For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Thursday, December 8, 2011 USDL-11-1719 

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WORK EXPERIENCE OF THE POPULATION – 2010 

A total of 152.3 million persons worked at some point during 2010, 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 2010 was 63.7 percent, down from 64.9 percent in 2009. The number of persons who 

experienced some unemployment during 2010 decreased by 894,000 to 25.2 million. 

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

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

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

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

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

Highlights from the 2010 data: 

 The proportion of workers who worked full time, year round in 2010 was 64.7 percent, up from 

64.0 percent in 2009. (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 15.9 percent in 2010, down from 16.4 percent in 2009. (See 

table 3.) 

 The number of individuals who looked for a job but did not work at all during 2010 rose by 

715,000 over the year to 6.6 million. (See table 3.) 

Persons with Employment 

The percent of men who worked during 2010 was 69.3 percent, down from 70.6 percent in 2009. The 

proportion of women who worked at some point during 2010 was 58.5 percent, down from 59.6 percent 

in the prior year. (See table 1.) 

The proportions of whites (64.7 percent) and Hispanics (63.5 percent) who worked at some time during 

the year declined from 2009 to 2010, while the share of blacks (58.2 percent) and Asians (64.1 percent) 

were about unchanged. (See table 2.) 

Of those employed at some time during 2010, 78.2 percent usually worked full time, little changed from 

78.3 percent in 2009. Men were more likely to work full time during the year (84.3 percent) than were 
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women (71.5 percent). In 2010, the proportion of employed men and women working full time showed 

little or no change. (See table 1.) 

Of the total who worked during 2010, 75.9 percent were employed year round (working 50 to 52 weeks, 

either full or part time), compared with 75.3 percent in 2009. The percentage of men employed year 

round rose by 1.1 percentage points to 76.7 percent in 2010, and the percentage of women working year 

round was nearly unchanged at 75.0 percent. 

Persons with Unemployment 

About 158.9 million persons worked or looked for work at some time in 2010. Of those, 25.2 million 

experienced some unemployment during the year, down slightly from 26.1 million in 2009. (See 

table 3.) 

At 15.9 percent in 2010, 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) was 0.5 percentage point 

lower than in 2009. The 2009 rate (16.4 percent) was the highest since 1985. The rate for whites (15.0 

percent) declined from 2009 to 2010, while the rates for blacks (22.5 percent), Hispanics (20.5 percent), 

and Asians (12.9 percent) were little changed. (See tables 3 and 4.) 

Overall, men continued to have higher "work-experience unemployment rates" in 2010 than women, 

17.7 versus 13.8 percent. Among whites, the rate for men (16.8 percent) was higher than that for women 

(12.8 percent). This also was the case for men and women among blacks (25.9 and 19.5 percent, 

respectively) and Hispanics (22.4 and 18.0 percent, respectively). The rates for Asian men and women 

were the same (12.9 percent). 

Among those who experienced unemployment in 2010, the median number of weeks spent looking for 

work was 19.9, little changed from 19.7 in 2009. The number of persons who looked for a job but did 

not work at all in 2010 rose by 715,000 to about 6.6 million. Of the 18.7 million individuals who worked 

during 2010 and also experienced unemployment, 20.7 percent had 2 or more spells of joblessness, 

nearly the same as in 2009 (20.5 percent). 
Technical Note 

The data presented in this release were collected in the 

Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current 

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

survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the U.S. 

Bureau of Labor Statistics. Data from the CPS are used to 

obtain the monthly estimates of the nation's employment and 

unemployment levels. The supplement, conducted in the 

months of February through April, includes questions about 

work activity during the prior calendar year. For instance, 

data collected in 2011 refer to the 2010 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 

during 2010 was over twice the number unemployed in an 

average month during the year. 

 Employed Unemployed 

 2010 estimates (in thousands) 

 Annual average of 

 monthly estimates 139,064 14,825 

 Annual supplement data 152,320 25,241 

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 fewer questions by 

which to categorize respondents are asked in the supplement. 

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 data, whereas, for a specific reference week, each 

person is only counted in one category and employment 

activity takes precedence over job search activity. 

