HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Characteristic

2013

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,460 10,324 51.1 57.3 17.2 28.8 19.4 8.9 15.2 2.0

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,327 1,272 48.0 61.6 12.0 21.3 8.8 3.5 10.7 1.7

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,997 1,886 52.7 60.3 16.0 26.2 17.4 7.2 13.7 1.9

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,504 2,259 52.7 58.6 16.8 28.5 21.6 9.9 15.1 2.0

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,913 1,685 50.7 56.7 18.7 30.9 22.9 10.3 15.8 2.1

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,945 1,702 52.3 55.3 19.7 32.9 23.1 11.3 17.1 2.1

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,340 1,170 50.0 53.8 19.6 33.1 21.1 10.9 18.1 2.1

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 350 44.6 42.5 17.8 29.5 14.5 5.9 17.9 1.7

Men, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,314 5,588 52.4 55.3 17.1 30.2 20.0 9.3 15.5 2.0

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746 714 47.8 61.5 11.8 22.4 9.6 3.8 11.2 1.7

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,143 1,067 53.6 58.7 16.5 28.1 18.6 7.8 13.4 2.0

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,381 1,217 53.9 55.9 16.7 30.0 22.1 10.6 14.8 2.0

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,015 868 52.9 55.0 18.7 32.9 23.9 10.6 16.3 2.1

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,039 880 54.5 51.3 19.5 33.7 23.7 11.9 18.8 2.1

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 741 642 51.7 51.6 19.7 34.3 21.7 10.9 18.3 2.1

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 201 45.5 42.3 16.8 29.0 13.5 6.1 19.5 1.7

Women, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,146 4,736 49.6 59.7 17.3 27.3 18.7 8.4 14.8 2.0

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581 558 48.2 61.6 12.3 19.8 7.6 3.0 10.0 1.6

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 854 819 51.5 62.3 15.3 23.7 15.8 6.3 14.0 1.9

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,123 1,042 51.3 61.7 17.0 26.7 21.0 9.1 15.4 2.0

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 898 817 48.5 58.6 18.7 28.8 21.9 9.9 15.2 2.0

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 906 822 50.0 59.6 19.8 32.0 22.4 10.6 15.3 2.1

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600 528 48.0 56.4 19.5 31.6 20.3 10.9 18.0 2.1

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 149 43.4 42.8 19.0 30.1 15.7 5.6 15.7 1.7

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO

ETHNICITY

White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,033 7,109 51.9 57.2 18.0 28.7 17.8 8.5 15.6 2.0

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,520 3,914 53.1 55.0 17.8 29.9 18.4 9.0 16.1 2.0

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,513 3,195 50.3 59.9 18.2 27.3 17.1 7.8 14.9 2.0

Black or African American. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,429 2,284 49.6 57.4 15.2 28.3 24.6 9.8 13.6 2.0

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,236 1,157 51.4 55.4 15.5 29.8 25.2 9.9 13.3 2.0

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,192 1,127 47.8 59.6 14.9 26.9 24.1 9.7 14.0 2.0

Asian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448 424 51.1 54.9 17.2 35.0 16.3 12.1 16.4 2.0

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 239 52.6 54.5 17.5 36.8 19.2 12.6 16.2 2.1

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 185 49.0 55.5 16.8 32.6 12.6 11.6 16.7 2.0

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,257 2,014 53.3 51.7 14.3 34.1 20.7 9.2 12.1 2.0

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,263 1,099 54.5 50.3 14.1 35.5 21.5 9.2 13.0 2.0

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 994 915 51.9 53.5 14.6 32.5 19.8 9.1 11.0 1.9

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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