HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

24. Unemployed persons by marital status, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, age, and sex

[Numbers in thousands]

Marital status, race, Hispanic

or Latino ethnicity, and age

Men Women

Unemployed Unemployment

rates Unemployed Unemploymentrates

2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018

Total, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,743 3,398 4.4 3.9 3,239 2,916 4.3 3.8

Married, spouse present1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,113 959 2.4 2.0 994 897 2.7 2.4

Widowed, divorced, or separated2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492 487 4.6 4.5 693 587 4.8 4.0

Never married. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,138 1,952 7.7 6.9 1,552 1,432 6.5 5.8

White, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,592 2,380 3.8 3.5 2,173 1,973 3.8 3.4

Married, spouse present1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832 744 2.2 1.9 768 697 2.6 2.3

Widowed, divorced, or separated2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375 382 4.4 4.4 515 441 4.7 4.0

Never married. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,385 1,254 6.7 6.0 890 835 5.5 5.0

Black or African American, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 766 676 8.1 7.0 735 646 6.9 6.0

Married, spouse present1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 123 3.8 3.3 116 99 3.9 3.3

Widowed, divorced, or separated2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 76 6.6 5.6 132 105 5.8 4.5

Never married. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533 477 12.3 10.4 487 442 9.2 8.2

Asian, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 159 3.4 3.0 156 146 3.4 3.0

Married, spouse present1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 61 2.5 1.8 78 69 2.8 2.4

Widowed, divorced, or separated2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 7 2.8 1.6 19 16 3.1 2.5

Never married. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 91 5.5 5.8 58 62 4.7 4.7

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730 695 4.7 4.3 671 628 5.7 5.1

Married, spouse present1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 218 2.9 2.7 215 203 4.2 3.9

Widowed, divorced, or separated2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 86 4.3 4.7 139 125 6.1 5.2

Never married. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421 391 7.3 6.4 317 300 7.3 6.5

Total, 25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,620 2,380 3.5 3.2 2,408 2,127 3.7 3.2

Married, spouse present1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,085 934 2.4 2.0 957 847 2.7 2.3

Widowed, divorced, or separated2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472 467 4.5 4.4 665 567 4.7 4.0

Never married. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,063 979 6.0 5.3 786 713 5.3 4.6

White, 25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,838 1,703 3.1 2.8 1,630 1,448 3.3 2.9

Married, spouse present1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811 724 2.1 1.9 739 654 2.5 2.2

Widowed, divorced, or separated2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359 365 4.3 4.3 494 424 4.6 3.9

Never married. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668 614 5.2 4.6 397 370 4.2 3.8

Black or African American, 25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518 449 6.4 5.4 544 473 6.0 5.1

Married, spouse present1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 122 3.7 3.3 112 96 3.8 3.2

Widowed, divorced, or separated2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 74 6.5 5.6 128 102 5.7 4.5

Never married. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 253 9.8 7.9 305 274 7.9 7.0

Asian, 25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 119 2.8 2.4 124 110 3.0 2.5

Married, spouse present1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 59 2.5 1.8 76 68 2.8 2.4

Widowed, divorced, or separated2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 7 2.4 1.7 19 15 3.1 2.5

Never married. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 54 3.9 4.7 29 27 3.6 3.0

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495 455 3.8 3.3 469 444 4.9 4.4

Married, spouse present1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 210 2.9 2.6 205 188 4.2 3.8

Widowed, divorced, or separated2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 81 4.2 4.5 130 117 5.9 5.0

Never married. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 164 5.5 4.3 134 138 5.3 5.1

1 Refers to persons in opposite-sex married couples only.

2 Separated includes persons who are married, spouse absent.

NOTE: 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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