Work experience data for 2010, which were collected in 

the 2011 Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the 

CPS, are not strictly comparable with data for 2009 and earlier years because of the introduction in January 2011 of 

revised population controls used in the CPS. The effect of the 

revised population controls on the work experience estimates 

is unknown. However, the effect of the new January 2011 

controls on the monthly CPS estimates was to decrease the 

December 2010 employment level by 472,000 and the unemployment level by 32,000. Additional information is available 

on the Internet 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 exact difference, or sampling error, varies 

depending on the particular sample selected, and this 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 

Persons who worked. In the 2011 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 2010?" or "Did you do any temporary, part-time, 

or seasonal work even for a few days during 2010?" 

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 2010, did 

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

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, 2009-10

Extent of employment

Total Men Women

2009 2010 2009 2010 2009 2010

Numbers (in thousands)

Civilian noninstitutional population ....................................................................... 237,158 238,999 114,820 115,986 122,339 123,012

Total who worked or looked for work ................................................................ 159,776 158,882 84,396 84,000 75,380 74,882

Percent of the population .............................................................................. 67.4 66.5 73.5 72.4 61.6 60.9

Total who worked during the year 1 .................................................................. 153,929 152,320 81,073 80,341 72,855 71,980

Percent of the population .............................................................................. 64.9 63.7 70.6 69.3 59.6 58.5

Full time 2 ..................................................................................................... 120,538 119,145 68,436 67,693 52,101 51,452

50 to 52 weeks ......................................................................................... 98,519 98,490 55,341 55,738 43,178 42,752

48 to 49 weeks ......................................................................................... 1,903 1,800 1,172 1,084 731 715

40 to 47 weeks ......................................................................................... 5,428 5,392 3,153 3,052 2,275 2,340

27 to 39 weeks ......................................................................................... 5,006 4,498 3,002 2,609 2,004 1,888

14 to 26 weeks ......................................................................................... 5,717 5,287 3,378 3,103 2,339 2,184

1 to 13 weeks ........................................................................................... 3,964 3,680 2,389 2,106 1,574 1,574

Part time 3 ..................................................................................................... 33,391 33,175 12,637 12,648 20,754 20,528

50 to 52 weeks ......................................................................................... 17,405 17,113 5,904 5,874 11,502 11,239

48 to 49 weeks ......................................................................................... 811 780 253 257 558 523

40 to 47 weeks ......................................................................................... 2,706 2,941 1,023 1,079 1,682 1,863

27 to 39 weeks ......................................................................................... 3,153 2,856 1,246 1,183 1,907 1,673

14 to 26 weeks ......................................................................................... 4,627 4,753 2,042 2,141 2,585 2,611

1 to 13 weeks ........................................................................................... 4,689 4,732 2,169 2,113 2,520 2,619

Percent distribution

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

Full time 2 ......................................................................................................... 78.3 78.2 84.4 84.3 71.5 71.5

50 to 52 weeks ............................................................................................. 64.0 64.7 68.3 69.4 59.3 59.4

48 to 49 weeks ............................................................................................. 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.0 1.0

40 to 47 weeks ............................................................................................. 3.5 3.5 3.9 3.8 3.1 3.3

27 to 39 weeks ............................................................................................. 3.3 3.0 3.7 3.2 2.8 2.6

14 to 26 weeks ............................................................................................. 3.7 3.5 4.2 3.9 3.2 3.0

1 to 13 weeks ............................................................................................... 2.6 2.4 2.9 2.6 2.2 2.2

Part time 3 ......................................................................................................... 21.7 21.8 15.6 15.7 28.5 28.5

50 to 52 weeks ............................................................................................. 11.3 11.2 7.3 7.3 15.8 15.6

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

40 to 47 weeks ............................................................................................. 1.8 1.9 1.3 1.3 2.3 2.6

27 to 39 weeks ............................................................................................. 2.0 1.9 1.5 1.5 2.6 2.3

14 to 26 weeks ............................................................................................. 3.0 3.1 2.5 2.7 3.5 3.6

1 to 13 weeks ............................................................................................... 3.0 3.1 2.7 2.6 3.5 3.6

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, 2009-10

(Numbers in thousands)

Extent of employment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Total Men Women

2009 2010 2009 2010 2009 2010

WHITE 

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................................................... 191,727 192,792 93,927 94,689 97,800 98,103

Total who worked or looked for work ............................................................ 130,189 129,249 70,042 69,593 60,147 59,656

Percent of the population .......................................................................... 67.9 67.0 74.6 73.5 61.5 60.8

Total who worked during the year 1 .............................................................. 126,236 124,651 67,731 66,984 58,504 57,667

