Economic Indicators
Unemployment by duration, 1998–2018
Series ID | Less than 5 weeks | 5-14 weeks | 15-26 weeks | 27 weeks and over |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jan-1998 | 40.8% | 30.4 | 13.2 | 15.7 |
Feb-1998 | 40.8 | 30.4 | 13.5 | 15.2 |
Mar-1998 | 42.7 | 30.2 | 13.1 | 14.1 |
Apr-1998 | 43.6 | 31.8 | 9.9 | 14.7 |
May-1998 | 43.4 | 32.1 | 10.7 | 13.8 |
Jun-1998 | 40.8 | 33.3 | 13.2 | 12.6 |
Jul-1998 | 42.0 | 32.5 | 12.2 | 13.3 |
Aug-1998 | 42.0 | 31.7 | 13.1 | 13.2 |
Sep-1998 | 41.7 | 31.5 | 12.3 | 14.5 |
Oct-1998 | 44.7 | 30.2 | 11.5 | 13.6 |
Nov-1998 | 41.2 | 32.8 | 11.7 | 14.4 |
Dec-1998 | 43.5 | 30.3 | 12.7 | 13.5 |
Jan-1999 | 41.4 | 33.5 | 13.0 | 12.0 |
Feb-1999 | 42.3 | 32.1 | 12.4 | 13.2 |
Mar-1999 | 42.3 | 32.6 | 13.0 | 12.2 |
Apr-1999 | 45.5 | 30.3 | 12.8 | 11.4 |
May-1999 | 43.3 | 30.8 | 13.6 | 12.4 |
Jun-1999 | 42.6 | 30.0 | 13.7 | 13.7 |
Jul-1999 | 44.5 | 30.0 | 13.2 | 12.3 |
Aug-1999 | 43.7 | 31.3 | 12.8 | 12.1 |
Sep-1999 | 44.3 | 31.1 | 12.5 | 12.0 |
Oct-1999 | 43.6 | 31.7 | 12.3 | 12.4 |
Nov-1999 | 44.8 | 31.1 | 12.2 | 11.9 |
Dec-1999 | 46.9 | 28.7 | 12.4 | 12.1 |
Jan-2000 | 44.8 | 30.8 | 11.6 | 12.7 |
Feb-2000 | 44.8 | 32.9 | 11.5 | 10.8 |
Mar-2000 | 47.3 | 30.3 | 11.3 | 11.0 |
Apr-2000 | 44.7 | 32.9 | 11.8 | 10.7 |
May-2000 | 44.2 | 32.9 | 11.8 | 11.1 |
Jun-2000 | 46.3 | 31.5 | 11.0 | 11.2 |
Jul-2000 | 44.1 | 32.2 | 11.4 | 12.3 |
Aug-2000 | 43.7 | 32.4 | 11.7 | 12.2 |
Sep-2000 | 45.9 | 31.1 | 11.5 | 11.5 |
Oct-2000 | 44.9 | 31.0 | 12.8 | 11.3 |
Nov-2000 | 44.7 | 31.9 | 12.9 | 10.6 |
Dec-2000 | 44.0 | 32.4 | 12.2 | 11.4 |
Jan-2001 | 44.3 | 32.7 | 11.7 | 11.3 |
Feb-2001 | 46.7 | 28.9 | 12.7 | 11.7 |
Mar-2001 | 42.8 | 32.9 | 13.2 | 11.1 |
Apr-2001 | 46.0 | 30.8 | 12.2 | 11.0 |
May-2001 | 43.2 | 32.7 | 14.0 | 10.0 |
Jun-2001 | 44.1 | 31.8 | 12.9 | 11.2 |
Jul-2001 | 40.8 | 33.7 | 14.7 | 10.8 |
Aug-2001 | 42.3 | 31.2 | 14.3 | 12.2 |
Sep-2001 | 39.7 | 32.9 | 15.8 | 11.5 |
Oct-2001 | 40.3 | 32.8 | 15.2 | 11.8 |
Nov-2001 | 38.8 | 32.2 | 15.2 | 13.9 |
Dec-2001 | 36.7 | 33.8 | 15.9 | 13.6 |
Jan-2002 | 37.0 | 31.7 | 16.7 | 14.6 |
Feb-2002 | 36.5 | 31.5 | 17.1 | 14.9 |
Mar-2002 | 36.8 | 30.7 | 16.6 | 15.9 |
Apr-2002 | 33.9 | 33.2 | 16.1 | 16.8 |
May-2002 | 33.9 | 30.8 | 16.6 | 18.8 |
Jun-2002 | 32.3 | 31.6 | 16.5 | 19.6 |
