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Month | Less than 5 weeks | 5–14 weeks | 15–26 weeks | 27 weeks and over |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 2007 |
2,645,000 | 2,241,000 | 992000 | 1,374,000 |
Dec 2007 |
2,718,000 | 2,376,000 | 1,177,000 | 1,324,000 |
Jan 2008 |
2,554,000 | 2,406,000 | 1,152,000 | 1,388,000 |
Feb 2008 |
2,653,000 | 2,370,000 | 1,116,000 | 1,329,000 |
Mar 2008 |
2,823,000 | 2,537,000 | 1,168,000 | 1,323,000 |
Apr 2008 |
2,493,000 | 2,574,000 | 1,314,000 | 1,372,000 |
May 2008 |
3,278,000 | 2,476,000 | 1,219,000 | 1,561,000 |
Jun 2008 |
2,753,000 | 3,016,000 | 1,337,000 | 1,576,000 |
Jul 2008 |
2,854,000 | 2,833,000 | 1,450,000 | 1,664,000 |
Aug 2008 |
3,256,000 | 2,758,000 | 1,554,000 | 1,866,000 |
Sep 2008 |
2,848,000 | 3,035,000 | 1,599,000 | 2,027,000 |
Oct 2008 |
3,170,000 | 3,055,000 | 1,710,000 | 2,280,000 |
Nov 2008 |
3,335,000 | 3,260,000 | 1,704,000 | 2,219,000 |
Dec 2008 |
3,255,000 | 3,498,000 | 1,936,000 | 2,610,000 |
Jan 2009 |
3,524,000 | 3,662,000 | 2,065,000 | 2,699,000 |
Feb 2009 |
3,450,000 | 3,936,000 | 2,456,000 | 2,999,000 |
Mar 2009 |
3,465,000 | 4,122,000 | 2,625,000 | 3,260,000 |
Apr 2009 |
3,338,000 | 4,138,000 | 2,634,000 | 3,752,000 |
May 2009 |
3,246,000 | 4,458,000 | 3,049,000 | 3,973,000 |
Jun 2009 |
3,114,000 | 4,052,000 | 3,488,000 | 4,349,000 |
Jul 2009 |
3,137,000 | 3,505,000 | 2,923,000 | 4,917,000 |
Aug 2009 |
2,940,000 | 3,927,000 | 2,791,000 | 5,037,000 |
Sep 2009 |
2,841,000 | 3,775,000 | 2,908,000 | 5,494,000 |
Oct 2009 |
3,223,000 | 3,552,000 | 3,006,000 | 5,643,000 |
Nov 2009 |
2,816,000 | 3,457,000 | 2,847,000 | 5,908,000 |
Dec 2009 |
2,879,000 | 3,457,000 | 2,712,000 | 6,122,000 |
Jan 2010 |
2,921,000 | 3,390,000 | 2,574,000 | 6,319,000 |
Feb 2010 |
2,807,000 | 3,390,000 | 2,793,000 | 6,129,000 |
Mar 2010 |
2,769,000 | 3,294,000 | 2,542,000 | 6,545,000 |
Apr 2010 |
2,725,000 | 3,086,000 | 2,330,000 | 6,800,000 |
May 2010 |
2,773,000 | 3,127,000 | 2,260,000 | 6,638,000 |
Jun 2010 |
2,683,000 | 3,159,000 | 2,284,000 | 6,623,000 |
Jul 2010 |
2,806,000 | 2,972,000 | 2,208,000 | 6,506,000 |
Aug 2010 |
2,671,000 | 3,534,000 | 2,162,000 | 6,259,000 |
Sep 2010 |
2,819,000 | 3,308,000 | 2,291,000 | 6,163,000 |
Oct 2010 |
2,655,000 | 3,345,000 | 2,387,000 | 6,227,000 |
Nov 2010 |
2,912,000 | 3,321,000 | 2,370,000 | 6,326,000 |
Dec 2010 |
2,693,000 | 3,169,000 | 2,120,000 | 6,429,000 |
Jan 2011 |
2,686,000 | 3,033,000 | 2,218,000 | 6,175,000 |
Feb 2011 |
2,469,000 | 3,118,000 | 2,284,000 | 5,892,000 |
Mar 2011 |
2,535,000 | 2,980,000 | 2,061,000 | 6,105,000 |
Apr 2011 |
2,787,000 | 2,987,000 | 2,090,000 | 5,925,000 |
May 2011 |
2,668,000 | 2,903,000 | 2,052,000 | 6,153,000 |
Jun 2011 |
2,933,000 | 2,987,000 | 1,871,000 | 6,271,000 |
Jul 2011 |
2,632,000 | 2,931,000 | 1,982,000 | 6,195,000 |
Aug 2011 |
2,650,000 | 2,989,000 | 2,199,000 | 6,048,000 |
