For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Tuesday, December 16, 2014 USDL-14-2247 

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WORK EXPERIENCE OF THE POPULATION — 2013 

A total of 157.0 million persons worked at some point during 2013, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 

reported today. The proportion of the civilian noninstitutional population age 16 and over who worked at 

some time during 2013 was 63.5 percent, little different from 63.8 percent in 2012. The number of 

persons who experienced some unemployment during 2013 decreased by 1.5 million to 20.9 million. 

These data are based on information collected in the Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) 

to the Current Population Survey (CPS). The CPS is a monthly survey conducted by the U.S. Census 

Bureau for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The ASEC collects information on employment and 

unemployment experienced during the prior calendar year. Additional information about the CPS and 

the ASEC, including concepts and definitions, is provided in the Technical Note. 

Highlights from the 2013 data: 

 The proportion of workers who worked full time, year round in 2013 was 66.9 percent, up from 

65.5 percent the prior year. (See table 1.) 

 The "work-experience unemployment rate"—defined as the number of persons unemployed at 

some time during the year as a proportion of the number of persons who worked or looked for 

work during the year—fell by 1.0 percentage point over the year to 12.9 percent in 2013. (See 

table 3.) 

 About 4.8 million individuals looked for a job but did not work at all in 2013, down from 5.5 

million in 2012. (See table 3.) 

Reduced sample for 2013 work experience estimates 

The 2013 data in this news release are based on fewer sample responses than in recent years. Work 

experience data for calendar year 2013 were collected in the 2014 Annual Social and Economic 

Supplement (ASEC) to the Current Population Survey (CPS). Approximately three-eighths of the 2014 

CPS ASEC sample was used to test redesigned questions on income and health insurance coverage; this 

portion of the sample was not used to generate estimates in this news release.
Persons with Employment 

The proportion of men who worked during 2013 was 69.2 percent, and the proportion of women who 

worked during the year was 58.2 percent. These proportions were little changed from 2012. (See table 

1.) 

Similarly, the proportions of whites (64.3 percent), blacks (58.8 percent), Asians (63.4 percent), and 

Hispanics (64.4 percent) who worked at some time during 2013 were little changed from the prior year. 

(See table 2.) 

Although the proportion having work experience during 2013 was little changed from a year earlier, 

those who did work were more likely to work full time and more likely to work year round. Among 

those with work experience during 2013, 79.0 percent usually worked full time, up from 78.4 percent in 

2012. Men continued to be more likely to work full time during the year (85.5 percent) than women 

(71.8 percent). The proportion of employed men working full time rose over the year, while the 

proportion of women working full time changed little. (See table 1.) 

Of the total who worked during 2013, 77.8 percent were employed year round (working 50 to 52 weeks, 

either full or part time), up by 1.1 percentage points from 2012. The percentage of men working year 

round increased by 1.3 percentage points to 79.8 percent in 2013, while the percentage of women 

employed year round rose by 1.1 percentage points to 75.7 percent. 

Persons with Unemployment 

Overall, 161.8 million persons worked or looked for work at some time in 2013. Of those, 20.9 million 

experienced some unemployment during the year, 1.5 million fewer than in 2012. (See table 3.) 

The work-experience unemployment rate (those looking for work during the year as a percent of those 

who worked or looked for work during the year) continued to decline. At 12.9 percent in 2013, the 

work-experience unemployment rate was 1.0 percentage point lower than in 2012. The 2013 workexperience unemployment rates for whites (12.1 percent), blacks (18.7 percent), and Hispanics (15.7 

percent) declined from a year earlier, while the rate for Asians (9.9 percent) changed little. (See tables 3 

and 4.) 

Overall, men continued to have higher work-experience unemployment rates in 2013 than women, 13.5 

percent versus 12.2 percent. Among whites, blacks, and Hispanics, the rates for men were higher than 

the rates for women. Among Asians, the rates for men and women were little different from each other. 

