Duration of Unemployment
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| Month | Less than 5 weeks | 5-14 weeks | 15-26 weeks | 27 weeks and over |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 1998 |
2,510 | 1,998 | 715 | 875 |
Dec 1998 |
2,587 | 1,806 | 756 | 803 |
Jan 1999 |
2,462 | 1,993 | 775 | 714 |
Feb 1999 |
2,566 | 1,946 | 749 | 801 |
Mar 1999 |
2,473 | 1,905 | 758 | 714 |
Apr 1999 |
2,781 | 1,848 | 782 | 698 |
May 1999 |
2,511 | 1,789 | 787 | 718 |
June 1999 |
2,521 | 1,773 | 812 | 812 |
July 1999 |
2,643 | 1,783 | 781 | 732 |
Aug 1999 |
2,546 | 1,824 | 748 | 706 |
Sept 1999 |
2,611 | 1,835 | 739 | 709 |
Oct 1999 |
2,536 | 1,847 | 713 | 724 |
Nov 1999 |
2,562 | 1,775 | 697 | 682 |
Dec 1999 |
2,642 | 1,614 | 696 | 680 |
Jan 2000 |
2,541 | 1,749 | 659 | 721 |
Feb 2000 |
2,604 | 1,912 | 671 | 629 |
Mar 2000 |
2,780 | 1,781 | 666 | 646 |
Apr 2000 |
2,510 | 1,845 | 662 | 599 |
May 2000 |
2,564 | 1,911 | 683 | 643 |
June 2000 |
2,579 | 1,753 | 616 | 627 |
July 2000 |
2,498 | 1,824 | 645 | 698 |
Aug 2000 |
2,550 | 1,893 | 685 | 709 |
Sept 2000 |
2,571 | 1,746 | 644 | 646 |
Oct 2000 |
2,497 | 1,724 | 710 | 627 |
Nov 2000 |
2,512 | 1,790 | 723 | 593 |
Dec 2000 |
2,477 | 1,825 | 687 | 642 |
Jan 2001 |
2,648 | 1,956 | 696 | 676 |
Feb 2001 |
2,851 | 1,764 | 777 | 714 |
Mar 2001 |
2,681 | 2,059 | 825 | 696 |
Apr 2001 |
2,972 | 1,990 | 787 | 712 |
May 2001 |
2,701 | 2,045 | 877 | 624 |
June 2001 |
2,808 | 2,025 | 822 | 710 |
July 2001 |
2,642 | 2,187 | 951 | 702 |
Aug 2001 |
2,966 | 2,187 | 1,004 | 857 |
Sept 2001 |
2,837 | 2,350 | 1,131 | 819 |
Oct 2001 |
3,111 | 2,531 | 1,173 | 909 |
Nov 2001 |
3,090 | 2,566 | 1,213 | 1,106 |
Dec 2001 |
3,037 | 2,797 | 1,318 | 1,126 |
Jan 2002 |
3,044 | 2,606 | 1,375 | 1,203 |
Feb 2002 |
2,984 | 2,577 | 1,394 | 1,214 |
Mar 2002 |
3,074 | 2,563 | 1,390 | 1,330 |
Apr 2002 |
2,932 | 2,872 | 1,395 | 1,457 |
May 2002 |
2,843 | 2,584 | 1,393 | 1,574 |
June 2002 |
2,711 | 2,654 | 1,382 | 1,641 |
July 2002 |
2,891 | 2,467 | 1,382 | 1,584 |
Aug 2002 |
2,927 | 2,525 | 1,313 | 1,573 |
Sept 2002 |
2,772 | 2,526 | 1,391 | 1,580 |
