HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Characteristic

2015

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,296 7,322 50.5 57.4 15.1 26.8 17.2 8.3 14.1 1.9

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 966 916 46.9 63.4 11.6 19.6 8.1 3.6 9.6 1.6

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,501 1,397 52.0 60.1 13.1 22.6 14.2 6.5 13.6 1.8

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,905 1,683 51.2 58.7 14.8 26.6 19.8 8.5 13.7 1.9

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,351 1,183 51.5 58.0 17.4 29.4 19.8 9.6 13.7 2.0

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,259 1,060 51.8 54.3 18.0 31.8 21.2 11.7 16.4 2.1

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978 821 49.4 51.3 17.8 32.4 19.0 9.5 17.3 2.0

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 263 45.1 43.3 10.5 25.8 13.5 9.0 16.7 1.6

Men, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,490 3,898 51.0 54.9 14.9 28.3 17.5 8.6 14.1 1.9

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531 502 46.6 61.2 11.7 20.2 8.4 3.6 9.5 1.6

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 865 793 51.9 57.9 12.6 23.6 14.9 6.5 13.4 1.8

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,030 880 51.4 55.6 14.9 29.4 20.1 8.9 14.0 1.9

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695 591 52.6 55.3 17.8 31.5 19.4 10.1 13.9 2.0

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649 535 52.3 51.7 17.7 34.9 21.8 12.5 16.9 2.1

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 448 51.4 49.0 17.0 33.2 20.7 10.3 17.4 2.0

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 149 47.4 42.1 9.4 24.1 13.2 10.4 16.5 1.6

Women, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,807 3,424 49.9 60.2 15.5 25.0 16.8 7.9 14.0 1.9

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 414 47.2 66.0 11.5 18.8 7.8 3.7 9.7 1.6

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636 604 52.1 62.9 13.7 21.2 13.2 6.6 13.8 1.8

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 874 802 50.9 62.0 14.8 23.5 19.4 8.0 13.4 1.9

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656 592 50.5 60.7 17.0 27.3 20.2 9.1 13.5 2.0

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610 525 51.4 57.0 18.3 28.7 20.6 10.9 15.9 2.0

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442 373 46.9 54.0 18.8 31.4 16.9 8.5 17.2 1.9

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 114 42.2 44.8 11.9 28.0 13.9 7.1 17.1 1.7

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO

ETHNICITY

White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,662 4,879 51.1 57.2 15.9 27.3 16.2 8.1 14.7 1.9

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,126 2,648 51.5 55.0 15.8 28.6 16.6 8.5 15.0 1.9

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,537 2,231 50.6 59.8 16.0 25.7 15.7 7.6 14.3 1.9

Black or African American. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,846 1,728 49.2 58.3 14.1 24.2 20.4 8.2 11.7 1.9

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 935 865 49.5 56.2 13.3 26.1 20.5 8.4 11.0 1.9

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 911 863 48.8 60.5 14.9 22.3 20.3 8.0 12.3 1.9

Asian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 319 51.5 52.2 13.5 34.0 15.1 13.4 17.8 2.0

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 178 50.6 49.0 14.8 34.7 15.1 13.0 15.3 1.9

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 141 52.5 56.4 11.8 33.2 15.0 13.9 20.9 2.1

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,726 1,497 52.8 53.1 11.7 31.8 18.0 8.4 12.8 1.9

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 943 791 54.0 49.0 11.7 33.0 17.9 8.8 14.4 1.9

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 783 705 51.4 57.6 11.7 30.5 18.1 7.9 10.9 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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