HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-10. Unemployment rates by age, sex, and marital status, seasonally adjusted
[Percent]
Age, sex, and marital status 2016 2017
Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over

4.9 5.0 5.0 4.7 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.7

16 to 19 years

15.6 15.9 16.0 16.2 15.9 15.6 15.6 15.9 15.6 15.2 14.7 15.0 15.0

16 to 17 years

19.0 19.5 19.3 18.4 17.0 15.3 16.8 17.4 19.8 18.1 17.6 16.0 18.0

18 to 19 years

13.9 14.1 13.4 14.5 15.4 15.7 15.1 15.3 13.5 14.2 13.1 14.5 13.5

20 years and over

4.5 4.6 4.6 4.3 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.3

20 to 24 years

8.6 8.4 8.8 8.3 8.6 8.9 8.1 8.2 8.4 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.0

25 years and over

4.1 4.2 4.1 3.8 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9

25 to 54 years

4.2 4.2 4.2 4.0 4.2 4.1 4.3 4.3 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.1

25 to 34 years

5.1 5.2 5.2 5.0 5.1 5.0 5.2 5.1 5.1 4.8 4.7 4.9 4.8

35 to 44 years

3.8 3.9 4.0 3.5 3.8 3.5 4.1 4.1 3.9 3.5 4.0 3.9 4.1

45 to 54 years

3.5 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.2

55 years and over

3.8 3.9 3.6 3.3 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.4


Men, 16 years and over

5.0 5.0 5.0 4.7 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.1 5.0 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.8

16 to 19 years

16.6 17.0 16.5 16.5 17.2 16.6 17.6 16.7 17.9 18.0 17.1 15.9 16.0

16 to 17 years

21.6 22.8 20.0 19.1 18.5 15.1 18.3 19.1 22.0 23.3 21.1 17.2 17.7

18 to 19 years

14.6 14.5 13.2 14.6 16.8 17.3 17.4 15.6 16.2 16.1 14.8 15.1 15.3

20 years and over

4.5 4.6 4.6 4.3 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.3

20 to 24 years

9.3 9.1 9.5 8.9 9.4 10.0 9.3 9.2 9.7 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4

25 years and over

4.0 4.1 4.0 3.8 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.2 4.0 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.8

25 to 54 years

4.0 4.1 4.1 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.3 4.1 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.9

25 to 34 years

5.1 5.0 5.3 5.1 5.1 5.0 5.0 5.2 5.1 4.8 4.7 4.9 5.0

35 to 44 years

3.6 3.6 3.6 3.3 3.5 3.5 3.8 4.1 3.8 3.5 3.8 3.9 3.8

45 to 54 years

3.3 3.6 3.4 3.1 3.4 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.0

55 years and over

4.0 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.7 3.3 3.4


Women, 16 years and over

4.9 5.0 5.0 4.7 4.9 4.7 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.5 4.6 4.8 4.6

16 to 19 years

14.5 14.7 15.6 15.9 14.5 14.6 13.5 15.1 13.2 12.2 12.0 14.2 13.9

16 to 17 years

16.4 16.3 18.7 17.7 15.5 15.5 15.3 15.8 18.0 13.1 14.4 14.8 18.3

18 to 19 years

13.1 13.6 13.6 14.4 13.7 13.9 12.6 14.9 10.2 12.1 11.1 13.8 11.6

20 years and over

4.5 4.6 4.5 4.2 4.5 4.3 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.3

20 to 24 years

7.9 7.6 8.1 7.6 7.8 7.6 6.8 7.0 6.9 7.0 7.0 7.1 6.5

25 years and over

4.1 4.3 4.1 3.8 4.1 3.9 4.3 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.9 4.0 4.0

25 to 54 years

4.3 4.4 4.4 4.1 4.3 4.0 4.6 4.4 4.2 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.2

25 to 34 years

5.1 5.4 5.0 5.0 5.2 5.0 5.4 5.1 5.0 4.8 4.7 5.0 4.6

35 to 44 years

4.1 4.2 4.4 3.6 4.1 3.5 4.4 4.2 4.1 3.6 4.1 4.1 4.5

45 to 54 years

3.8 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.4 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.5

55 years and over

3.4 3.8 3.5 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.5


MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present(1)

2.5 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.6

Married women, spouse present(1)

3.0 3.1 3.1 2.9 3.2 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.7 2.9 3.1 3.1

Footnotes
(1) Refers to persons in opposite-sex married couples only.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

 

Last Modified Date: March 10, 2017