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WORK EXPERIENCE OF THE POPULATION — 2021 

The number of persons who experienced unemployment at some point during 2021 was 16.1 

million, down significantly from 26.4 million in 2020, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 

reported today. Labor market conditions continued to improve in 2021, reflecting the resumption 

of economic activity that had been curtailed due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and 

efforts to contain it. The proportion of the civilian noninstitutional population age 16 and over 

who worked at some time during 2021 was 63.3 percent, little changed from 2020. The 

proportion who worked at some time during 2021 was 1.6 percentage points below the prepandemic rate in 2019. 

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 2021 data: 

• A total of 166.8 million persons worked at some point during 2021, up by 1.2 million from 

the prior year. (See table 1.) 

• The proportion of workers who worked full time, year round rose from 63.1 percent in 2020 

to 69.8 percent in 2021. (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—decreased by 6.2 percentage points to 9.5 percent in 2021. (See 

table 3.) 

• About 2.9 million individuals looked for a job but did not work at all in 2021, essentially 

unchanged from the prior year. (See table 3.) 
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Persons with Employment

Overall, 63.3 percent of the population worked in 2021, little different from 63.5 percent in 2020. 

The proportion of men who worked at some time during 2021 was 68.5 percent, while the 

proportion for women was 58.4 percent in 2021. Both measures were little changed over the 

year. (See table 1.) 

Among the major race and ethnicity groups, the proportion who worked at some time during 

2021 declined by 1.0 percentage point to 61.2 percent for Blacks. The proportions for Whites 

(63.6 percent), Asians (64.7 percent), and Hispanics (66.1 percent) changed little over the year. 

(See table 2.)

Among those with work experience in 2021, 81.8 percent usually worked full time, up 0.9 

percentage point from a year earlier. The proportion of men who usually worked full time 

increased by 0.4 percentage point in 2021 to 86.7 percent. The proportion of women working full 

time increased by 1.4 percentage points to 76.4 percent. Among those who worked at some point 

in 2021, Asians (83.9 percent) and Blacks (83.7 percent) were more likely to usually work full 

time than Hispanics (82.1 percent) and Whites (81.6 percent). (See tables 1 and 2.) 

Of the total who worked during 2021, 79.1 percent were employed year round (working 50 to 52 

weeks, either full or part time), up 8.1 percentage points from 2020. The share of men working 

year round increased to 81.0 percent in 2021, and the percentage of women working year round 

rose to 77.1 percent. (See table 1.)

Persons with Unemployment

Overall, 169.7 million persons worked or looked for work at some time in 2021, up by 1.1 

million from the prior year. The number who experienced some unemployment decreased by

more than one-third (10.3 million) to 16.1 million in 2021. (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) fell considerably, decreasing 6.2

percentage points to 9.5 percent in 2021. This work-experience unemployment rate remains 1.5 

percentage points above the pre-pandemic rate in 2019. (See table 3.)

In 2021, the work-experience unemployment rate for men (9.9 percent) was higher than the rate 

for women (9.0 percent). The rates for both men and women fell significantly from the prior year

as the labor market continued to recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. (See table 

3.) 

The work-experience unemployment rate decreased sharply among all the major race and 

ethnicity groups in 2021. The rates declined to 8.8 percent for Whites, 13.2 percent for Blacks, 

8.6 percent for Asians, and 11.6 percent for Hispanics. Among Whites, Asians, and Hispanics,

the rate for men was higher than the rate for women. The rate for Blacks was little different 

between men and women. (See table 4.)
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The number of individuals who both worked and experienced unemployment in 2021 was 13.3 

million, decreasing by 10.2 million from the prior year. Among these workers, 51.8 percent 

looked for work for 15 weeks or more. Additionally, 19.7 percent of those experiencing 

unemployment had two or more spells of unemployment, an increase of 5.6 percentage points 

from the prior year. In 2021, men were more likely than women to experience multiple spells of 

unemployment (21.7 percent and 17.1 percent, respectively). Asians (12.3 percent) were less 

likely than Whites (20.3 percent), Blacks (19.6 percent), or Hispanics (19.7 percent) to 

experience two or more spells of unemployment in 2021. (See tables 3 and 4.) 
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 

