Figure 7. Long-term unemployed as a percentage of total unemployed, quarterly averages, 1994–2017
Quarter and year Percent unemployed 27 weeks or longer Percent unemployed 52 weeks or longer Percent unemployed 99 weeks or longer

Q1 1994

20.7 12.4 4.0

Q2 1994

20.9 12.8 4.5

Q3 1994

19.7 12.3 4.4

Q4 1994

19.8 11.4 3.7

Q1 1995

18.1 10.2 3.5

Q2 1995

17.7 9.9 3.5

Q3 1995

16.6 9.0 3.3

Q4 1995

16.5 9.6 3.0

Q1 1996

16.9 9.1 3.3

Q2 1996

18.6 10.0 3.5

Q3 1996

18.0 9.7 3.5

Q4 1996

16.2 9.0 3.3

Q1 1997

15.8 8.3 2.8

Q2 1997

15.9 8.3 2.3

Q3 1997

16.2 8.9 3.3

Q4 1997

15.4 9.6 3.3

Q1 1998

15.0 8.1 3.2

Q2 1998

13.7 7.9 3.2

Q3 1998

13.7 7.6 2.6

Q4 1998

13.8 8.4 2.9

Q1 1999

12.5 6.8 2.0

Q2 1999

12.5 7.1 2.4

Q3 1999

12.2 6.7 2.4

Q4 1999

12.1 6.6 2.4

Q1 2000

11.5 6.2 2.1

Q2 2000

11.0 5.4 2.2

Q3 2000

12.0 6.5 2.2

Q4 2000

11.1 5.9 2.1

Q1 2001

11.4 6.4 1.6

Q2 2001

10.7 5.6 1.6

Q3 2001

11.5 5.9 1.7

Q4 2001

13.1 6.4 2.1

Q1 2002

15.1 6.5 1.8

Q2 2002

18.4 8.3 2.2

Q3 2002

19.0 8.7 2.0

Q4 2002

20.8 10.7 2.7

Q1 2003

21.1 10.6 2.7

Q2 2003

22.1 12.4 3.6

Q3 2003

22.2 11.7 3.2

Q4 2003

22.9 12.6 3.4

Q1 2004

23.1 11.8 4.0

Q2 2004

22.2 13.6 4.6

Q3 2004

20.8 12.2 3.9

Q4 2004

21.2 13.2 4.6

Q1 2005

21.1 12.3 4.5

Q2 2005

19.9 12.2 4.5

Q3 2005

18.9 11.1 4.0

Q4 2005

18.5 11.3 3.8

Q1 2006

18.0 10.0 3.3

Q2 2006

18.0 10.1 3.0

Q3 2006

18.2 10.2 3.9

Q4 2006

16.2 9.7 3.1

Q1 2007

17.6 9.9 3.2

Q2 2007

16.8 9.5 3.3

Q3 2007

17.8 9.9 3.3

Q4 2007

18.0 10.4 3.1

Q1 2008

17.7 9.5 2.9

Q2 2008

18.1 9.8 2.8

Q3 2008

20.0 10.2 3.0

Q4 2008

22.2 12.7 3.5

Q1 2009

23.4 11.8 3.5

Q2 2009

27.7 14.2 3.8

Q3 2009

35.0 16.8 4.5

Q4 2009

38.7 21.9 5.8

Q1 2010

41.8 24.7 6.5

Q2 2010

45.1 30.9 9.5

Q3 2010

43.3 29.8 9.6

Q4 2010

43.2 31.0 10.7

Q1 2011

43.7 30.4 12.6

Q2 2011

44.1 31.9 14.4

Q3 2011

44.6 31.8 14.5

Q4 2011

42.8 31.4 15.1

Q1 2012

41.7 29.5 14.4

Q2 2012

42.0 30.1 14.7

Q3 2012

40.7 28.3 14.3

Q4 2012

39.9 29.2 14.6

Q1 2013

38.6 25.4 12.0

Q2 2013

37.4 26.5 12.9

Q3 2013

37.7 25.7 12.5

Q4 2013

36.9 26.2 12.8

Q1 2014

35.7 24.3 11.8

Q2 2014

34.3 23.6 12.2

Q3 2014

32.0 21.5 10.3

Q4 2014

31.7 22.6 11.1

Q1 2015

30.5 19.9 9.7

Q2 2015

28.0 19.5 9.8

Q3 2015

26.9 16.5 8.1

Q4 2015

26.5 18.5 8.9

Q1 2016

27.3 17.9 8.8

Q2 2016

25.7 17.2 8.3

Q3 2016

25.5 16.4 8.0

Q4 2016

25.0 16.8 7.8

Q1 2017

23.6 14.6 6.9

Q2 2017

24.0 14.8 6.5

Q3 2017

25.2 15.4 7.0

Q4 2017

23.9 15.7 7.2

Note: Data for 27 weeks or longer are seasonally adjusted. Data for 52 weeks or longer and 99 weeks or longer are not seasonally adjusted.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey.