For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Wednesday, December 9, 2015 USDL-15-2330 

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WORK EXPERIENCE OF THE POPULATION — 2014 

A total of 159.1 million persons worked at some point during 2014, 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 2014 was 63.6 percent, little different from 63.5 percent in 2013. The number of 

persons who experienced some unemployment during 2014 was 17.7 million, down by 3.2 million from 

2013. 

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 2014 data:

 The proportion of workers who worked full time, year round in 2014 was 67.9 percent, up from 

66.9 percent in 2013. (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—was 10.9 percent in 2014, down from 12.9 percent the prior year. (See table 3.) 

 About 3.7 million individuals looked for a job but did not work at all in 2014, down from 4.8 

million in 2013. (See table 3.) 

Persons with Employment

Overall, 63.6 percent of the population worked in 2014. The proportion of men who worked at some time 

during the year was 69.3 percent, and the proportion of women who worked during the year was 58.3 

percent. These proportions were little changed from the prior year. (See table 1.) 

The proportion of blacks (59.8 percent) who worked at some time during 2014 increased from 2013, 

while the share of whites (64.2 percent), Asians (63.7 percent), and Hispanics (64.6 percent) showed 

little change. (See table 2.) 

Although the proportion having work experience during 2014 was little changed from a year earlier, 

those who did work were more likely to work full time. Among those with work experience during 

2014, 79.6 percent usually worked full time, up from 79.0 percent in 2013. Men continued to be more 
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likely than women to work full time during the year, 85.7 percent versus 72.7 percent. The proportion of 

employed women working full time rose over the year, while the proportion of men working full time 

changed little. (See table 1.) 

Of the total who worked during 2014, 78.7 percent were employed year round (working 50 to 52 weeks, 

either full or part time), up by 0.9 percentage point from 2013. The percentage of men working year 

round increased by 1.3 percentage points to 81.1 percent in 2014, while the percentage of women 

employed year round was little changed at 75.9 percent. 

Persons with Unemployment

Overall, 162.8 million persons worked or looked for work at some time in 2014. Of those, 17.7 million 

experienced some unemployment during the year, down by 3.2 million from 2013. (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 10.9 percent in 2014, the 

work-experience unemployment rate was 2.0 percentage points lower than in 2013. The work-experience 

unemployment rates for whites (10.0 percent), blacks (15.6 percent), and Hispanics (13.5 percent) 

declined from 2013 to 2014, while the rate for Asians (9.1 percent) changed little. (See tables 3 and 4.) 

Overall, men continued to have higher work-experience unemployment rates in 2014 than women, 11.4 

percent versus 10.3 percent. Among whites and blacks, the rates for men were higher than the rates for 

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

other. 

Among those who experienced unemployment in 2014, the median number of weeks spent looking for 

work was 16.3. The number of persons who looked for a job but did not work at all in 2014 declined by 

1.1 million over the year to 3.7 million. Of the 14.0 million individuals who worked during 2014 and 

also experienced unemployment, 20.5 percent had two or more spells of joblessness, little different than 

the share in 2013. (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 2015 refer to the 2014 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 

2014 estimates (in thousands) 

Annual average of 

monthly estimates 146,305 9,617 

Annual supplement data 159,056 17,708 

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. T he supplement also 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 2014 data 

in this news release, collected in the 2015 ASEC, are based on 

the full sample. 

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 principal concepts and definitions used in connection 

with the data in this release are described briefly below. 

Persons who worked. In the 2015 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 2014?" or "Did you do any temporary, part-time, 

or seasonal work even for a few days during 2014?" 