Oct 2002 |
2,765 | 2,512 | 1,388 | 1,653 |
Nov 2002 |
2,950 | 2,505 | 1,319 | 1,743 |
Dec 2002 |
2,838 | 2,589 | 1,347 | 1,924 |
Jan 2003 |
2,856 | 2,582 | 1,405 | 1,760 |
Feb 2003 |
2,798 | 2,611 | 1,297 | 1,864 |
Mar 2003 |
2,831 | 2,567 | 1,363 | 1,798 |
Apr 2003 |
2,794 | 2,661 | 1,421 | 1,927 |
May 2003 |
2,988 | 2,631 | 1,389 | 1,929 |
June 2003 |
2,906 | 2,745 | 1,453 | 2,100 |
July 2003 |
2,720 | 2,616 | 1,661 | 1,972 |
Aug 2003 |
2,801 | 2,625 | 1,561 | 1,995 |
Sept 2003 |
2,704 | 2,775 | 1,472 | 2,014 |
Oct 2003 |
2,710 | 2,593 | 1,492 | 1,959 |
Nov 2003 |
2,656 | 2,509 | 1,414 | 2,006 |
Dec 2003 |
2,554 | 2,455 | 1,435 | 1,931 |
Jan 2004 |
2,685 | 2,369 | 1,453 | 1,911 |
Feb 2004 |
2,425 | 2,436 | 1,392 | 1,856 |
Mar 2004 |
2,637 | 2,434 | 1,331 | 1,983 |
Apr 2004 |
2,780 | 2,400 | 1,166 | 1,805 |
May 2004 |
2,723 | 2,378 | 1,304 | 1,799 |
June 2004 |
2,677 | 2,387 | 1,284 | 1,847 |
July 2004 |
2,820 | 2,384 | 1,237 | 1,681 |
Aug 2004 |
2,660 | 2,563 | 1,206 | 1,640 |
Sept 2004 |
2,758 | 2,276 | 1,209 | 1,702 |
Oct 2004 |
2,732 | 2,303 | 1,304 | 1,737 |
Nov 2004 |
2,638 | 2,339 | 1,258 | 1,702 |
Dec 2004 |
2,768 | 2,268 | 1,274 | 1,653 |
Jan 2005 |
2,635 | 2,298 | 1,203 | 1,648 |
Feb 2005 |
2,749 | 2,345 | 1,268 | 1,628 |
Mar 2005 |
2,483 | 2,328 | 1,157 | 1,660 |
Apr 2005 |
2,688 | 2,289 | 1,069 | 1,609 |
May 2005 |
2,754 | 2,231 | 1,145 | 1,538 |
June 2005 |
2,659 | 2,361 | 1,030 | 1,375 |
July 2005 |
2,568 | 2,368 | 1,068 | 1,380 |
Aug 2005 |
2,570 | 2,304 | 1,161 | 1,407 |
Sept 2005 |
2,763 | 2,294 | 1,098 | 1,439 |
Oct 2005 |
2,719 | 2,296 | 1,070 | 1,422 |
Nov 2005 |
2,823 | 2,282 | 1,116 | 1,370 |
Dec 2005 |
2,588 | 2,249 | 1,073 | 1,356 |
Jan 2006 |
2,527 | 2,194 | 1,100 | 1,170 |
Feb 2006 |
2,577 | 2,088 | 1,195 | 1,350 |
Mar 2006 |
2,659 | 1,999 | 1,064 | 1,309 |
Apr 2006 |
2,665 | 2,142 | 1,022 | 1,331 |
May 2006 |
2,545 | 2,189 | 969 | 1,333 |
June 2006 |
2,705 | 2,076 | 982 | 1,145 |
July 2006 |
2,721 | 2,126 | 986 | 1,304 |
Aug 2006 |
2,603 | 2,246 | 987 | 1,306 |
Sept 2006 |
2,608 | 2,053 | 986 | 1,245 |
Oct 2006 |