Jul-2002 | 34.7 | 29.6 | 16.6 | 19.0 |
Aug-2002 | 35.1 | 30.3 | 15.8 | 18.9 |
Sep-2002 | 33.5 | 30.6 | 16.8 | 19.1 |
Oct-2002 | 33.2 | 30.2 | 16.7 | 19.9 |
Nov-2002 | 34.6 | 29.4 | 15.5 | 20.5 |
Dec-2002 | 32.6 | 29.8 | 15.5 | 22.1 |
Jan-2003 | 33.2 | 30.0 | 16.3 | 20.5 |
Feb-2003 | 32.6 | 30.5 | 15.1 | 21.8 |
Mar-2003 | 33.1 | 30.0 | 15.9 | 21.0 |
Apr-2003 | 31.7 | 30.2 | 16.1 | 21.9 |
May-2003 | 33.4 | 29.4 | 15.5 | 21.6 |
Jun-2003 | 31.6 | 29.8 | 15.8 | 22.8 |
Jul-2003 | 30.3 | 29.2 | 18.5 | 22.0 |
Aug-2003 | 31.2 | 29.2 | 17.4 | 22.2 |
Sep-2003 | 30.2 | 31.0 | 16.4 | 22.5 |
Oct-2003 | 31.0 | 29.6 | 17.0 | 22.4 |
Nov-2003 | 30.9 | 29.2 | 16.5 | 23.4 |
Dec-2003 | 30.5 | 29.3 | 17.1 | 23.1 |
Jan-2004 | 31.9 | 28.1 | 17.3 | 22.7 |
Feb-2004 | 29.9 | 30.0 | 17.2 | 22.9 |
Mar-2004 | 31.4 | 29.0 | 15.9 | 23.6 |
Apr-2004 | 34.1 | 29.4 | 14.3 | 22.1 |
May-2004 | 33.2 | 29.0 | 15.9 | 21.9 |
Jun-2004 | 32.7 | 29.1 | 15.7 | 22.5 |
Jul-2004 | 34.7 | 29.3 | 15.2 | 20.7 |
Aug-2004 | 33.0 | 31.8 | 14.9 | 20.3 |
Sep-2004 | 34.7 | 28.7 | 15.2 | 21.4 |
Oct-2004 | 33.8 | 28.5 | 16.1 | 21.5 |
Nov-2004 | 33.2 | 29.5 | 15.8 | 21.4 |
Dec-2004 | 34.8 | 28.5 | 16.0 | 20.8 |
Jan-2005 | 33.8 | 29.5 | 15.5 | 21.2 |
Feb-2005 | 34.4 | 29.3 | 15.9 | 20.4 |
Mar-2005 | 32.5 | 30.5 | 15.2 | 21.8 |
Apr-2005 | 35.1 | 29.9 | 14.0 | 21.0 |
May-2005 | 35.9 | 29.1 | 14.9 | 20.1 |
Jun-2005 | 35.8 | 31.8 | 13.9 | 18.5 |
Jul-2005 | 34.8 | 32.1 | 14.5 | 18.7 |
Aug-2005 | 34.5 | 31.0 | 15.6 | 18.9 |
Sep-2005 | 36.4 | 30.2 | 14.5 | 18.9 |
Oct-2005 | 36.2 | 30.6 | 14.3 | 18.9 |
Nov-2005 | 37.2 | 30.1 | 14.7 | 18.0 |
Dec-2005 | 35.6 | 30.9 | 14.8 | 18.7 |
Jan-2006 | 36.1 | 31.4 | 15.7 | 16.7 |
Feb-2006 | 35.7 | 29.0 | 16.6 | 18.7 |
Mar-2006 | 37.8 | 28.4 | 15.1 | 18.6 |
Apr-2006 | 37.2 | 29.9 | 14.3 | 18.6 |
May-2006 | 36.2 | 31.1 | 13.8 | 18.9 |
Jun-2006 | 39.2 | 30.0 | 14.2 | 16.6 |
Jul-2006 | 38.1 | 29.8 | 13.8 | 18.3 |
Aug-2006 | 36.4 | 31.5 | 13.8 | 18.3 |
Sep-2006 | 37.8 | 29.8 | 14.3 | 18.1 |
Oct-2006 | 38.6 | 31.0 | 14.5 | 15.9 |
Nov-2006 | 36.5 | 32.1 | 14.9 | 16.4 |
Dec-2006 | 38.6 | 30.4 | 14.7 | 16.2 |
Jan-2007 | 36.7 | 32.5 | 14.5 | 16.3 |
Feb-2007 | 37.0 | 31.2 | 13.8 | 18.0 |
Mar-2007 | 34.4 | 31.9 | 15.1 | 18.6 |
Apr-2007 | 35.5 | 31.5 | 15.5 | 17.4 |
May-2007 | 35.8 | 31.7 | 16.0 | 16.5 |
