For release 10:00 a.m. (ET) Thursday, December 9, 2021 USDL-21-2100

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WORK EXPERIENCE OF THE POPULATION — 2020

The number of persons who experienced unemployment at some point during 2020 was 26.4 million, up 

by 12.9 million from 2019, 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 2020 was 63.5

percent, a decrease of 1.4 percentage points from 2019. These changes reflect the effect of the 

coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the labor market.

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 2020 data:

• A total of 165.7 million persons worked at some point during 2020, down by 3.0 million from the 

pre-pandemic level in 2019. (See table 1.)

• The proportion of workers who worked full time, year round fell from 70.2 percent in 2019 to 63.1 

percent in 2020. (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—nearly doubled to 15.7 percent in 2020. (See table 3.)

• About 2.9 million individuals looked for a job but did not work at all in 2020, up from 2.0 million in 

2019. (See table 3.)

Persons with Employment

Overall, 63.5 percent of the population worked in 2020, down from 64.9 percent in 2019, prior to the

pandemic. The proportion of men who worked at some time during 2020 was 68.6 percent, a decline of 

1.5 percentage points from the prior year. The proportion for women decreased by 1.4 percentage points

to 58.7 percent in 2020. (See table 1.)
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Among the major race and ethnicity groups, the proportions who worked at some time during 2020

declined for Whites (63.5 percent), Asians (64.3 percent), and Hispanics (65.7 percent). The proportion 

for Blacks (62.2 percent) showed little change from 2019. (See table 2.)

Among those with work experience in 2020, 80.9 percent usually worked full time, little different from a 

year earlier. The proportion of both men and women who usually worked full time was little changed in 

2020, at 86.3 percent and 75.0 percent, respectively. Among those who worked at some point in 2020, 

Asians (83.1 percent) were more likely to usually work full time than Blacks (81.9 percent), Hispanics 

(80.7 percent), and Whites (80.7 percent). (See tables 1 and 2.)

Of the total who worked during 2020, 71.0 percent were employed year round (working 50 to 52 weeks, 

either full or part time), down 9.4 percentage points from 2019. The share of men working year round 

declined to 73.4 percent in 2020, and the percentage of women working year round fell to 68.3 percent. 

(See table 1.)

Persons with Unemployment

Overall, 168.6 million persons worked or looked for work at some time in 2020, down by 2.1 million 

from the prior year. The number who experienced some unemployment during 2020 nearly doubled to 

26.4 million. (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) nearly doubled, increasing from 8.0 percent in 2019 to

15.7 percent in 2020. This is the highest rate since 2010, when it was 15.9 percent. (See table 3.)

In 2020, the work-experience unemployment rates for men and women were little different from each 

other, at 15.6 percent and 15.8 percent, respectively. The rates for both men and women rose sharply 

from the prior year. (See table 3.)

The work-experience unemployment rate increased among all the major race and ethnicity groups in 

2020. The rate rose to 14.8 percent for Whites, 15.9 percent for Asians, 19.4 percent for Blacks, and

19.6 percent for Hispanics. Among Asians, the rate for men was lower than the rate for women, while 

the rate for Black men was higher than for Black women. (See table 4.)

The number of individuals who both worked and experienced unemployment in 2020 more than 

doubled, rising to 23.5 million. Among these workers, 54.9 percent looked for work for 15 weeks or 

more, and 14.1 percent had two or more spells of unemployment. In 2020, men and women were about 

equally likely to experience multiple spells of unemployment (14.3 percent and 13.9 percent, 

respectively). Asians were less likely than Whites, Blacks, or Hispanics to experience two or more spells 

of unemployment in 2020. (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 

2021 refer to the 2020 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

2020 estimates (in thousands)

Annual average of

monthly estimates 147,795 12,947

Annual supplement data 165,666 26,439

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 2021 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 

2020?" or "Did you do any temporary, part-time, or seasonal 

work even for a few days during 2020?"

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 2020, 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.

