For release 10:00 a.m. (ET) Tuesday, December 19, 2023 USDL-23-2616 

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WORK EXPERIENCE OF THE POPULATION— 2022 

There were 13.0 million persons who experienced unemployment at some point during 2022, 

down significantly from 16.1 million in 2021, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. 

In 2022, labor market conditions continued to recover from the recession induced by the 

COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The proportion of the civilian noninstitutional population age 16 

and over who worked at some time during the year increased by 0.5 percentage point to 63.8 

percent in 2022; this was 1.1 percentage points lower than the pre-pandemic figure 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 2022 data: 

• A total of 169.8 million persons worked at some point during 2022, up by 2.9 million from 

the prior year. (See table 1.) 

• The proportion of workers who worked full time, year round in 2022 was 71.0 percent, up by 

1.2 percentage points from 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—decreased by 1.9 percentage points to 7.6 percent in 2022. This is 

the lowest rate in this series, which began in 1958. (See table 3.)

• About 2.1 million individuals looked for a job but did not work at all in 2022, down by 

790,000 from the prior year. (See table 3.) 

Persons with Employment

Overall, 63.8 percent of the population worked in 2022, up from 63.3 percent in 2021. In 2022, 
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the percentage of women who worked at some time during the year increased by 0.5 percentage 

point to 58.9 percent, and the percentage of men who worked at some time during the year edged 

up by 0.3 percentage point to 68.8 percent. However, men remained more likely to work at some 

time during the year than did women. (See table 1.)

Among the major race and ethnicity groups, Hispanics (66.6 percent) and Asians (65.5 percent) 

were more likely to have worked in 2022 than Whites (63.7 percent) and Blacks (62.9 percent). 

The proportion of Blacks who worked at some time during the year increased by 1.7 percentage 

points from the prior year, while the proportions for other groups were little changed. (See table

2.) 

Among those with work experience in 2022, 81.9 percent usually worked full time, essentially 

unchanged from a year earlier. Men remained more likely to work full time than women (86.7 

percent versus 76.4 percent). Blacks (84.8 percent) and Asians (84.2 percent) remained more 

likely to work full time than Whites (81.4 percent) and Hispanics (82.0 percent). (See tables 1 

and 2.) 

Of those who worked during 2022, 80.6 percent were employed year round (working 50 to 52 

weeks, either full or part time), up by 1.5 percentage points from 2021. The share of men 

working year round increased to 82.4 percent, and the share of women working year round 

increased to 78.6 percent. Asians (83.0 percent) were more likely to work year round than 

Whites (80.6 percent), Blacks (80.3 percent), and Hispanics (79.6 percent). (See tables 1 and 2.) 

Persons with Unemployment

Overall, 171.8 million persons worked or looked for work in 2022, up by 2.1 million from the 

prior year. The number who experienced some unemployment decreased by 3.1 million to 13.0 

million. (See table 3.) 

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

of those who worked or looked for work during the year) continued to decline. In 2022, the 

work-experience unemployment rate fell by 1.9 percentage points to 7.6 percent—this is the 

lowest rate in the history of the series, which began in 1958. (See table 3.) 

In 2022, men continued to have a higher work-experience unemployment rate than women, at 

7.9 percent and 7.1 percent, respectively. The rates for both men and women declined from the 

prior year. (See table 3.) 

The work-experience unemployment rate decreased for all the major race and ethnicity groups in 

2022. Work-experience unemployment rates for Blacks (10.2 percent) and Hispanics (9.5 

percent) were higher than those for Whites (7.1 percent) and Asians (6.3 percent). Among 

Whites and Blacks, the rate for men was higher than the rate for women, while among Asians 

and Hispanics the rates for men and women were little different from each other. (See table 4.)

The number of individuals who both worked and experienced unemployment in 2022 was 10.9 

million, a decline of 2.4 million from the previous year. Among these workers, 43.3 percent 
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looked for work for 15 weeks or more, down from 51.8 percent the year before. Additionally, 

20.5 percent had two or more spells of unemployment, little changed from the prior year. The 

number of persons who looked for a job but did not work at all in 2022 declined to 2.1 million. 

Among those who did not work at all, 61.0 percent looked for work for 15 weeks or more, down 

from 70.3 percent in 2021. (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 2023 refer to the 2022 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

2022 estimates (in thousands)

Annual average of

monthly estimates 158,291 5,996

Annual supplement data 169,767 12,977

In addition, estimates from the supplement differ from 

those obtained in the basic CPS because the supplement uses 

different questions to classify workers as either employed or 

unemployed, and there are fewer supplement questions on work 

and job search activity. Regarding unemployment, the 

supplement has no questions on the type of job search activity or 

on the respondent's availability to work—defining 

characteristics of unemployment in the basic CPS estimates. 

