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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
2nd
2025		 2nd
2026		 2nd
2025		 2nd
2026		 2nd
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2026		 2nd
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2026

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Total unemployed

 6,952 7,049 4,690 4,465 1,403 1,457 427 491 1,649 1,709

Less than 5 weeks

 2,385 2,385 1,710 1,615 390 436 132 119 561 634

5 to 14 weeks

 1,893 1,640 1,258 1,029 378 323 128 129 481 376

15 weeks and over

 2,673 3,024 1,722 1,821 635 698 167 243 608 698

15 to 26 weeks

 1,101 1,130 699 670 275 270 70 82 265 291

27 weeks and over

 1,572 1,895 1,022 1,152 360 428 97 161 343 408

Average (mean) duration, in weeks

 22.9 25.5 22.2 24.9 26.2 25.8 21.8 28.3 22.8 22.7

Median duration, in weeks

 9.7 11.0 9.1 9.9 12.5 13.5 10.0 14.3 9.5 9.8

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Total unemployed

 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Less than 5 weeks

 34.3 33.8 36.5 36.2 27.8 29.9 31.0 24.3 34.0 37.1

5 to 14 weeks

 27.2 23.3 26.8 23.0 26.9 22.1 29.9 26.3 29.2 22.0

15 weeks and over

 38.5 42.9 36.7 40.8 45.3 47.9 39.1 49.4 36.9 40.9

15 to 26 weeks

 15.8 16.0 14.9 15.0 19.6 18.6 16.3 16.7 16.1 17.0

27 weeks and over

 22.6 26.9 21.8 25.8 25.7 29.4 22.8 32.7 20.8 23.9

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: July 02, 2026