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Work Experience of the Population (Annual) News Release

For release 10:00 a.m. (ET) Wednesday, December 18, 2024           	                   USDL-24-2563

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                            WORK EXPERIENCE OF THE POPULATION -- 2023


There were 13.7 million people who experienced unemployment at some point during 2023, up by
747,000 from 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The proportion of the
civilian noninstitutional population age 16 and over who worked at some time during the year
increased by 0.4 percentage point to 64.2 percent in 2023.

These data are based on information collected in the Annual Social and Economic Supplement
(ASEC) to the Current Population Survey (CPS). The CPS is a monthly survey conducted by the
U.S. Census Bureau for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The ASEC collects information
on employment and unemployment experienced during the prior calendar year. Additional 
information about the CPS and the ASEC, including concepts and definitions, is provided
in the Technical Note.

Highlights from the 2023 data:

--A total of 171.9 million people worked at some point during 2023, up by 2.2 million from the
  prior year. (See table 1.)

--The proportion of workers who worked full time, year-round in 2023 was 70.1 percent, down by
  0.9 percentage point from the prior year. (See table 1.)

--The "work-experience unemployment rate"--defined as the number of people unemployed at some
  time during the year as a proportion of the number of people who worked or looked for work
  during the year--increased by 0.3 percentage point to 7.9 percent in 2023. (See table 3.)

--There were 2.4 million individuals who looked for a job but did not work at all in 2023, up by
  351,000 from 2022. (See table 3.)

People with Employment

Overall, 64.2 percent of the population worked in 2023, up from 63.8 percent in 2022. In 2023,
the percentage of women who worked at some time during the year increased by 0.5 percentage 
point to 59.4 percent, and the percentage of men who worked at some time during the year was
up by 0.4 percentage point to 69.2 percent. Men continued to be more likely to work at some
time during the year than women. (See table 1.)

People of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity were more likely to have worked in 2023 (67.2 percent) than
people who are Asian (65.6 percent), White (64.2 percent), or Black (63.0 percent). The proportion
of people who are White that worked at some time during the year increased by 0.5 percentage point
from the prior year, while the proportions for other groups were little changed. (See table 2.) 

Among those with work experience in 2023, 80.7 percent usually worked full time, down by 1.2 
percentage points from a year earlier. Men remained more likely to work full time than women (85.8 
percent versus 75.1 percent). However, the percentages of both men and women declined from the
prior year. (See table 1.)

Among the major race and ethnicity groups, Black (83.7 percent), Asian (83.7 percent), and Hispanic
or Latino (81.6 percent) workers were more likely to work full time than White workers (80.1 percent). 
The shares of Black and White workers declined over the year, while the rates for Asian and Hispanic
workers were little changed from the prior survey. (See table 2.)

Of those who worked during 2023, 80.5 percent were employed year-round (working 50 to 52 weeks,
either full or part time), little changed from 2022. Men continued to be more likely to work
year-round than women in 2023. The shares of both men (82.2 percent) and women (78.5 percent)
working year-round were little different from a year earlier. By race and ethnicity, Asian workers
(82.2 percent) were slightly more likely to work year-round than White (80.5 percent), Black
(80.7 percent), and Hispanic (79.2 percent) workers in 2023. (See tables 1 and 2.)

People with Unemployment

Overall, 174.4 million people worked or looked for work in 2023, up by 2.5 million from the prior
year. The number who experienced some unemployment increased by 747,000 to 13.7 million. The
work-experience unemployment rate (those unemployed during the year as a percentage of those who 
worked or looked for work during the year) increased by 0.3 percentage point to 7.9 percent. This
measure had reached an all-time low in 2022, at 7.6 percent. (See table 3.) 

In 2023, men continued to have a higher work-experience unemployment rate than women (8.3 percent
and 7.4 percent, respectively). The rate for men increased from the prior year, while the rate for
women was little changed. (See table 3.) 