2022 refer to the 2021 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

2021 estimates (in thousands)

Annual average of

monthly estimates 152,581 8,623

Annual supplement data 166,846 16,123

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 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 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 full 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 2022 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 

2021?" or "Did you do any temporary, part-time, or seasonal 

work even for a few days during 2021?"

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 2021, 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.

Labor force participants. Persons who either worked or 

were unemployed during the year.

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

the number of hours a worker 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; part-time 

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.

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Table 1. Work experience of the population during the year by sex and extent of employment, 2020-2021

[Numbers in thousands]

Extent of Employment

Total

2020 2021

Men

2020 2021

Women

2020 2021

NUMBER OF EMPLOYED

Civilian noninstitutional population 260,995 263,442 126,259 128,352 134,737 135,089

Total who worked or looked for work 168,591 169,704 88,183 89,428 80,408 80,277

Percent of the population 64.6 64.4 69.8 69.7 59.7 59.4

Total who worked during the year1 165,666 166,846 86,581 87,980 79,085 78,866

Percent of the population 63.5 63.3 68.6 68.5 58.7 58.4

Full time2 134,019 136,528 74,694 76,236 59,325 60,292

50 to 52 weeks 104,526 116,539 58,778 65,645 45,748 50,894

48 to 49 weeks 2,679 2,150 1,559 1,265 1,120 884

40 to 47 weeks 8,155 5,218 4,155 2,617 4,001 2,601

27 to 39 weeks 5,757 4,261 3,148 2,253 2,609 2,008

14 to 26 weeks 6,427 4,977 3,493 2,732 2,934 2,245

1 to 13 weeks 6,474 3,383 3,561 1,724 2,913 1,659

Part time3 31,648 30,318 11,887 11,744 19,760 18,574

50 to 52 weeks 13,057 15,545 4,778 5,606 8,279 9,938

48 to 49 weeks 690 737 251 326 440 410

40 to 47 weeks 3,323 2,419 1,142 927 2,182 1,492

27 to 39 weeks 3,001 2,540 990 1,049 2,011 1,491

14 to 26 weeks 5,311 4,599 2,188 1,869 3,123 2,730

1 to 13 weeks 6,265 4,479 2,540 1,967 3,725 2,513

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Total who worked during the year1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Full time2 80.9 81.8 86.3 86.7 75.0 76.4

50 to 52 weeks 63.1 69.8 67.9 74.6 57.8 64.5

48 to 49 weeks 1.6 1.3 1.8 1.4 1.4 1.1

40 to 47 weeks 4.9 3.1 4.8 3.0 5.1 3.3

27 to 39 weeks 3.5 2.6 3.6 2.6 3.3 2.5

14 to 26 weeks 3.9 3.0 4.0 3.1 3.7 2.8

1 to 13 weeks 3.9 2.0 4.1 2.0 3.7 2.1

Part time3 19.1 18.2 13.7 13.3 25.0 23.6

50 to 52 weeks 7.9 9.3 5.5 6.4 10.5 12.6

48 to 49 weeks 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.5

40 to 47 weeks 2.0 1.4 1.3 1.1 2.8 1.9

27 to 39 weeks 1.8 1.5 1.1 1.2 2.5 1.9

14 to 26 weeks 3.2 2.8 2.5 2.1 3.9 3.5

1 to 13 weeks 3.8 2.7 2.9 2.2 4.7 3.2

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. Dash indicates

no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000).
Table 2. Work experience of the population during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2020-2021

[Numbers in thousands]

Extent of employment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Total

2020 2021

Men

2020 2021

Women

2020 2021

WHITE

Civilian noninstitutional population 201,904 203,091 98,877 100,137 103,027 102,954

