Table A-12. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-12. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment
[Numbers in thousands]
Duration Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted
July
2014		 June
2015		 July
2015		 July
2014		 Mar.
2015		 Apr.
2015		 May
2015		 June
2015		 July
2015

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks

 2,933 3,102 2,870 2,583 2,488 2,729 2,418 2,355 2,488

5 to 14 weeks

 2,923 2,167 2,690 2,435 2,312 2,307 2,532 2,364 2,257

15 weeks and over

 4,452 3,369 3,245 4,589 3,816 3,663 3,795 3,514 3,368

15 to 26 weeks

 1,244 1,316 1,049 1,423 1,253 1,139 1,293 1,393 1,188

27 weeks and over

 3,207 2,052 2,196 3,166 2,563 2,525 2,502 2,121 2,180

Average (mean) duration, in weeks

 30.8 26.2 26.5 32.5 30.7 30.8 30.7 28.1 28.3

Median duration, in weeks

 11.3 9.4 9.4 13.5 12.2 11.7 11.6 11.3 11.3

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Less than 5 weeks

 28.5 35.9 32.6 26.9 28.9 31.4 27.6 28.6 30.7

5 to 14 weeks

 28.4 25.1 30.5 25.3 26.8 26.5 29.0 28.7 27.8

15 weeks and over

 43.2 39.0 36.9 47.8 44.3 42.1 43.4 42.7 41.5

15 to 26 weeks

 12.1 15.2 11.9 14.8 14.5 13.1 14.8 16.9 14.6

27 weeks and over

 31.1 23.8 24.9 33.0 29.8 29.0 28.6 25.8 26.9

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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