The work-experience unemployment rate was little changed for all of the major race and ethnicity
groups in 2023. The work-experience unemployment rates for Black (10.5 percent) and Hispanic
(9.8 percent) workers were higher than those for White (7.3 percent) and Asian (6.8 percent) 
workers. The rate for white men was higher than the rate for white women, while among Black, Asian,
and Hispanic workers, the rates for men and women were little different from each other.
(See table 4.)

The number of individuals who both worked and experienced unemployment in 2023 was 11.3 million, an
increase of 396,000 from the previous year. Among these workers, 45 percent looked for work for 15
weeks or more, little different from the year before. Additionally, 20 percent had two or more
spells of unemployment, also little changed from the prior year. There were 2.4 million people that
looked for work, but did not work at all in 2023, up by 351,000 from a year earlier. (See table 3.)




Technical Note
 
    The data presented in this release were collected in the Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC)
to the Current Population Survey (CPS). The CPS is a monthly sample survey of about 60,000 eligible households,
conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Data from the CPS are
used to obtain the monthly estimates of the nation's employment and unemployment levels. The ASEC, conducted
in the months of February through April, includes questions about work activity during the prior calendar year.
For instance, data collected in 2024 refer to the 2023 calendar year. Because the reference period is a full 
year, the number of people with some employment or unemployment greatly exceeds the average levels for any
given month, which are based on a 1-week reference period, and the corresponding annual average of the monthly
estimates. As shown below, for example, the number experiencing any unemployment was about twice the number
unemployed in an average month during the year.

2023 estimates        		
(in thousands)		       Employed	      Unemployed

Annual average of
  monthly estimates .........	161,037         6,080

Annual supplement data ......	171,937	        13,724


    In addition, estimates from the supplement differ from those obtained in the basic CPS because the
supplement uses different questions to classify workers as either employed or unemployed, and there are
fewer supplement questions on work and job search activity. Regarding unemployment, the supplement has no
questions on the type of job search activity or on the respondent's availability to work—defining 
characteristics of unemployment in the basic CPS estimates. Also, individuals can be counted as both employed
and unemployed in the work experience supplement data because it includes all work experience over a calendar
year, whereas, for a specific monthly reference week, each person is only counted in one category and employment
activity takes precedence over job search activity.
    The data presented in this release are not strictly comparable with data for earlier years due to the
introduction of updated population controls used in the CPS. The population controls are updated each year in 
January to reflect the latest information about population change. Additional information is available at
www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm#pop. 

Reliability of the estimates

    Statistics based on the CPS are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. When a sample, rather than
the entire population, is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates may differ from the true population
values they represent. The component of this difference that occurs because samples differ by chance is known as
sampling error, and its variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate. There is about a 90-percent
chance, or level of confidence, that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard errors
from the true population value because of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent
level of confidence.
    The CPS data also are affected by nonsampling error. Nonsampling error can occur for many reasons, including
the failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain information for all respondents in the
sample, inability or unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information, and errors made in the collection
or processing of the data.
    A full discussion of the reliability of data from the CPS and information on estimating standard errors is
available at www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm#reliability. 

    Concepts and definitions

    The principal terms used in this release are described briefly below. 

    People who worked. In the 2024 supplement, people are considered to have worked if they responded "yes" to
either the question "Did you work at a job or business at any time during 2023?" or "Did you do any temporary,
part-time, or seasonal work even for a few days during 2023?"

    Unemployed people. People who worked during the year but not in every week are counted as unemployed if they
also reported looking for work or being on layoff from a job during the year. Those who reported no work activity
during the year are considered unemployed if they responded "yes" to the question "Even though you did not work
in 2023, did you spend any time trying to find a job or on layoff?"

    Work-experience unemployment rate. The number of people unemployed at some time during the year as a proportion
of the number of people who worked or looked for work during the year.

    Labor force participants. People who either worked or were unemployed during the year.

