Table 3. Extent of unemployment during the year by sex, 2009-10
Total Men Women
Extent of unemployment
2009 2010 2009 2010 2009 2010
Numbers (in thousands)
Total who worked or looked for work............................. 159,776 158,882 84,396 84,000 75,380 74,882
Percent with unemployment..................................... 16.4 15.9 18.8 17.7 13.6 13.8
Total with unemployment....................................... 26,135 25,241 15,864 14,880 10,271 10,360
Did not work but looked for work............................ 5,847 6,562 3,323 3,659 2,525 2,903
1 to 14 weeks............................................. 1,231 1,351 572 634 658 717
15 weeks or more.......................................... 4,617 5,211 2,750 3,025 1,866 2,186
Worked during the year...................................... 20,288 18,679 12,542 11,221 7,746 7,458
Year-round workers (1) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment.. 693 591 458 379 235 211
Part-year workers (2) with unemployment................... 19,595 18,088 12,083 10,842 7,512 7,246
1 to 4 weeks............................................ 2,526 2,259 1,466 1,178 1,060 1,081
5 to 10 weeks........................................... 2,560 2,393 1,592 1,419 968 974
11 to 14 weeks.......................................... 2,414 2,299 1,557 1,438 857 861
15 to 26 weeks.......................................... 5,693 5,113 3,559 3,231 2,134 1,882
27 weeks or more........................................ 6,402 6,024 3,908 3,577 2,494 2,447
Median weeks of unemployment for all workers........ 19.7 19.9 19.7 20.1 19.5 19.5
With 2 spells or more of unemployment............... 4,149 3,872 2,862 2,620 1,287 1,252
2 spells.......................................... 1,915 1,786 1,297 1,129 619 657
3 spells or more.................................. 2,234 2,086 1,565 1,491 668 595
Percent distribution
Did not work but looked for work................................ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1 to 14 weeks................................................. 21.0 20.6 17.2 17.3 26.1 24.7
15 weeks or more.............................................. 79.0 79.4 82.8 82.7 73.9 75.3
Worked during the year.......................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Year-round workers (1) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment...... 3.4 3.2 3.7 3.4 3.0 2.8
Part-year workers (2) with unemployment....................... 96.6 96.8 96.3 96.6 97.0 97.2
1 to 4 weeks................................................ 12.5 12.1 11.7 10.5 13.7 14.5
5 to 10 weeks............................................... 12.6 12.8 12.7 12.6 12.5 13.1
11 to 14 weeks.............................................. 11.9 12.3 12.4 12.8 11.1 11.5
15 to 26 weeks.............................................. 28.1 27.4 28.4 28.8 27.5 25.2
27 weeks or more............................................ 31.6 32.3 31.2 31.9 32.2 32.8
With 2 spells or more of unemployment............. 20.5 20.7 22.8 23.3 16.6 16.8
2 spells........................................ 9.4 9.6 10.3 10.1 8.0 8.8
3 spells or more................................ 11.0 11.2 12.5 13.3 8.6 8.0
1 Worked 50 or 51 weeks.
2 Worked less than 50 weeks.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