Sep 2011 |
2,754,000 | 2,881,000 | 2,012,000 | 6,304,000 |
Oct 2011 |
2,668,000 | 3,250,000 | 1,964,000 | 5,838,000 |
Nov 2011 |
2,556,000 | 2,913,000 | 2,009,000 | 5,698,000 |
Dec 2011 |
2,678,000 | 2,873,000 | 1,959,000 | 5,586,000 |
Jan 2012 |
2,474,000 | 2,908,000 | 1,957,000 | 5,476,000 |
Feb 2012 |
2,610,000 | 2,848,000 | 2,051,000 | 5,242,000 |
Mar 2012 |
2,708,000 | 2,788,000 | 1,940,000 | 5,236,000 |
Apr 2012 |
2,624,000 | 2,878,000 | 1,940,000 | 5,132,000 |
May 2012 |
2,550,000 | 3,006,000 | 1,690,000 | 5,401,000 |
Jun 2012 |
2,747,000 | 2,806,000 | 1,817,000 | 5,409,000 |
Jul 2012 |
2,662,000 | 2,984,000 | 1,773,000 | 5,210,000 |
Aug 2012 |
2,784,000 | 2,811,000 | 1,846,000 | 5,042,000 |
Sep 2012 |
2,538,000 | 2,819,000 | 1,863,000 | 4,911,000 |
Oct 2012 |
2,635,000 | 2,859,000 | 1,796,000 | 4,988,000 |
Nov 2012 |
2,620,000 | 2,776,000 | 1,745,000 | 4,805,000 |
Dec 2012 |
2,756,000 | 2,901,000 | 1,861,000 | 4,768,000 |
Jan 2013 |
2,780,000 | 3,115,000 | 1,891,000 | 4,681,000 |
Feb 2013 |
2,713,000 | 2,799,000 | 1,766,000 | 4,691,000 |
Mar 2013 |
2,462,000 | 2,826,000 | 1,830,000 | 4,563,000 |
Apr 2013 |
2,487,000 | 2,908,000 | 1,953,000 | 4,468,000 |
May 2013 |
2,674,000 | 2,631,000 | 1,986,000 | 4,347,000 |
Jun 2013 |
2,680,000 | 2,851,000 | 1,876,000 | 4,355,000 |
Jul 2013 |
2,493,000 | 2,768,000 | 1,791,000 | 4,258,000 |
Aug 2013 |
2,475,000 | 2,688,000 | 1,677,000 | 4,296,000 |
Sep 2013 |
2,604,000 | 2,691,000 | 1,797,000 | 4,132,000 |
Oct 2013 |
2,823,000 | 2,639,000 | 1,737,000 | 4,024,000 |
Nov 2013 |
2,409,000 | 2,586,000 | 1,695,000 | 4,042,000 |
Dec 2013 |
2,328,000 | 2,545,000 | 1,676,000 | 3,863,000 |
Jan 2014 |
2,477,000 | 2,434,000 | 1,733,000 | 3,604,000 |
Feb 2014 |
2,391,000 | 2,593,000 | 1,616,000 | 3,782,000 |
Mar 2014 |
2,439,000 | 2,566,000 | 1,710,000 | 3,697,000 |
Apr 2014 |
2,418,000 | 2,390,000 | 1,508,000 | 3,468,000 |
May 2014 |
2,584,000 | 2,366,000 | 1,428,000 | 3,352,000 |
Jun 2014 |
2,420,000 | 2,428,000 | 1,502,000 | 3,118,000 |
Jul 2014 |
2,579,000 | 2,410,000 | 1,474,000 | 3,145,000 |
Aug 2014 |
2,619,000 | 2,383,000 | 1,501,000 | 2,965,000 |
Sep 2014 |
2,358,000 | 2,545,000 | 1,434,000 | 2,954,000 |
Oct 2014 |
2,494,000 | 2,292,000 | 1,392,000 | 2,901,000 |
Nov 2014 |
2,474,000 | 2,396,000 | 1,381,000 | 2,827,000 |
Dec 2014 |
2,371,000 | 2,317,000 | 1,263,000 | 2,801,000 |
Jan 2015 |
2,403,000 | 2,320,000 | 1,431,000 | 2,765,000 |
Feb 2015 |
2,435,000 | 2,240,000 | 1,329,000 | 2,656,000 |
Mar 2015 |
2,458,000 | 2,318,000 | 1,233,000 | 2,536,000 |
Apr 2015 |
2,691,000 | 2,382,000 | 1,102,000 | 2,545,000 |
May 2015 |
2,454,000 | 2,512,000 | 1,249,000 | 2,496,000 |
Jun 2015 |
2,322,000 | 2,396,000 | 1,392,000 | 2,169,000 |
Jul 2015 |
2,541,000 | 2,216,000 | 1,261,000 | 2,141,000 |
Aug 2015 |
2,079,000 | 2,304,000 | 1,283,000 | 2,179,000 |
Sep 2015 |
2,339,000 | 2,250,000 | 1,233,000 | 2,107,000 |
