E-18. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
QUARTERLY AVERAGES
E-18. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity [Numbers in thousands]
Duration	Total		White		Black or African American		Asian		Hispanic or Latino
Duration	2nd 2020	2nd 2021	2nd 2020	2nd 2021	2nd 2020	2nd 2021	2nd 2020	2nd 2021	2nd 2020	2nd 2021
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	20,363	9,311	14,743	6,296	3,192	1,901	1,434	584	4,730	2,107
Less than 5 weeks	7,112	2,233	5,336	1,569	1,005	420	431	101	1,665	506
5 to 14 weeks	10,810	1,812	7,778	1,205	1,681	370	837	136	2,469	402
15 weeks and over	2,442	5,265	1,628	3,523	506	1,111	166	347	597	1,200
15 to 26 weeks	1,327	1,361	926	932	240	266	72	92	359	319
27 weeks and over	1,115	3,904	702	2,590	266	846	94	255	238	881

Average (mean) duration, in weeks	10.5	30.3	9.9	29.5	13.0	33.3	10.8	29.8	10.3	29.7
Median duration, in weeks	6.9	20.2	6.7	19.6	7.7	22.0	7.5	21.8	7.0	20.5

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	34.9	24.0	36.2	24.9	31.5	22.1	30.0	17.2	35.2	24.0
5 to 14 weeks	53.1	19.5	52.8	19.1	52.7	19.5	58.4	23.3	52.2	19.1
15 weeks and over	12.0	56.5	11.0	56.0	15.9	58.4	11.6	59.4	12.6	56.9
15 to 26 weeks	6.5	14.6	6.3	14.8	7.5	14.0	5.1	15.8	7.6	15.1
27 weeks and over	5.5	41.9	4.8	41.1	8.3	44.5	6.5	43.6	5.0	41.8
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. Persons 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.

Last Modified Date: July 02, 2021