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 2014, 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, 2013-14

Extent of employment

Total Men Women

2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014

Numbers (in thousands)

Civilian noninstitutional population ....................................................................... 247,258 250,080 119,395 120,738 127,863 129,342

Total who worked or looked for work ................................................................ 161,813 162,757 85,032 85,602 76,781 77,156

Percent of the population .............................................................................. 65.4 65.1 71.2 70.9 60.0 59.7

Total who worked during the year 1 .................................................................. 156,987 159,056 82,590 83,640 74,397 75,416

Percent of the population .............................................................................. 63.5 63.6 69.2 69.3 58.2 58.3

Full time 2 ..................................................................................................... 124,017 126,566 70,590 71,710 53,427 54,856

50 to 52 weeks ......................................................................................... 105,043 107,947 60,031 61,802 45,012 46,146

48 to 49 weeks ......................................................................................... 1,944 1,844 1,113 1,090 831 754

40 to 47 weeks ......................................................................................... 4,903 5,242 2,580 2,754 2,324 2,488

27 to 39 weeks ......................................................................................... 4,061 4,179 2,294 2,142 1,767 2,037

14 to 26 weeks ......................................................................................... 4,829 4,417 2,780 2,324 2,049 2,092

1 to 13 weeks ........................................................................................... 3,238 2,936 1,793 1,598 1,445 1,339

Part time 3 ..................................................................................................... 32,970 32,490 12,000 11,930 20,970 20,560

50 to 52 weeks ......................................................................................... 17,144 17,127 5,857 6,004 11,287 11,123

48 to 49 weeks ......................................................................................... 791 886 259 342 532 544

40 to 47 weeks ......................................................................................... 2,971 2,820 963 894 2,008 1,926

27 to 39 weeks ......................................................................................... 2,965 2,825 1,078 1,072 1,887 1,753

14 to 26 weeks ......................................................................................... 4,596 4,376 1,871 1,730 2,725 2,645

1 to 13 weeks ........................................................................................... 4,502 4,458 1,972 1,889 2,530 2,569

Percent distribution

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

Full time 2 ......................................................................................................... 79.0 79.6 85.5 85.7 71.8 72.7

50 to 52 weeks ............................................................................................. 66.9 67.9 72.7 73.9 60.5 61.2

48 to 49 weeks ............................................................................................. 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.0

40 to 47 weeks ............................................................................................. 3.1 3.3 3.1 3.3 3.1 3.3

27 to 39 weeks ............................................................................................. 2.6 2.6 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.7

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

1 to 13 weeks ............................................................................................... 2.1 1.8 2.2 1.9 1.9 1.8

Part time 3 ......................................................................................................... 21.0 20.4 14.5 14.3 28.2 27.3

50 to 52 weeks ............................................................................................. 10.9 10.8 7.1 7.2 15.2 14.7

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

40 to 47 weeks ............................................................................................. 1.9 1.8 1.2 1.1 2.7 2.6

27 to 39 weeks ............................................................................................. 1.9 1.8 1.3 1.3 2.5 2.3

14 to 26 weeks ............................................................................................. 2.9 2.8 2.3 2.1 3.7 3.5

1 to 13 weeks ............................................................................................... 2.9 2.8 2.4 2.3 3.4 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, 2013-14

(Numbers in thousands)

Extent of employment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Total Men Women

2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014

WHITE 

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................................................... 195,128 196,434 95,321 95,899 99,807 100,535

Total who worked or looked for work ............................................................ 128,796 128,576 68,872 68,986 59,924 59,590

Percent of the population .......................................................................... 66.0 65.5 72.3 71.9 60.0 59.3

Total who worked during the year 1 .............................................................. 125,535 126,174 67,212 67,703 58,323 58,471

Percent of the population .......................................................................... 64.3 64.2 70.5 70.6 58.4 58.2

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

Full time 2 ................................................................................................. 78.8 79.4 85.8 86.0 70.8 71.7

50 to 52 weeks ..................................................................................... 66.9 67.8 73.3 74.3 59.5 60.3

27 to 49 weeks ..................................................................................... 7.1 7.1 7.3 7.2 6.8 7.0

1 to 26 weeks ....................................................................................... 4.9 4.4 5.2 4.5 4.5 4.4

Part time 3 ................................................................................................. 21.2 20.6 14.2 14.0 29.2 28.3

50 to 52 weeks ..................................................................................... 11.0 10.9 6.9 7.0 15.8 15.4

27 to 49 weeks ..................................................................................... 4.5 4.3 2.8 2.8 6.3 6.0

