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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
QUARTERLY AVERAGES
E-18. Unemployed people by duration of unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity [Numbers in thousands]
Duration Total White Black or African
American		 Asian Hispanic or Latino
4th
2024		 4th
2025		 4th
2024		 4th
2025		 4th
2024		 4th
2025		 4th
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2025		 4th
2024		 4th
2025

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Total unemployed

 6,597 - 4,456 - 1,279 - 428 - 1,645 -

Less than 5 weeks

 1,996 - 1,436 - 352 - 99 - 543 -

5 to 14 weeks

 1,900 - 1,260 - 377 - 117 - 494 -

15 weeks and over

 2,701 - 1,759 - 550 - 211 - 608 -

15 to 26 weeks

 1,156 - 729 - 258 - 96 - 273 -

27 weeks and over

 1,545 - 1,030 - 293 - 114 - 335 -

Average (mean) duration, in weeks

 23.8 - 23.5 - 23.7 - 23.7 - 22.3 -

Median duration, in weeks

 10.5 - 9.9 - 11.5 - 14.2 - 9.4 -

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Total unemployed

 100.0 - 100.0 - 100.0 - 100.0 - 100.0 -

Less than 5 weeks

 30.3 - 32.2 - 27.5 - 23.3 - 33.0 -

5 to 14 weeks

 28.8 - 28.3 - 29.4 - 27.5 - 30.1 -

15 weeks and over

 40.9 - 39.5 - 43.0 - 49.3 - 37.0 -

15 to 26 weeks

 17.5 - 16.4 - 20.2 - 22.5 - 16.6 -

27 weeks and over

 23.4 - 23.1 - 22.9 - 26.7 - 20.4 -

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. People whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Data for the fourth quarter of 2025 were not produced. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown; therefore, reliable estimates for the fourth quarter of 2025 could not be produced.

 

Last Modified Date: January 09, 2026