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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
2019		 June
2020		 June
2019		 June
2020		 June
2019		 June
2020		 June
2019		 June
2020

Total, 16 years and over

 6,292 18,072 100.0 100.0 5,015 14,005 100.0 100.0

Less than 5 weeks

 2,615 3,620 41.6 20.0 1,824 2,784 36.4 19.9

5 to 14 weeks

 1,635 11,300 26.0 62.5 1,383 8,590 27.6 61.3

5 to 10 weeks

 1,172 4,451 18.6 24.6 971 3,671 19.4 26.2

11 to 14 weeks

 463 6,849 7.4 37.9 412 4,919 8.2 35.1

15 weeks and over

 2,042 3,152 32.5 17.4 1,808 2,631 36.1 18.8

15 to 26 weeks

 737 1,867 11.7 10.3 667 1,519 13.3 10.8

27 weeks and over

 1,304 1,285 20.7 7.1 1,142 1,112 22.8 7.9

27 to 51 weeks

 522 635 8.3 3.5 456 561 9.1 4.0

52 weeks and over

 783 650 12.4 3.6 685 551 13.7 3.9

Average (mean) duration, in weeks

 20.2 13.4 - - 22.0 13.7 - -

Median duration, in weeks

 7.3 11.1 - - 8.9 10.9 - -

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, 2020