    Usual full- and part-time employment. These data refer to the number of hours a worker typically works during
most weeks of the year. Workers are classified as full time if they usually worked 35 hours or more in a week;
part-time employment refers to workers whose typical workweek was between 1 and 34 hours.

    Year-round and part-year employment. Workers are classified as year round if they worked 50 to 52 weeks. 
Part-year employment refers to workers who worked fewer than 50 weeks.

    Other information

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relay services.




Table 1. Work experience of the population during the year by sex and extent of employment, 2022-2023 [Numbers in thousands]
Extent of employment Total Men Women
2022 2023 2022 2023 2022 2023

NUMBER OF EMPLOYED

Civilian noninstitutional population

266,271 267,884 130,149 130,605 136,122 137,279

Total who worked or looked for work

171,835 174,356 90,643 91,713 81,192 82,643

Percent of the population

64.5 65.1 69.6 70.2 59.6 60.2

Total who worked during the year(1)

169,767 171,937 89,534 90,339 80,233 81,598

Percent of the population

63.8 64.2 68.8 69.2 58.9 59.4

Full time(2)

138,992 138,818 77,668 77,556 61,324 61,263

50 to 52 weeks

120,601 120,524 67,886 67,736 52,715 52,788

48 to 49 weeks

2,065 2,062 1,175 1,147 890 915

40 to 47 weeks

5,603 5,335 2,839 2,768 2,764 2,567

27 to 39 weeks

3,665 3,886 1,980 2,165 1,685 1,720

14 to 26 weeks

4,359 4,441 2,336 2,338 2,023 2,103

1 to 13 weeks

2,699 2,570 1,452 1,401 1,247 1,169

Part time(3)

30,776 33,119 11,867 12,784 18,909 20,335

50 to 52 weeks

16,229 17,828 5,889 6,531 10,340 11,297

48 to 49 weeks

711 1,000 246 279 465 721

40 to 47 weeks

2,770 3,011 1,107 1,089 1,664 1,921

27 to 39 weeks

2,642 2,632 1,076 1,099 1,566 1,534

14 to 26 weeks

4,414 4,432 1,830 1,829 2,584 2,603

1 to 13 weeks

4,009 4,217 1,719 1,958 2,291 2,259

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Total who worked during the year(1)

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Full time(2)

81.9 80.7 86.7 85.8 76.4 75.1

50 to 52 weeks

71.0 70.1 75.8 75.0 65.7 64.7

48 to 49 weeks

1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.1

40 to 47 weeks

3.3 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.4 3.1

27 to 39 weeks

2.2 2.3 2.2 2.4 2.1 2.1

14 to 26 weeks

2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.6

1 to 13 weeks

1.6 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.4

Part time(3)

18.1 19.3 13.3 14.2 23.6 24.9

50 to 52 weeks

9.6 10.4 6.6 7.2 12.9 13.8

48 to 49 weeks

0.4 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.9

40 to 47 weeks

1.6 1.8 1.2 1.2 2.1 2.4

27 to 39 weeks

1.6 1.5 1.2 1.2 2.0 1.9

14 to 26 weeks

2.6 2.6 2.0 2.0 3.2 3.2

1 to 13 weeks

2.4 2.5 1.9 2.2 2.9 2.8

(1) Time worked includes paid vacation and sick leave.
(2) Usually worked 35 hours or more per week.
(3) Usually worked 1 to 34 hours per week.

NOTE: Data refer to people 16 years and over. 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 75,000).


