HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES 

31.  Unemployed persons by selected demographic characteristics and duration of unemployment

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                                            |                      Thousands of persons                       |        Weeks
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               Characteristic               |          |          |          |                                |          |
                                            |          |          |          |       15 weeks and over        |          |
                                            |          |   Less   | 5 to 14  |                                | Average  |  Median
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                                            |  Total   |   than   |  weeks   |          |          |          |  (mean)  | duration
                                            |          | 5 weeks  |          |  Total   | 15 to 26 | 27 weeks | duration |
                                            |          |          |          |          |  weeks   | and over |          |
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                   TOTAL
                                            |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
  Total, 16 years and over..................|   7,404  |   2,700  |   2,342  |   2,363  |   1,085  |   1,278  |   16.6   |    8.3
16 to 19 years..............................|   1,346  |     614  |     461  |     271  |     153  |     117  |   10.8   |    5.6
20 to 24 years..............................|   1,244  |     508  |     416  |     321  |     163  |     157  |   13.5   |    6.9
25 to 34 years..............................|   1,841  |     642  |     594  |     606  |     285  |     321  |   16.8   |    8.7
35 to 44 years..............................|   1,549  |     500  |     476  |     573  |     251  |     323  |   18.9   |    9.7
45 to 54 years..............................|     844  |     255  |     234  |     355  |     143  |     212  |   22.2   |   11.0
55 to 64 years..............................|     425  |     127  |     121  |     177  |      69  |     108  |   22.4   |   10.4
65 years and over...........................|     153  |      54  |      39  |      60  |      20  |      40  |   22.6   |    9.2
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  Men, 16 years and over....................|   3,983  |   1,394  |   1,254  |   1,336  |     590  |     746  |   17.7   |    8.7
16 to 19 years..............................|     744  |     333  |     260  |     151  |      85  |      66  |   10.9   |    5.7
20 to 24 years..............................|     673  |     262  |     226  |     185  |      95  |      90  |   14.0   |    7.4
25 to 34 years..............................|     961  |     317  |     306  |     338  |     152  |     186  |   18.2   |    9.3
35 to 44 years..............................|     815  |     257  |     245  |     313  |     129  |     184  |   19.8   |   10.1
45 to 54 years..............................|     464  |     131  |     131  |     202  |      79  |     123  |   23.8   |   11.8
55 to 64 years..............................|     233  |      64  |      61  |     107  |      38  |      69  |   25.8   |   12.4
65 years and over...........................|      94  |      30  |      25  |      39  |      12  |      27  |   25.7   |   10.6
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  Women, 16 years and over..................|   3,421  |   1,306  |   1,088  |   1,027  |     495  |     533  |   15.4   |    7.7
16 to 19 years..............................|     602  |     281  |     201  |     120  |      69  |      51  |   10.6   |    5.4
20 to 24 years..............................|     571  |     246  |     189  |     136  |      68  |      68  |   13.0   |    6.3
25 to 34 years..............................|     880  |     325  |     287  |     268  |     134  |     135  |   15.2   |    8.1
35 to 44 years..............................|     735  |     243  |     231  |     260  |     122  |     138  |   17.9   |    9.3
45 to 54 years..............................|     381  |     124  |     104  |     153  |      64  |      89  |   20.4   |   10.1
55 to 64 years..............................|     193  |      63  |      60  |      70  |      31  |      38  |   18.3   |    9.1
65 years and over...........................|      60  |      24  |      15  |      21  |       8  |      13  |   17.6   |    6.8
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          Race and Hispanic origin
                                            |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
  White, 16 years and over..................|   5,459  |   2,107  |   1,727  |   1,625  |     760  |     865  |   15.7   |    7.6
Men.........................................|   2,999  |   1,099  |     945  |     955  |     424  |     532  |   17.1   |    8.2
Women.......................................|   2,460  |   1,008  |     782  |     670  |     336  |     333  |   13.9   |    6.9
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  Black, 16 years and over..................|   1,538  |     458  |     491  |     590  |     258  |     332  |   19.6   |   10.3
Men.........................................|     762  |     219  |     238  |     305  |     133  |     172  |   20.4   |   10.9
Women.......................................|     777  |     239  |     253  |     285  |     125  |     160  |   18.8   |    9.8
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  Hispanic origin, 16 years and over........|   1,140  |     401  |     376  |     363  |     173  |     189  |   16.6   |    8.5
Men.........................................|     651  |     230  |     215  |     206  |     100  |     107  |   16.6   |    8.6
Women.......................................|     488  |     171  |     161  |     156  |      74  |      83  |   16.6   |    8.5
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               Marital status
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   Men, 16 years and over:                  |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
Married, spouse present.....................|   1,424  |     464  |     441  |     520  |     222  |     298  |   19.3   |    9.6
Widowed, divorced, or  separated............|     551  |     176  |     165  |     211  |      86  |     125  |   20.4   |   10.0
Single (never married)......................|   2,007  |     754  |     648  |     605  |     282  |     323  |   15.9   |    7.8
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   Women, 16 years and over:                |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
Married, spouse present.....................|   1,296  |     488  |     403  |     405  |     192  |     213  |   15.5   |    7.8
Widowed, divorced, or  separated............|     712  |     246  |     222  |     243  |     118  |     126  |   17.2   |    8.8
Single (never married)......................|   1,413  |     572  |     462  |     379  |     185  |     194  |   14.3   |    7.2
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   NOTE:  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races" group are
not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups.