Table A-12. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-12. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment [Numbers in thousands]
Duration Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted
July
2016		 June
2017		 July
2017		 July
2016		 Mar.
2017		 Apr.
2017		 May
2017		 June
2017		 July
2017

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks

 2,476 3,057 2,364 2,147 2,334 2,335 2,154 2,305 2,133

5 to 14 weeks

 2,731 1,739 2,432 2,274 2,109 2,135 1,960 1,933 2,017

15 weeks and over

 3,060 2,454 2,645 3,175 2,802 2,734 2,820 2,612 2,742

15 to 26 weeks

 1,033 867 843 1,158 1,115 1,108 1,157 948 957

27 weeks and over

 2,027 1,587 1,802 2,017 1,687 1,626 1,663 1,664 1,785

Average (mean) duration, in weeks

 26.3 22.9 23.6 28.0 25.3 24.1 24.7 24.7 24.9

Median duration, in weeks

 9.6 7.6 9.1 11.5 10.3 10.2 10.4 9.6 10.6

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Less than 5 weeks

 30.0 42.2 31.8 28.3 32.2 32.4 31.1 33.6 30.9

5 to 14 weeks

 33.0 24.0 32.7 29.9 29.1 29.6 28.3 28.2 29.3

15 weeks and over

 37.0 33.8 35.5 41.8 38.7 38.0 40.7 38.1 39.8

15 to 26 weeks

 12.5 12.0 11.3 15.2 15.4 15.4 16.7 13.8 13.9

27 weeks and over

 24.5 21.9 24.2 26.6 23.3 22.6 24.0 24.3 25.9

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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