United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

392 Labor Force, Employment, and Earnings
No. 666. Unemployed and Unemployment Insurance—Summary: 1970 to 1982
[In thousands, except as indicated. Persons 16 years old and over. Annual averages ol monthly figures, except as indicated.
See also H is to ric a l Statistics, C olonial Tim es to 1970, senes D 87-101]
ITEM ANO CHARACTERISTIC 1970 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 I960 1981 1982,
June'
Tot»l unemployed.................................... 4,093 5,156 7,929 7,406 6,991 6,202 6,137 7,637 8,273 10,427
Labor force time lost2 (percent).............. 5.2 6.1 9.1 8.3 7.6 6.5 6.3 7.9 8.5 10.2
Male............................................................. 2,238 2,714 4,442 4,036 3,667 3,142 3,120 4,267 4,577 6,065
Female.......... ............................................... 1,855 2,441 3,486 3,369 3,324 3,061 3,018 3,370 3,696 4,362
White............................................................ 3.339 4,097 6,421 5,914 5,441 4,698 4,684 5,684 6,343 8,050
Black and other............................................ 754 1,058 1,507 1,492 1,550 1,505 1,473 1,752 1,930 2,387
Full-time workers.......................................... 3,206 4,010 6,523 5,974 5,548 4,838 4,787 6,269 6,795 8,873
Part-time workers.......................................... 669 1,147 1,406 1,432 1,443 1,364 1,351 1,369 1,477 1,583
Percent of total unemployed....................... 21.7 22.2 17.8 19.3 20.6 22.0 22.0 17.9 17.9 15.2
16-19 years old............................................. 1,106 1,422 1,767 1,719 1,663 1,583 1,555 1,669 1,763 1,842
Percent of total unemployed.................... 27.0 27.6 22.3 23.2 23.8 25.5 25.3 21.9 21.3 17.7
Male......................................................... 599 757 966 939 874 813 811 913 962 1,034
Female .................. 506 665 802 780 789 769 743 755 800 808
White......................................................... 871 1,104 1,413 1,364 1,264 1.169 1,193 1,291 1,374 1,423
Black and other.......................................... 235 318 355 355 379 394 362 377 388 426
20-24 years old............................................. 86$ 1,212 1,865 1,714 1,629 1,483 1,442 1,835 1,976 2,321
Percent of total unemployed...................... 21.2 23.5 23.5 23.1 23.3 23.9 23.5 24.0 23.9 22.3
Male.................................................... ..... 479 649 1,081 951 877 768 744 1,076 1,144 1,347
Female...................................................... 387 564 783 763 752 714 697 760 833 974
White......................................................... 679 925 1,473 1,327 1,196 1,058 1,038 1,364 1,449
Black and other.......................................... 186 286 391 388 433 425 403 472 527 (NA)
25-44 years old............................................. 1,233 1,603 2,727 2,559 2.435 2,116 2,151 2,964 3,276 4,613
Percent of total unemployed.................... 30.1 31.1 34.4 34.6 34.8 34.1 35.0 38.8 39.6 44.2
Male................... 644 812 1,493 1,345 1,242 1,005 1,028 1,619 1,765 2,721
Female........................................... . 569 791 1,235 1,212 1,194 1,112 1,123 1,345 1,511 1,892
45-64 years old..... 785 819 1,413 1.268 1,116 897 866 1,075 1,159 1,606
Percent ol total unemployed.................... 19.2 15.9 17.8 17.1 16.0 14.5 14.4 14.1 14.0 15.4
Male................... 445 433 801 707 578 475 468 600 651 919
Female............... 340 386 612 561 538 422 418 475 508 687
65 years and over... 104 99 155 147 147 123 104 94 98 79
Unemployment rate (percent):3