Percent of the population .......................................................................... 65.8 64.7 72.1 70.7 59.8 58.8

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

Full time 2 ................................................................................................. 77.8 77.9 84.4 84.5 70.3 70.2

50 to 52 weeks ..................................................................................... 63.7 64.5 68.3 69.6 58.4 58.6

27 to 49 weeks ..................................................................................... 8.1 7.7 9.2 8.5 6.8 6.7

1 to 26 weeks ....................................................................................... 6.1 5.7 7.0 6.4 5.1 4.9

Part time 3 ................................................................................................. 22.2 22.1 15.6 15.5 29.7 29.8

50 to 52 weeks ..................................................................................... 11.6 11.5 7.3 7.3 16.5 16.4

27 to 49 weeks ..................................................................................... 4.5 4.5 3.2 3.1 6.0 6.0

1 to 26 weeks ....................................................................................... 6.1 6.1 5.1 5.1 7.2 7.3

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................................................... 28,590 29,004 12,879 13,108 15,711 15,896

Total who worked or looked for work ............................................................ 18,250 18,263 8,421 8,466 9,829 9,797

Percent of the population .......................................................................... 63.8 63.0 65.4 64.6 62.6 61.6

Total who worked during the year 1 .............................................................. 16,804 16,868 7,641 7,708 9,163 9,160

Percent of the population .......................................................................... 58.8 58.2 59.3 58.8 58.3 57.6

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

Full time 2 ................................................................................................. 80.5 79.6 83.4 82.0 78.0 77.6

50 to 52 weeks ..................................................................................... 65.1 64.5 66.3 66.0 64.1 63.2

27 to 49 weeks ..................................................................................... 7.9 8.3 8.7 8.6 7.3 8.0

1 to 26 weeks ....................................................................................... 7.5 6.8 8.4 7.4 6.7 6.3

Part time 3 ................................................................................................. 19.5 20.4 16.6 18.0 22.0 22.4

50 to 52 weeks ..................................................................................... 9.9 9.5 7.4 7.3 12.0 11.4

27 to 49 weeks ..................................................................................... 3.4 3.4 2.9 3.2 3.8 3.6

1 to 26 weeks ....................................................................................... 6.2 7.4 6.3 7.5 6.1 7.4

ASIAN 

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................................................... 11,033 11,320 5,192 5,325 5,841 5,995

Total who worked or looked for work ............................................................ 7,430 7,569 3,935 3,955 3,495 3,614

Percent of the population .......................................................................... 67.3 66.9 75.8 74.3 59.8 60.3

Total who worked during the year 1 .............................................................. 7,194 7,253 3,822 3,811 3,372 3,442

Percent of the population .......................................................................... 65.2 64.1 73.6 71.6 57.7 57.4

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

Full time 2 ................................................................................................. 82.7 81.7 87.7 87.2 77.1 75.7

50 to 52 weeks ..................................................................................... 70.8 70.7 75.8 76.4 65.0 64.4

27 to 49 weeks ..................................................................................... 6.0 5.7 5.9 5.9 6.2 5.5

1 to 26 weeks ....................................................................................... 5.9 5.4 6.0 5.0 5.9 5.8

Part time 3 ................................................................................................. 17.3 18.3 12.3 12.8 22.9 24.3

50 to 52 weeks ..................................................................................... 9.8 10.1 7.0 6.6 13.0 14.1

27 to 49 weeks ..................................................................................... 3.2 3.6 1.9 2.6 4.8 4.7

1 to 26 weeks ....................................................................................... 4.2 4.5 3.4 3.6 5.2 5.5

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2. Work experience of the population during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2009-10 —

Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

Extent of employment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Total Men Women

2009 2010 2009 2010 2009 2010

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population ................................................................... 33,413 34,155 17,200 17,602 16,213 16,552

Total who worked or looked for work ............................................................ 22,668 22,825 13,268 13,301 9,400 9,524

Percent of the population .......................................................................... 67.8 66.8 77.1 75.6 58.0 57.5

Total who worked during the year 1 .............................................................. 21,723 21,686 12,724 12,663 9,000 9,023

Percent of the population .......................................................................... 65.0 63.5 74.0 71.9 55.5 54.5

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

Full time 2 ................................................................................................. 78.5 78.9 83.5 84.0 71.5 71.8

