Figure 4. Long-term unemployed as a percentage of total unemployed, quarterly averages, 1994–2015
| Year and quarter |
Percent unemployed— |
| 27 weeks or longer |
52 weeks or longer |
99 weeks or longer |
|
1990 Q1
|
9.5 |
5.1 |
— |
|
1990 Q2
|
9.5 |
5.8 |
— |
|
1990 Q3
|
10.2 |
5.5 |
— |
|
1990 Q4
|
10.6 |
5.7 |
— |
|
1991 Q1
|
11.0 |
5.5 |
— |
|
1991 Q2
|
12.1 |
6.1 |
— |
|
1991 Q3
|
13.3 |
6.1 |
— |
|
1991 Q4
|
15.2 |
7.3 |
— |
|
1992 Q1
|
18.1 |
9.4 |
— |
|
1992 Q2
|
20.3 |
11.4 |
— |
|
1992 Q3
|
21.3 |
11.4 |
— |
|
1992 Q4
|
21.7 |
12.3 |
— |
|
1993 Q1
|
20.6 |
11.5 |
— |
|
1993 Q2
|
19.1 |
11.6 |
— |
|
1993 Q3
|
20.1 |
11.0 |
— |
|
1993 Q4
|
20.7 |
11.9 |
— |
|
1994 Q1
|
20.7 |
12.4 |
4.0 |
|
1994 Q2
|
20.9 |
12.8 |
4.5 |
|
1994 Q3
|
19.7 |
12.3 |
4.4 |
|
1994 Q4
|
19.8 |
11.4 |
3.7 |
|
1995 Q1
|
18.1 |
10.2 |
3.5 |
|
1995 Q2
|
17.7 |
9.9 |
3.5 |
|
1995 Q3
|
16.6 |
9.0 |
3.3 |
|
1995 Q4
|
16.5 |
9.6 |
3.0 |
|
1996 Q1
|
16.9 |
9.1 |
3.3 |
|
1996 Q2
|
18.6 |
10.0 |
3.5 |
|
1996 Q3
|
18.0 |
9.7 |
3.5 |
|
1996 Q4
|
16.2 |
9.0 |
3.3 |
|
1997 Q1
|
15.8 |
8.3 |
2.8 |
|
1997 Q2
|
15.9 |
8.3 |
2.3 |
|
1997 Q3
|
16.2 |
8.9 |
3.3 |
|
1997 Q4
|
15.4 |
9.6 |
3.3 |
|
1998 Q1
|
15.0 |
8.1 |
3.2 |
|
1998 Q2
|
13.7 |
7.9 |
3.2 |
|
1998 Q3
|
13.7 |
7.6 |
2.6 |
|
1998 Q4
|
13.8 |
8.4 |
2.9 |
|
1999 Q1
|
12.5 |
6.8 |
2.0 |
|
1999 Q2
|
12.5 |
7.1 |
2.4 |
|
1999 Q3
|
12.2 |
6.7 |
2.4 |
|
1999 Q4
|
12.1 |
6.6 |
2.4 |
|
2000 Q1
|
11.5 |
6.2 |
2.1 |
|
2000 Q2
|
11.0 |
5.4 |
2.2 |
|
2000 Q3
|
12.0 |
6.5 |
2.2 |
|
2000 Q4
|
11.1 |
5.9 |
2.1 |
|
2001 Q1
|
11.4 |
6.4 |
1.6 |
|
2001 Q2
|
10.7 |
5.6 |
1.6 |
|
2001 Q3
|
11.5 |
5.9 |
1.7 |
|
2001 Q4
|
13.1 |
6.4 |
2.1 |
|
2002 Q1
|
15.1 |
6.5 |
1.8 |
|
2002 Q2
|
18.4 |
8.3 |
2.2 |
|
2002 Q3
|
19.0 |
8.7 |
2.0 |
|
2002 Q4
|
20.8 |
10.7 |
2.7 |
|
2003 Q1
|
21.1 |
10.6 |
2.7 |
|
2003 Q2
|
22.1 |
12.4 |
3.6 |
|
2003 Q3
|
22.2 |
11.7 |
3.2 |
|
2003 Q4
|
22.9 |
12.6 |
3.4 |
|
2004 Q1
|
23.1 |
11.8 |
4.0 |
|
2004 Q2
|
22.2 |
13.6 |
4.6 |
|
2004 Q3
|
20.8 |
12.2 |
3.9 |
|
2004 Q4
|
21.2 |
13.2 |
4.6 |
|
2005 Q1
|
21.1 |
12.3 |
4.5 |
|
2005 Q2
|
19.9 |
12.2 |
4.5 |
|
2005 Q3
|
18.9 |
11.1 |
4.0 |
|
2005 Q4
|
18.5 |
11.3 |
3.8 |
|
2006 Q1
|
18.0 |
10.0 |
3.3 |
|
2006 Q2
|
18.0 |
10.1 |
3.0 |
|
2006 Q3
|
18.2 |
10.2 |
3.9 |
|
2006 Q4
|
16.2 |
9.7 |
3.1 |
|
2007 Q1
|
17.6 |
9.9 |
3.2 |
|
2007 Q2
|
16.8 |
9.5 |
3.3 |
|
2007 Q3
|
17.8 |
9.9 |
3.3 |
|
2007 Q4
|
18.0 |
10.4 |
3.1 |
|
2008 Q1
|
17.7 |
9.5 |
2.9 |
|
2008 Q2
|
18.1 |
9.8 |
2.8 |
|
2008 Q3
|
20.0 |
10.2 |
3.0 |
|
2008 Q4
|
22.2 |
12.7 |
3.5 |
|
2009 Q1
|
23.4 |
11.8 |
3.5 |
|
2009 Q2
|
27.7 |
14.2 |
3.8 |
|
2009 Q3
|
35.0 |
16.8 |
4.5 |
|
2009 Q4
|
38.7 |
21.9 |
5.8 |
|
2010 Q1
|
41.8 |
24.7 |
6.5 |
|
2010 Q2
|
45.1 |
30.9 |
9.5 |
|
2010 Q3
|
43.3 |
29.8 |
9.6 |
|
2010 Q4
|
43.2 |
31.0 |
10.7 |
|
2011 Q1
|
43.7 |
30.4 |
12.6 |
|
2011 Q2
|
44.1 |
31.9 |
14.3 |
|
2011 Q3
|
44.6 |
31.8 |
14.5 |
|
2011 Q4
|
42.8 |
31.4 |
15.1 |
|
2012 Q1
|
41.8 |
29.5 |
14.4 |
|
2012 Q2
|
41.9 |
30.1 |
14.7 |
|
2012 Q3
|
40.7 |
28.3 |
14.3 |
|
2012 Q4
|
39.9 |
29.2 |
14.7 |
|
2013 Q1
|
38.5 |
25.4 |
12.0 |
|
2013 Q2
|
37.3 |
26.5 |
12.9 |
|
2013 Q3
|
37.7 |
25.7 |
12.5 |
|
2013 Q4
|
36.9 |
26.2 |
12.8 |
|
2014 Q1
|
35.7 |
24.3 |
11.8 |
|
2014 Q2
|
34.1 |
23.6 |
12.2 |
|
2014 Q3
|
32.1 |
21.5 |
10.3 |
|
2014 Q4
|
31.6 |
22.6 |
11.1 |
|
2015 Q1
|
30.6 |
19.9 |
9.7 |
|
2015 Q2
|
27.8 |
19.5 |
9.8 |
|
2015 Q3
|
27.1 |
16.5 |
8.1 |
|
2015 Q4
|
26.2 |
18.5 |
8.9 |