HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
33. Unemployed jobseekers by sex, age, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and active jobsearch methods used
2005
Thousands of persons
Methods used as a percent of total jobseekers
Characteristic
Sent out
resumes
or filled
out
applications
Placed
or
answered
ads
Average
number of
methods
used
Public
employment
agency
Private
employment
agency
Other
17.7
13.3
16.3
17.6
20.3
19.3
20.9
19.3
18.3
8.5
16.7
21.0
23.3
22.0
19.4
12.9
6.7
2.4
5.9
7.5
8.3
9.0
8.5
3.7
11.1
5.8
9.4
12.3
13.1
13.4
14.6
11.6
1.85
1.56
1.80
1.93
1.98
1.97
1.92
1.58
14.7
8.9
12.7
16.7
18.2
16.5
17.4
13.1
19.4
14.7
18.5
19.4
22.8
21.5
21.7
18.5
18.4
9.0
17.5
20.3
23.5
23.0
19.0
13.9
6.8
2.6
6.3
7.6
8.0
9.8
8.4
2.5
11.6
5.9
9.3
13.7
13.5
14.6
16.0
12.8
1.86
1.57
1.80
1.96
2.01
2.00
1.94
1.56
57.7
61.7
59.3
57.8
57.2
55.9
54.6
43.4
15.0
7.9
15.2
15.6
18.0
17.1
15.6
16.3
15.8
11.6
13.3
16.0
18.0
17.0
20.2
20.3
18.3
7.8
15.6
21.7
23.0
20.9
19.9
11.8
6.6
2.0
5.4
7.4
8.5
8.3
8.6
5.2
10.6
5.7
9.6
10.9
12.7
12.3
13.1
10.1
1.84
1.56
1.80
1.90
1.96
1.94
1.89
1.60
61.1
62.1
59.9
55.6
53.4
58.2
15.2
15.0
15.5
17.7
19.5
15.6
17.2
17.5
16.8
6.6
6.9
6.2
11.6
12.3
10.8
1.85
1.87
1.83
1,563
766
798
60.3
60.6
59.9
55.6
53.6
57.5
14.3
14.3
14.4
17.1
19.1
15.1
22.0
21.1
22.9
6.5
6.1
6.9
9.2
9.3
9.1
1.85
1.84
1.86
259
141
118
245
134
110
59.1
60.3
57.7
47.1
45.6
49.0
13.2
12.6
13.9
23.6
22.2
25.3
16.7
15.9
17.6
9.5
8.3
10.9
16.2
16.0
16.5
1.86
1.81
1.92
1,191
647
544
c 1,040
c 548
c 492
61.1
63.7
58.2
48.6
45.4
52.2
10.4
10.5
10.4
22.3
25.3
18.9
18.0
19.0
17.0
6.1
5.9
6.2
8.7
8.5
9.0
c 1.75
c 1.78
c 1.72
Total
unemployed
Total
jobseekers
Total, 16 years and over .................
16 to 19 years ...................................
20 to 24 years ...................................
25 to 34 years ...................................
35 to 44 years ...................................
45 to 54 years ...................................
55 to 64 years ...................................
65 years and over .............................
7,591
1,186
1,335
1,661
1,400
1,195
630
184
6,657
1,127
1,230
1,444
1,186
1,021
507
143
60.6
57.8
61.5
61.9
60.9
62.6
58.7
53.9
55.4
60.2
56.1
56.0
53.8
53.4
52.3
41.6
14.8
8.5
13.8
16.1
18.1
16.8
16.6
14.5
Men, 16 years and over ..................
16 to 19 years ...................................
20 to 24 years ...................................
25 to 34 years ...................................
35 to 44 years ...................................
45 to 54 years ...................................
55 to 64 years ...................................
65 years and over .............................
4,059
667
775
844
715
624
331
102
3,467
632
699
704
579
515
260
77
61.4
56.9
61.4
63.3
63.9
63.1
60.7
54.7
53.2
59.1
53.7
54.1
50.3
51.0
50.1
40.1
Women, 16 years and over ............
16 to 19 years ...................................
20 to 24 years ...................................
25 to 34 years ...................................
35 to 44 years ...................................
45 to 54 years ...................................
55 to 64 years ...................................
65 years and over .............................
3,531
519
560
817
685
571
299
82
3,190
495
531
740
607
506
247
65
59.8
58.9
61.5
60.6
58.1
62.0
56.7
53.0
White, 16 years and over ...............
Men ...................................................
Women .............................................
5,350
2,931
2,419
4,595
2,440
2,154
Black or African American,
16 years and over ......................
Men ...................................................
Women .............................................
1,700
844
856
Asian, 16 years and over ...............
Men ...................................................
Women .............................................
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity,
16 years and over .......................
Men ...................................................
Women .............................................
Employer
directly
Friends
or
relatives
AGE AND SEX
RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO
ETHNICITY, AND SEX
c = corrected.
NOTE: The jobseekers total is less than the total unemployed because it
does not include persons on temporary layoff. The percent using each method
will always total more than 100 because many jobseekers use more than one
method. 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. Beginining in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls
used in the household survey.
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