Table 2. Work experience of the population during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2022-2023
[Numbers in thousands]
Extent of employment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity Total Men Women
2022 2023 2022 2023 2022 2023

WHITE

Civilian noninstitutional population

204,096 204,729 100,806 100,901 103,291 103,828

Total who worked or looked for work

131,341 133,046 70,583 71,184 60,757 61,862

Percent of the population

64.4 65.0 70.0 70.5 58.8 59.6

Total who worked during the year(1)

130,036 131,478 69,891 70,263 60,145 61,214

Percent of the population

63.7 64.2 69.3 69.6 58.2 59.0

Percent who worked during the year(1)

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Full time(2)

81.4 80.1 86.8 85.7 75.1 73.7

50 to 52 weeks

70.8 69.7 76.1 74.9 64.7 63.7

27 to 49 weeks

6.6 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.5 6.3

1 to 26 weeks

4.0 3.8 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.7

Part time(3)

18.6 19.9 13.2 14.3 24.9 26.3

50 to 52 weeks

9.8 10.8 6.4 7.4 13.8 14.8

27 to 49 weeks

3.7 4.0 2.8 2.7 4.9 5.3

1 to 26 weeks

5.1 5.1 4.0 4.2 6.3 6.1

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Civilian noninstitutional population

34,553 34,880 16,016 16,124 18,536 18,756

Total who worked or looked for work

22,270 22,450 10,513 10,686 11,757 11,764

Percent of the population

64.5 64.4 65.6 66.3 63.4 62.7

Total who worked during the year(1)

21,735 21,957 10,218 10,411 11,517 11,547

Percent of the population

62.9 63.0 63.8 64.6 62.1 61.6

Percent who worked during the year(1)

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Full time(2)

84.8 83.7 87.1 86.8 82.8 80.9

50 to 52 weeks

72.6 72.6 74.8 75.7 70.7 69.9

27 to 49 weeks

7.3 6.5 7.2 6.7 7.3 6.3

1 to 26 weeks

4.9 4.6 5.1 4.4 4.7 4.7

Part time(3)

15.2 16.3 12.9 13.2 17.2 19.1

50 to 52 weeks

7.7 8.1 6.6 6.7 8.6 9.5

27 to 49 weeks

3.1 3.4 2.4 2.5 3.7 4.3

1 to 26 weeks

4.5 4.8 3.9 4.0 4.9 5.4

ASIAN

Civilian noninstitutional population

17,724 18,004 8,537 8,642 9,187 9,362

Total who worked or looked for work

11,754 11,986 6,225 6,321 5,528 5,665

Percent of the population

66.3 66.6 72.9 73.1 60.2 60.5

Total who worked during the year(1)

11,607 11,803 6,140 6,226 5,467 5,577

Percent of the population

65.5 65.6 71.9 72.0 59.5 59.6

Percent who worked during the year(1)

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Full time(2)

84.2 83.7 88.0 88.0 80.0 78.9

50 to 52 weeks

74.0 73.1 78.5 78.7 69.0 66.8

27 to 49 weeks

6.1 6.0 5.6 5.2 6.6 6.9

1 to 26 weeks

4.1 4.6 3.9 4.1 4.3 5.2

Part time(3)

15.8 16.3 12.0 12.0 20.0 21.1

50 to 52 weeks

9.0 9.1 6.8 6.2 11.6 12.3

27 to 49 weeks

3.1 3.5 2.5 2.5 3.8 4.6

1 to 26 weeks

3.7 3.8 2.8 3.3 4.7 4.3

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population

47,225 48,582 23,697 24,293 23,528 24,289

Total who worked or looked for work

31,974 33,200 17,852 18,485 14,123 14,716

Percent of the population

67.7 68.3 75.3 76.1 60.0 60.6

Total who worked during the year(1)

31,458 32,670 17,592 18,220 13,866 14,450

Percent of the population

66.6 67.2 74.2 75.0 58.9 59.5

Percent who worked during the year(1)

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Full time(2)

82.0 81.6 87.5 86.9 75.0 75.0

50 to 52 weeks

69.6 69.1 75.0 73.7 62.7 63.2

27 to 49 weeks

8.2 7.8 8.7 8.5 7.6 6.9

1 to 26 weeks

4.2 4.8 3.8 4.7 4.7 4.9

Part time(3)

18.0 18.4 12.5 13.1 25.0 25.0

50 to 52 weeks

10.0 10.1 6.6 6.8 14.3 14.2

27 to 49 weeks

3.3 3.4 2.4 2.6 4.5 4.5

1 to 26 weeks

4.7 4.8 3.5 3.6 6.2 6.3

(1) Time worked includes paid vacation and sick leave.
(2) Usually worked 35 hours or more per week.
(3) Usually worked 1 to 34 hours per week.

