Unemployed total and full-time workers by duration of unemployment

HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
30. Unemployed total and full-time workers by duration of unemployment
[Numbers in thousands]
Duration of unemployment	Total				Full-time workers
	Unemployed		Percent distribution		Unemployed		Percent distribution
	2011	2012	2011	2012	2011	2012	2011	2012
Total unemployed	13,747	12,506	100.0	100.0	11,914	10,699	100.0	100.0
Less than 5 weeks	2,677	2,644	19.5	21.1	2,027	1,967	17.0	18.4
5 to 14 weeks	2,993	2,866	21.8	22.9	2,507	2,381	21.0	22.3
5 to 10 weeks	1,906	1,832	13.9	14.6	1,574	1,506	13.2	14.1
11 to 14 weeks	1,087	1,035	7.9	8.3	932	875	7.8	8.2
15 weeks and over	8,077	6,996	58.8	55.9	7,381	6,351	62.0	59.4
15 to 26 weeks	2,061	1,859	15.0	14.9	1,818	1,622	15.3	15.2
27 weeks and over	6,016	5,136	43.8	41.1	5,563	4,728	46.7	44.2
27 to 51 weeks	1,709	1,472	12.4	11.8	1,559	1,345	13.1	12.6
52 weeks and over	4,307	3,664	31.3	29.3	4,004	3,383	33.6	31.6

Average (mean) duration, in weeks(1)	39.3	39.4	-	-	41.6	42.0	-	-
Median duration, in weeks	21.4	19.3	-	-	24.1	21.8	-	-
Footnotes (1) Beginning in January 2011, this series reflects a change to the collection of data on unemployment duration. For more information, see www.bls.gov/cps/duration.htm.
NOTE: Full-time workers are unemployed persons looking for full-time work (35 hours or more per week) or on layoff from full-time jobs. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 35,000).

Last Modified Date: February 5, 2013