September 14, 2010
Unemployment in August 2010
Duration of unemployment, percent distribution, January 2000–August 2010
| Month |
Percent of unemployed by unemployment duration |
| Less than 5 weeks |
5 to 14 weeks |
15 to 26 weeks |
27 weeks and over |
Jan 2000 |
44.8 |
30.8 |
11.6 |
12.7 |
Feb 2000 |
44.8 |
32.9 |
11.5 |
10.8 |
Mar 2000 |
47.3 |
30.3 |
11.3 |
11.0 |
Apr 2000 |
44.7 |
32.9 |
11.8 |
10.7 |
May 2000 |
44.2 |
32.9 |
11.8 |
11.1 |
Jun 2000 |
46.3 |
31.5 |
11.0 |
11.2 |
Jul 2000 |
44.1 |
32.2 |
11.4 |
12.3 |
Aug 2000 |
43.7 |
32.4 |
11.7 |
12.2 |
Sep 2000 |
45.9 |
31.1 |
11.5 |
11.5 |
Oct 2000 |
44.9 |
31.0 |
12.8 |
11.3 |
Nov 2000 |
44.7 |
31.9 |
12.9 |
10.6 |
Dec 2000 |
44.0 |
32.4 |
12.2 |
11.4 |
Jan 2001 |
44.3 |
32.7 |
11.7 |
11.3 |
Feb 2001 |
46.7 |
28.9 |
12.7 |
11.7 |
Mar 2001 |
42.8 |
32.9 |
13.2 |
11.1 |
Apr 2001 |
46.0 |
30.8 |
12.2 |
11.0 |
May 2001 |
43.2 |
32.7 |
14.0 |
10.0 |
Jun 2001 |
44.1 |
31.8 |
12.9 |
11.2 |
Jul 2001 |
40.8 |
33.7 |
14.7 |
10.8 |
Aug 2001 |
42.3 |
31.2 |
14.3 |
12.2 |
Sep 2001 |
39.7 |
32.9 |
15.8 |
11.5 |
Oct 2001 |
40.3 |
32.8 |
15.2 |
11.8 |
Nov 2001 |
38.8 |
32.2 |
15.2 |
13.9 |
Dec 2001 |
36.7 |
33.8 |
15.9 |
13.6 |
Jan 2002 |
37.0 |
31.7 |
16.7 |
14.6 |
Feb 2002 |
36.5 |
31.5 |
17.1 |
14.9 |
Mar 2002 |
36.8 |
30.7 |
16.6 |
15.9 |
Apr 2002 |
33.9 |
33.2 |
16.1 |
16.8 |
May 2002 |
33.9 |
30.8 |
16.6 |
18.8 |
Jun 2002 |
32.3 |
31.6 |
16.5 |
19.6 |
Jul 2002 |
34.7 |
29.6 |
16.6 |
19.0 |
Aug 2002 |
35.1 |
30.3 |
15.8 |
18.9 |
Sep 2002 |
33.5 |
30.6 |
16.8 |
19.1 |
Oct 2002 |
33.2 |
30.2 |
16.7 |
19.9 |
Nov 2002 |
34.6 |
29.4 |
15.5 |
20.5 |
Dec 2002 |
32.6 |
29.8 |
15.5 |
22.1 |
Jan 2003 |
33.2 |
30.0 |
16.3 |
20.5 |
Feb 2003 |
32.6 |
30.5 |
15.1 |
21.8 |
Mar 2003 |
33.1 |
30.0 |
15.9 |
21.0 |
Apr 2003 |
31.7 |
30.2 |
16.1 |
21.9 |
May 2003 |
33.4 |
29.4 |
15.5 |
21.6 |
Jun 2003 |
31.6 |
29.8 |
15.8 |
22.8 |
Jul 2003 |
30.3 |
29.2 |
18.5 |
22.0 |
Aug 2003 |
31.2 |
29.2 |
17.4 |
22.2 |
Sep 2003 |
30.2 |
31.0 |
16.4 |
22.5 |
Oct 2003 |
31.0 |
29.6 |
17.0 |
22.4 |
Nov 2003 |
30.9 |
29.2 |
16.5 |
23.4 |
Dec 2003 |
30.5 |
29.3 |
17.1 |
23.1 |
Jan 2004 |
31.9 |
28.1 |
17.3 |
22.7 |
Feb 2004 |
29.9 |
30.0 |
17.2 |
22.9 |
Mar 2004 |
31.4 |
29.0 |
15.9 |
23.6 |
Apr 2004 |
34.1 |
29.4 |
14.3 |
22.1 |
May 2004 |
33.2 |
29.0 |
15.9 |
21.9 |
Jun 2004 |
32.7 |
29.1 |
15.7 |
22.5 |
Jul 2004 |
34.7 |
29.3 |
15.2 |
20.7 |
Aug 2004 |
33.0 |
31.8 |
14.9 |
20.3 |
Sep 2004 |
34.7 |
28.7 |
15.2 |
21.4 |
Oct 2004 |
33.8 |
28.5 |
16.1 |
21.5 |
Nov 2004 |
33.2 |
29.5 |
15.8 |
21.4 |
Dec 2004 |
34.8 |
28.5 |
16.0 |
20.8 |
Jan 2005 |
33.8 |
29.5 |
15.5 |
21.2 |
Feb 2005 |
34.4 |
29.3 |
15.9 |
20.4 |
Mar 2005 |