1 to 26 weeks ....................................................................................... 5.7 5.5 4.5 4.2 7.1 6.9

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................................................... 30,719 31,257 13,935 14,203 16,784 17,054

Total who worked or looked for work ............................................................ 19,166 19,575 8,867 9,081 10,300 10,494

Percent of the population .......................................................................... 62.4 62.6 63.6 63.9 61.4 61.5

Total who worked during the year 1 .............................................................. 18,062 18,680 8,307 8,618 9,755 10,062

Percent of the population .......................................................................... 58.8 59.8 59.6 60.7 58.1 59.0

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

Full time 2 ................................................................................................. 79.8 80.3 83.1 83.1 77.0 77.9

50 to 52 weeks ..................................................................................... 66.8 67.6 68.4 70.1 65.4 65.4

27 to 49 weeks ..................................................................................... 6.8 7.0 7.3 6.8 6.3 7.1

1 to 26 weeks ....................................................................................... 6.3 5.8 7.3 6.2 5.3 5.4

Part time 3 ................................................................................................. 20.2 19.7 16.9 16.9 23.0 22.1

50 to 52 weeks ..................................................................................... 10.1 10.3 8.2 8.9 11.7 11.6

27 to 49 weeks ..................................................................................... 3.3 3.4 2.5 2.8 4.0 3.9

1 to 26 weeks ....................................................................................... 6.7 6.0 6.1 5.2 7.3 6.6

ASIAN 

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................................................... 13,812 14,425 6,523 6,803 7,290 7,622

Total who worked or looked for work ............................................................ 9,043 9,406 4,832 4,933 4,211 4,473

Percent of the population .......................................................................... 65.5 65.2 74.1 72.5 57.8 58.7

Total who worked during the year 1 .............................................................. 8,754 9,195 4,690 4,821 4,064 4,375

Percent of the population .......................................................................... 63.4 63.7 71.9 70.9 55.7 57.4

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

Full time 2 ................................................................................................. 81.0 82.3 86.7 88.4 74.4 75.6

50 to 52 weeks ..................................................................................... 70.2 72.2 75.0 78.4 64.7 65.4

27 to 49 weeks ..................................................................................... 5.1 6.1 5.3 5.9 5.0 6.3

1 to 26 weeks ....................................................................................... 5.6 4.0 6.4 4.1 4.7 3.9

Part time 3 ................................................................................................. 19.0 17.7 13.3 11.6 25.6 24.4

50 to 52 weeks ..................................................................................... 10.8 9.6 7.4 6.4 14.7 13.2

27 to 49 weeks ..................................................................................... 4.0 3.4 2.3 2.2 6.0 4.8

1 to 26 weeks ....................................................................................... 4.2 4.7 3.6 3.1 4.9 6.5

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2. Work experience of the population during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2013-14 —

Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

Extent of employment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Total Men Women

2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................................................... 38,125 39,322 19,104 19,601 19,021 19,722

Total who worked or looked for work ............................................................ 25,395 26,110 14,412 14,895 10,983 11,216

Percent of the population .......................................................................... 66.6 66.4 75.4 76.0 57.7 56.9

Total who worked during the year 1 .............................................................. 24,544 25,413 13,999 14,527 10,545 10,886

Percent of the population .......................................................................... 64.4 64.6 73.3 74.1 55.4 55.2

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

Full time 2 ................................................................................................. 79.6 80.6 85.5 86.3 71.9 72.9

50 to 52 weeks ..................................................................................... 65.7 67.5 71.1 73.0 58.5 60.1

27 to 49 weeks ..................................................................................... 8.2 8.1 9.1 8.6 7.0 7.5

1 to 26 weeks ....................................................................................... 5.7 5.0 5.3 4.7 6.3 5.3

Part time 3 ................................................................................................. 20.4 19.4 14.5 13.7 28.1 27.1

50 to 52 weeks ..................................................................................... 11.0 10.8 7.5 7.4 15.6 15.5

27 to 49 weeks ..................................................................................... 3.9 3.5 2.7 2.6 5.5 4.7