50 to 52 weeks ..................................................................................... 61.2 62.2 63.8 65.7 57.6 57.2

27 to 49 weeks ..................................................................................... 9.6 9.8 11.2 11.0 7.3 8.1

1 to 26 weeks ....................................................................................... 7.6 7.0 8.4 7.3 6.5 6.5

Part time 3 ................................................................................................. 21.5 21.1 16.5 16.0 28.5 28.2

50 to 52 weeks ..................................................................................... 11.7 11.2 8.3 8.0 16.5 15.8

27 to 49 weeks ..................................................................................... 4.3 4.1 3.7 3.4 5.1 5.0

1 to 26 weeks ....................................................................................... 5.6 5.8 4.6 4.6 7.0 7.4

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: 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, 2009-10

Extent of unemployment

Total Men Women

2009 2010 2009 2010 2009 2010

Numbers (in thousands)

Total who worked or looked for work .................................................................... 159,776 158,882 84,396 84,000 75,380 74,882

Percent with unemployment ............................................................................. 16.4 15.9 18.8 17.7 13.6 13.8

Total with unemployment .................................................................................. 26,135 25,241 15,864 14,880 10,271 10,360

Did not work but looked for work .................................................................. 5,847 6,562 3,323 3,659 2,525 2,903

1 to 14 weeks ........................................................................................... 1,231 1,351 572 634 658 717

15 weeks or more ..................................................................................... 4,617 5,211 2,750 3,025 1,866 2,186

Worked during the year ................................................................................ 20,288 18,679 12,542 11,221 7,746 7,458

Year-round workers 1 with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment ...................... 693 591 458 379 235 211

Part-year workers 2 with unemployment ................................................... 19,595 18,088 12,083 10,842 7,512 7,246

1 to 4 weeks ......................................................................................... 2,526 2,259 1,466 1,178 1,060 1,081

5 to 10 weeks ....................................................................................... 2,560 2,393 1,592 1,419 968 974

11 to 14 weeks ..................................................................................... 2,414 2,299 1,557 1,438 857 861

15 to 26 weeks ..................................................................................... 5,693 5,113 3,559 3,231 2,134 1,882

27 weeks or more ................................................................................. 6,402 6,024 3,908 3,577 2,494 2,447

 Median weeks of unemployment for all workers ....................................... 19.7 19.9 19.7 20.1 19.5 19.5

 With 2 spells or more of unemployment ................................................... 4,149 3,872 2,862 2,620 1,287 1,252

 2 spells ................................................................................................. 1,915 1,786 1,297 1,129 619 657

 3 spells or more .................................................................................... 2,234 2,086 1,565 1,491 668 595

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 ................................................................................................... 21.0 20.6 17.2 17.3 26.1 24.7

15 weeks or more ............................................................................................. 79.0 79.4 82.8 82.7 73.9 75.3

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 .............................. 3.4 3.2 3.7 3.4 3.0 2.8

Part-year workers 2 with unemployment ........................................................... 96.6 96.8 96.3 96.6 97.0 97.2

1 to 4 weeks ................................................................................................. 12.5 12.1 11.7 10.5 13.7 14.5

5 to 10 weeks ............................................................................................... 12.6 12.8 12.7 12.6 12.5 13.1

11 to 14 weeks ............................................................................................. 11.9 12.3 12.4 12.8 11.1 11.5

15 to 26 weeks ............................................................................................. 28.1 27.4 28.4 28.8 27.5 25.2

27 weeks or more ......................................................................................... 31.6 32.3 31.2 31.9 32.2 32.8

 With 2 spells or more of unemployment ............................................... 20.5 20.7 22.8 23.3 16.6 16.8

 2 spells ............................................................................................. 9.4 9.6 10.3 10.1 8.0 8.8

 3 spells or more ................................................................................ 11.0 11.2 12.5 13.3 8.6 8.0

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, 2009-10

(Numbers in thousands)

Extent of unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Total Men Women

2009 2010 2009 2010 2009 2010

WHITE 

Total who worked or looked for work ................................................................ 130,189 129,249 70,042 69,593 60,147 59,656

Percent with unemployment ......................................................................... 15.5 15.0 18.1 16.8 12.6 12.8

Total with unemployment .............................................................................. 20,231 19,329 12,669 11,687 7,562 7,643

Did not work but looked for work .............................................................. 3,954 4,598 2,311 2,609 1,643 1,989