32.5 |
30.5 |
15.2 |
21.8 |
Apr 2005 |
35.1 |
29.9 |
14.0 |
21.0 |
May 2005 |
35.9 |
29.1 |
14.9 |
20.1 |
Jun 2005 |
35.8 |
31.8 |
13.9 |
18.5 |
Jul 2005 |
34.8 |
32.1 |
14.5 |
18.7 |
Aug 2005 |
34.5 |
31.0 |
15.6 |
18.9 |
Sep 2005 |
36.4 |
30.2 |
14.5 |
18.9 |
Oct 2005 |
36.2 |
30.6 |
14.3 |
18.9 |
Nov 2005 |
37.2 |
30.1 |
14.7 |
18.0 |
Dec 2005 |
35.6 |
30.9 |
14.8 |
18.7 |
Jan 2006 |
36.3 |
31.3 |
15.7 |
16.7 |
Feb 2006 |
35.7 |
29.0 |
16.6 |
18.7 |
Mar 2006 |
37.9 |
28.3 |
15.1 |
18.7 |
Apr 2006 |
37.2 |
29.9 |
14.2 |
18.7 |
May 2006 |
36.2 |
31.0 |
13.7 |
19.1 |
Jun 2006 |
39.2 |
30.0 |
14.1 |
16.7 |
Jul 2006 |
38.2 |
29.8 |
13.7 |
18.3 |
Aug 2006 |
36.2 |
31.8 |
13.8 |
18.1 |
Sep 2006 |
37.9 |
29.8 |
14.4 |
17.9 |
Oct 2006 |
38.4 |
31.1 |
14.6 |
15.8 |
Nov 2006 |
36.4 |
32.2 |
15.0 |
16.4 |
Dec 2006 |
38.6 |
30.4 |
14.8 |
16.2 |
Jan 2007 |
37.0 |
32.3 |
14.5 |
16.2 |
Feb 2007 |
37.0 |
31.3 |
13.9 |
17.8 |
Mar 2007 |
34.4 |
31.8 |
15.1 |
18.7 |
Apr 2007 |
35.6 |
31.3 |
15.6 |
17.6 |
May 2007 |
35.9 |
31.5 |
15.9 |
16.7 |
Jun 2007 |
36.7 |
30.5 |
16.2 |
16.6 |
Jul 2007 |
35.5 |
31.1 |
15.0 |
18.4 |
Aug 2007 |
36.5 |
30.9 |
15.2 |
17.3 |
Sep 2007 |
35.7 |
31.8 |
15.1 |
17.4 |
Oct 2007 |
34.1 |
34.3 |
14.0 |
17.6 |
Nov 2007 |
36.2 |
31.0 |
13.9 |
18.8 |
Dec 2007 |
35.8 |
31.3 |
15.6 |
17.3 |
Jan 2008 |
34.7 |
31.7 |
15.3 |
18.3 |
Feb 2008 |
35.4 |
32.0 |
14.9 |
17.7 |
Mar 2008 |
35.7 |
32.3 |
15.0 |
17.0 |
Apr 2008 |
32.3 |
32.8 |
16.9 |
18.0 |
May 2008 |
38.6 |
28.6 |
14.1 |
18.7 |
Jun 2008 |
31.8 |
34.5 |
15.1 |
18.5 |
Jul 2008 |
32.6 |
32.2 |
16.2 |
19.1 |
Aug 2008 |
34.4 |
29.8 |
16.4 |
19.4 |
Sep 2008 |
30.3 |
32.0 |
16.8 |
20.9 |
Oct 2008 |
30.2 |
30.4 |
17.3 |
22.1 |
Nov 2008 |
31.2 |
31.2 |
16.7 |
20.9 |
Dec 2008 |
28.8 |
30.9 |
17.4 |
22.9 |
Jan 2009 |
30.2 |
30.1 |
17.3 |
22.4 |
Feb 2009 |
26.5 |
31.2 |
18.9 |
23.4 |
Mar 2009 |
25.2 |
30.6 |
19.6 |
24.6 |
Apr 2009 |
24.3 |
29.3 |
19.0 |
27.5 |
May 2009 |
22.2 |
29.6 |
20.5 |
27.7 |
Jun 2009 |
21.0 |
26.6 |
22.7 |
29.6 |
Jul 2009 |
21.9 |
24.3 |
19.6 |
34.2 |
Aug 2009 |
20.0 |
27.4 |
18.9 |
33.6 |
Sep 2009 |
19.4 |
25.3 |
19.5 |
35.9 |
Oct 2009 |
20.1 |
23.5 |
20.4 |
36.0 |
Nov 2009 |
18.2 |
23.0 |
20.1 |
38.7 |
Dec 2009 |
19.0 |
22.7 |
18.5 |
39.8 |
Jan 2010 |
19.6 |
22.0 |
17.2 |
41.2 |
Feb 2010 |
18.3 |
22.8 |
18.0 |
40.9 |
Mar 2010 |
17.8 |
21.7 |
16.4 |
44.1 |
Apr 2010 |
18.3 |
20.4 |
15.4 |
45.9 |
May 2010 |
18.7 |
20.5 |
14.7 |
46.0 |
Jun 2010 |
18.6 |
21.0 |
14.9 |
45.5 |
Jul 2010 |
19.4 |
20.9 |
14.7 |
44.9 |
Aug 2010 |
18.5 |
24.4 |
15.0 |
42.0 |
These data featured in the TED article, Unemployment in August 2010.
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