Table A-10. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-10. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
Characteristic	Number of unemployed persons (in thousands)			Unemployment rates
Characteristic	Mar. 2023	Feb. 2024	Mar. 2024	Mar. 2023	Nov. 2023	Dec. 2023	Jan. 2024	Feb. 2024	Mar. 2024
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over	5,866	6,458	6,429	3.5	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.9	3.8
16 to 19 years	635	803	842	9.9	11.4	11.9	10.6	12.5	12.6
16 to 17 years	227	290	353	9.3	11.4	13.1	10.0	12.5	14.1
18 to 19 years	410	499	490	10.3	11.5	11.2	10.8	12.2	11.5
20 years and over	5,232	5,655	5,587	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5
20 to 24 years	1,042	1,097	1,091	6.5	6.6	6.4	5.9	7.2	7.1
25 years and over	4,169	4,655	4,499	2.9	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.1
25 to 54 years	3,141	3,544	3,466	3.0	3.1	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.2
25 to 34 years	1,419	1,607	1,518	3.8	3.9	4.2	3.9	4.3	4.1
35 to 44 years	930	1,078	982	2.6	2.9	2.9	3.0	2.9	2.6
45 to 54 years	792	859	967	2.4	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.6	2.9
55 years and over	1,013	1,081	1,016	2.6	2.9	2.8	2.9	2.8	2.6

Men, 16 years and over	3,219	3,398	3,323	3.6	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.7
16 to 19 years	342	396	467	10.4	12.2	12.5	13.2	12.3	13.7
16 to 17 years	120	124	167	9.7	13.3	15.2	15.1	11.6	14.1
18 to 19 years	220	272	298	10.7	11.7	11.3	12.1	12.5	13.2
20 years and over	2,877	3,002	2,855	3.4	3.7	3.5	3.6	3.5	3.3
20 to 24 years	576	610	549	7.0	7.1	6.4	7.0	7.9	7.1
25 years and over	2,306	2,474	2,329	3.0	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.0
25 to 54 years	1,728	1,896	1,779	3.0	3.4	3.5	3.4	3.3	3.1
25 to 34 years	819	840	813	4.1	4.2	4.4	4.0	4.2	4.1
35 to 44 years	542	597	436	2.8	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.0	2.2
45 to 54 years	366	459	529	2.1	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.6	3.0
55 years and over	579	577	550	2.8	3.3	2.9	3.2	2.8	2.6

Women, 16 years and over	2,648	3,060	3,106	3.4	3.4	3.6	3.4	3.9	3.9
16 to 19 years	293	408	375	9.4	10.6	11.1	8.2	12.7	11.4
16 to 17 years	106	166	186	8.9	9.5	11.2	5.0	13.1	14.2
18 to 19 years	190	227	193	9.8	11.2	11.1	9.6	11.8	9.7
20 years and over	2,355	2,653	2,731	3.2	3.1	3.3	3.2	3.5	3.6
20 to 24 years	466	487	542	6.1	6.1	6.4	4.9	6.4	7.1
25 years and over	1,863	2,182	2,170	2.8	2.8	3.0	3.0	3.2	3.2
25 to 54 years	1,413	1,648	1,687	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.1	3.3	3.4
25 to 34 years	600	767	704	3.5	3.5	3.9	3.9	4.4	4.0
35 to 44 years	388	481	546	2.3	2.5	2.7	2.7	2.8	3.1
45 to 54 years	425	401	437	2.8	2.5	2.5	2.8	2.6	2.8
55 years and over	434	520	463	2.5	2.6	2.7	2.5	2.9	2.6

MARITAL STATUS
Married men, spouse present(1)	890	879	831	1.9	2.0	2.1	2.1	1.9	1.8
Married women, spouse present(1)	753	766	860	2.0	2.0	2.2	2.0	2.0	2.3
Women who maintain families(2)	471	583	550	4.6	4.8	4.7	5.4	5.5	5.3

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS
Full-time workers(3)	4,780	5,356	5,090	3.4	3.7	3.8	3.6	3.9	3.7
Part-time workers(4)	1,091	1,131	1,329	3.9	3.9	3.8	4.2	3.9	4.4
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) 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 persons 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 persons 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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