Worked during the year ............................................................................ 16,277 14,732 10,358 9,078 5,920 5,654

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers ................................... 19.1 19.2 19.2 19.6 19.0 18.5

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 .................. 3.4 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.0 3.1

Part-year workers 3 with unemployment ............................................... 96.6 96.6 96.4 96.4 97.0 96.9

1 to 4 weeks ..................................................................................... 12.8 12.0 11.8 10.2 14.5 14.9

5 to 14 weeks ................................................................................... 25.3 26.3 26.0 26.6 24.0 25.7

15 weeks or more ............................................................................. 58.6 58.3 58.6 59.6 58.5 56.3

 With 2 spells or more of unemployment ....................................... 21.5 21.5 23.9 23.7 17.3 17.9

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 

Total who worked or looked for work ................................................................ 18,250 18,263 8,421 8,466 9,829 9,797

Percent with unemployment ......................................................................... 22.4 22.5 26.1 25.9 19.1 19.5

Total with unemployment .............................................................................. 4,082 4,105 2,201 2,192 1,881 1,913

Did not work but looked for work .............................................................. 1,446 1,395 780 758 666 637

Worked during the year ............................................................................ 2,636 2,710 1,421 1,434 1,215 1,276

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers ................................... 22.8 22.9 23.6 22.3 22.1 23.6

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 .................. 3.3 1.8 3.8 2.0 2.7 1.6

Part-year workers 3 with unemployment ............................................... 96.7 98.2 96.2 98.0 97.3 98.4

1 to 4 weeks ..................................................................................... 9.9 11.7 11.1 11.4 8.5 12.2

5 to 14 weeks ................................................................................... 19.9 19.9 18.8 20.0 21.2 19.8

15 weeks or more ............................................................................. 66.9 66.5 66.3 66.6 67.6 66.4

 With 2 spells or more of unemployment ....................................... 14.7 17.2 16.8 20.7 12.1 13.2

ASIAN 

Total who worked or looked for work ................................................................ 7,430 7,569 3,935 3,955 3,495 3,614

Percent with unemployment ......................................................................... 12.6 12.9 12.4 12.9 12.8 12.9

Total with unemployment .............................................................................. 937 973 489 509 448 465

Did not work but looked for work .............................................................. 236 316 114 144 123 172

Worked during the year ............................................................................ 701 657 376 364 325 293

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers ................................... 19.9 21.3 21.3 21.7 18.9 20.8

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 .................. 7.0 3.0 8.0 3.6 5.8 2.3

Part-year workers 3 with unemployment ............................................... 93.0 97.0 92.0 96.4 94.2 97.7

1 to 4 weeks ..................................................................................... 13.6 14.6 10.9 15.3 16.7 13.9

5 to 14 weeks ................................................................................... 22.8 20.6 24.6 19.5 20.7 21.9

15 weeks or more ............................................................................. 56.6 61.8 56.5 61.6 56.8 61.9

 With 2 spells or more of unemployment ....................................... 15.3 14.0 15.3 16.9 15.2 10.5

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 4. Extent of unemployment during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2009-10 — Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

Extent of unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Total Men Women

2009 2010 2009 2010 2009 2010

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Total who worked or looked for work ................................................................ 22,668 22,825 13,268 13,301 9,400 9,524

Percent with unemployment ......................................................................... 20.9 20.5 23.7 22.4 16.9 18.0

Total with unemployment .............................................................................. 4,729 4,686 3,140 2,974 1,589 1,712

Did not work but looked for work .............................................................. 944 1,138 544 638 400 500

Worked during the year ............................................................................ 3,784 3,548 2,595 2,336 1,189 1,212

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers ................................... 20.0 20.0 19.4 19.9 21.6 20.2

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 .................. 1.5 2.3 1.4 2.3 1.7 2.1

Part-year workers 3 with unemployment ............................................... 98.5 97.7 98.6 97.7 98.3 97.9

1 to 4 weeks ..................................................................................... 12.4 10.7 12.3 8.9 12.6 14.0

5 to 14 weeks ................................................................................... 25.5 26.5 26.8 27.8 22.6 24.1

15 weeks or more ............................................................................. 60.6 60.5 59.5 60.9 63.1 59.8

 With 2 spells or more of unemployment ....................................... 24.1 24.0 27.7 26.7 16.2 18.8

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.