Among those who experienced unemployment in 2013, the median number of weeks spent looking for 

work was 17.9. The number of persons who looked for a job but did not work at all in 2013 declined by 

688,000 over the year to 4.8 million. Of the 16.1 million individuals who worked during 2013 and also 

experienced unemployment, 20.7 percent had two or more spells of joblessness, down slightly from 22.2 

percent in 2012. (See table 3.) 
Technical Note 

The data presented in this release were collected in the 

Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) to the 

Current Population Survey (CPS). The CPS is a monthly 

sample survey of about 60,000 eligible households, conducted 

by the U.S. Census Bureau for the U.S. Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS). Data from the CPS are used to obtain the 

monthly estimates of the nation's employment and 

unemployment levels. The ASEC, conducted in the months of 

February through April, includes questions about work 

activity during the prior calendar year. For instance, data 

collected in 2014 refer to the 2013 calendar year. Because the 

reference period is a full year, the number of persons with 

some employment or unemployment greatly exceeds the 

average levels for any given month, which are based on a 1-

week reference period, and the corresponding annual average 

of the monthly estimates. As shown below, for example, the 

number experiencing any unemployment was about twice the 

number unemployed in an average month during the year. 

 Employed Unemployed 

2013 estimates (in thousands) 

 Annual average of 

 monthly estimates 143,929 11,460 

 Annual supplement data 156,987 20,880 

In addition, estimates from the supplement differ from 

those obtained in the basic CPS because the questions used to 

classify workers as either employed or unemployed are 

different. More important, perhaps, is that the supplement 

contains fewer questions for categorizing respondents. In 

regard to unemployment in particular, the supplement has no 

questions on the type of job search activity or on the 

respondent's availability to work. Also, individuals can be 

counted as both employed and unemployed in the work 

experience supplement data, whereas, for a specific monthly 

reference week, each person is only counted in one category 

and employment activity takes precedence over job search 

activity. 

The 2013 data in this news release, collected in the 2014 

ASEC, are based on fewer sample responses than in recent 

years. Approximately three-eighths of the 2014 CPS ASEC 

sample was used to test redesigned questions on income and 

health insurance coverage; this portion of the sample was not 

used to generate the estimates in this news release. 

The data presented in this release are not strictly 

comparable with data for earlier years due to the introduction 

of updated population controls used in the CPS. The 

population controls are updated each year in January to reflect 

the latest information about population change. Additional 

information is available online at 

www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm#pop. 

Reliability of the estimates 

Statistics based on the CPS are subject to both sampling 

and nonsampling error. When a sample, rather than the entire 

population, is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample 

estimates may differ from the true population values they 

represent. The component of this difference that occurs 

because samples differ by chance is known as sampling error, 

and its variability is measured by the standard error of the 

estimate. There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of 

confidence, that an estimate based on a sample will differ by 

no more than 1.6 standard errors from the true population 

value because of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally 

conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence. 

The CPS data also are affected by nonsampling error. 

Nonsampling error can occur for many reasons, including the 

failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to 

obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability 

or unwillingness of respondents to provide correct 

information, and errors made in the collection or processing of 

the data. 

A discussion of the reliability of data from the CPS and 

information on estimating standard errors is available at 

www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm#reliability. 

Concepts and definitions 

The principle concepts and definitions used in 

connection with the data in this release are described briefly 

below. 

Persons who worked. In the 2014 supplement, persons 

are considered to have worked if they responded "yes" to 

either the question "Did you work at a job or business at any 

time during 2013?" or "Did you do any temporary, part-time, 

or seasonal work even for a few days during 2013?" 

Unemployed persons. Persons who worked during the 

year but not in every week are counted as unemployed if they 

also reported looking for work or being on layoff from a job 

during the year. Those who reported no work activity during 

the year are considered unemployed if they responded "yes" 

to the question "Even though you did not work in 2013, did 

you spend any time trying to find a job or on layoff?" 

Work-experience unemployment rate. The number of 

persons unemployed at some time during the year as a 

proportion of the number of persons who worked or looked for 

work during the year. 

Usual full- and part-time employment. These data refer 

to the number of hours an employed person typically works 

during most weeks of the year. Workers are classified as full 

time if they usually worked 35 hours or more in a week; parttime employment refers to workers whose typical workweek 

was between 1 and 34 hours. 

Year-round and part-year employment. Workers are 

classified as year round if they worked 50 to 52 weeks. Partyear employment refers to workers who worked fewer than 50 

weeks. 
Other information 

Information in this release will be made available to 

sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 

(202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339. 
Table 1. Work experience of the population during the year by sex and extent of employment, 2012-13

Extent of employment

Total Men Women

2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013

Numbers (in thousands)

Civilian noninstitutional population ....................................................................... 244,993 247,258 118,202 119,395 126,791 127,863

Total who worked or looked for work ................................................................ 161,707 161,813 84,999 85,032 76,708 76,781

Percent of the population .............................................................................. 66.0 65.4 71.9 71.2 60.5 60.0

