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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
30. Unemployed total and full-time workers by duration of unemployment
[Numbers in thousands]
Duration of unemploymentTotalFull-time workers
UnemployedPercent distributionUnemployedPercent distribution
20202021202020212020202120202021

Total unemployed

12,9478,623100.0100.010,2227,246100.0100.0

Less than 5 weeks

3,7082,14028.624.82,7621,58627.021.9

5 to 14 weeks

4,7281,98136.523.03,6561,65135.822.8

5 to 10 weeks

3,2041,32524.715.42,4401,08823.915.0

11 to 14 weeks

1,52565711.87.61,21656311.97.8

15 weeks and over

4,5114,50134.852.23,8044,00837.255.3

15 to 26 weeks

2,5161,16419.413.52,0591,02920.114.2

27 weeks and over

1,9953,33715.438.71,7452,97917.141.1

27 to 51 weeks

1,2671,3419.815.61,1041,20410.816.6

52 weeks and over

7281,9965.623.26421,7756.324.5

Average (mean) duration, in weeks

16.528.7--17.530.1--

Median duration, in weeks

9.716.5--10.319.1--

NOTE: Full-time workers are unemployed persons looking for full-time work (35 hours or more per week) or on layoff from full-time jobs. 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 35,000).

 

Last Modified Date: January 20, 2022