Oct 2015 |
2,358,000 | 2,273,000 | 1,202,000 | 2,146,000 |
Nov 2015 |
2,382,000 | 2,291,000 | 1,248,000 | 2,068,000 |
Dec 2015 |
2,399,000 | 2,197,000 | 1,229,000 | 2,128,000 |
Jan 2016 |
2,226,000 | 2,293,000 | 1,172,000 | 2,068,000 |
Feb 2016 |
2,283,000 | 2,224,000 | 1,140,000 | 2,137,000 |
Mar 2016 |
2,411,000 | 2,192,000 | 1,157,000 | 2,205,000 |
Apr 2016 |
2,575,000 | 2,158,000 | 1,265,000 | 2,085,000 |
May 2016 |
2,241,000 | 2,276,000 | 1,122,000 | 1,892,000 |
Jun 2016 |
2,410,000 | 2,185,000 | 1,146,000 | 2,025,000 |
Jul 2016 |
2,213,000 | 2,254,000 | 1,230,000 | 1,979,000 |
Aug 2016 |
2,309,000 | 2,284,000 | 1,082,000 | 1,990,000 |
Sep 2016 |
2,565,000 | 2,256,000 | 1,163,000 | 1,959,000 |
Oct 2016 |
2,418,000 | 2,271,000 | 1,160,000 | 1,982,000 |
Nov 2016 |
2,391,000 | 2,156,000 | 1,055,000 | 1,862,000 |
Dec 2016 |
2,359,000 | 2,136,000 | 1,191,000 | 1,869,000 |
Jan 2017 |
2,452,000 | 2,081,000 | 1,229,000 | 1,825,000 |
Feb 2017 |
2,572,000 | 2,129,000 | 1,047,000 | 1,766,000 |
Mar 2017 |
2,296,000 | 2,088,000 | 1,064,000 | 1,660,000 |
Apr 2017 |
2,300,000 | 2,140,000 | 1,087,000 | 1,633,000 |
May 2017 |
2,123,000 | 1,958,000 | 1,123,000 | 1,665,000 |
Jun 2017 |
2,301,000 | 1,942,000 | 937000 | 1,715,000 |
Jul 2017 |
2,135,000 | 2,006,000 | 1,022,000 | 1,757,000 |
Aug 2017 |
2,221,000 | 1,996,000 | 1,067,000 | 1,735,000 |
Sep 2017 |
2,223,000 | 1,879,000 | 962000 | 1,733,000 |
Oct 2017 |
2,128,000 | 1,943,000 | 856000 | 1,645,000 |
Nov 2017 |
2,253,000 | 1,894,000 | 921000 | 1,593,000 |
Dec 2017 |
2,235,000 | 1,994,000 | 882000 | 1,515,000 |
Jan 2018 |
2,280,000 | 1,943,000 | 981000 | 1,421,000 |
Feb 2018 |
2,508,000 | 1,906,000 | 934000 | 1,397,000 |
Mar 2018 |
2,287,000 | 2,009,000 | 880000 | 1,322,000 |
Apr 2018 |
2,115,000 | 2,017,000 | 1,036,000 | 1,293,000 |
May 2018 |
2,034,000 | 1,945,000 | 977000 | 1,189,000 |
Jun 2018 |
2,227,000 | 1,882,000 | 836000 | 1,478,000 |
Jul 2018 |
2,091,000 | 1,820,000 | 971000 | 1,435,000 |
Aug 2018 |
2,208,000 | 1,720,000 | 923000 | 1,332,000 |
Sep 2018 |
2,065,000 | 1,720,000 | 861000 | 1,384,000 |
Oct 2018 |
2,057,000 | 1,821,000 | 856000 | 1,373,000 |
Nov 2018 |
2,126,000 | 1,813,000 | 839000 | 1,253,000 |
In November, there were 2.1 million unemployed for less than 5 weeks, accounting for about 35 percent of all unemployed. About 1.8 million were unemployed for 5 to 14 weeks, accounting for about 30 percent of all unemployed.
These data are from the Current Population Survey. For more information, see “The Employment Situation — November 2018.” We also have more charts on unemployment and the labor force.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Long-term unemployed down to 1.3 million in November at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2018/long-term-unemployed-down-to-1-point-3-million-in-november.htm (visited December 05, 2024).