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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
CPS CPS Program Links
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
4th
2012		 4th
2013		 4th
2012		 4th
2013		 4th
2012		 4th
2013		 4th
2012		 4th
2013		 4th
2012		 4th
2013

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Total unemployed

 11,663 10,343 8,108 7,145 2,485 2,230 496 420 2,375 2,135

Less than 5 weeks

 2,477 2,325 1,842 1,744 410 381 95 84 594 556

5 to 14 weeks

 2,671 2,429 1,870 1,691 547 500 111 89 537 522

15 weeks and over

 6,515 5,589 4,395 3,709 1,528 1,349 289 247 1,244 1,057

15 to 26 weeks

 1,769 1,689 1,200 1,148 384 373 84 84 317 328

27 weeks and over

 4,746 3,900 3,195 2,562 1,145 976 205 163 927 729

Average (mean) duration, in weeks(1)

 39.3 36.9 38.6 35.4 42.4 40.9 42.4 39.9 38.6 32.3

Median duration, in weeks

 19.3 17.4 18.0 15.9 24.2 21.8 20.4 19.5 17.0 14.3

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Total unemployed

 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Less than 5 weeks

 21.2 22.5 22.7 24.4 16.5 17.1 19.2 20.0 25.0 26.0

5 to 14 weeks

 22.9 23.5 23.1 23.7 22.0 22.4 22.5 21.2 22.6 24.4

15 weeks and over

 55.9 54.0 54.2 51.9 61.5 60.5 58.3 58.8 52.4 49.5

15 to 26 weeks

 15.2 16.3 14.8 16.1 15.4 16.7 17.0 20.1 13.4 15.4

27 weeks and over

 40.7 37.7 39.4 35.9 46.1 43.8 41.3 38.7 39.0 34.1

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: 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: April 18, 2023