Total who worked during the year 1 .................................................................. 156,194 156,987 82,143 82,590 74,051 74,397

Percent of the population .............................................................................. 63.8 63.5 69.5 69.2 58.4 58.2

Full time 2 ..................................................................................................... 122,407 124,017 69,437 70,590 52,970 53,427

50 to 52 weeks ......................................................................................... 102,296 105,043 58,304 60,031 43,992 45,012

48 to 49 weeks ......................................................................................... 1,848 1,944 1,038 1,113 810 831

40 to 47 weeks ......................................................................................... 5,391 4,903 2,944 2,580 2,447 2,324

27 to 39 weeks ......................................................................................... 4,448 4,061 2,553 2,294 1,895 1,767

14 to 26 weeks ......................................................................................... 4,711 4,829 2,585 2,780 2,126 2,049

1 to 13 weeks ........................................................................................... 3,713 3,238 2,013 1,793 1,700 1,445

Part time 3 ..................................................................................................... 33,787 32,970 12,706 12,000 21,081 20,970

50 to 52 weeks ......................................................................................... 17,487 17,144 6,197 5,857 11,291 11,287

48 to 49 weeks ......................................................................................... 870 791 304 259 566 532

40 to 47 weeks ......................................................................................... 2,831 2,971 1,062 963 1,768 2,008

27 to 39 weeks ......................................................................................... 2,966 2,965 1,103 1,078 1,863 1,887

14 to 26 weeks ......................................................................................... 4,858 4,596 1,927 1,871 2,930 2,725

1 to 13 weeks ........................................................................................... 4,776 4,502 2,112 1,972 2,663 2,530

Percent distribution

Total who worked during the year 1 ...................................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Full time 2 ......................................................................................................... 78.4 79.0 84.5 85.5 71.5 71.8

50 to 52 weeks ............................................................................................. 65.5 66.9 71.0 72.7 59.4 60.5

48 to 49 weeks ............................................................................................. 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.1

40 to 47 weeks ............................................................................................. 3.5 3.1 3.6 3.1 3.3 3.1

27 to 39 weeks ............................................................................................. 2.8 2.6 3.1 2.8 2.6 2.4

14 to 26 weeks ............................................................................................. 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.4 2.9 2.8

1 to 13 weeks ............................................................................................... 2.4 2.1 2.5 2.2 2.3 1.9

Part time 3 ......................................................................................................... 21.6 21.0 15.5 14.5 28.5 28.2

50 to 52 weeks ............................................................................................. 11.2 10.9 7.5 7.1 15.2 15.2

48 to 49 weeks ............................................................................................. 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.8 0.7

40 to 47 weeks ............................................................................................. 1.8 1.9 1.3 1.2 2.4 2.7

27 to 39 weeks ............................................................................................. 1.9 1.9 1.3 1.3 2.5 2.5

14 to 26 weeks ............................................................................................. 3.1 2.9 2.3 2.3 4.0 3.7

1 to 13 weeks ............................................................................................... 3.1 2.9 2.6 2.4 3.6 3.4

1 Time worked includes paid vacation and sick leave. 2 Usually worked 35 hours or more per week. 3 Usually worked 1 to 34 hours per week.

NOTE: Data refer to persons 16 years and over. Updated population

controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
Table 2. Work experience of the population during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2012-13

(Numbers in thousands)

Extent of employment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Total Men Women

2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013

WHITE 

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................................................... 194,041 195,128 94,752 95,321 99,289 99,807

Total who worked or looked for work ............................................................ 128,903 128,796 69,027 68,872 59,876 59,924

Percent of the population .......................................................................... 66.4 66.0 72.8 72.3 60.3 60.0

Total who worked during the year 1 .............................................................. 125,206 125,535 67,080 67,212 58,125 58,323

Percent of the population .......................................................................... 64.5 64.3 70.8 70.5 58.5 58.4

Percent who worked during the year 1 ......................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Full time 2 ................................................................................................. 78.1 78.8 84.6 85.8 70.6 70.8

50 to 52 weeks ..................................................................................... 65.5 66.9 71.4 73.3 58.7 59.5

27 to 49 weeks ..................................................................................... 7.5 7.1 8.0 7.3 6.9 6.8

1 to 26 weeks ....................................................................................... 5.1 4.9 5.3 5.2 5.0 4.5

Part time 3 ................................................................................................. 21.9 21.2 15.4 14.2 29.4 29.2

