HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
QUARTERLY AVERAGES
E-10. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment, seasonally adjusted
[Numbers in thousands]
Duration 2010 2011 2012 2013
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks

 2,808 2,737 2,779 2,745 2,531 2,815 2,699 2,615 2,551 2,665 2,699 2,635 2,632

5 to 14 weeks

 3,349 3,115 3,293 3,268 3,025 2,953 2,974 2,993 2,825 2,892 2,925 2,814 2,883

15 weeks and over

 8,971 8,964 8,512 8,650 8,265 8,090 8,210 7,726 7,337 7,087 6,835 6,698 6,469

15 to 26 weeks

 2,599 2,314 2,219 2,317 2,137 2,023 2,068 2,009 1,932 1,833 1,815 1,843 1,764

27 weeks and over

 6,372 6,650 6,293 6,333 6,128 6,067 6,141 5,717 5,405 5,254 5,020 4,856 4,705

Average (mean) duration, in weeks(1)

 30.6 33.9 33.6 34.3 38.0 39.2 40.4 40.1 39.8 39.5 39.2 39.2 36.4

Median duration, in weeks

 20.2 23.1 21.1 21.5 21.5 21.5 21.9 20.8 20.2 19.6 17.9 18.8 17.3

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Total unemployed

 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Less than 5 weeks

 18.6 18.5 19.1 18.7 18.3 20.3 19.4 19.6 20.1 21.1 21.7 21.7 22.0

5 to 14 weeks

 22.1 21.0 22.6 22.3 21.9 21.3 21.4 22.4 22.2 22.9 23.5 23.2 24.1

15 weeks and over

 59.3 60.5 58.4 59.0 59.8 58.4 59.1 57.9 57.7 56.1 54.9 55.1 54.0

15 to 26 weeks

 17.2 15.6 15.2 15.8 15.5 14.6 14.9 15.1 15.2 14.5 14.6 15.2 14.7

27 weeks and over

 42.1 44.9 43.2 43.2 44.3 43.8 44.2 42.9 42.5 41.6 40.3 40.0 39.3

Footnotes
 (1) Beginning in January 2011, this series reflects a change to the collection of data on unemployment duration. For more information, see www.bls.gov/cps/duration.htm.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

 

Last Modified Date: April 05, 2013