2,616 | 2,103 | 984 | 1,078 |
Nov 2006 |
2,511 | 2,212 | 1,028 | 1,131 |
Dec 2006 |
2,596 | 2,047 | 990 | 1,093 |
Jan 2007 |
2,561 | 2,267 | 1,015 | 1,141 |
Feb 2007 |
2,574 | 2,168 | 962 | 1,249 |
Mar 2007 |
2,307 | 2,138 | 1,010 | 1,245 |
Apr 2007 |
2,456 | 2,178 | 1,075 | 1,206 |
May 2007 |
2,464 | 2,183 | 1,100 | 1,132 |
June 2007 |
2,551 | 2,134 | 1,138 | 1,143 |
July 2007 |
2,502 | 2,203 | 1,073 | 1,291 |
Aug 2007 |
2,614 | 2,156 | 1,086 | 1,246 |
Sept 2007 |
2,557 | 2,292 | 1,091 | 1,264 |
Oct 2007 |
2,545 | 2,502 | 1,003 | 1,298 |
Nov 2007 |
2,645 | 2,241 | 992 | 1,374 |
Dec 2007 |
2,718 | 2,376 | 1,177 | 1,324 |
Jan 2008 |
2,554 | 2,406 | 1,152 | 1,388 |
Feb 2008 |
2,653 | 2,370 | 1,116 | 1,329 |
Mar 2008 |
2,823 | 2,537 | 1,168 | 1,323 |
Apr 2008 |
2,493 | 2,574 | 1,314 | 1,372 |
May 2008 |
3,278 | 2,476 | 1,219 | 1,561 |
June 2008 |
2,753 | 3,016 | 1,337 | 1,576 |
July 2008 |
2,854 | 2,833 | 1,450 | 1,664 |
Aug 2008 |
3,256 | 2,758 | 1,554 | 1,866 |
Sept 2008 |
2,848 | 3,035 | 1,599 | 2,027 |
Oct 2008 |
3,170 | 3,055 | 1,710 | 2,280 |
Nov 2008 |
3,335 | 3,260 | 1,704 | 2,219 |
Dec 2008 |
3,255 | 3,498 | 1,936 | 2,610 |
Jan 2009 |
3,524 | 3,662 | 2,065 | 2,699 |
Feb 2009 |
3,450 | 3,936 | 2,456 | 2,999 |
Mar 2009 |
3,465 | 4,122 | 2,625 | 3,260 |
Apr 2009 |
3,338 | 4,138 | 2,634 | 3,752 |
May 2009 |
3,246 | 4,458 | 3,049 | 3,973 |
June 2009 |
3,114 | 4,052 | 3,488 | 4,349 |
July 2009 |
3,137 | 3,505 | 2,923 | 4,917 |
Aug 2009 |
2,940 | 3,927 | 2,791 | 5,037 |
Sept 2009 |
2,841 | 3,775 | 2,908 | 5,494 |
Oct 2009 |
3,223 | 3,552 | 3,006 | 5,643 |
Nov 2009 |
2,816 | 3,457 | 2,847 | 5,908 |
Dec 2009 |
2,879 | 3,457 | 2,712 | 6,122 |
Jan 2010 |
2,921 | 3,390 | 2,574 | 6,319 |
Feb 2010 |
2,807 | 3,390 | 2,793 | 6,129 |
Mar 2010 |
2,769 | 3,294 | 2,542 | 6,545 |
Apr 2010 |
2,725 | 3,086 | 2,330 | 6,800 |
May 2010 |
2,773 | 3,127 | 2,260 | 6,638 |
June 2010 |
2,683 | 3,159 | 2,284 | 6,623 |
July 2010 |
2,806 | 2,972 | 2,208 | 6,506 |
Aug 2010 |
2,671 | 3,534 | 2,162 | 6,259 |
Sept 2010 |
2,819 | 3,308 | 2,291 | 6,163 |
Oct 2010 |
2,655 | 3,345 | 2,387 | 6,227 |