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, 2019-2020

[Numbers in thousands]

Extent of Employment

Total

2019 2020

Men

2019 2020

Women

2019 2020

NUMBER OF EMPLOYED

Civilian noninstitutional population 259,757 260,995 125,638 126,259 134,119 134,737

Total who worked or looked for work 170,663 168,591 89,200 88,183 81,463 80,408

Percent of the population 65.7 64.6 71.0 69.8 60.7 59.7

Total who worked during the year1 168,632 165,666 88,074 86,581 80,558 79,085

Percent of the population 64.9 63.5 70.1 68.6 60.1 58.7

Full time2 136,229 134,019 75,882 74,694 60,347 59,325

50 to 52 weeks 118,324 104,526 66,364 58,778 51,960 45,748

48 to 49 weeks 2,011 2,679 1,136 1,559 874 1,120

40 to 47 weeks 5,175 8,155 2,771 4,155 2,404 4,001

27 to 39 weeks 3,649 5,757 1,961 3,148 1,687 2,609

14 to 26 weeks 4,181 6,427 2,163 3,493 2,019 2,934

1 to 13 weeks 2,889 6,474 1,486 3,561 1,403 2,913

Part time3 32,404 31,648 12,192 11,887 20,212 19,760

50 to 52 weeks 17,236 13,057 6,165 4,778 11,072 8,279

48 to 49 weeks 821 690 285 251 536 440

40 to 47 weeks 2,795 3,323 1,038 1,142 1,758 2,182

27 to 39 weeks 2,774 3,001 1,100 990 1,674 2,011

14 to 26 weeks 4,576 5,311 1,823 2,188 2,753 3,123

1 to 13 weeks 4,200 6,265 1,781 2,540 2,419 3,725

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

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

Full time2 80.8 80.9 86.2 86.3 74.9 75.0

50 to 52 weeks 70.2 63.1 75.4 67.9 64.5 57.8

48 to 49 weeks 1.2 1.6 1.3 1.8 1.1 1.4

40 to 47 weeks 3.1 4.9 3.1 4.8 3.0 5.1

27 to 39 weeks 2.2 3.5 2.2 3.6 2.1 3.3

14 to 26 weeks 2.5 3.9 2.5 4.0 2.5 3.7

1 to 13 weeks 1.7 3.9 1.7 4.1 1.7 3.7

Part time3 19.2 19.1 13.8 13.7 25.1 25.0

50 to 52 weeks 10.2 7.9 7.0 5.5 13.7 10.5

48 to 49 weeks 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.6

40 to 47 weeks 1.7 2.0 1.2 1.3 2.2 2.8

27 to 39 weeks 1.6 1.8 1.2 1.1 2.1 2.5

14 to 26 weeks 2.7 3.2 2.1 2.5 3.4 3.9

1 to 13 weeks 2.5 3.8 2.0 2.9 3.0 4.7

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, 2019-2020

[Numbers in thousands]

Extent of employment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Total

2019 2020

Men

2019 2020

Women

2019 2020

WHITE

Civilian noninstitutional population 201,193 201,904 98,480 98,877 102,712 103,027

Total who worked or looked for work 132,264 130,192 70,444 69,426 61,820 60,766

Percent of the population 65.7 64.5 71.5 70.2 60.2 59.0

Total who worked during the year1 131,032 128,291 69,766 68,343 61,266 59,948

Percent of the population 65.1 63.5 70.8 69.1 59.6 58.2

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

Full time2 80.4 80.7 86.4 86.5 73.7 74.2

50 to 52 weeks 70.0 63.5 75.7 68.7 63.5 57.5

27 to 49 weeks 6.5 10.1 6.7 10.2 6.1 9.9

1 to 26 weeks 4.0 7.2 4.0 7.5 4.1 6.8

Part time3 19.6 19.3 13.6 13.5 26.3 25.8

50 to 52 weeks 10.5 8.1 7.0 5.5 14.5 11.0

27 to 49 weeks 3.9 4.3 2.7 2.7 5.2 6.2

1 to 26 weeks 5.2 6.9 4.0 5.3 6.6 8.7

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Civilian noninstitutional population 33,232 33,526 15,194 15,348 18,038 18,178

