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Duration of unemployment, seasonally adjusted
Month
Less than 5 weeks
5-14 weeks
15-26 weeks
27 weeks and over
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
2,473 2,431 1,696 3,607
Feb 2014
2,376 2,590 1,621 3,783
Mar 2014
2,433 2,561 1,711 3,704
Apr 2014
2,424 2,377 1,502 3,479
May 2014
2,586 2,357 1,425 3,360
June 2014
2,417 2,427 1,503 3,116
July 2014
2,601 2,412 1,477 3,136
Aug 2014
2,620 2,389 1,506 2,958
Sept 2014
2,365 2,560 1,438 2,948
Oct 2014
2,494 2,300 1,400 2,892
Nov 2014
2,474 2,403 1,400 2,828
Dec 2014
2,370 2,320 1,270 2,799
Jan 2015
2,393 2,319 1,377 2,774
Feb 2015
2,392 2,238 1,333 2,658
Mar 2015
2,444 2,304 1,245 2,542
Apr 2015
2,716 2,345 1,091 2,560
May 2015
2,471 2,510 1,256 2,503
June 2015
2,309 2,396 1,398 2,162
July 2015
2,574 2,222 1,261 2,127
Aug 2015
2,073 2,329 1,283 2,172
Sept 2015
2,364 2,274 1,234 2,097
Oct 2015
2,372 2,277 1,212 2,130
Nov 2015
2,382 2,296 1,273 2,074
Dec 2015
2,399 2,191 1,232 2,127
Jan 2016
2,166 2,290 1,136 2,081
Feb 2016
2,235 2,187 1,163 2,150
Mar 2016
2,419 2,168 1,148 2,231
Apr 2016
2,594 2,132 1,209 2,147
May 2016
2,264 2,264 1,096 1,925
June 2016
2,396 2,195 1,117 1,986
July 2016
2,203 2,282 1,222 1,943
Aug 2016
2,285 2,352 1,094 1,970
Sept 2016
2,600 2,288 1,184 1,933
Oct 2016
2,434 2,273 1,190 1,946
Nov 2016
2,404 2,163 1,108 1,865
Dec 2016
2,354 2,117 1,241 1,860
Jan 2017
2,424 2,034 1,197 1,866
Feb 2017
2,511 2,129 1,032 1,803
Mar 2017
2,327 2,071 1,024 1,677
Apr 2017
2,324 2,070 979 1,709
May 2017
2,116 1,970 1,075 1,721
June 2017
2,321 1,924 916 1,654
July 2017
2,075 2,026 1,018 1,720
Aug 2017
2,258 2,065 1,107 1,687
Sept 2017
2,245 1,905 1,024 1,683
Oct 2017
2,126 1,961 925 1,609
Nov 2017
2,278 1,886 987 1,589
Dec 2017
2,237 1,966 932 1,516
Jan 2018
2,214 1,895 952 1,467
Feb 2018
2,469 1,893 873 1,432
Mar 2018
2,303 2,002 795 1,345
Apr 2018
2,142 1,994 888 1,375
May 2018
1,997 1,942 935 1,233
June 2018
2,269 1,865 881 1,404
July 2018
1,968 1,804 1,006 1,416
Aug 2018
2,241 1,730 995 1,287
Sept 2018
2,074 1,731 936 1,351
Oct 2018
2,055 1,840 920 1,348
Nov 2018
2,168 1,807 904 1,228
Dec 2018
2,149 2,033 934 1,306
Jan 2019
2,303 1,981 879 1,289
Feb 2019
2,246 1,795 878 1,298
Mar 2019
2,174 1,831 844 1,319
Apr 2019
1,942 1,881 718 1,293
May 2019
2,131 1,564 754 1,336
June 2019
1,903 1,835 812 1,359
July 2019
2,102 1,779 960 1,170
Aug 2019
2,276 1,700 901 1,210
Sept 2019
1,853 1,759 888 1,299
Oct 2019
1,946 1,751 955 1,246
Nov 2019
2,063 1,742 910 1,178
Dec 2019
2,102 1,777 830 1,183
Jan 2020
2,016 1,758 863 1,195
Feb 2020
2,099 1,811 778 1,114
Mar 2020
3,422 1,824 728 1,182
Apr 2020
14,232 7,066 680 997
May 2020
3,886 14,806 1,009 1,199
June 2020
2,915 11,522 1,942 1,339
July 2020
3,142 5,145 6,512 1,509
Aug 2020
2,348 3,105 6,580 1,570
Sept 2020
2,549 2,735 4,958 2,413
Oct 2020
2,490 2,342 2,671 3,548
Nov 2020
2,483 2,440 1,904 3,903
Dec 2020
2,915 2,344 1,578 3,963
Jan 2021
2,250 2,484 1,321 4,055
Feb 2021
2,211 2,254 1,370 4,146
Mar 2021
2,178 1,950 1,336 4,216
Apr 2021
2,377 2,011 1,137 4,170
May 2021
2,018 2,199 1,243 3,761
June 2021
2,005 2,240 1,353 3,970
July 2021
2,246 1,763 1,200 3,446
Aug 2021
2,116 1,885 1,245 3,124
Sept 2021
2,240 1,740 1,041 2,682
Oct 2021
2,075 1,852 1,021 2,327
Nov 2021
1,985 1,708 906 2,156
Dec 2021
1,989 1,593 799 1,989
Jan 2022
2,428 1,619 819 1,683
Feb 2022
2,142 1,803 726 1,691
Mar 2022
2,303 1,688 552 1,429
Apr 2022
2,242 1,630 526 1,474
May 2022
2,052 1,771 687 1,349
June 2022
2,259 1,576 777 1,337
July 2022
2,086 1,769 734 1,093
Aug 2022
2,227 1,797 887 1,165
Sept 2022
2,158 1,643 901 1,089
Oct 2022
2,215 1,774 817 1,169
Nov 2022
2,244 1,694 821 1,215
Dec 2022
2,233 1,639 826 1,069
Jan 2023
1,946 1,785 890 1,111
Feb 2023
2,289 1,845 805 1,057
Mar 2023
2,272 1,733 734 1,104
Apr 2023
1,866 1,915 679 1,156
May 2023
2,083 1,865 858 1,188
June 2023
2,068 1,889 917 1,105
July 2023
2,004 1,698 997 1,164
Aug 2023
2,221 1,877 1,002 1,296
Sept 2023
2,051 2,044 1,072 1,216
Oct 2023
2,268 1,836 1,081 1,282
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