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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
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| Duration of unemployment | Total | Full-time workers | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployed | Percent distribution | Unemployed | Percent distribution | |||||
| 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | |
Total unemployed | 6,314 | 6,001 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 5,052 | 4,843 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Less than 5 weeks | 2,170 | 2,086 | 34.4 | 34.8 | 1,565 | 1,516 | 31.0 | 31.3 |
5 to 14 weeks | 1,876 | 1,789 | 29.7 | 29.8 | 1,519 | 1,459 | 30.1 | 30.1 |
5 to 10 weeks | 1,269 | 1,216 | 20.1 | 20.3 | 1,006 | 977 | 19.9 | 20.2 |
11 to 14 weeks | 608 | 572 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 513 | 482 | 10.2 | 10.0 |
15 weeks and over | 2,268 | 2,126 | 35.9 | 35.4 | 1,968 | 1,868 | 38.9 | 38.6 |
15 to 26 weeks | 917 | 860 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 786 | 746 | 15.6 | 15.4 |
27 weeks and over | 1,350 | 1,266 | 21.4 | 21.1 | 1,182 | 1,122 | 23.4 | 23.2 |
27 to 51 weeks | 506 | 504 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 453 | 447 | 9.0 | 9.2 |
52 weeks and over | 844 | 762 | 13.4 | 12.7 | 729 | 675 | 14.4 | 13.9 |
Average (mean) duration, in weeks | 22.7 | 21.6 | - | - | 24.3 | 23.4 | - | - |
Median duration, in weeks | 9.3 | 9.1 | - | - | 10.3 | 10.1 | - | - |
NOTE: Full-time workers are unemployed persons looking for full-time work (35 hours or more per week) or on layoff from full-time jobs. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 35,000). | ||||||||
Last Modified Date: January 22, 2020