March 8, 2011 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Duration of unemployment in February 2011
Duration of unemployment, percent distribution, January 2007–February 2011
| Month |
Percent of unemployed by unemployment duration |
| Less than 5 weeks |
5 to 14 weeks |
15 to 26 weeks |
27 weeks and over |
Jan 2007 |
36.7 |
32.4 |
14.5 |
16.3 |
Feb 2007 |
37.0 |
31.2 |
13.9 |
17.9 |
Mar 2007 |
34.4 |
31.9 |
15.1 |
18.6 |
Apr 2007 |
35.6 |
31.5 |
15.6 |
17.4 |
May 2007 |
35.9 |
31.7 |
15.9 |
16.5 |
Jun 2007 |
36.6 |
30.6 |
16.3 |
16.5 |
Jul 2007 |
35.4 |
31.2 |
15.1 |
18.3 |
Aug 2007 |
36.8 |
30.4 |
15.3 |
17.5 |
Sep 2007 |
35.6 |
31.8 |
15.1 |
17.6 |
Oct 2007 |
34.5 |
34.1 |
13.8 |
17.7 |
Nov 2007 |
36.4 |
30.9 |
13.8 |
18.9 |
Dec 2007 |
35.7 |
31.3 |
15.5 |
17.4 |
Jan 2008 |
34.1 |
32.0 |
15.4 |
18.4 |
Feb 2008 |
35.5 |
31.8 |
14.9 |
17.7 |
Mar 2008 |
35.9 |
32.3 |
14.9 |
16.9 |
Apr 2008 |
32.3 |
33.1 |
16.9 |
17.7 |
May 2008 |
38.5 |
28.9 |
14.1 |
18.5 |
Jun 2008 |
31.8 |
34.6 |
15.2 |
18.3 |
Jul 2008 |
32.3 |
32.4 |
16.3 |
18.9 |
Aug 2008 |
34.7 |
29.2 |
16.5 |
19.7 |
Sep 2008 |
30.1 |
31.9 |
16.8 |
21.2 |
Oct 2008 |
30.8 |
30.0 |
17.0 |
22.2 |
Nov 2008 |
31.4 |
31.1 |
16.5 |
21.1 |
Dec 2008 |
28.7 |
31.0 |
17.2 |
23.0 |
Jan 2009 |
29.5 |
30.5 |
17.4 |
22.5 |
Feb 2009 |
26.7 |
30.9 |
19.0 |
23.4 |
Mar 2009 |
25.5 |
30.6 |
19.6 |
24.4 |
Apr 2009 |
24.3 |
29.7 |
19.0 |
27.0 |
May 2009 |
22.1 |
30.0 |
20.5 |
27.4 |
Jun 2009 |
21.1 |
26.8 |
22.8 |
29.3 |
Jul 2009 |
21.6 |
24.6 |
19.9 |
33.9 |
Aug 2009 |
20.2 |
26.8 |
19.0 |
34.0 |
Sep 2009 |
19.1 |
25.1 |
19.5 |
36.3 |
Oct 2009 |
20.7 |
23.2 |
19.9 |
36.3 |
Nov 2009 |
18.3 |
23.0 |
19.5 |
39.2 |
Dec 2009 |
19.0 |
22.8 |
18.2 |
40.1 |
Jan 2010 |
19.2 |
22.0 |
17.2 |
41.5 |
Feb 2010 |
18.3 |
22.6 |
18.1 |
41.0 |
Mar 2010 |
17.9 |
21.6 |
16.5 |
43.9 |
Apr 2010 |
18.4 |
20.5 |
15.5 |
45.5 |
May 2010 |
18.8 |
20.8 |
14.8 |
45.6 |
Jun 2010 |
18.8 |
21.2 |
14.9 |
45.2 |
Jul 2010 |
19.4 |
21.2 |
14.8 |
44.7 |
Aug 2010 |
18.6 |
24.3 |
14.9 |
42.2 |
Sep 2010 |
19.5 |
22.6 |
16.1 |
41.8 |
Oct 2010 |
17.9 |
23.1 |
16.9 |
42.1 |
Nov 2010 |
18.8 |
22.2 |
16.8 |
42.2 |
Dec 2010 |
18.7 |
21.9 |
15.2 |
44.3 |
Jan 2011 |
18.9 |
21.3 |
16.1 |
43.8 |
Feb 2011 |
17.5 |
22.7 |
16.0 |
43.9 |
These data are featured in the TED article, Duration of unemployment in February 2011.
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