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In September 2014, the unemployment rate declined by 0.2 percentage point to 5.9 percent and the number of unemployed persons decreased by 329,000 to 9.3 million. From September 2013 to September 2014, the unemployment rate dropped 1.3 percentage points and the number of unemployed declined by 1.9 million.
Number of people who are unemployed, by selected characteristics, January 2010–September 2014
Month
Total unemployed
Job losers and people completing temporary jobs
People unemployed for 27 weeks or more
Jan 2010
14,953,000
9,333,000
6,334,000
Feb 2010
15,121,000
9,602,000
6,170,000
Mar 2010
15,212,000
9,576,000
6,576,000
Apr 2010
15,333,000
9,418,000
6,770,000
May 2010
14,858,000
9,234,000
6,644,000
Jun 2010
14,483,000
9,038,000
6,604,000
Jul 2010
14,527,000
9,015,000
6,484,000
Aug 2010
14,660,000
9,137,000
6,234,000
Sep 2010
14,578,000
9,134,000
6,151,000
Oct 2010
14,520,000
8,876,000
6,232,000
Nov 2010
15,097,000
9,484,000
6,319,000
Dec 2010
14,373,000
8,807,000
6,431,000
Jan 2011
13,910,000
8,468,000
6,220,000
Feb 2011
13,858,000
8,370,000
5,969,000
Mar 2011
13,748,000
8,346,000
6,150,000
Apr 2011
13,944,000
8,299,000
5,901,000
May 2011
13,873,000
8,271,000
6,158,000
Jun 2011
13,971,000
8,157,000
6,208,000
Jul 2011
13,785,000
8,135,000
6,142,000
Aug 2011
13,820,000
8,024,000
6,001,000
Sep 2011
13,905,000
7,990,000
6,266,000
Oct 2011
13,604,000
7,866,000
5,861,000
Nov 2011
13,326,000
7,634,000
5,681,000
Dec 2011
13,090,000
7,531,000
5,600,000
Jan 2012
12,650,000
7,270,000
5,524,000
Feb 2012
12,883,000
7,167,000
5,352,000
Mar 2012
12,732,000
7,051,000
5,292,000
Apr 2012
12,603,000
6,859,000
5,106,000
May 2012
12,689,000
6,980,000
5,392,000
Jun 2012
12,702,000
7,106,000
5,331,000
Jul 2012
12,698,000
7,121,000
5,166,000
Aug 2012
12,464,000
6,885,000
5,003,000
Sep 2012
12,070,000
6,508,000
4,875,000
Oct 2012
12,138,000
6,511,000
5,021,000
Nov 2012
12,045,000
6,434,000
4,767,000
Dec 2012
12,273,000
6,475,000
4,772,000
Jan 2013
12,315,000
6,675,000
4,707,000
Feb 2013
12,047,000
6,495,000
4,750,000
Mar 2013
11,706,000
6,321,000
4,576,000
Apr 2013
11,683,000
6,367,000
4,360,000
May 2013
11,690,000
6,094,000
4,353,000
Jun 2013
11,747,000
6,089,000
4,325,000
Jul 2013
11,408,000
5,894,000
4,246,000
Aug 2013
11,256,000
5,887,000
4,269,000
Sep 2013
11,203,000
5,803,000
4,125,000
Oct 2013
11,140,000
6,162,000
4,047,000
Nov 2013
10,841,000
5,731,000
4,044,000
Dec 2013
10,351,000
5,366,000
3,878,000
Jan 2014
10,236,000
5,407,000
3,646,000
Feb 2014
10,459,000
5,448,000
3,849,000
Mar 2014
10,486,000
5,489,000
3,739,000
Apr 2014
9,753,000
5,236,000
3,452,000
May 2014
9,799,000
5,018,000
3,374,000
Jun 2014
9,474,000
4,862,000
3,081,000
Jul 2014
9,671,000
4,859,000
3,155,000
Aug 2014
9,591,000
4,836,000
2,963,000
Sep 2014
9,262,000
4,530,000
2,954,000
Among the unemployed, the number of job losers and people who completed temporary jobs decreased by 306,000 in September to 4.5 million. The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was essentially unchanged at 3.0 million in September. The long-term unemployed accounted for 31.9 percent of the unemployed. Over the past 12 months, the number of long-term unemployed is down by 1.2 million.
United States Department of Labor