Also, individuals can be counted as both employed and 

unemployed in the work experience supplement data because it 

includes all work experience over a calendar year, 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 principal terms used in this release are described 

briefly below. 

Persons who worked. In the 2023 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 

2022?" or "Did you do any temporary, part-time, or seasonal 

work even for a few days during 2022?"

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 2022, 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. Part-year 

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, 2021-2022

[Numbers in thousands]

Extent of Employment

Total

2021 2022

Men

2021 2022

Women

2021 2022

NUMBER OF EMPLOYED

Civilian noninstitutional population 263,442 266,271 128,352 130,149 135,089 136,122

Total who worked or looked for work 169,704 171,835 89,428 90,643 80,277 81,192

Percent of the population 64.4 64.5 69.7 69.6 59.4 59.6

Total who worked during the year1 166,846 169,767 87,980 89,534 78,866 80,233

Percent of the population 63.3 63.8 68.5 68.8 58.4 58.9

Full time2 136,528 138,992 76,236 77,668 60,292 61,324

50 to 52 weeks 116,539 120,601 65,645 67,886 50,894 52,715

48 to 49 weeks 2,150 2,065 1,265 1,175 884 890

40 to 47 weeks 5,218 5,603 2,617 2,839 2,601 2,764

27 to 39 weeks 4,261 3,665 2,253 1,980 2,008 1,685

14 to 26 weeks 4,977 4,359 2,732 2,336 2,245 2,023

1 to 13 weeks 3,383 2,699 1,724 1,452 1,659 1,247

Part time3 30,318 30,776 11,744 11,867 18,574 18,909

50 to 52 weeks 15,545 16,229 5,606 5,889 9,938 10,340

48 to 49 weeks 737 711 326 246 410 465

40 to 47 weeks 2,419 2,770 927 1,107 1,492 1,664

27 to 39 weeks 2,540 2,642 1,049 1,076 1,491 1,566

14 to 26 weeks 4,599 4,414 1,869 1,830 2,730 2,584

1 to 13 weeks 4,479 4,009 1,967 1,719 2,513 2,291

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

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

Full time2 81.8 81.9 86.7 86.7 76.4 76.4

50 to 52 weeks 69.8 71.0 74.6 75.8 64.5 65.7

48 to 49 weeks 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.1

40 to 47 weeks 3.1 3.3 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.4

27 to 39 weeks 2.6 2.2 2.6 2.2 2.5 2.1

14 to 26 weeks 3.0 2.6 3.1 2.6 2.8 2.5

1 to 13 weeks 2.0 1.6 2.0 1.6 2.1 1.6

Part time3 18.2 18.1 13.3 13.3 23.6 23.6

50 to 52 weeks 9.3 9.6 6.4 6.6 12.6 12.9

48 to 49 weeks 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.6

40 to 47 weeks 1.4 1.6 1.1 1.2 1.9 2.1

27 to 39 weeks 1.5 1.6 1.2 1.2 1.9 2.0

14 to 26 weeks 2.8 2.6 2.1 2.0 3.5 3.2

1 to 13 weeks 2.7 2.4 2.2 1.9 3.2 2.9

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, 2021-2022

[Numbers in thousands]

Extent of employment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Total

2021 2022

Men

2021 2022

Women

2021 2022

WHITE

Civilian noninstitutional population 203,091 204,096 100,137 100,806 102,954 103,291

Total who worked or looked for work 130,965 131,341 70,463 70,583 60,502 60,757

Percent of the population 64.5 64.4 70.4 70.0 58.8 58.8

Total who worked during the year1 129,142 130,036 69,511 69,891 59,631 60,145

Percent of the population 63.6 63.7 69.4 69.3 57.9 58.2

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

Full time2 81.6 81.4 86.8 86.8 75.5 75.1

50 to 52 weeks 69.9 70.8 75.1 76.1 63.9 64.7

27 to 49 weeks 7.0 6.6 7.0 6.7 6.9 6.5

1 to 26 weeks 4.7 4.0 4.8 4.1 4.6 3.9

Part time3 18.4 18.6 13.2 13.2 24.5 24.9

50 to 52 weeks 9.6 9.8 6.3 6.4 13.4 13.8

27 to 49 weeks 3.5 3.7 2.6 2.8 4.5 4.9

1 to 26 weeks 5.4 5.1 4.2 4.0 6.6 6.3

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Civilian noninstitutional population 34,025 34,553 15,687 16,016 18,338 18,536

