HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Characteristic

2016

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,751 6,785 50.6 57.7 15.4 25.8 15.9 8.0 13.6 1.9

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 925 880 48.9 62.1 12.2 18.4 6.9 2.3 8.8 1.6

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,286 1,196 52.3 58.6 14.3 23.1 14.6 6.3 12.8 1.8

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,797 1,605 51.9 60.2 15.8 25.7 17.3 9.1 13.0 1.9

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,258 1,071 51.8 57.3 15.3 26.6 16.7 8.8 14.0 1.9

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,189 1,001 50.1 55.9 17.5 30.6 20.2 10.6 15.3 2.0

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 941 764 49.6 54.1 17.9 30.2 20.4 10.7 16.4 2.0

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355 269 41.0 42.2 13.2 28.2 12.0 6.8 19.4 1.6

Men, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,187 3,625 52.2 55.7 15.0 26.8 16.4 8.4 13.6 1.9

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512 487 50.8 61.6 11.0 18.8 7.5 2.5 8.9 1.6

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742 684 53.0 55.2 13.6 24.2 15.7 7.6 13.3 1.8

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 966 850 52.6 57.5 15.7 27.1 17.9 9.6 12.2 1.9

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644 535 54.9 55.6 15.0 27.6 16.2 9.0 13.9 1.9

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602 492 52.6 53.2 17.8 32.0 20.7 11.5 16.5 2.0

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528 429 51.1 53.9 18.3 31.8 21.6 10.9 16.1 2.0

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 148 42.5 41.4 13.2 28.5 12.4 6.1 19.9 1.6

Women, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,564 3,160 48.8 60.0 15.8 24.6 15.4 7.4 13.5 1.9

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413 392 46.5 62.8 13.6 17.9 6.1 2.0 8.7 1.6

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545 513 51.2 63.1 15.3 21.7 13.1 4.5 12.1 1.8

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832 755 51.2 63.3 16.0 24.2 16.6 8.5 13.8 1.9

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614 536 48.6 58.9 15.7 25.7 17.2 8.5 14.1 1.9

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586 509 47.7 58.4 17.3 29.1 19.8 9.7 14.2 2.0

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413 335 47.7 54.5 17.3 28.2 18.8 10.6 16.9 2.0

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 120 39.3 43.3 13.3 27.8 11.6 7.7 18.9 1.6

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO

ETHNICITY

White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,345 4,574 51.2 56.9 15.9 25.9 14.9 7.7 14.2 1.9

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,952 2,501 52.7 55.3 15.4 26.5 15.0 8.2 14.3 1.9

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,393 2,073 49.4 58.9 16.6 25.1 14.6 7.0 14.1 1.9

Black or African American. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,655 1,532 48.9 59.2 14.1 24.3 19.6 8.7 11.0 1.9

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 845 776 50.0 57.4 13.9 25.7 20.7 9.1 10.4 1.9

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 810 756 47.8 61.0 14.3 22.8 18.4 8.4 11.5 1.8

Asian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 323 50.9 56.3 16.1 32.7 15.8 10.3 17.5 2.0

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 166 52.8 53.5 16.8 34.5 18.1 11.5 18.4 2.1

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 157 48.9 59.3 15.5 30.9 13.3 9.0 16.5 1.9

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,548 1,314 50.9 53.6 12.7 29.3 15.9 8.1 12.3 1.8

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 833 690 52.8 51.4 12.6 29.7 16.7 8.5 11.9 1.8

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715 624 48.8 56.1 12.9 29.0 15.1 7.7 12.7 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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