Nov 2010 |
2,912 | 3,321 | 2,370 | 6,326 |
Dec 2010 |
2,693 | 3,169 | 2,120 | 6,429 |
Jan 2011 |
2,686 | 3,033 | 2,218 | 6,175 |
Feb 2011 |
2,469 | 3,118 | 2,284 | 5,892 |
Mar 2011 |
2,535 | 2,980 | 2,061 | 6,105 |
Apr 2011 |
2,787 | 2,987 | 2,090 | 5,925 |
May 2011 |
2,668 | 2,903 | 2,052 | 6,153 |
June 2011 |
2,933 | 2,987 | 1,871 | 6,271 |
July 2011 |
2,632 | 2,931 | 1,982 | 6,195 |
Aug 2011 |
2,650 | 2,989 | 2,199 | 6,048 |
Sept 2011 |
2,754 | 2,881 | 2,012 | 6,304 |
Oct 2011 |
2,668 | 3,250 | 1,964 | 5,838 |
Nov 2011 |
2,556 | 2,913 | 2,009 | 5,698 |
Dec 2011 |
2,678 | 2,873 | 1,959 | 5,586 |
Jan 2012 |
2,474 | 2,908 | 1,957 | 5,476 |
Feb 2012 |
2,610 | 2,848 | 2,051 | 5,242 |
Mar 2012 |
2,708 | 2,788 | 1,940 | 5,236 |
Apr 2012 |
2,624 | 2,878 | 1,940 | 5,132 |
May 2012 |
2,550 | 3,006 | 1,690 | 5,401 |
June 2012 |
2,747 | 2,806 | 1,817 | 5,409 |
July 2012 |
2,662 | 2,984 | 1,773 | 5,210 |
Aug 2012 |
2,784 | 2,811 | 1,846 | 5,042 |
Sept 2012 |
2,538 | 2,819 | 1,863 | 4,911 |
Oct 2012 |
2,635 | 2,859 | 1,796 | 4,988 |
Nov 2012 |
2,620 | 2,776 | 1,745 | 4,805 |
Dec 2012 |
2,756 | 2,901 | 1,861 | 4,768 |
Jan 2013 |
2,780 | 3,115 | 1,891 | 4,681 |
Feb 2013 |
2,713 | 2,799 | 1,766 | 4,691 |
Mar 2013 |
2,462 | 2,826 | 1,830 | 4,563 |
Apr 2013 |
2,487 | 2,908 | 1,953 | 4,468 |
May 2013 |
2,674 | 2,631 | 1,986 | 4,347 |
June 2013 |
2,680 | 2,851 | 1,876 | 4,355 |
July 2013 |
2,493 | 2,768 | 1,791 | 4,258 |
Aug 2013 |
2,475 | 2,688 | 1,677 | 4,296 |
Sept 2013 |
2,604 | 2,691 | 1,797 | 4,132 |
Oct 2013 |
2,823 | 2,639 | 1,737 | 4,024 |
Nov 2013 |
2,409 | 2,586 | 1,695 | 4,042 |
Dec 2013 |
2,328 | 2,545 | 1,676 | 3,863 |
Jan 2014 |
2,477 | 2,434 | 1,733 | 3,604 |
Feb 2014 |
2,391 | 2,593 | 1,616 | 3,782 |
Mar 2014 |
2,439 | 2,566 | 1,710 | 3,697 |
Apr 2014 |
2,418 | 2,390 | 1,508 | 3,468 |
May 2014 |
2,584 | 2,366 | 1,428 | 3,352 |
June 2014 |
2,420 | 2,428 | 1,502 | 3,118 |
July 2014 |
2,579 | 2,410 | 1,474 | 3,145 |
Aug 2014 |
2,619 | 2,383 | 1,501 | 2,965 |
Sept 2014 |
2,358 | 2,545 | 1,434 | 2,954 |
Oct 2014 |
2,494 | 2,292 | 1,392 | 2,901 |
