Employment Characteristics of Families News Release

Bureau of Labor Statistics

The latest Employment Characteristics of Families news release has been posted on the BLS website at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/famee.pdf and also archived at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/famee_04232025.pdf. Highlights are below. In 2024, 5.3% of families include an unemployed person, up from 4.8% in the prior year 04/23/2025 In 2024, 5.3 percent of families included an unemployed person, up from 4.8 percent in 2023. Of the nation's 84.3 million families, 80.1 percent had at least one employed member in 2024. HTML | PDF | RSS

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