May 12, 2010

Unemployment in April 2010

Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment, percent distribution, seasonally adjusted, December 2009�April 2010
	Dec 2009	Jan 2010	Feb 2010	Mar 2010	Apr 2010
Less than 5 weeks	19.0	19.6	18.3	17.8	18.3
5 to 14 weeks	22.7	22.0	22.8	21.7	20.4
15 to 26 weeks	18.5	17.2	18.0	16.4	15.4
27 weeks and over	39.8	41.2	40.9	44.1	45.9

These data featured in the TED article, Unemployment in April 2010.

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