1 to 26 weeks ....................................................................................... 5.5 5.1 4.4 3.7 7.0 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.
Table 3. Extent of unemployment during the year by sex, 2013-14

Extent of unemployment

Total Men Women

2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014

Numbers (in thousands)

Total who worked or looked for work .................................................................... 161,813 162,757 85,032 85,602 76,781 77,156

Percent with unemployment ............................................................................. 12.9 10.9 13.5 11.4 12.2 10.3

Total with unemployment .................................................................................. 20,880 17,708 11,521 9,784 9,359 7,924

Did not work but looked for work .................................................................. 4,825 3,701 2,442 1,962 2,384 1,740

1 to 14 weeks ........................................................................................... 1,301 1,199 550 550 750 649

15 weeks or more ..................................................................................... 3,525 2,502 1,892 1,412 1,633 1,090

Worked during the year ................................................................................ 16,055 14,006 9,079 7,822 6,976 6,185

Year-round workers 1 with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment ...................... 462 392 259 286 203 106

Part-year workers 2 with unemployment ................................................... 15,593 13,614 8,820 7,536 6,773 6,079

1 to 4 weeks ......................................................................................... 2,384 2,365 1,224 1,227 1,160 1,138

5 to 10 weeks ....................................................................................... 2,167 1,999 1,229 1,168 938 831

11 to 14 weeks ..................................................................................... 2,032 1,889 1,126 1,095 907 794

15 to 26 weeks ..................................................................................... 4,485 3,855 2,605 2,124 1,881 1,731

27 weeks or more ................................................................................. 4,524 3,507 2,636 1,924 1,888 1,584

 Median weeks of unemployment for all workers ....................................... 17.9 16.3 18.7 15.9 16.9 16.8

 With 2 spells or more of unemployment ................................................... 3,319 2,872 2,064 1,787 1,254 1,084

 2 spells ................................................................................................. 1,606 1,472 948 934 658 539

 3 spells or more .................................................................................... 1,713 1,399 1,117 854 596 546

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 ................................................................................................... 27.0 32.4 22.5 28.0 31.5 37.3

15 weeks or more ............................................................................................. 73.0 67.6 77.5 72.0 68.5 62.7

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 .............................. 2.9 2.8 2.9 3.7 2.9 1.7

Part-year workers 2 with unemployment ........................................................... 97.1 97.2 97.1 96.3 97.1 98.3

1 to 4 weeks ................................................................................................. 14.9 16.9 13.5 15.7 16.6 18.4

5 to 10 weeks ............................................................................................... 13.5 14.3 13.5 14.9 13.4 13.4

11 to 14 weeks ............................................................................................. 12.7 13.5 12.4 14.0 13.0 12.8

15 to 26 weeks ............................................................................................. 27.9 27.5 28.7 27.1 27.0 28.0

27 weeks or more ......................................................................................... 28.2 25.0 29.0 24.6 27.1 25.6

 With 2 spells or more of unemployment ............................................... 20.7 20.5 22.7 22.9 18.0 17.5

 2 spells ............................................................................................. 10.0 10.5 10.4 11.9 9.4 8.7

 3 spells or more ................................................................................ 10.7 10.0 12.3 10.9 8.5 8.8

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, 2013-14

(Numbers in thousands)

Extent of unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Total Men Women

2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014

WHITE 

Total who worked or looked for work ................................................................ 128,796 128,576 68,872 68,986 59,924 59,590

Percent with unemployment ......................................................................... 12.1 10.0 12.7 10.5 11.5 9.5

Total with unemployment .............................................................................. 15,579 12,920 8,715 7,246 6,864 5,675

Did not work but looked for work .............................................................. 3,261 2,402 1,660 1,283 1,601 1,119

Worked during the year ............................................................................ 12,318 10,518 7,055 5,962 5,263 4,556

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers ................................... 17.3 15.3 17.9 14.9 16.3 15.8

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 .................. 3.1 3.1 3.1 4.0 3.0 2.0

