7 58.0 9.9 18.4 6.8 2.9 8.4 1.5

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596 544 52.6 54.5 14.9 23.7 11.9 7.1 12.1 1.8

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763 651 52.3 53.5 14.3 26.1 15.3 8.7 13.1 1.8

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515 420 52.8 51.3 14.2 27.1 21.1 10.4 13.8 1.9

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490 403 53.8 52.6 16.9 27.0 18.4 10.1 16.8 2.0

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 352 51.4 46.3 14.8 29.2 17.1 10.7 17.8 1.9

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 133 48.5 44.5 15.6 23.0 11.0 8.0 16.6 1.7

Women, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,916 2,562 48.6 57.8 13.9 22.3 14.2 8.0 13.3 1.8

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338 316 49.1 61.6 10.7 17.5 6.8 3.1 10.5 1.6

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452 414 52.8 60.6 13.9 18.3 12.0 5.5 14.5 1.8

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687 623 48.7 58.8 13.5 19.4 15.0 8.2 11.9 1.8

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488 420 46.1 57.4 13.8 24.3 17.0 9.3 13.6 1.8

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448 383 48.2 56.4 14.2 28.0 16.0 11.0 15.1 1.9

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 295 46.9 53.3 17.4 28.1 17.6 10.3 14.2 1.9

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 112 45.5 48.3 14.3 25.2 13.8 8.7 14.5 1.7

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO

ETHNICITY

White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,354 3,672 50.6 54.3 14.4 24.4 13.4 8.0 14.0 1.8

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,380 1,979 52.2 52.4 14.7 26.1 14.0 8.3 14.3 1.8

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,973 1,693 48.7 56.5 14.0 22.5 12.7 7.6 13.6 1.8

Black or African American. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,322 1,214 49.9 54.4 13.0 22.0 19.4 8.7 11.8 1.8

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676 616 51.8 49.1 12.8 22.4 18.9 7.9 11.0 1.7

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 598 48.0 59.8 13.2 21.5 19.9 9.6 12.6 1.9

Asian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 281 49.8 60.1 13.9 27.6 10.3 10.3 15.4 1.9

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 145 51.4 58.4 14.0 27.3 11.0 11.2 16.0 1.9

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 135 48.0 61.9 13.7 27.9 9.5 9.3 14.8 1.9

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,323 1,117 49.8 52.0 11.8 29.2 13.5 7.4 10.6 1.7

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695 569 52.4 49.1 11.8 31.4 14.7 7.7 11.0 1.8

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628 547 47.0 55.1 11.9 26.9 12.2 7.2 10.2 1.7

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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