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Duration of unemployment, seasonally adjusted
Month
Less than 5 weeks
5-14 weeks
15-26 weeks
27 weeks and over
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
2,473 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
2,394 2,320 1,386 2,770
Feb 2015
2,403 2,239 1,335 2,657
Mar 2015
2,446 2,305 1,241 2,546
Apr 2015
2,709 2,351 1,092 2,558
May 2015
2,467 2,496 1,243 2,506
June 2015
2,309 2,396 1,394 2,165
July 2015
2,576 2,221 1,258 2,129
Aug 2015
2,073 2,316 1,286 2,169
Sept 2015
2,357 2,277 1,235 2,099
Oct 2015
2,369 2,283 1,210 2,134
Nov 2015
2,379 2,304 1,278 2,071
Dec 2015
2,396 2,198 1,236 2,125
Jan 2016
2,211 2,291 1,123 2,075
Feb 2016
2,236 2,223 1,145 2,141
Mar 2016
2,392 2,166 1,175 2,219
Apr 2016
2,602 2,111 1,250 2,101
May 2016
2,268 2,256 1,113 1,905
June 2016
2,386 2,186 1,148 2,020
July 2016
2,254 2,263 1,218 1,964
Aug 2016
2,297 2,307 1,083 1,978
Sept 2016
2,593 2,301 1,166 1,947
Oct 2016
2,442 2,283 1,170 1,968
Nov 2016
2,386 2,176 1,094 1,865
Dec 2016
2,355 2,132 1,199 1,866
Jan 2017
2,427 2,076 1,186 1,834
Feb 2017
2,507 2,128 1,049 1,772
Mar 2017
2,272 2,047 1,091 1,677
Apr 2017
2,332 2,076 1,067 1,650
May 2017
2,159 1,935 1,113 1,680
June 2017
2,269 1,943 934 1,708
July 2017
2,181 2,020 1,001 1,739
Aug 2017
2,202 2,028 1,065 1,722
Sept 2017
2,256 1,931 964 1,720
Oct 2017
2,162 1,957 866 1,628
Nov 2017
2,248 1,919 970 1,597
Dec 2017
2,230 1,984 892 1,511
Jan 2018
2,271 1,927 959 1,428
Feb 2018
2,458 1,900 933 1,403
Mar 2018
2,266 1,976 900 1,337
Apr 2018
2,121 1,975 1,018 1,311
May 2018
2,019 1,906 967 1,197
June 2018
2,218 1,865 862 1,467
July 2018
2,092 1,818 959 1,418
Aug 2018
2,199 1,722 927 1,320
Sept 2018
2,065 1,751 861 1,379
Oct 2018
2,062 1,845 859 1,370
Nov 2018
2,128 1,842 865 1,259
Dec 2018
2,126 2,027 897 1,306
Jan 2019
2,325 2,013 902 1,252
Feb 2019
2,194 1,810 942 1,271
Mar 2019
2,126 1,815 950 1,305
Apr 2019
1,904 1,842 854 1,230
May 2019
2,147 1,559 799 1,298
June 2019
1,961 1,830 769 1,414
July 2019
2,201 1,797 905 1,166
Aug 2019
2,207 1,757 835 1,243
Sept 2019
1,868 1,781 819 1,314
Oct 2019
1,968 1,749 899 1,264
Nov 2019
2,020 1,757 872 1,224
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