Senior Unemployment Rates Rise

• 7.4% — Percentage of Americans over 65 who were unemployed in January 2010; 8.3% of those out of work were men, compared with 6.4% of women.

• 5% — Percentage of people over 55 with at least 4 years of college who were out of work in December 2009.

• 6.5% — Percentage of non-Hispanic white Americans over 55 who were unemployed in December 2009; 9.9% of non-Hispanic black Americans and 7.6% of Hispanic were out of work.

Source: Urban Institute