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Duration of unemployment, seasonally adjusted
Month
Less than 5 weeks
5-14 weeks
15-26 weeks
27 weeks and over
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
2,336 1,980 881 1,287
Feb 2019
2,252 1,772 894 1,283
Mar 2019
2,174 1,862 906 1,264
Apr 2019
1,966 1,875 783 1,230
May 2019
2,114 1,550 784 1,299
June 2019
1,889 1,805 835 1,333
July 2019
2,110 1,831 898 1,227
Aug 2019
2,268 1,710 847 1,257
Sept 2019
1,849 1,743 846 1,338
Oct 2019
1,922 1,760 915 1,291
Nov 2019
2,067 1,721 887 1,208
Dec 2019
2,090 1,784 829 1,188
Jan 2020
2,050 1,752 887 1,176
Feb 2020
2,088 1,780 789 1,110
Mar 2020
3,422 1,845 784 1,140
Apr 2020
14,263 7,066 782 910
May 2020
3,867 14,806 1,061 1,147
June 2020
2,909 11,522 1,917 1,355
July 2020
3,140 5,145 6,468 1,544
Aug 2020
2,316 3,105 6,506 1,632
Sept 2020
2,557 2,735 4,918 2,445
Oct 2020
2,480 2,342 2,625 3,591
Nov 2020
2,491 2,440 1,886 3,924
Dec 2020
2,913 2,344 1,574 3,967
Jan 2021
2,287 2,472 1,349 4,032
Feb 2021
2,197 2,212 1,380 4,143
Mar 2021
2,177 1,972 1,395 4,171
Apr 2021
2,411 1,986 1,240 4,082
May 2021
1,997 2,181 1,296 3,707
June 2021
2,001 2,177 1,327 3,988
July 2021
2,245 1,851 1,160 3,477
Aug 2021
2,082 1,932 1,167 3,189
Sept 2021
2,249 1,728 1,001 2,714
Oct 2021
2,065 1,876 974 2,371
Nov 2021
1,993 1,679 884 2,181
Dec 2021
1,985 1,596 794 1,993
Jan 2022
2,469 1,610 850 1,656
Feb 2022
2,125 1,769 736 1,689
Mar 2022
2,302 1,706 614 1,380
Apr 2022
2,279 1,603 628 1,386
May 2022
2,030 1,760 741 1,294
June 2022
2,256 1,525 750 1,355
July 2022
2,084 1,858 697 1,120
Aug 2022
2,190 1,845 808 1,231
Sept 2022
2,168 1,627 863 1,118
Oct 2022
2,204 1,803 769 1,214
Nov 2022
2,253 1,663 795 1,244
Dec 2022
2,229 1,645 821 1,073
Jan 2023
1,941 1,796 921 1,087
Feb 2023
2,272 1,841 814 1,056
Mar 2023
2,275 1,746 792 1,061
Apr 2023
1,869 1,915 772 1,079
May 2023
2,079 1,869 907 1,142
June 2023
2,082 1,833 895 1,121
July 2023
1,994 1,745 960 1,196
Aug 2023
2,198 1,931 921 1,369
Sept 2023
2,066 2,056 1,040 1,242
Oct 2023
2,285 1,835 1,031 1,331
Nov 2023
2,075 2,061 976 1,170
Dec 2023
2,204 1,794 1,072 1,273
Jan 2024
2,143 1,852 877 1,272
Feb 2024
2,339 1,942 970 1,213
Mar 2024
2,206 1,977 980 1,254
Apr 2024
2,273 1,990 879 1,253
May 2024
2,309 1,922 964 1,348
June 2024
2,130 2,108 1,066 1,533
July 2024
2,348 2,162 1,078 1,543
Aug 2024
2,465 2,029 1,153 1,545
Sept 2024
2,139 1,987 1,133 1,614
Oct 2024
2,109 2,082 1,231 1,608
Nov 2024
2,208 2,063 1,236 1,654
Dec 2024
2,156 1,997 1,207 1,551
Jan 2025
2,290 1,935 1,161 1,443
Feb 2025
2,337 2,152 1,031 1,455
Mar 2025
2,362 2,146 1,006 1,495
Apr 2025
2,187 2,269 987 1,675
May 2025
2,451 2,208 1,039 1,457
June 2025
2,241 2,131 1,063 1,647
July 2025
2,299 2,034 1,167 1,826
Aug 2025
2,476 2,049 1,047 1,930
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