Total who worked or looked for work 21,441 21,541 9,996 10,097 11,444 11,445

Percent of the population 64.5 64.3 65.8 65.8 63.4 63.0

Total who worked during the year1 20,881 20,862 9,668 9,737 11,213 11,125

Percent of the population 62.8 62.2 63.6 63.4 62.2 61.2

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

Full time2 81.7 81.9 84.3 84.9 79.5 79.3

50 to 52 weeks 70.2 61.3 71.9 62.5 68.7 60.2

27 to 49 weeks 6.6 10.1 7.1 11.0 6.2 9.3

1 to 26 weeks 4.9 10.6 5.3 11.4 4.6 9.8

Part time3 18.3 18.1 15.7 15.1 20.5 20.7

50 to 52 weeks 9.5 7.4 7.9 5.7 10.9 8.8

27 to 49 weeks 3.5 3.5 3.1 2.9 3.8 4.0

1 to 26 weeks 5.3 7.2 4.7 6.5 5.8 7.9

ASIAN

Civilian noninstitutional population 16,413 16,397 7,717 7,652 8,696 8,746

Total who worked or looked for work 10,935 10,762 5,753 5,600 5,182 5,162

Percent of the population 66.6 65.6 74.5 73.2 59.6 59.0

Total who worked during the year1 10,845 10,540 5,711 5,498 5,133 5,043

Percent of the population 66.1 64.3 74.0 71.8 59.0 57.7

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

Full time2 84.3 83.1 88.4 88.8 79.6 76.9

50 to 52 weeks 74.5 65.4 80.3 71.7 68.1 58.5

27 to 49 weeks 5.2 8.9 4.1 8.4 6.5 9.4

1 to 26 weeks 4.5 8.8 4.1 8.6 5.0 9.0

Part time3 15.7 16.9 11.6 11.2 20.4 23.1

50 to 52 weeks 8.5 6.6 6.2 4.5 11.1 8.8

27 to 49 weeks 3.1 3.9 2.3 2.3 3.9 5.7

1 to 26 weeks 4.1 6.4 3.0 4.4 5.4 8.6

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2. Work experience of the population during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2019-2020 --

Continued

[Numbers in thousands]

Extent of employment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Total

2019 2020

Men

2019 2020

Women

2019 2020

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population 43,889 44,642 21,837 22,205 22,051 22,437

Total who worked or looked for work 30,259 29,993 16,762 16,792 13,497 13,201

Percent of the population 68.9 67.2 76.8 75.6 61.2 58.8

Total who worked during the year1 29,797 29,343 16,518 16,469 13,280 12,874

Percent of the population 67.9 65.7 75.6 74.2 60.2 57.4

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

Full time2 81.3 80.7 87.1 86.0 74.0 73.8

50 to 52 weeks 69.1 58.3 74.5 62.3 62.3 53.1

27 to 49 weeks 7.8 12.8 8.3 14.1 7.0 11.2

1 to 26 weeks 4.4 9.6 4.3 9.6 4.6 9.5

Part time3 18.7 19.3 12.9 14.0 26.0 26.2

50 to 52 weeks 10.3 7.5 6.7 5.5 14.7 10.2

27 to 49 weeks 3.3 4.4 2.4 2.9 4.3 6.3

1 to 26 weeks 5.2 7.4 3.7 5.6 7.0 9.7

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, 2019-2020

[Numbers in thousands]

Extent of unemployment

Total

2019 2020

Men

2019 2020

Women

2019 2020

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Total who worked or looked for work 170,663 168,591 89,200 88,183 81,463 80,408

Percent with unemployment 8.0 15.7 8.3 15.6 7.6 15.8

Total with unemployment 13,572 26,439 7,420 13,746 6,153 12,693

Did not work but looked for work 2,030 2,925 1,126 1,602 905 1,323

1 to 14 weeks 783 931 434 470 349 462

15 weeks or more 1,247 1,993 691 1,132 556 861

Worked during the year 11,542 23,515 6,294 12,144 5,248 11,371

Year-round workers1 with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment 432 974 257 578 175 397

Part-year workers2 with unemployment 11,110 22,541 6,037 11,567 5,073 10,974

1 to 4 weeks 2,378 3,464 1,137 1,858 1,241 1,606

5 to 10 weeks 1,849 3,257 1,004 1,630 845 1,627

11 to 14 weeks 1,566 2,914 871 1,499 695 1,415

15 to 26 weeks 2,813 4,932 1,633 2,558 1,180 2,374

27 weeks or more 2,504 7,974 1,392 4,022 1,112 3,952

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers 13.8 18.1 14.4 17.7 13.1 18.5

With 2 spells or more of unemployment 2,418 3,308 1,408 1,731 1,010 1,577

2 spells 1,185 1,826 721 898 464 928

3 spells or more 1,232 1,482 687 833 546 649

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 38.6 31.8 38.6 29.3 38.6 34.9

15 weeks or more 61.4 68.2 61.4 70.7 61.4 65.1

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 3.7 4.1 4.1 4.8 3.3 3.5

Part-year workers2 with unemployment 96.3 95.9 95.9 95.2 96.7 96.5

1 to 4 weeks 20.6 14.7 18.1 15.3 23.7 14.1

5 to 10 weeks 16.0 13.9 16.0 13.4 16.1 14.3

11 to 14 weeks 13.6 12.4 13.8 12.3 13.2 12.4

15 to 26 weeks 24.4 21.0 25.9 21.1 22.5 20.9

27 weeks or more 21.7 33.9 22.1 33.1 21.2 34.8

With 2 spells or more of unemployment 20.9 14.1 22.4 14.3 19.2 13.9

2 spells 10.3 7.8 11.5 7.4 8.8 8.2

3 spells or more 10.7 6.3 10.9 6.9 10.4 5.7

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, 2019-2020

[Numbers in thousands]

