Unemployed persons by marital status, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, age, and sex : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
24. Unemployed persons by marital status, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, age, and sex [Numbers in thousands]
Marital status, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and age	Men				Women
	Unemployed		Unemployment rates		Unemployed		Unemployment rates
	2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022
Total, 16 years and over	4,676	3,218	5.5	3.7	3,948	2,778	5.2	3.6
Married, spouse present(1)	1,433	881	3.2	1.9	1,234	802	3.4	2.2
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	607	415	6.0	4.0	780	497	5.7	3.7
Never married	2,635	1,922	8.8	6.3	1,934	1,478	7.5	5.6

White, 16 years and over	3,222	2,238	4.8	3.3	2,632	1,811	4.6	3.1
Married, spouse present(1)	1,062	670	2.9	1.8	927	593	3.2	2.0
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	443	303	5.5	3.7	555	344	5.4	3.4
Never married	1,717	1,265	7.8	5.7	1,150	874	6.6	4.9

Black or African American, 16 years and over	900	642	9.2	6.3	857	658	8.0	6.0
Married, spouse present(1)	180	120	5.0	3.1	127	111	4.2	3.4
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	108	83	7.9	6.1	156	110	7.0	5.1
Never married	611	439	12.7	8.8	574	437	10.4	7.8

Asian, 16 years and over	275	165	4.9	2.9	254	140	5.1	2.7
Married, spouse present(1)	136	61	3.9	1.7	131	66	4.4	2.1
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	22	10	6.1	2.5	36	15	6.1	2.5
Never married	117	94	6.9	5.3	87	59	6.2	4.3

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	1,090	715	6.5	4.1	904	587	7.2	4.4
Married, spouse present(1)	353	208	4.3	2.5	296	196	5.6	3.5
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	126	83	6.4	4.1	161	95	7.0	4.0
Never married	611	424	9.1	6.1	448	297	8.9	5.6

Total, 25 years and over	3,564	2,275	4.8	3.0	3,047	2,007	4.6	3.0
Married, spouse present(1)	1,400	857	3.1	1.9	1,193	759	3.4	2.1
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	589	398	5.9	3.9	765	484	5.7	3.6
Never married	1,574	1,019	7.8	4.9	1,090	764	6.6	4.5

White, 25 years and over	2,461	1,605	4.2	2.7	2,049	1,315	4.1	2.6
Married, spouse present(1)	1,035	649	2.8	1.7	895	562	3.1	1.9
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	429	288	5.4	3.6	544	334	5.3	3.3
Never married	997	668	6.9	4.5	609	419	5.7	3.9

Black or African American, 25 years and over	702	445	8.3	5.0	646	472	7.0	4.9
Married, spouse present(1)	176	120	5.0	3.1	120	103	4.1	3.2
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	107	82	7.9	6.1	153	106	6.9	5.0
Never married	419	244	11.8	6.7	374	263	9.0	6.2

Asian, 25 years and over	229	117	4.5	2.2	212	109	4.7	2.3
Married, spouse present(1)	136	60	3.9	1.7	130	65	4.4	2.1
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	22	10	6.0	2.6	36	15	6.2	2.5
Never married	71	47	5.6	3.6	46	28	4.7	3.0

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 25 years and over	795	478	5.6	3.3	663	408	6.4	3.7
Married, spouse present(1)	343	201	4.3	2.4	286	182	5.6	3.4
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	121	77	6.3	3.9	155	91	6.9	3.9
Never married	331	199	7.7	4.4	222	135	7.4	4.2
Footnotes (1) Beginning with data for January 2020, refers to persons in both opposite-sex and same-sex married couples. Prior to January 2020, referred to persons in opposite-sex married couples only. (2) Separated includes persons who are married, spouse absent.
NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals 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.

Last Modified Date: January 25, 2023