HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                        HOUSEHOLD DATA
     ANNUAL AVERAGES                                                                                                      ANNUAL AVERAGES
     
     33.  Unemployed jobseekers by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and active jobsearch methods used
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                     2008                                                
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                        Thousands of                 Methods used as a percent of total jobseekers                       
                                          persons                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                         
             Characteristic                                                                                                      Average 
                                                                    Sent out                                                    number of
                                      Total     Total               resumes     Placed   Friends    Public   Private             methods 
                                      unem-      job-    Employer  or filled      or        or     employ-   employ-    Other      used  
                                      ployed   seekers   directly     out      answered relatives    ment      ment                      
                                                                  applications   ads                agency    agency                     
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
              AGE AND SEX                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                         
       Total, 16 years and over....    8,924     7,749      56.9       52.3       17.1      23.8      18.9       8.0      14.1      1.92 
     16 to 19 years................    1,285     1,212      54.9       58.8       11.3      16.3       8.2       2.4       8.9      1.61 
     20 to 24 years................    1,545     1,406      57.0       53.1       15.7      20.4      16.3       6.2      13.9      1.83 
     25 to 34 years................    1,949     1,689      58.6       51.7       18.0      24.9      21.7       8.6      14.3      1.98 
     35 to 44 years................    1,604     1,344      57.8       52.4       18.9      27.2      22.9      11.1      15.8      2.07 
     45 to 54 years................    1,473     1,242      57.6       49.3       19.8      27.3      23.4      11.0      15.8      2.05 
     55 to 64 years................      803       654      54.2       49.3       20.0      28.6      22.5      10.1      17.9      2.03 
     65 years and over.............      264       201      53.7       38.7       14.7      24.2      11.6       4.9      13.1      1.61 
                                                                                                                                         
       Men, 16 years and over......    5,033     4,234      58.7       49.8       17.1      26.1      19.3       8.1      14.2      1.94 
     16 to 19 years................      736       688      56.2       57.2       12.4      18.0       8.5       2.5       9.0      1.64 
     20 to 24 years................      920       814      57.0       51.2       15.4      22.2      15.9       6.5      12.9      1.81 
     25 to 34 years................    1,119       928      60.8       49.1       18.7      27.5      22.5       8.8      14.1      2.02 
     35 to 44 years................      875       699      59.9       48.8       18.9      31.5      24.8      11.3      17.6      2.13 
     45 to 54 years................      804       644      61.4       46.1       19.9      29.5      24.5      11.3      15.6      2.09 
     55 to 64 years................      425       344      56.2       46.2       18.7      30.4      22.3       9.2      18.2      2.02 
     65 years and over.............      153       116      54.6       37.8       14.4      26.0      11.9       5.0      13.4      1.63 
                                                                                                                                         
       Women, 16 years and over....    3,891     3,515      54.7       55.3       17.0      21.0      18.4       8.0      14.1      1.89 
     16 to 19 years................      549       525      53.2       60.9       10.0      14.0       7.9       2.4       8.7      1.57 
     20 to 24 years................      625       592      56.9       55.8       16.0      17.9      16.8       5.8      15.3      1.85 
     25 to 34 years................      830       761      55.9       54.8       17.1      21.7      20.7       8.3      14.4      1.94 
     35 to 44 years................      730       645      55.4       56.3       18.9      22.4      20.9      10.8      13.9      1.99 
     45 to 54 years................      669       598      53.5       52.8       19.7      24.9      22.3      10.6      16.0      2.01 
     55 to 64 years................      377       309      52.0       52.7       21.5      26.6      22.6      11.1      17.5      2.05 
     65 years and over.............      111        85      52.4       40.0       15.1      21.6      11.3       4.7      12.8      1.59 
                                                                                                                                         
        RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO                                                                                                         
          ETHNICITY, AND SEX                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                         
       White, 16 years and over ...    6,509     5,540      57.3       53.0       17.1      23.4      17.4       7.8      14.6      1.91 
     Men...........................    3,727     3,057      59.2       50.5       17.4      25.8      18.0       7.9      15.1      1.94 
     Women.........................    2,782     2,483      54.9       56.1       16.8      20.5      16.7       7.7      14.1      1.87 
                                                                                                                                         
       Black or African American,                                                                                                        
        16 years and over .........    1,788     1,646      56.0       50.2       17.1      23.9      24.8       8.3      12.0      1.93 
     Men...........................      949       862      57.5       47.6       16.2      26.1      25.2       8.1      10.7      1.92 
     Women.........................      839       784      54.3       53.2       18.1      21.5      24.5       8.4      13.5      1.94 
                                                                                                                                         
       Asian, 16 years and over ...      285       266      57.7       47.0       16.3      31.6      14.7      12.7      18.2      1.99 
     Men...........................      160       149      59.4       46.1       16.7      33.9      13.6      11.4      17.8      1.99 
     Women.........................      125       117      55.6       48.3       15.9      28.6      16.1      14.3      18.7      1.98 
                                                                                                                                         
       Hispanic or Latino ethnicity,                                                                                                     
         16 years and over.........    1,678     1,421      56.9       45.7       13.1      30.5      18.0       7.6      11.2      1.84 
     Men...........................    1,007       818      59.7       42.3       13.9      32.8      17.5       7.4      11.9      1.86 
     Women.........................      672       603      53.2       50.4       12.0      27.4      18.7       8.0      10.2      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.  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.