Nov 2014 |
2,474 | 2,396 | 1,381 | 2,827 |
Dec 2014 |
2,371 | 2,317 | 1,263 | 2,801 |
Jan 2015 |
2,403 | 2,320 | 1,431 | 2,765 |
Feb 2015 |
2,435 | 2,240 | 1,329 | 2,656 |
Mar 2015 |
2,458 | 2,318 | 1,233 | 2,536 |
Apr 2015 |
2,691 | 2,382 | 1,102 | 2,545 |
May 2015 |
2,454 | 2,512 | 1,249 | 2,496 |
June 2015 |
2,322 | 2,396 | 1,392 | 2,169 |
July 2015 |
2,541 | 2,216 | 1,261 | 2,141 |
Aug 2015 |
2,079 | 2,304 | 1,283 | 2,179 |
Sept 2015 |
2,339 | 2,250 | 1,233 | 2,107 |
Oct 2015 |
2,358 | 2,273 | 1,202 | 2,146 |
Nov 2015 |
2,382 | 2,291 | 1,248 | 2,068 |
Dec 2015 |
2,399 | 2,197 | 1,229 | 2,128 |
Jan 2016 |
2,226 | 2,293 | 1,172 | 2,068 |
Feb 2016 |
2,283 | 2,224 | 1,140 | 2,137 |
Mar 2016 |
2,411 | 2,192 | 1,157 | 2,205 |
Apr 2016 |
2,575 | 2,158 | 1,265 | 2,085 |
May 2016 |
2,241 | 2,276 | 1,122 | 1,892 |
June 2016 |
2,410 | 2,185 | 1,146 | 2,025 |
July 2016 |
2,213 | 2,254 | 1,230 | 1,979 |
Aug 2016 |
2,309 | 2,284 | 1,082 | 1,990 |
Sept 2016 |
2,565 | 2,256 | 1,163 | 1,959 |
Oct 2016 |
2,418 | 2,271 | 1,160 | 1,982 |
Nov 2016 |
2,391 | 2,156 | 1,055 | 1,862 |
Dec 2016 |
2,359 | 2,136 | 1,191 | 1,869 |
Jan 2017 |
2,452 | 2,081 | 1,229 | 1,825 |
Feb 2017 |
2,572 | 2,129 | 1,047 | 1,766 |
Mar 2017 |
2,296 | 2,088 | 1,064 | 1,660 |
Apr 2017 |
2,300 | 2,140 | 1,087 | 1,633 |
May 2017 |
2,123 | 1,958 | 1,123 | 1,665 |
June 2017 |
2,301 | 1,942 | 937 | 1,715 |
July 2017 |
2,135 | 2,006 | 1,022 | 1,757 |
Aug 2017 |
2,221 | 1,996 | 1,067 | 1,735 |
Sept 2017 |
2,223 | 1,879 | 962 | 1,733 |
Oct 2017 |
2,128 | 1,943 | 856 | 1,645 |
Nov 2017 |
2,253 | 1,894 | 921 | 1,593 |
Dec 2017 |
2,235 | 1,994 | 882 | 1,515 |
Jan 2018 |
2,280 | 1,943 | 981 | 1,421 |
Feb 2018 |
2,508 | 1,906 | 934 | 1,397 |
Mar 2018 |
2,287 | 2,009 | 880 | 1,322 |
Apr 2018 |
2,115 | 2,017 | 1,036 | 1,293 |
May 2018 |
2,034 | 1,945 | 977 | 1,189 |
June 2018 |
2,227 | 1,882 | 836 | 1,478 |
July 2018 |
2,091 | 1,820 | 971 | 1,435 |
Aug 2018 |
2,208 | 1,720 | 923 | 1,332 |
Sept 2018 |
2,065 | 1,720 | 861 | 1,384 |
Oct 2018 |
2,057 | 1,821 | 856 | 1,373 |
Nov 2018 |
2,126 | 1,813 | 839 | 1,253 |