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals shown in table 1 because data are not presented for all races. People whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. 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 75,000).


Table 3. Extent of unemployment during the year by sex, 2022-2023 [Numbers in thousands]
Extent of unemployment Total Men Women
2022 2023 2022 2023 2022 2023

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Total who worked or looked for work

171,835 174,356 90,643 91,713 81,192 82,643

Percent with unemployment

7.6 7.9 7.9 8.3 7.1 7.4

Total with unemployment

12,977 13,724 7,200 7,628 5,777 6,095

Did not work but looked for work

2,068 2,419 1,109 1,374 959 1,045

1 to 14 weeks

807 977 410 545 397 431

15 weeks or more

1,260 1,442 698 829 562 614

Worked during the year

10,909 11,305 6,091 6,254 4,818 5,050

Year-round workers(1) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment

458 401 270 224 188 176

Part-year workers(2) with unemployment

10,451 10,904 5,821 6,030 4,630 4,874

1 to 4 weeks

2,370 2,640 1,226 1,321 1,144 1,319

5 to 10 weeks

2,027 1,807 1,093 1,062 934 745

11 to 14 weeks

1,327 1,403 836 775 490 627

15 to 26 weeks

2,488 2,905 1,432 1,682 1,056 1,223

27 weeks or more

2,239 2,149 1,233 1,190 1,006 959

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers

12.8 13.3 13.2 13.7 12.2 12.8

With 2 spells or more of unemployment

2,234 2,305 1,282 1,296 952 1,009

2 spells

1,099 1,068 585 560 514 508

3 spells or more

1,135 1,237 697 736 438 501

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Did not work but looked for work

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

1 to 14 weeks

39.0 40.4 37.0 39.7 41.4 41.3

15 weeks or more

61.0 59.6 63.0 60.3 58.6 58.7

Worked during the year

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Year-round workers(1) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment

4.2 3.5 4.4 3.6 3.9 3.5

Part-year workers(2) with unemployment

95.8 96.5 95.6 96.4 96.1 96.5

1 to 4 weeks

21.7 23.4 20.1 21.1 23.7 26.1

5 to 10 weeks

18.6 16.0 17.9 17.0 19.4 14.8

11 to 14 weeks

12.2 12.4 13.7 12.4 10.2 12.4

15 to 26 weeks

22.8 25.7 23.5 26.9 21.9 24.2

27 weeks or more

20.5 19.0 20.2 19.0 20.9 19.0

With 2 spells or more of unemployment

20.5 20.4 21.1 20.7 19.8 20.0

2 spells

10.1 9.4 9.6 9.0 10.7 10.1

3 spells or more

10.4 10.9 11.4 11.8 9.1 9.9

(1) Worked 50 or 51 weeks.
(2) Worked less than 50 weeks.

NOTE: 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 75,000).


Table 4. Extent of unemployment during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2022-2023
[Numbers in thousands]
Extent of unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity Total Men Women
2022 2023 2022 2023 2022 2023

WHITE

Total who worked or looked for work

131,341 133,046 70,583 71,184 60,757 61,862

Percent with unemployment

7.1 7.3 7.5 7.8 6.7 6.7

Total with unemployment

9,349 9,722 5,266 5,567 4,083 4,155

Did not work but looked for work

1,304 1,568 692 921 612 647

Worked during the year

8,044 8,153 4,574 4,646 3,470 3,507

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers

12.2 12.9 12.7 13.2 11.1 12.4

Percent who worked during the year(1)