50 to 52 weeks ..................................................................................... 11.4 11.0 7.5 6.9 15.9 15.8

27 to 49 weeks ..................................................................................... 4.4 4.5 3.0 2.8 5.9 6.3

1 to 26 weeks ....................................................................................... 6.1 5.7 4.9 4.5 7.6 7.1

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................................................... 30,253 30,719 13,684 13,935 16,568 16,784

Total who worked or looked for work ............................................................ 19,095 19,166 8,851 8,867 10,244 10,300

Percent of the population .......................................................................... 63.1 62.4 64.7 63.6 61.8 61.4

Total who worked during the year 1 .............................................................. 17,870 18,062 8,253 8,307 9,617 9,755

Percent of the population .......................................................................... 59.1 58.8 60.3 59.6 58.0 58.1

Percent who worked during the year 1 ......................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Full time 2 ................................................................................................. 79.1 79.8 82.9 83.1 75.9 77.0

50 to 52 weeks ..................................................................................... 64.0 66.8 66.3 68.4 62.1 65.4

27 to 49 weeks ..................................................................................... 8.2 6.8 8.5 7.3 7.9 6.3

1 to 26 weeks ....................................................................................... 6.9 6.3 8.1 7.3 5.9 5.3

Part time 3 ................................................................................................. 20.9 20.2 17.1 16.9 24.1 23.0

50 to 52 weeks ..................................................................................... 10.6 10.1 8.5 8.2 12.3 11.7

27 to 49 weeks ..................................................................................... 3.9 3.3 2.9 2.5 4.7 4.0

1 to 26 weeks ....................................................................................... 6.5 6.7 5.8 6.1 7.1 7.3

ASIAN 

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................................................... 13,228 13,812 6,174 6,523 7,055 7,290

Total who worked or looked for work ............................................................ 8,830 9,043 4,627 4,832 4,203 4,211

Percent of the population .......................................................................... 66.7 65.5 75.0 74.1 59.6 57.8

Total who worked during the year 1 .............................................................. 8,528 8,754 4,472 4,690 4,056 4,064

Percent of the population .......................................................................... 64.5 63.4 72.4 71.9 57.5 55.7

Percent who worked during the year 1 ......................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Full time 2 ................................................................................................. 81.5 81.0 87.1 86.7 75.3 74.4

50 to 52 weeks ..................................................................................... 71.1 70.2 76.7 75.0 65.0 64.7

27 to 49 weeks ..................................................................................... 5.8 5.1 5.7 5.3 5.8 5.0

1 to 26 weeks ....................................................................................... 4.6 5.6 4.7 6.4 4.4 4.7

Part time 3 ................................................................................................. 18.5 19.0 12.9 13.3 24.7 25.6

50 to 52 weeks ..................................................................................... 10.3 10.8 7.1 7.4 13.9 14.7

27 to 49 weeks ..................................................................................... 3.5 4.0 2.4 2.3 4.8 6.0

1 to 26 weeks ....................................................................................... 4.6 4.2 3.3 3.6 6.1 4.9

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2. Work experience of the population during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2012-13 —

Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

Extent of employment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Total Men Women

2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................................................... 37,240 38,125 18,655 19,104 18,585 19,021

Total who worked or looked for work ............................................................ 24,914 25,395 14,185 14,412 10,729 10,983

Percent of the population .......................................................................... 66.9 66.6 76.0 75.4 57.7 57.7

Total who worked during the year 1 .............................................................. 23,954 24,544 13,673 13,999 10,281 10,545

Percent of the population .......................................................................... 64.3 64.4 73.3 73.3 55.3 55.4

Percent who worked during the year 1 ......................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Full time 2 ................................................................................................. 78.6 79.6 84.3 85.5 71.0 71.9

50 to 52 weeks ..................................................................................... 63.7 65.7 68.3 71.1 57.6 58.5

27 to 49 weeks ..................................................................................... 8.8 8.2 10.1 9.1 7.2 7.0

1 to 26 weeks ....................................................................................... 6.1 5.7 6.0 5.3 6.2 6.3

Part time 3 ................................................................................................. 21.4 20.4 15.7 14.5 29.0 28.1

50 to 52 weeks ..................................................................................... 11.7 11.0 8.4 7.5 16.1 15.6

27 to 49 weeks ..................................................................................... 3.9 3.9 2.9 2.7 5.2 5.5

1 to 26 weeks ....................................................................................... 5.8 5.5 4.4 4.4 7.7 7.0

1 Time worked includes paid vacation and sick leave. 2 Usually worked 35 hours or more per week. 3 Usually worked 1 to 34 hours per week.

