HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Characteristic

2023

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,080 5,269 51.5 53.7 12.3 24.2 12.7 8.7 15.5 1.8

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713 664 49.3 58.8 10.1 17.3 6.6 2.7 11.2 1.6

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,044 963 52.1 54.2 11.5 20.7 11.1 6.7 14.3 1.7

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,465 1,298 52.8 54.6 12.2 24.4 13.7 9.4 16.0 1.8

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,031 882 50.5 55.6 13.7 27.0 14.7 10.7 16.3 1.9

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 821 675 54.3 51.9 14.2 28.4 15.0 10.9 16.7 1.9

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689 554 50.6 49.0 13.3 28.2 15.2 11.8 18.2 1.9

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 234 46.0 41.2 10.1 24.4 11.2 8.2 18.0 1.6

Men, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,377 2,886 53.2 51.5 12.3 25.8 13.2 9.2 15.6 1.8

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392 364 48.7 58.9 9.9 19.7 7.6 3.4 10.6 1.6

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591 539 51.5 52.3 11.4 22.0 12.3 6.9 13.6 1.7

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 829 720 55.1 51.7 11.9 26.7 13.5 10.1 15.7 1.9

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558 466 54.2 54.6 13.7 28.0 15.0 11.0 16.6 1.9

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 363 55.5 47.3 16.1 28.9 14.6 10.5 18.5 1.9

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388 307 54.2 46.5 12.8 29.9 15.8 13.8 19.4 1.9

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 127 50.4 38.7 8.6 26.9 13.4 8.1 18.0 1.7

Women, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,702 2,383 49.4 56.4 12.3 22.3 12.1 8.1 15.4 1.8

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 300 50.0 58.7 10.3 14.5 5.4 1.9 11.8 1.5

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453 424 52.8 56.7 11.5 19.0 9.5 6.5 15.3 1.7

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637 578 50.0 58.2 12.7 21.5 13.9 8.7 16.4 1.8

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473 415 46.3 56.8 13.7 25.9 14.4 10.4 16.0 1.8

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 312 52.9 57.3 11.9 27.9 15.4 11.4 14.7 1.9

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 247 46.1 52.1 13.9 26.1 14.4 9.3 16.6 1.8

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 107 40.8 44.2 11.8 21.6 8.6 8.4 18.1 1.6

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO

ETHNICITY

White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,162 3,510 51.6 53.2 12.6 24.2 12.3 8.4 15.8 1.8

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,368 1,967 53.4 51.7 12.7 25.5 13.0 8.9 15.4 1.8

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,794 1,543 49.3 55.1 12.6 22.6 11.4 7.8 16.3 1.8

Black or African American. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,212 1,115 51.2 53.3 10.8 22.8 14.4 8.8 13.7 1.8

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599 546 53.1 48.4 9.9 24.9 14.6 9.0 13.4 1.7

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612 568 49.4 57.9 11.7 20.8 14.3 8.6 13.9 1.8

Asian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 318 52.6 59.7 16.5 29.5 12.0 13.0 19.7 2.0

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 189 55.5 58.4 18.0 31.5 12.3 13.7 22.7 2.1

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 129 48.5 61.6 14.3 26.6 11.5 12.0 15.2 1.9

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,475 1,233 49.9 47.9 9.5 29.3 13.6 8.1 12.7 1.7

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 839 680 52.9 44.3 9.1 30.5 14.8 8.6 12.5 1.7

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635 554 46.2 52.3 10.1 27.8 12.2 7.6 13.0 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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