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Year-round workers(2) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment

4.3 3.7 4.7 3.8 3.8 3.6

Part-year workers(3) with unemployment

95.7 96.3 95.3 96.2 96.2 96.4

1 to 4 weeks

22.9 24.2 21.1 22.5 25.3 26.4

5 to 14 weeks

31.4 28.7 31.9 28.9 30.7 28.4

15 weeks or more

41.4 43.4 42.3 44.7 40.2 41.6

With 2 spells or more of unemployment

20.2 20.5 20.9 20.6 19.3 20.4

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Total who worked or looked for work

22,270 22,450 10,513 10,686 11,757 11,764

Percent with unemployment

10.2 10.5 11.3 11.1 9.2 10.0

Total with unemployment

2,265 2,359 1,187 1,187 1,078 1,172

Did not work but looked for work

535 493 296 275 240 217

Worked during the year

1,730 1,867 892 912 838 955

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers

15.7 14.2 15.0 14.6 16.3 13.7

Percent who worked during the year(1)

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Year-round workers(2) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment

4.2 2.8 4.3 2.1 4.0 3.5

Part-year workers(3) with unemployment

95.8 97.2 95.7 97.9 96.0 96.5

1 to 4 weeks

15.5 20.5 16.6 15.3 14.3 25.4

5 to 14 weeks

29.2 29.3 29.1 34.0 29.3 24.9

15 weeks or more

51.1 47.4 49.9 48.6 52.4 46.2

With 2 spells or more of unemployment

22.1 17.5 21.9 19.6 22.3 15.4

ASIAN

Total who worked or looked for work

11,754 11,986 6,225 6,321 5,528 5,665

Percent with unemployment

6.3 6.8 6.7 6.8 5.8 6.8

Total with unemployment

737 811 415 428 322 383

Did not work but looked for work

147 183 86 95 62 88

Worked during the year

590 628 330 333 260 295

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers

13.5 14.5 14.4 16.3 10.9 13.1

Percent who worked during the year(1)

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Year-round workers(2) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment

2.5 3.1 3.0 2.7 2.0 3.7

Part-year workers(3) with unemployment

97.5 96.9 97.0 97.3 98.0 96.3

1 to 4 weeks

23.4 22.7 19.1 17.9 28.8 28.1

5 to 14 weeks

28.5 25.7 30.1 26.9 26.4 24.4

15 weeks or more

45.6 48.5 47.8 52.6 42.8 43.8

With 2 spells or more of unemployment

17.0 20.3 18.0 19.5 15.8 21.3

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Total who worked or looked for work

31,974 33,200 17,852 18,485 14,123 14,716

Percent with unemployment

9.5 9.8 9.4 10.2 9.6 9.3

Total with unemployment

3,033 3,256 1,673 1,892 1,360 1,365

Did not work but looked for work

517 531 260 265 257 266

Worked during the year

2,517 2,725 1,414 1,627 1,103 1,099

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers

12.6 15.2 12.9 14.7 11.9 16.0

Percent who worked during the year(1)

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Year-round workers(2) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment

3.9 3.5 3.6 4.2 4.4 2.5

Part-year workers(3) with unemployment

96.1 96.5 96.4 95.8 95.6 97.5

1 to 4 weeks

22.0 18.9 21.7 17.0 22.5 21.7

5 to 14 weeks

32.7 27.1 33.0 29.7 32.3 23.2

15 weeks or more

41.3 50.5 41.7 49.1 40.9 52.6

With 2 spells or more of unemployment

23.2 21.8 25.6 23.0 20.1 20.0

(1) Time worked includes paid vacation and sick leave.
(2) Worked 50 or 51 weeks.
(3) Worked less than 50 weeks.

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals shown in table 3 because data are not presented for all races. People whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. 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 75,000).


Last Modified Date: December 18, 2024