Number of workers at each level of unemployment duration, by month, February 2020–March 2024

date Less than 5 weeks 5–14 weeks 15–26 weeks 27–51 weeks 52 weeks and over
Feb 20 2,105 1,785 766 408 717
Mar 20 3,422 1,860 836 290 792
Apr 20 14,261 7,066 713 453 512
May 20 3,868 14,806 1,077 587 537
Jun 20 2,896 11,522 1,923 731 624
Jul 20 3,152 5,145 6,498 782 736
Aug 20 2,336 3,105 6,491 876 777
Sep 20 2,547 2,735 4,921 1611 836
Oct 20 2,466 2,342 2,624 2785 815
Nov 20 2,487 2,440 1,878 3066 871
Dec 20 2,902 2,344 1,590 3083 872
Jan 21 2,291 2,474 1,321 3080 975
Feb 21 2,216 2,214 1,399 2900 1218
Mar 21 2,179 1,991 1,386 1864 2310
Apr 21 2,409 1,992 1,256 1528 2525
May 21 1,998 2,181 1,240 1278 2479
Jun 21 1,985 2,188 1,387 1345 2588
Jul 21 2,257 1,836 1,134 1230 2278
Aug 21 2,103 1,914 1,206 967 2188
Sep 21 2,238 1,720 979 825 1917
Oct 21 2,049 1,875 969 669 1714
Nov 21 1,988 1,682 880 621 1570
Dec 21 1,974 1,595 823 555 1413
Jan 22 2,472 1,611 786 432 1283
Feb 22 2,145 1,768 803 349 1266
Mar 22 2,305 1,723 567 338 1084
Apr 22 2,277 1,608 647 351 1003
May 22 2,030 1,757 696 411 922
Jun 22 2,240 1,536 816 426 870
Jul 22 2,097 1,849 656 342 824
Aug 22 2,214 1,828 864 371 810
Sep 22 2,156 1,619 822 468 696
Oct 22 2,189 1,803 775 454 762
Nov 22 2,247 1,665 815 438 791
Dec 22 2,218 1,645 792 462 644
Jan 23 1,942 1,795 929 349 724
Feb 23 2,294 1,838 812 406 645
Mar 23 2,279 1,765 797 369 681
Apr 23 1,867 1,920 748 396 693
May 23 2,080 1,863 911 417 715
Jun 23 2,065 1,850 905 448 669
Jul 23 2,007 1,741 956 515 690
Aug 23 2,224 1,913 970 569 757
Sep 23 2,053 2,043 985 560 743
Oct 23 2,269 1,836 1,079 509 782
Nov 23 2,069 2,060 931 574 646
Dec 23 2,191 1,791 1,104 508 737
Jan 24 2,140 1,848 867 529 748
Feb 24 2,326 1,933 974 402 801
Mar 24 2,189 1,979 982 412 834

Notes: Data are seasonally adjusted. Seasonally adjusted data for Less than 5 weeks, 5-14 weeks, 15-26 weeks, and 27+ weeks are provided by BLS. Seasonally adjusted data are not available for 52+ so we applied the ratio of not-seasonally adjusted 52+ to not-seasonally adjusted 27+ to the seasonally adjusted 27+ to impute a seasonally adjusted 52+. Seasonally adjusted data for 27-51 is estimated as the difference between our estimated 52+ seasonally adjust data and the 27+ seasonally adjusted data.

Source: EPI analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey public data series.

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