Chart: Long-term unemployment remains high in Wisconsin, while it has fallen significantly in Minnesota: Share of unemployed workers who are long-term unemployed, Minnesota and Wisconsin, 2010, 2014, and 2017

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Note: “Long-term unemployed” refers to persons who have been unemployed for at least 26 weeks.

Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey basic monthly survey microdata from the U.S. Census Bureau

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