Total who worked or looked for work 130,192 130,965 69,426 70,463 60,766 60,502

Percent of the population 64.5 64.5 70.2 70.4 59.0 58.8

Total who worked during the year1 128,291 129,142 68,343 69,511 59,948 59,631

Percent of the population 63.5 63.6 69.1 69.4 58.2 57.9

Percent who worked during the year1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Full time2 80.7 81.6 86.5 86.8 74.2 75.5

50 to 52 weeks 63.5 69.9 68.7 75.1 57.5 63.9

27 to 49 weeks 10.1 7.0 10.2 7.0 9.9 6.9

1 to 26 weeks 7.2 4.7 7.5 4.8 6.8 4.6

Part time3 19.3 18.4 13.5 13.2 25.8 24.5

50 to 52 weeks 8.1 9.6 5.5 6.3 11.0 13.4

27 to 49 weeks 4.3 3.5 2.7 2.6 6.2 4.5

1 to 26 weeks 6.9 5.4 5.3 4.2 8.7 6.6

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Civilian noninstitutional population 33,526 34,025 15,348 15,687 18,178 18,338

Total who worked or looked for work 21,541 21,427 10,097 10,133 11,445 11,294

Percent of the population 64.3 63.0 65.8 64.6 63.0 61.6

Total who worked during the year1 20,862 20,807 9,737 9,856 11,125 10,951

Percent of the population 62.2 61.2 63.4 62.8 61.2 59.7

Percent who worked during the year1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Full time2 81.9 83.7 84.9 86.0 79.3 81.6

50 to 52 weeks 61.3 69.5 62.5 71.3 60.2 67.9

27 to 49 weeks 10.1 7.6 11.0 7.7 9.3 7.5

1 to 26 weeks 10.6 6.6 11.4 7.0 9.8 6.3

Part time3 18.1 16.3 15.1 14.0 20.7 18.4

50 to 52 weeks 7.4 8.0 5.7 6.8 8.8 9.1

27 to 49 weeks 3.5 2.9 2.9 2.5 4.0 3.3

1 to 26 weeks 7.2 5.3 6.5 4.7 7.9 5.9

ASIAN

Civilian noninstitutional population 16,397 16,887 7,652 8,031 8,746 8,856

Total who worked or looked for work 10,762 11,171 5,600 5,802 5,162 5,369

Percent of the population 65.6 66.2 73.2 72.2 59.0 60.6

Total who worked during the year1 10,540 10,920 5,498 5,669 5,043 5,250

Percent of the population 64.3 64.7 71.8 70.6 57.7 59.3

Percent who worked during the year1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Full time2 83.1 83.9 88.8 88.3 76.9 79.2

50 to 52 weeks 65.4 73.4 71.7 78.5 58.5 67.9

27 to 49 weeks 8.9 5.8 8.4 5.4 9.4 6.2

1 to 26 weeks 8.8 4.7 8.6 4.4 9.0 5.0

Part time3 16.9 16.1 11.2 11.7 23.1 20.8

50 to 52 weeks 6.6 8.6 4.5 5.9 8.8 11.5

27 to 49 weeks 3.9 2.7 2.3 2.2 5.7 3.3

1 to 26 weeks 6.4 4.8 4.4 3.6 8.6 6.0

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2. Work experience of the population during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2020-2021 --

Continued

[Numbers in thousands]

Extent of employment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Total

2020 2021

Men

2020 2021

Women

2020 2021

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population 44,642 45,886 22,205 22,941 22,437 22,944

Total who worked or looked for work 29,993 30,924 16,792 17,422 13,201 13,502

Percent of the population 67.2 67.4 75.6 75.9 58.8 58.8

Total who worked during the year1 29,343 30,314 16,469 17,109 12,874 13,204

Percent of the population 65.7 66.1 74.2 74.6 57.4 57.5

Percent who worked during the year1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Full time2 80.7 82.1 86.0 87.4 73.8 75.2

