Table A-10. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-10. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
Characteristic	Number of unemployed people (in thousands)			Unemployment rates
Characteristic	Jan. 2024	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025	Jan. 2024	Sept. 2024	Oct. 2024	Nov. 2024	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over	6,149	6,886	6,849	3.7	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.1	4.0
16 to 19 years	677	821	763	10.6	14.2	13.7	13.1	12.4	11.8
16 to 17 years	253	314	308	10.0	14.5	11.7	14.1	13.5	13.4
18 to 19 years	419	505	454	10.9	14.1	14.6	12.5	11.8	10.9
20 years and over	5,472	6,065	6,087	3.4	3.7	3.8	3.9	3.7	3.7
20 to 24 years	926	1,157	1,259	6.0	7.0	7.8	7.8	7.5	7.9
25 years and over	4,609	4,953	4,877	3.2	3.3	3.4	3.5	3.4	3.3
25 to 54 years	3,486	3,752	3,671	3.3	3.4	3.5	3.7	3.5	3.4
25 to 34 years	1,466	1,662	1,606	3.9	4.1	4.2	4.5	4.5	4.2
35 to 44 years	1,111	1,276	1,190	3.0	3.4	3.6	3.6	3.4	3.1
45 to 54 years	908	814	875	2.8	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.5	2.6
55 years and over	1,105	1,199	1,185	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.0

Men, 16 years and over	3,482	3,675	3,660	3.9	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.1	4.0
16 to 19 years	416	469	396	13.2	15.7	14.0	15.3	14.0	11.9
16 to 17 years	189	158	134	15.1	16.8	12.1	18.4	13.9	12.1
18 to 19 years	233	307	263	12.2	15.5	15.2	13.8	13.9	11.9
20 years and over	3,067	3,206	3,264	3.6	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.7	3.7
20 to 24 years	555	658	746	7.0	7.4	9.1	9.0	8.2	9.2
25 years and over	2,582	2,571	2,572	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3
25 to 54 years	1,914	1,909	1,944	3.4	3.5	3.4	3.6	3.3	3.3
25 to 34 years	780	889	863	4.0	4.2	4.2	4.6	4.5	4.3
35 to 44 years	652	620	600	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.3	3.1	2.9
45 to 54 years	482	399	481	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.3	2.7
55 years and over	668	662	628	3.2	2.9	3.2	3.1	3.2	3.0

Women, 16 years and over	2,667	3,211	3,189	3.4	3.9	4.0	4.2	4.1	4.0
16 to 19 years	262	352	366	8.1	12.7	13.5	11.0	10.8	11.6
16 to 17 years	65	156	175	5.0	12.3	11.4	10.0	13.0	14.7
18 to 19 years	186	198	191	9.6	12.6	13.9	11.2	9.6	9.8
20 years and over	2,405	2,859	2,822	3.2	3.6	3.6	3.9	3.8	3.7
20 to 24 years	372	500	514	4.9	6.6	6.3	6.6	6.7	6.6
25 years and over	2,028	2,382	2,304	3.0	3.2	3.4	3.6	3.5	3.3
25 to 54 years	1,571	1,843	1,727	3.1	3.4	3.7	3.8	3.6	3.4
25 to 34 years	686	773	743	3.9	4.1	4.1	4.4	4.4	4.1
35 to 44 years	459	656	590	2.7	3.4	4.0	4.0	3.7	3.3
45 to 54 years	427	414	394	2.8	2.6	2.9	2.9	2.7	2.5
55 years and over	441	532	558	2.5	2.6	2.6	3.0	3.0	3.1

MARITAL STATUS
Married men, spouse present(1)	994	1,011	944	2.1	2.1	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.0
Married women, spouse present(1)	774	936	886	2.0	2.4	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.3
Women who maintain families(2)	567	566	582	5.4	4.7	5.0	5.9	5.5	5.5

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS
Full-time workers(3)	4,973	5,617	5,677	3.6	4.0	4.1	4.2	4.0	4.0
Part-time workers(4)	1,222	1,278	1,227	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.7	4.4	4.2
Footnotes (1) Beginning with data for January 2020, refers to people in both opposite-sex and same-sex married couples. Prior to January 2020, referred to people in opposite-sex married couples only. (2) Data are not seasonally adjusted. Beginning with data for January 2020, refers to female householders residing with one or more family members, but not a spouse of either sex. Prior to January 2020, referred to female householders residing with one or more family members, but not an opposite-sex spouse. (3) Full-time workers are unemployed people who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or are on layoff from full-time jobs. (4) Part-time workers are unemployed people who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week) or are on layoff from part-time jobs.
NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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Last Modified Date: April 24, 2025