Chart 4. Percentage of total unemployed by duration of unemployment, quarterly averages, seasonally adjusted, 1994–2023 (in percent)
Quarter Less than 5 weeks 5 to 14 weeks 15 to 26 weeks 27 weeks or more

Q1 1994

33.8 30.0 15.5 20.7

Q2 1994

34.3 30.5 14.4 20.9

Q3 1994

34.5 30.4 15.4 19.7

Q4 1994

34.1 29.5 16.5 19.8

Q1 1995

36.7 30.8 14.5 18.1

Q2 1995

36.0 31.4 14.9 17.7

Q3 1995

36.5 32.4 14.5 16.6

Q4 1995

36.8 32.1 14.6 16.5

Q1 1996

36.4 31.3 15.4 16.9

Q2 1996

35.8 31.3 14.3 18.6

Q3 1996

36.3 31.7 14.0 18.0

Q4 1996

37.2 32.3 14.2 16.2

Q1 1997

37.3 32.5 14.4 15.8

Q2 1997

37.0 31.6 15.5 15.9

Q3 1997

37.2 31.7 14.9 16.2

Q4 1997

39.5 30.9 14.1 15.4

Q1 1998

41.4 30.3 13.3 15.0

Q2 1998

42.6 32.4 11.3 13.7

Q3 1998

41.9 31.9 12.5 13.7

Q4 1998

43.1 31.1 12.0 13.8

Q1 1999

42.0 32.7 12.8 12.5

Q2 1999

43.8 30.3 13.3 12.5

Q3 1999

44.2 30.8 12.9 12.2

Q4 1999

45.1 30.5 12.3 12.1

Q1 2000

45.7 31.4 11.5 11.5

Q2 2000

45.0 32.4 11.5 11.0

Q3 2000

44.5 31.9 11.5 12.0

Q4 2000

44.5 31.8 12.6 11.1

Q1 2001

44.6 31.5 12.5 11.4

Q2 2001

44.5 31.8 13.0 10.7

Q3 2001

40.9 32.6 15.0 11.5

Q4 2001

38.5 32.9 15.4 13.1

Q1 2002

36.8 31.3 16.8 15.1

Q2 2002

33.4 31.9 16.4 18.4

Q3 2002

34.5 30.2 16.4 19.0

Q4 2002

33.5 29.8 15.9 20.8

Q1 2003

33.0 30.2 15.8 21.1

Q2 2003

32.2 29.8 15.8 22.1

Q3 2003

30.6 29.8 17.4 22.2

Q4 2003

30.8 29.4 16.9 22.9

Q1 2004

31.1 29.1 16.8 23.1

Q2 2004

33.3 29.2 15.3 22.2

Q3 2004

34.1 29.9 15.1 20.8

Q4 2004

33.9 28.8 16.0 21.2

Q1 2005

33.6 29.8 15.5 21.1

Q2 2005

35.6 30.2 14.3 19.9

Q3 2005

35.2 31.1 14.8 18.9

Q4 2005

36.4 30.5 14.6 18.5

Q1 2006

36.6 29.6 15.8 18.0

Q2 2006

37.5 30.4 14.1 18.0

Q3 2006

37.5 30.4 14.0 18.2

Q4 2006

37.9 31.2 14.7 16.2

Q1 2007

36.1 31.9 14.5 17.6

Q2 2007

36.0 31.3 16.0 16.8

Q3 2007

35.9 31.1 15.2 17.8

Q4 2007

35.6 32.1 14.3 18.0

Q1 2008

35.2 32.0 15.1 17.7

Q2 2008

34.1 32.3 15.5 18.1

Q3 2008

32.3 31.1 16.6 20.0

Q4 2008

30.5 30.6 16.7 22.2

Q1 2009

27.3 30.6 18.7 23.4

Q2 2009

22.2 29.0 21.0 27.7

Q3 2009

20.2 25.4 19.5 35.0

Q4 2009

19.5 22.9 18.8 38.7

Q1 2010

18.7 22.2 17.4 41.8

Q2 2010

18.4 21.1 15.5 45.1

Q3 2010

19.0 22.5 15.2 43.3

Q4 2010

18.8 22.4 15.6 43.2

Q1 2011

18.5 22.0 15.8 43.7

Q2 2011

20.2 21.3 14.4 44.1

Q3 2011

19.3 21.2 14.9 44.6

Q4 2011

19.8 22.6 14.8 42.8

Q1 2012

20.4 22.3 15.6 41.7

Q2 2012

20.8 22.9 14.3 42.0

Q3 2012

21.4 23.1 14.7 40.7

Q4 2012

21.9 23.4 14.8 39.9

Q1 2013

22.0 24.2 15.2 38.6

Q2 2013

22.3 23.8 16.5 37.4

Q3 2013

22.5 24.2 15.6 37.7

Q4 2013

23.4 24.0 15.8 36.9

Q1 2014

23.5 24.5 16.2 35.8

Q2 2014

25.6 24.7 15.3 34.4

Q3 2014

26.7 25.9 15.6 31.8

Q4 2014

27.2 26.1 15.1 31.6

Q1 2015

27.8 26.4 15.2 30.7

Q2 2015

29.1 28.2 14.6 28.1

Q3 2015

29.2 28.4 15.7 26.6

Q4 2015

29.8 28.2 15.5 26.4

Q1 2016

29.2 28.4 14.7 27.6

Q2 2016

31.1 28.3 14.7 26.0

Q3 2016

30.3 29.6 15.0 25.0

Q4 2016

31.3 28.5 15.4 24.7

Q1 2017

32.9 28.2 14.7 24.2

Q2 2017

32.5 28.7 14.3 24.5

Q3 2017

31.6 28.8 15.1 24.5

Q4 2017

33.2 29.0 14.2 23.6

Q1 2018

35.6 29.5 13.3 21.6

Q2 2018

33.9 30.7 14.3 21.2

Q3 2018

33.9 28.4 15.8 21.9

Q4 2018

34.1 30.4 14.8 20.8

Q1 2019

35.8 29.7 14.2 20.3

Q2 2019

34.2 30.0 13.8 22.1

Q3 2019

34.7 29.5 14.5 21.3

Q4 2019

34.4 29.8 14.9 20.9

Q1 2020

40.2 28.7 13.2 17.9

Q2 2020

34.1 54.2 6.0 5.6

Q3 2020

18.9 25.8 42.1 13.2

Q4 2020

24.1 21.9 18.7 35.3

Q1 2021

22.4 22.4 13.8 41.4

Q2 2021

22.5 22.4 13.7 41.4

Q3 2021

26.6 22.1 13.4 37.9

Q4 2021

29.5 25.3 13.1 32.1

Q1 2022

36.6 27.0 11.4 25.1

Q2 2022

37.2 27.9 12.3 22.6

Q3 2022

36.7 30.1 13.3 19.9

Q4 2022

37.6 28.9 13.5 20.1

Q1 2023

37.0 30.6 14.4 18.0

Q2 2023

34.3 32.1 14.6 19.0

Q3 2023

33.6 30.4 15.5 20.5

Q4 2023

34.2 29.8 16.3 19.7

Note: Q1 = first quarter, Q2 = second quarter, Q3 = third quarter, and Q4 = fourth quarter.

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