50 to 52 weeks 58.3 67.7 62.3 72.9 53.1 61.0

27 to 49 weeks 12.8 8.7 14.1 9.1 11.2 8.2

1 to 26 weeks 9.6 5.7 9.6 5.4 9.5 6.0

Part time3 19.3 17.9 14.0 12.6 26.2 24.8

50 to 52 weeks 7.5 9.3 5.5 6.1 10.2 13.5

27 to 49 weeks 4.4 3.5 2.9 2.7 6.3 4.4

1 to 26 weeks 7.4 5.1 5.6 3.8 9.7 6.8

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. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than

75,000).
Table 3. Extent of unemployment during the year by sex, 2020-2021

[Numbers in thousands]

Extent of unemployment

Total

2020 2021

Men

2020 2021

Women

2020 2021

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Total who worked or looked for work 168,591 169,704 88,183 89,428 80,408 80,277

Percent with unemployment 15.7 9.5 15.6 9.9 15.8 9.0

Total with unemployment 26,439 16,123 13,746 8,872 12,693 7,251

Did not work but looked for work 2,925 2,858 1,602 1,447 1,323 1,411

1 to 14 weeks 931 849 470 377 462 472

15 weeks or more 1,993 2,010 1,132 1,071 861 939

Worked during the year 23,515 13,265 12,144 7,424 11,371 5,840

Year-round workers1 with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment 974 389 578 246 397 143

Part-year workers2 with unemployment 22,541 12,876 11,567 7,178 10,974 5,697

1 to 4 weeks 3,464 2,655 1,858 1,390 1,606 1,265

5 to 10 weeks 3,257 1,816 1,630 967 1,627 849

11 to 14 weeks 2,914 1,533 1,499 838 1,415 695

15 to 26 weeks 4,932 3,372 2,558 2,015 2,374 1,357

27 weeks or more 7,974 3,499 4,022 1,969 3,952 1,531

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers 18.1 16.0 17.7 16.9 18.5 14.8

With 2 spells or more of unemployment 3,308 2,607 1,731 1,610 1,577 997

2 spells 1,826 1,269 898 748 928 521

3 spells or more 1,482 1,338 833 862 649 476

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 31.8 29.7 29.3 26.0 34.9 33.5

15 weeks or more 68.2 70.3 70.7 74.0 65.1 66.5

Worked during the year 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Year-round workers1 with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment 4.1 2.9 4.8 3.3 3.5 2.5

Part-year workers2 with unemployment 95.9 97.1 95.2 96.7 96.5 97.5

1 to 4 weeks 14.7 20.0 15.3 18.7 14.1 21.7

5 to 10 weeks 13.9 13.7 13.4 13.0 14.3 14.5

11 to 14 weeks 12.4 11.6 12.3 11.3 12.4 11.9

15 to 26 weeks 21.0 25.4 21.1 27.1 20.9 23.2

27 weeks or more 33.9 26.4 33.1 26.5 34.8 26.2

With 2 spells or more of unemployment 14.1 19.7 14.3 21.7 13.9 17.1

2 spells 7.8 9.6 7.4 10.1 8.2 8.9

3 spells or more 6.3 10.1 6.9 11.6 5.7 8.2

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. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet

publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000).
Table 4. Extent of unemployment during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2020-2021

[Numbers in thousands]

Extent of unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Total

2020 2021

Men

2020 2021

Women

2020 2021

WHITE

Total who worked or looked for work 130,192 130,965 69,426 70,463 60,766 60,502

Percent with unemployment 14.8 8.8 14.5 9.2 15.1 8.2

Total with unemployment 19,241 11,465 10,090 6,509 9,151 4,956

Did not work but looked for work 1,901 1,823 1,083 952 818 871

Worked during the year 17,340 9,642 9,007 5,557 8,333 4,085

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers 16.6 14.9 16.2 15.9 16.9 13.9

Percent who worked during the year1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Year-round workers2 with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment 4.6 3.1 5.2 3.6 4.0 2.5

Part-year workers3 with unemployment 95.4 96.9 94.8 96.4 96.0 97.5

1 to 4 weeks 15.5 21.0 15.8 19.8 15.2 22.6

5 to 14 weeks 27.4 26.3 27.1 24.8 27.7 28.3

15 weeks or more 52.4 49.6 51.8 51.7 53.1 46.6

With 2 spells or more of unemployment 14.3 20.3 14.6 21.6 13.9 18.6

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Total who worked or looked for work 21,541 21,427 10,097 10,133 11,445 11,294

Percent with unemployment 19.4 13.2 21.3 14.1 17.8 12.5

Total with unemployment 4,187 2,833 2,153 1,425 2,035 1,408

Did not work but looked for work 679 620 360 277 320 343

Worked during the year 3,508 2,213 1,793 1,148 1,715 1,065

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers 23.1 19.7 22.2 19.1 24.1 20.2

Percent who worked during the year1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Year-round workers2 with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment 2.1 1.4 3.0 1.6 1.1 1.2

Part-year workers3 with unemployment 97.9 98.6 97.0 98.4 98.9 98.8

1 to 4 weeks 11.3 17.8 12.4 15.2 10.2 20.6

5 to 14 weeks 22.2 22.1 21.2 26.0 23.3 18.0

15 weeks or more 64.4 58.7 63.4 57.3 65.4 60.2

With 2 spells or more of unemployment 14.9 19.6 13.9 23.3 16.0 15.7

ASIAN

Total who worked or looked for work 10,762 11,171 5,600 5,802 5,162 5,369

Percent with unemployment 15.9 8.6 14.4 8.9 17.5 8.1

Total with unemployment 1,713 955 808 518 905 437

Did not work but looked for work 222 252 102 133 120 119

Worked during the year 1,491 704 706 385 785 318

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers 20.9 18.7 21.1 19.6 20.7 16.9

Percent who worked during the year1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Year-round workers2 with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment 3.5 5.9 2.4 5.1 4.5 6.8

Part-year workers3 with unemployment 96.5 94.1 97.6 94.9 95.5 93.2

1 to 4 weeks 14.3 13.8 15.7 14.6 13.2 12.9

5 to 14 weeks 24.4 23.4 24.7 20.1 24.1 27.4

15 weeks or more 57.8 56.9 57.3 60.2 58.3 52.8

With 2 spells or more of unemployment 8.8 12.3 9.9 13.5 7.8 10.8

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 4. Extent of unemployment during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2020-2021 -- Continued

[Numbers in thousands]

Extent of unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Total

2020 2021

Men

2020 2021

Women

2020 2021

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Total who worked or looked for work 29,993 30,924 16,792 17,422 13,201 13,502

Percent with unemployment 19.6 11.6 19.8 11.9 19.3 11.4

Total with unemployment 5,884 3,603 3,331 2,067 2,553 1,536

Did not work but looked for work 650 611 323 313 327 298

Worked during the year 5,234 2,992 3,009 1,754 2,226 1,238

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers 18.8 16.4 18.1 17.5 19.7 14.7

Percent who worked during the year1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Year-round workers2 with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment 4.1 4.1 4.6 5.2 3.6 2.5

Part-year workers3 with unemployment 95.9 95.9 95.4 94.8 96.4 97.5

1 to 4 weeks 15.1 20.0 15.6 18.5 14.4 22.2

5 to 14 weeks 24.8 23.2 24.9 21.1 24.8 26.1

15 weeks or more 56.0 52.7 55.0 55.2 57.3 49.3

With 2 spells or more of unemployment 14.1 19.7 15.4 21.7 12.4 16.9

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. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than

75,000).