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (white, black or African

American, and Asian) do not sum to totals shown in table 1 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.
Table 3. Extent of unemployment during the year by sex, 2012-13

Extent of unemployment

Total Men Women

2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013

Numbers (in thousands)

Total who worked or looked for work .................................................................... 161,707 161,813 84,999 85,032 76,708 76,781

Percent with unemployment ............................................................................. 13.9 12.9 14.5 13.5 13.1 12.2

Total with unemployment .................................................................................. 22,423 20,880 12,352 11,521 10,071 9,359

Did not work but looked for work .................................................................. 5,513 4,825 2,856 2,442 2,657 2,384

1 to 14 weeks ........................................................................................... 1,455 1,301 614 550 842 750

15 weeks or more ..................................................................................... 4,057 3,525 2,242 1,892 1,815 1,633

Worked during the year ................................................................................ 16,910 16,055 9,496 9,079 7,414 6,976

Year-round workers 1 with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment ...................... 464 462 309 259 155 203

Part-year workers 2 with unemployment ................................................... 16,447 15,593 9,187 8,820 7,259 6,773

1 to 4 weeks ......................................................................................... 2,242 2,384 1,178 1,224 1,064 1,160

5 to 10 weeks ....................................................................................... 2,349 2,167 1,362 1,229 987 938

11 to 14 weeks ..................................................................................... 2,174 2,032 1,242 1,126 933 907

15 to 26 weeks ..................................................................................... 4,709 4,485 2,714 2,605 1,995 1,881

27 weeks or more ................................................................................. 4,972 4,524 2,692 2,636 2,280 1,888

 Median weeks of unemployment for all workers ....................................... 18.4 17.9 18.1 18.7 18.8 16.9

 With 2 spells or more of unemployment ................................................... 3,761 3,319 2,326 2,064 1,435 1,254

 2 spells ................................................................................................. 1,730 1,606 1,002 948 727 658

 3 spells or more .................................................................................... 2,031 1,713 1,324 1,117 707 596

Percent distribution

Did not work but looked for work .......................................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

1 to 14 weeks ................................................................................................... 26.4 27.0 21.5 22.5 31.7 31.5

15 weeks or more ............................................................................................. 73.6 73.0 78.5 77.5 68.3 68.5

Worked during the year ........................................................................................ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Year-round workers 1 with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment .............................. 2.7 2.9 3.3 2.9 2.1 2.9

Part-year workers 2 with unemployment ........................................................... 97.3 97.1 96.7 97.1 97.9 97.1

1 to 4 weeks ................................................................................................. 13.3 14.9 12.4 13.5 14.3 16.6

5 to 10 weeks ............................................................................................... 13.9 13.5 14.3 13.5 13.3 13.4

11 to 14 weeks ............................................................................................. 12.9 12.7 13.1 12.4 12.6 13.0

15 to 26 weeks ............................................................................................. 27.8 27.9 28.6 28.7 26.9 27.0

27 weeks or more ......................................................................................... 29.4 28.2 28.3 29.0 30.8 27.1

 With 2 spells or more of unemployment ............................................... 22.2 20.7 24.5 22.7 19.4 18.0

 2 spells ............................................................................................. 10.2 10.0 10.6 10.4 9.8 9.4

 3 spells or more ................................................................................ 12.0 10.7 13.9 12.3 9.5 8.5

1 Worked 50 or 51 weeks. 2 Worked less than 50 weeks.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
Table 4. Extent of unemployment during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2012-13

(Numbers in thousands)

Extent of unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Total Men Women

2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013

WHITE 

Total who worked or looked for work ................................................................ 128,903 128,796 69,027 68,872 59,876 59,924

Percent with unemployment ......................................................................... 12.8 12.1 13.6 12.7 11.9 11.5

Total with unemployment .............................................................................. 16,534 15,579 9,388 8,715 7,146 6,864

Did not work but looked for work .............................................................. 3,698 3,261 1,947 1,660 1,751 1,601

Worked during the year ............................................................................ 12,836 12,318 7,442 7,055 5,395 5,263

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers ................................... 17.6 17.3 17.4 17.9 18.0 16.3

Percent who worked during the year 1 ..................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Year-round workers 2 with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment .................. 2.9 3.1 3.5 3.1 2.2 3.0