Part-year workers 3 with unemployment ............................................... 96.9 96.9 96.9 96.0 97.0 98.0

1 to 4 weeks ..................................................................................... 15.5 17.6 13.6 16.4 18.0 19.1

5 to 14 weeks ................................................................................... 26.6 28.7 26.8 29.9 26.3 27.2

15 weeks or more ............................................................................. 54.9 50.6 56.5 49.8 52.7 51.7

 With 2 spells or more of unemployment ....................................... 21.2 21.6 23.3 23.6 18.3 18.9

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 

Total who worked or looked for work ................................................................ 19,166 19,575 8,867 9,081 10,300 10,494

Percent with unemployment ......................................................................... 18.7 15.6 21.0 17.5 16.7 13.9

Total with unemployment .............................................................................. 3,579 3,052 1,858 1,589 1,721 1,463

Did not work but looked for work .............................................................. 1,104 895 560 463 544 433

Worked during the year ............................................................................ 2,475 2,156 1,298 1,126 1,176 1,031

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers ................................... 21.5 21.6 22.7 20.7 20.4 22.8

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 .................. 2.2 2.3 2.6 3.5 1.7 1.0

Part-year workers 3 with unemployment ............................................... 97.8 97.7 97.4 96.5 98.3 99.0

1 to 4 weeks ..................................................................................... 10.8 12.7 11.4 12.1 10.3 13.4

5 to 14 weeks ................................................................................... 23.9 22.2 21.6 23.1 26.4 21.2

15 weeks or more ............................................................................. 63.1 62.8 64.4 61.4 61.6 64.4

 With 2 spells or more of unemployment ....................................... 18.9 18.0 21.6 20.6 15.9 15.3

ASIAN 

Total who worked or looked for work ................................................................ 9,043 9,406 4,832 4,933 4,211 4,473

Percent with unemployment ......................................................................... 9.9 9.1 10.1 9.4 9.8 8.7

Total with unemployment .............................................................................. 898 852 486 462 412 390

Did not work but looked for work .............................................................. 289 210 142 112 147 98

Worked during the year ............................................................................ 609 642 345 350 264 292

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers ................................... 17.6 16.8 19.5 15.2 14.8 18.9

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 .................. 2.5 1.6 1.5 2.5 3.7 0.6

Part-year workers 3 with unemployment ............................................... 97.5 98.4 98.5 97.5 96.3 99.4

1 to 4 weeks ..................................................................................... 18.7 18.5 16.9 16.8 21.1 20.5

5 to 14 weeks ................................................................................... 24.0 25.8 22.6 30.2 25.7 20.6

15 weeks or more ............................................................................. 54.9 54.1 59.0 50.6 49.4 58.3

 With 2 spells or more of unemployment ....................................... 16.5 13.2 18.2 13.9 14.2 12.4

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 4. Extent of unemployment during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2013-14 — Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

Extent of unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Total Men Women

2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Total who worked or looked for work ................................................................ 25,395 26,110 14,412 14,895 10,983 11,216

Percent with unemployment ......................................................................... 15.7 13.5 16.3 13.8 14.9 13.1

Total with unemployment .............................................................................. 3,988 3,531 2,354 2,059 1,634 1,472

Did not work but looked for work .............................................................. 851 697 413 367 438 330

Worked during the year ............................................................................ 3,137 2,834 1,941 1,692 1,196 1,143

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers ................................... 18.7 15.9 18.3 15.8 19.4 16.2

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 .................. 2.2 2.8 2.3 3.8 1.9 1.4

Part-year workers 3 with unemployment ............................................... 97.8 97.2 97.7 96.2 98.1 98.6

1 to 4 weeks ..................................................................................... 14.3 16.8 13.3 16.5 16.1 17.2

5 to 14 weeks ................................................................................... 24.2 28.7 25.8 28.4 21.6 29.1

15 weeks or more ............................................................................. 59.3 51.7 58.6 51.4 60.4 52.2

 With 2 spells or more of unemployment ....................................... 22.8 22.5 22.2 25.8 23.7 17.7

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.