All workers 4.9 5.6 8.5 7.7 7.1 6.1 5.8 7.1 7.6 9.5
White... 4.5 5.0 7.8 7.0 6.2 5.2 5.1 6.3 6.7 8.4
Male... 4,0 4.4 7.2 6.4 5.5 4.6 4.5 6.1 6.5 8.6
Female.......................... ..................... 5.4 6.1 8.6 7.9 7.3 6.2 5.9 6.5 6.9 8.0
Black and other...................................... 8.2 9.9 13.8 13.1 13.1 11.9 11.3 13.1 14.2 17.1
Ratio to White.................................. 1.8 2.0 1.8 1.9 2.1 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.0
Male... 7,3 9.2 13.6 12.7 12.3 11.0 10.4 13.2 14.1 18.2
Female............................... ................ 9.3 10.8 13.9 13.6 13.9 13.0 12.3 13.1 14.3 16.0
Men, 20 years old and over.................... 3.5 3.8 6.6 5.9 5.2 4.3 4.2 5.9 6.3 8.7
Women, 20 years old and over................ 4.8 5.5 8.0 7.4 7.0 6.0 5.7 6.4 6.8 8.1
Women maintaining families........... ........ 5,4 7.0 10.0 10.1 9.4 8.5 8.3 9.2 10.4 12.4
Married men, wife present..................... 2.6 2.7 5.1 4.2 3.6 2.8 2.6 4.2 4.3 6.5
White................................................. 2.4 2.5 , 4.8 4.0 3.4 2.6 2.5 3.9 4.0 (NA)
Black and other.................................. 3.9 4.3 8.3 7.0 6.2 4.8 5.0 7.0 7.8 (NA)
Teenagers (16-ig yr. old)....................... 15.3 16.0 19.9 19.0 17.8 16.4 16.1 17.8 19.6 22.3
White................................................. 13.5 14.0 17.9 16.9 15.4 13.9 14.0 15.5 17.3 19.4
Black and other.................................. 29.1 32.8 36.7 36.7 37.9 35.9 33.2 35.4 37.8 46.7
Blue-collar workers................ ................ 6.2 6.7 11.7 9.4 8.1 6.9 7.0 10.0 10.3 13.9
White-collar workers............................ . 2.8 3.3 4.7 4.6 4.3 3.5 3.4 3.7 4.0 5.0
Experienced workers' ........................... 4.8 5.3 8.2 7.3 6.6 5.6 5.5 6.9 7.3 9.2
Percent without work for—
4 weeks or less......................................... 52.3 50.5 37.1 38.4 41.8 46.2 48.1 43.1 41.7 34.0
5-10 weekB 23.4 22.7 22.2 21.0 22.0 22.8 23.4 23.4 22.4 (NA)
11-14 weeks 8.1 8.2 9.1 8.6 6.5 6.3 8.3 9.0 8.3 (NA)
16-26 weeks 10.5 11.1 16.4 13.7 13.1 12.4 11,5 13.8 13.6 17.5
Over 28 weeks......................................... 5.7 7.4 15.2 18,2 14.7 10.4 8.7 10.7 14.0 17.7
Unemployment duration, average (weeks)..... 8.6 9.8 14.2 15.8 14.3 11.9 10.8 11.9 13.7 16.5
Unemployment Insurance:9
Insured unemployed, average *.................. 1.805 2,262 3,986 2,991 2,655 2,359 2,434 3,350 3,045 (NA)
Percent of covered employment............. 3.4 3.5 6.0 4.6 3.9 3.3 2.9 3.9 3.5 (NA)
Initial claims, weekly average 7.................... 296 363 478 366 375 346 388 469 460 (NA)
Claimants exhausting benefits................... 1,295 1,926 4,195 3,270 2,850 2.039 2,037 3,072 2,990 (NA)
Percent of first payment claims................ 24.4 31.0 37.8 37.0 33.2 26.7 25.2 30.7 32.4
Average duration of benefits (weeks).......... 12.3 12.7 15.7 14.9 14.2 13.3 13.1 14.9 •14.5 (NA)
NA Not available. ‘ Seasonally adjusted. See text, p. 373. Some detail will not add to total because of independent
adjustments. 2 Aggregate hours lost by the unemployed and persons on part-time for economic reasons as a percent of
potentially available labor force hours, ’ Unemployed as percent of civilian labor force In specified group. 4Wage and salary
workers. 9 Source: U.S. Employment and Training Administration. State programs only. See table 553. 6Workers reporting
completion of at least 1 week ol unemployment ’ Notices by workers to indicate they are starting periods of unemployment
“Preliminary.
Source: Except as noted, U.S. Bureau o f Labor Statistics, E m ploym ent a n d E arnings, monthly.