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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
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HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-35. Unemployed total and full-time workers by duration of unemployment [Numbers in thousands]
Duration Total Full-time workers
Unemployed Percent distribution Unemployed Percent distribution
June
2020		 June
2021		 June
2020		 June
2021		 June
2020		 June
2021		 June
2020		 June
2021

Total, 16 years and over

 18,072 9,883 100.0 100.0 14,005 8,342 100.0 100.0

Less than 5 weeks

 3,620 2,709 20.0 27.4 2,784 2,019 19.9 24.2

5 to 14 weeks

 11,300 1,980 62.5 20.0 8,590 1,707 61.3 20.5

5 to 10 weeks

 4,451 1,380 24.6 14.0 3,671 1,159 26.2 13.9

11 to 14 weeks

 6,849 600 37.9 6.1 4,919 548 35.1 6.6

15 weeks and over

 3,152 5,195 17.4 52.6 2,631 4,615 18.8 55.3

15 to 26 weeks

 1,867 1,276 10.3 12.9 1,519 1,176 10.8 14.1

27 weeks and over

 1,285 3,918 7.1 39.6 1,112 3,440 7.9 41.2

27 to 51 weeks

 635 1,037 3.5 10.5 561 920 4.0 11.0

52 weeks and over

 650 2,882 3.6 29.2 551 2,520 3.9 30.2

Average (mean) duration, in weeks

 13.4 29.8 - - 13.7 31.0 - -

Median duration, in weeks

 11.1 17.6 - - 10.9 20.4 - -

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000).

 

Last Modified Date: July 02, 2021