Part-year workers 3 with unemployment ............................................... 97.1 96.9 96.5 96.9 97.8 97.0

1 to 4 weeks ..................................................................................... 13.9 15.5 12.7 13.6 15.6 18.0

5 to 14 weeks ................................................................................... 27.5 26.6 28.4 26.8 26.3 26.3

15 weeks or more ............................................................................. 55.6 54.9 55.4 56.5 55.9 52.7

 With 2 spells or more of unemployment ....................................... 23.2 21.2 25.5 23.3 20.0 18.3

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 

Total who worked or looked for work ................................................................ 19,095 19,166 8,851 8,867 10,244 10,300

Percent with unemployment ......................................................................... 20.6 18.7 21.9 21.0 19.5 16.7

Total with unemployment .............................................................................. 3,936 3,579 1,936 1,858 2,000 1,721

Did not work but looked for work .............................................................. 1,225 1,104 598 560 627 544

Worked during the year ............................................................................ 2,712 2,475 1,338 1,298 1,374 1,176

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers ................................... 21.6 21.5 21.6 22.7 21.6 20.4

Percent who worked during the year 1 ..................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Year-round workers 2 with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment .................. 2.0 2.2 1.9 2.6 2.1 1.7

Part-year workers 3 with unemployment ............................................... 98.0 97.8 98.1 97.4 97.9 98.3

1 to 4 weeks ..................................................................................... 9.4 10.8 9.9 11.4 9.0 10.3

5 to 14 weeks ................................................................................... 24.6 23.9 24.3 21.6 24.9 26.4

15 weeks or more ............................................................................. 64.0 63.1 63.9 64.4 64.0 61.6

 With 2 spells or more of unemployment ....................................... 18.8 18.9 19.3 21.6 18.2 15.9

ASIAN 

Total who worked or looked for work ................................................................ 8,830 9,043 4,627 4,832 4,203 4,211

Percent with unemployment ......................................................................... 10.6 9.9 10.3 10.1 10.9 9.8

Total with unemployment .............................................................................. 933 898 476 486 457 412

Did not work but looked for work .............................................................. 302 289 156 142 146 147

Worked during the year ............................................................................ 631 609 320 345 311 264

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers ................................... 17.4 17.6 17.5 19.5 17.3 14.8

Percent who worked during the year 1 ..................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Year-round workers 2 with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment .................. 3.0 2.5 4.2 1.5 1.6 3.7

Part-year workers 3 with unemployment ............................................... 97.0 97.5 95.8 98.5 98.4 96.3

1 to 4 weeks ..................................................................................... 16.6 18.7 17.9 16.9 15.3 21.1

5 to 14 weeks ................................................................................... 25.3 24.0 22.6 22.6 28.0 25.7

15 weeks or more ............................................................................. 55.2 54.9 55.3 59.0 55.1 49.4

 With 2 spells or more of unemployment ....................................... 19.0 16.5 21.9 18.2 16.0 14.2

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 4. Extent of unemployment during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2012-13 — Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

Extent of unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Total Men Women

2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Total who worked or looked for work ................................................................ 24,914 25,395 14,185 14,412 10,729 10,983

Percent with unemployment ......................................................................... 17.3 15.7 18.2 16.3 16.0 14.9

Total with unemployment .............................................................................. 4,304 3,988 2,585 2,354 1,720 1,634

Did not work but looked for work .............................................................. 960 851 512 413 448 438

Worked during the year ............................................................................ 3,345 3,137 2,073 1,941 1,272 1,196

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers ................................... 18.1 18.7 16.9 18.3 20.2 19.4

Percent who worked during the year 1 ..................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Year-round workers 2 with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment .................. 3.2 2.2 3.9 2.3 1.9 1.9

Part-year workers 3 with unemployment ............................................... 96.8 97.8 96.1 97.7 98.1 98.1

1 to 4 weeks ..................................................................................... 14.0 14.3 12.6 13.3 16.2 16.1

5 to 14 weeks ................................................................................... 26.1 24.2 29.2 25.8 20.9 21.6

15 weeks or more ............................................................................. 56.8 59.3 54.2 58.6 61.0 60.4

 With 2 spells or more of unemployment ....................................... 22.9 22.8 24.5 22.2 20.1 23.7

1 Time worked includes paid vacation and sick leave. 2 Worked 50 or 51 weeks. 3 Worked less than 50 weeks.

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (white, black or African

American, and Asian) do not sum to totals shown in table 3 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.