Total who worked or looked for work 21,427 22,270 10,133 10,513 11,294 11,757

Percent of the population 63.0 64.5 64.6 65.6 61.6 63.4

Total who worked during the year1 20,807 21,735 9,856 10,218 10,951 11,517

Percent of the population 61.2 62.9 62.8 63.8 59.7 62.1

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

Full time2 83.7 84.8 86.0 87.1 81.6 82.8

50 to 52 weeks 69.5 72.6 71.3 74.8 67.9 70.7

27 to 49 weeks 7.6 7.3 7.7 7.2 7.5 7.3

1 to 26 weeks 6.6 4.9 7.0 5.1 6.3 4.7

Part time3 16.3 15.2 14.0 12.9 18.4 17.2

50 to 52 weeks 8.0 7.7 6.8 6.6 9.1 8.6

27 to 49 weeks 2.9 3.1 2.5 2.4 3.3 3.7

1 to 26 weeks 5.3 4.5 4.7 3.9 5.9 4.9

ASIAN

Civilian noninstitutional population 16,887 17,724 8,031 8,537 8,856 9,187

Total who worked or looked for work 11,171 11,754 5,802 6,225 5,369 5,528

Percent of the population 66.2 66.3 72.2 72.9 60.6 60.2

Total who worked during the year1 10,920 11,607 5,669 6,140 5,250 5,467

Percent of the population 64.7 65.5 70.6 71.9 59.3 59.5

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

Full time2 83.9 84.2 88.3 88.0 79.2 80.0

50 to 52 weeks 73.4 74.0 78.5 78.5 67.9 69.0

27 to 49 weeks 5.8 6.1 5.4 5.6 6.2 6.6

1 to 26 weeks 4.7 4.1 4.4 3.9 5.0 4.3

Part time3 16.1 15.8 11.7 12.0 20.8 20.0

50 to 52 weeks 8.6 9.0 5.9 6.8 11.5 11.6

27 to 49 weeks 2.7 3.1 2.2 2.5 3.3 3.8

1 to 26 weeks 4.8 3.7 3.6 2.8 6.0 4.7

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2. Work experience of the population during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2021-2022 --

Continued

[Numbers in thousands]

Extent of employment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Total

2021 2022

Men

2021 2022

Women

2021 2022

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population 45,886 47,225 22,941 23,697 22,944 23,528

Total who worked or looked for work 30,924 31,974 17,422 17,852 13,502 14,123

Percent of the population 67.4 67.7 75.9 75.3 58.8 60.0

Total who worked during the year1 30,314 31,458 17,109 17,592 13,204 13,866

Percent of the population 66.1 66.6 74.6 74.2 57.5 58.9

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

Full time2 82.1 82.0 87.4 87.5 75.2 75.0

50 to 52 weeks 67.7 69.6 72.9 75.0 61.0 62.7

27 to 49 weeks 8.7 8.2 9.1 8.7 8.2 7.6

1 to 26 weeks 5.7 4.2 5.4 3.8 6.0 4.7

Part time3 17.9 18.0 12.6 12.5 24.8 25.0

50 to 52 weeks 9.3 10.0 6.1 6.6 13.5 14.3

27 to 49 weeks 3.5 3.3 2.7 2.4 4.4 4.5

1 to 26 weeks 5.1 4.7 3.8 3.5 6.8 6.2

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: 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, 2021-2022

[Numbers in thousands]

Extent of unemployment

Total

2021 2022

Men

2021 2022

Women

2021 2022

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Total who worked or looked for work 169,704 171,835 89,428 90,643 80,277 81,192

Percent with unemployment 9.5 7.6 9.9 7.9 9.0 7.1

Total with unemployment 16,123 12,977 8,872 7,200 7,251 5,777

Did not work but looked for work 2,858 2,068 1,447 1,109 1,411 959

1 to 14 weeks 849 807 377 410 472 397

15 weeks or more 2,010 1,260 1,071 698 939 562

Worked during the year 13,265 10,909 7,424 6,091 5,840 4,818

Year-round workers1 with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment 389 458 246 270 143 188

Part-year workers2 with unemployment 12,876 10,451 7,178 5,821 5,697 4,630

1 to 4 weeks 2,655 2,370 1,390 1,226 1,265 1,144

5 to 10 weeks 1,816 2,027 967 1,093 849 934

11 to 14 weeks 1,533 1,327 838 836 695 490

15 to 26 weeks 3,372 2,488 2,015 1,432 1,357 1,056

27 weeks or more 3,499 2,239 1,969 1,233 1,531 1,006

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers 16.0 12.8 16.9 13.2 14.8 12.2

With 2 spells or more of unemployment 2,607 2,234 1,610 1,282 997 952

2 spells 1,269 1,099 748 585 521 514

3 spells or more 1,338 1,135 862 697 476 438

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 29.7 39.0 26.0 37.0 33.5 41.4