Extent of unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Total

2019 2020

Men

2019 2020

Women

2019 2020

WHITE

Total who worked or looked for work 132,264 130,192 70,444 69,426 61,820 60,766

Percent with unemployment 7.3 14.8 7.7 14.5 6.9 15.1

Total with unemployment 9,720 19,241 5,428 10,090 4,292 9,151

Did not work but looked for work 1,232 1,901 677 1,083 555 818

Worked during the year 8,488 17,340 4,751 9,007 3,738 8,333

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers 13.1 16.6 13.8 16.2 12.0 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 4.0 4.6 4.2 5.2 3.7 4.0

Part-year workers3 with unemployment 96.0 95.4 95.8 94.8 96.3 96.0

1 to 4 weeks 21.6 15.5 18.7 15.8 25.2 15.2

5 to 14 weeks 31.6 27.4 31.4 27.1 31.9 27.7

15 weeks or more 42.8 52.4 45.6 51.8 39.3 53.1

With 2 spells or more of unemployment 20.4 14.3 21.9 14.6 18.5 13.9

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Total who worked or looked for work 21,441 21,541 9,996 10,097 11,444 11,445

Percent with unemployment 11.5 19.4 12.5 21.3 10.5 17.8

Total with unemployment 2,456 4,187 1,252 2,153 1,205 2,035

Did not work but looked for work 560 679 328 360 232 320

Worked during the year 1,896 3,508 923 1,793 973 1,715

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers 18.6 23.1 19.3 22.2 17.8 24.1

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 3.2 2.1 3.4 3.0 3.1 1.1

Part-year workers3 with unemployment 96.8 97.9 96.6 97.0 96.9 98.9

1 to 4 weeks 15.5 11.3 13.7 12.4 17.3 10.2

5 to 14 weeks 22.5 22.2 21.8 21.2 23.2 23.3

15 weeks or more 58.7 64.4 61.0 63.4 56.4 65.4

With 2 spells or more of unemployment 24.7 14.9 25.6 13.9 23.8 16.0

ASIAN

Total who worked or looked for work 10,935 10,762 5,753 5,600 5,182 5,162

Percent with unemployment 6.1 15.9 6.2 14.4 6.0 17.5

Total with unemployment 666 1,713 355 808 311 905

Did not work but looked for work 90 222 41 102 49 120

Worked during the year 576 1,491 313 706 262 785

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers 16.3 20.9 15.1 21.1 18.7 20.7

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 4.6 3.5 6.8 2.4 2.0 4.5

Part-year workers3 with unemployment 95.4 96.5 93.2 97.6 98.0 95.5

1 to 4 weeks 19.5 14.3 17.2 15.7 22.2 13.2

5 to 14 weeks 24.0 24.4 25.8 24.7 21.8 24.1

15 weeks or more 51.9 57.8 50.1 57.3 54.0 58.3

With 2 spells or more of unemployment 13.8 8.8 16.7 9.9 10.3 7.8

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 4. Extent of unemployment during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2019-2020 -- Continued

[Numbers in thousands]

Extent of unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Total

2019 2020

Men

2019 2020

Women

2019 2020

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Total who worked or looked for work 30,259 29,993 16,762 16,792 13,497 13,201

Percent with unemployment 10.0 19.6 9.9 19.8 10.1 19.3

Total with unemployment 3,024 5,884 1,657 3,331 1,367 2,553

Did not work but looked for work 462 650 244 323 218 327

Worked during the year 2,563 5,234 1,413 3,009 1,150 2,226

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers 14.4 18.8 15.0 18.1 13.8 19.7

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 2.7 4.1 2.3 4.6 3.1 3.6

Part-year workers3 with unemployment 97.3 95.9 97.7 95.4 96.9 96.4

1 to 4 weeks 18.1 15.1 17.3 15.6 19.1 14.4

5 to 14 weeks 31.3 24.8 30.5 24.9 32.3 24.8

15 weeks or more 47.9 56.0 49.9 55.0 45.5 57.3

With 2 spells or more of unemployment 24.8 14.1 24.5 15.4 25.2 12.4

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).