Unemployed 27 weeks or longer as a percent of total unemployed

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Unemployed 27 weeks or longer as a percent of total unemployed, seasonally adjusted
Month	Percent
May 2005	20.1
June 2005	18.5
July 2005	18.7
Aug 2005	18.9
Sept 2005	18.9
Oct 2005	18.9
Nov 2005	18.0
Dec 2005	18.7
Jan 2006	16.7
Feb 2006	18.7
Mar 2006	18.6
Apr 2006	18.6
May 2006	18.9
June 2006	16.6
July 2006	18.3
Aug 2006	18.3
Sept 2006	18.1
Oct 2006	15.9
Nov 2006	16.4
Dec 2006	16.2
Jan 2007	16.3
Feb 2007	18.0
Mar 2007	18.6
Apr 2007	17.4
May 2007	16.5
June 2007	16.4
July 2007	18.3
Aug 2007	17.5
Sept 2007	17.5
Oct 2007	17.7
Nov 2007	18.9
Dec 2007	17.4
Jan 2008	18.5
Feb 2008	17.8
Mar 2008	16.9
Apr 2008	17.7
May 2008	18.3
June 2008	18.2
July 2008	18.9
Aug 2008	19.8
Sept 2008	21.3
Oct 2008	22.3
Nov 2008	21.1
Dec 2008	23.1
Jan 2009	22.6
Feb 2009	23.4
Mar 2009	24.2
Apr 2009	27.1
May 2009	27.0
June 2009	29.0
July 2009	34.0
Aug 2009	34.3
Sept 2009	36.6
Oct 2009	36.6
Nov 2009	39.3
Dec 2009	40.4
Jan 2010	41.6
Feb 2010	40.5
Mar 2010	43.2
Apr 2010	45.5
May 2010	44.9
June 2010	44.9
July 2010	44.9
Aug 2010	42.8
Sept 2010	42.3
Oct 2010	42.6
Nov 2010	42.4
Dec 2010	44.6
Jan 2011	43.8
Feb 2011	42.8
Mar 2011	44.6
Apr 2011	43.0
May 2011	44.7
June 2011	44.6
July 2011	45.1
Aug 2011	43.6
Sept 2011	45.2
Oct 2011	42.6
Nov 2011	43.2
Dec 2011	42.7
Jan 2012	42.7
Feb 2012	41.1
Mar 2012	41.3
Apr 2012	40.8
May 2012	42.7
June 2012	42.3
July 2012	41.2
Aug 2012	40.4
Sept 2012	40.5
Oct 2012	40.6
Nov 2012	40.2
Dec 2012	38.8
Jan 2013	37.5
Feb 2013	39.2
Mar 2013	39.1
Apr 2013	37.8
May 2013	37.3
June 2013	37.0
July 2013	37.6
Aug 2013	38.6
Sept 2013	36.8
Oct 2013	35.9
Nov 2013	37.7
Dec 2013	37.1
Jan 2014	35.3
Feb 2014	36.5
Mar 2014	35.6
Apr 2014	35.6
May 2014	34.5
June 2014	32.9
July 2014	32.6
Aug 2014	31.2
Sept 2014	31.7
Oct 2014	31.8
Nov 2014	31.1
Dec 2014	32.0
Jan 2015	31.3
Feb 2015	30.8
Mar 2015	29.8
Apr 2015	29.4
May 2015	28.6
June 2015	26.2
July 2015	26.0
Aug 2015	27.6
Sept 2015	26.3
Oct 2015	26.7
Nov 2015	25.8
Dec 2015	26.8
Jan 2016	27.1
Feb 2016	27.8
Mar 2016	28.0
Apr 2016	26.6
May 2016	25.5
June 2016	25.8
July 2016	25.4
Aug 2016	25.6
Sept 2016	24.2
Oct 2016	24.8
Nov 2016	24.7
Dec 2016	24.6
Jan 2017	24.8
Feb 2017	24.1
Mar 2017	23.6
Apr 2017	24.1
May 2017	25.0
June 2017	24.3
July 2017	25.2
Aug 2017	23.7
Sept 2017	24.5
Oct 2017	24.3
Nov 2017	23.6
Dec 2017	22.8
Jan 2018	22.5
Feb 2018	21.5
Mar 2018	20.9
Apr 2018	21.5
May 2018	20.2
June 2018	21.9
July 2018	22.9
Aug 2018	20.6
Sept 2018	22.2
Oct 2018	21.9
Nov 2018	20.1
Dec 2018	20.3
Jan 2019	19.8
Feb 2019	20.7
Mar 2019	20.4
Apr 2019	21.0
May 2019	22.6
June 2019	22.7
July 2019	20.2
Aug 2019	20.7
Sept 2019	23.2
Oct 2019	21.9
Nov 2019	20.5
Dec 2019	20.2
Jan 2020	20.0
Feb 2020	19.2
Mar 2020	15.9
Apr 2020	4.0
May 2020	5.5
June 2020	7.7
July 2020	9.5
Aug 2020	12.0
Sept 2020	19.3
Oct 2020	32.5
Nov 2020	36.5
Dec 2020	36.7
Jan 2021	39.8
Feb 2021	41.7
Mar 2021	42.9
Apr 2021	42.0
May 2021	40.4
June 2021	42.0
July 2021	39.8
Aug 2021	38.1
Sept 2021	35.3
Oct 2021	32.5
Nov 2021	32.4
Dec 2021	31.3
Jan 2022	25.2
Feb 2022	26.7
Mar 2022	23.0
Apr 2022	23.5
May 2022	22.2
June 2022	23.0
July 2022	19.4
Aug 2022	20.3
Sept 2022	19.4
Oct 2022	20.3
Nov 2022	20.9
Dec 2022	18.6
Jan 2023	18.9
Feb 2023	17.6
Mar 2023	18.1
Apr 2023	19.1
May 2023	19.0
June 2023	18.9
July 2023	20.3
Aug 2023	21.3
Sept 2023	19.4
Oct 2023	20.5
Nov 2023	18.6
Dec 2023	20.1
Jan 2024	20.7
Feb 2024	18.8
Mar 2024	19.5
Apr 2024	19.6
May 2024	20.6
June 2024	22.4
July 2024	21.6
Aug 2024	21.5
Sept 2024	23.5
Oct 2024	22.9
Nov 2024	23.1
Dec 2024	22.4
Jan 2025	21.1
Feb 2025	20.9
Mar 2025	21.3
Apr 2025	23.5
May 2025	20.4