15 weeks or more 70.3 61.0 74.0 63.0 66.5 58.6

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 2.9 4.2 3.3 4.4 2.5 3.9

Part-year workers2 with unemployment 97.1 95.8 96.7 95.6 97.5 96.1

1 to 4 weeks 20.0 21.7 18.7 20.1 21.7 23.7

5 to 10 weeks 13.7 18.6 13.0 17.9 14.5 19.4

11 to 14 weeks 11.6 12.2 11.3 13.7 11.9 10.2

15 to 26 weeks 25.4 22.8 27.1 23.5 23.2 21.9

27 weeks or more 26.4 20.5 26.5 20.2 26.2 20.9

With 2 spells or more of unemployment 19.7 20.5 21.7 21.1 17.1 19.8

2 spells 9.6 10.1 10.1 9.6 8.9 10.7

3 spells or more 10.1 10.4 11.6 11.4 8.2 9.1

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, 2021-2022

[Numbers in thousands]

Extent of unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Total

2021 2022

Men

2021 2022

Women

2021 2022

WHITE

Total who worked or looked for work 130,965 131,341 70,463 70,583 60,502 60,757

Percent with unemployment 8.8 7.1 9.2 7.5 8.2 6.7

Total with unemployment 11,465 9,349 6,509 5,266 4,956 4,083

Did not work but looked for work 1,823 1,304 952 692 871 612

Worked during the year 9,642 8,044 5,557 4,574 4,085 3,470

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers 14.9 12.2 15.9 12.7 13.9 11.1

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 3.1 4.3 3.6 4.7 2.5 3.8

Part-year workers3 with unemployment 96.9 95.7 96.4 95.3 97.5 96.2

1 to 4 weeks 21.0 22.9 19.8 21.1 22.6 25.3

5 to 14 weeks 26.3 31.4 24.8 31.9 28.3 30.7

15 weeks or more 49.6 41.4 51.7 42.3 46.6 40.2

With 2 spells or more of unemployment 20.3 20.2 21.6 20.9 18.6 19.3

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Total who worked or looked for work 21,427 22,270 10,133 10,513 11,294 11,757

Percent with unemployment 13.2 10.2 14.1 11.3 12.5 9.2

Total with unemployment 2,833 2,265 1,425 1,187 1,408 1,078

Did not work but looked for work 620 535 277 296 343 240

Worked during the year 2,213 1,730 1,148 892 1,065 838

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers 19.7 15.7 19.1 15.0 20.2 16.3

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 1.4 4.2 1.6 4.3 1.2 4.0

Part-year workers3 with unemployment 98.6 95.8 98.4 95.7 98.8 96.0

1 to 4 weeks 17.8 15.5 15.2 16.6 20.6 14.3

5 to 14 weeks 22.1 29.2 26.0 29.1 18.0 29.3

15 weeks or more 58.7 51.1 57.3 49.9 60.2 52.4

With 2 spells or more of unemployment 19.6 22.1 23.3 21.9 15.7 22.3

ASIAN

Total who worked or looked for work 11,171 11,754 5,802 6,225 5,369 5,528

Percent with unemployment 8.6 6.3 8.9 6.7 8.1 5.8

Total with unemployment 955 737 518 415 437 322

Did not work but looked for work 252 147 133 86 119 62

Worked during the year 704 590 385 330 318 260

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers 18.7 13.5 19.6 14.4 16.9 10.9

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 5.9 2.5 5.1 3.0 6.8 2.0

Part-year workers3 with unemployment 94.1 97.5 94.9 97.0 93.2 98.0

1 to 4 weeks 13.8 23.4 14.6 19.1 12.9 28.8

5 to 14 weeks 23.4 28.5 20.1 30.1 27.4 26.4

15 weeks or more 56.9 45.6 60.2 47.8 52.8 42.8

With 2 spells or more of unemployment 12.3 17.0 13.5 18.0 10.8 15.8

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 4. Extent of unemployment during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2021-2022 -- Continued

[Numbers in thousands]

Extent of unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Total

2021 2022

Men

2021 2022

Women

2021 2022

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Total who worked or looked for work 30,924 31,974 17,422 17,852 13,502 14,123

Percent with unemployment 11.6 9.5 11.9 9.4 11.4 9.6

Total with unemployment 3,603 3,033 2,067 1,673 1,536 1,360

Did not work but looked for work 611 517 313 260 298 257

Worked during the year 2,992 2,517 1,754 1,414 1,238 1,103

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers 16.4 12.6 17.5 12.9 14.7 11.9

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 4.1 3.9 5.2 3.6 2.5 4.4

Part-year workers3 with unemployment 95.9 96.1 94.8 96.4 97.5 95.6

1 to 4 weeks 20.0 22.0 18.5 21.7 22.2 22.5

5 to 14 weeks 23.2 32.7 21.1 33.0 26.1 32.3

15 weeks or more 52.7 41.3 55.2 41.7 49.3 40.9

With 2 spells or more of unemployment 19.7 23.2 21.7 25.6 16.9 20.1

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).