HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
QUARTERLY AVERAGES
E-18. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
[Numbers in thousands]
Duration Total White Black or African
American		 Asian Hispanic or Latino
1st
2012		 1st
2013		 1st
2012		 1st
2013		 1st
2012		 1st
2013		 1st
2012		 1st
2013		 1st
2012		 1st
2013

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Total unemployed

 13,292 12,498 9,643 8,919 2,546 2,530 521 499 2,707 2,464

Less than 5 weeks

 2,520 2,584 1,966 1,978 367 411 79 86 586 578

5 to 14 weeks

 3,188 3,241 2,472 2,400 502 580 95 94 702 712

15 weeks and over

 7,583 6,673 5,206 4,540 1,678 1,538 347 319 1,419 1,175

15 to 26 weeks

 2,119 1,936 1,508 1,373 414 405 94 70 428 344

27 weeks and over

 5,464 4,737 3,698 3,167 1,264 1,134 253 249 992 831

Average (mean) duration, in weeks(1)

 39.2 35.8 36.6 34.0 47.5 39.8 46.0 47.2 35.3 32.9

Median duration, in weeks

 19.7 17.0 17.5 15.2 27.3 22.6 27.1 27.5 16.3 13.6

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Total unemployed

 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Less than 5 weeks

 19.0 20.7 20.4 22.2 14.4 16.3 15.1 17.2 21.6 23.4

5 to 14 weeks

 24.0 25.9 25.6 26.9 19.7 22.9 18.3 18.9 25.9 28.9

15 weeks and over

 57.1 53.4 54.0 50.9 65.9 60.8 66.6 63.9 52.4 47.7

15 to 26 weeks

 15.9 15.5 15.6 15.4 16.2 16.0 18.0 14.0 15.8 14.0

27 weeks and over

 41.1 37.9 38.3 35.5 49.7 44.8 48.6 50.0 36.6 33.7

Footnotes
 (1) Beginning in January 2011, this series reflects a change to the collection of data on unemployment duration. For more information, see www.bls.gov/cps/duration.htm.

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (white, black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

 

Last Modified Date: April 05, 2013