Jun-2007 | 36.6 | 30.6 | 16.3 | 16.4 |
Jul-2007 | 35.4 | 31.2 | 15.2 | 18.3 |
Aug-2007 | 36.8 | 30.4 | 15.3 | 17.5 |
Sep-2007 | 35.5 | 31.8 | 15.1 | 17.5 |
Oct-2007 | 34.6 | 34.1 | 13.6 | 17.7 |
Nov-2007 | 36.5 | 30.9 | 13.7 | 18.9 |
Dec-2007 | 35.8 | 31.3 | 15.5 | 17.4 |
Jan-2008 | 34.1 | 32.1 | 15.4 | 18.5 |
Feb-2008 | 35.5 | 31.7 | 14.9 | 17.8 |
Mar-2008 | 36.0 | 32.3 | 14.9 | 16.9 |
Apr-2008 | 32.2 | 33.2 | 17.0 | 17.7 |
May-2008 | 38.4 | 29.0 | 14.3 | 18.3 |
Jun-2008 | 31.7 | 34.7 | 15.4 | 18.2 |
Jul-2008 | 32.4 | 32.2 | 16.5 | 18.9 |
Aug-2008 | 34.5 | 29.2 | 16.5 | 19.8 |
Sep-2008 | 29.9 | 31.9 | 16.8 | 21.3 |
Oct-2008 | 31.0 | 29.9 | 16.7 | 22.3 |
Nov-2008 | 31.7 | 31.0 | 16.2 | 21.1 |
Dec-2008 | 28.8 | 31.0 | 17.1 | 23.1 |
Jan-2009 | 29.5 | 30.6 | 17.3 | 22.6 |
Feb-2009 | 26.9 | 30.7 | 19.1 | 23.4 |
Mar-2009 | 25.7 | 30.6 | 19.5 | 24.2 |
Apr-2009 | 24.1 | 29.9 | 19.0 | 27.1 |
May-2009 | 22.0 | 30.3 | 20.7 | 27.0 |
Jun-2009 | 20.8 | 27.0 | 23.2 | 29.0 |
Jul-2009 | 21.7 | 24.2 | 20.2 | 34.0 |
Aug-2009 | 20.0 | 26.7 | 19.0 | 34.3 |
Sep-2009 | 18.9 | 25.1 | 19.4 | 36.6 |
Oct-2009 | 20.9 | 23.0 | 19.5 | 36.6 |
Nov-2009 | 18.7 | 23.0 | 18.9 | 39.3 |
Dec-2009 | 19.0 | 22.8 | 17.9 | 40.4 |
Jan-2010 | 19.2 | 22.3 | 16.9 | 41.6 |
Feb-2010 | 18.6 | 22.4 | 18.5 | 40.5 |
Mar-2010 | 18.3 | 21.7 | 16.8 | 43.2 |
Apr-2010 | 18.2 | 20.7 | 15.6 | 45.5 |
May-2010 | 18.7 | 21.1 | 15.3 | 44.9 |
Jun-2010 | 18.2 | 21.4 | 15.5 | 44.9 |
Jul-2010 | 19.4 | 20.5 | 15.2 | 44.9 |
Aug-2010 | 18.3 | 24.2 | 14.8 | 42.8 |
Sep-2010 | 19.3 | 22.7 | 15.7 | 42.3 |
Oct-2010 | 18.2 | 22.9 | 16.3 | 42.6 |
Nov-2010 | 19.5 | 22.2 | 15.9 | 42.4 |
Dec-2010 | 18.7 | 22.0 | 14.7 | 44.6 |
Jan-2011 | 19.0 | 21.5 | 15.7 | 43.8 |
Feb-2011 | 17.9 | 22.7 | 16.6 | 42.8 |
Mar-2011 | 18.5 | 21.8 | 15.1 | 44.6 |
Apr-2011 | 20.2 | 21.7 | 15.2 | 43.0 |
May-2011 | 19.4 | 21.1 | 14.9 | 44.7 |
Jun-2011 | 20.9 | 21.2 | 13.3 | 44.6 |
Jul-2011 | 19.2 | 21.3 | 14.4 | 45.1 |
Aug-2011 | 19.1 | 21.5 | 15.8 | 43.6 |
Sep-2011 | 19.7 | 20.7 | 14.4 | 45.2 |
Oct-2011 | 19.4 | 23.7 | 14.3 | 42.6 |
Nov-2011 | 19.4 | 22.1 | 15.2 | 43.2 |
Dec-2011 | 20.4 | 21.9 | 15.0 | 42.7 |
Jan-2012 | 19.3 | 22.7 | 15.3 | 42.7 |
Feb-2012 | 20.5 | 22.3 | 16.1 | 41.1 |
Mar-2012 | 21.4 | 22.0 | 15.3 | 41.3 |
Apr-2012 | 20.9 | 22.9 | 15.4 | 40.8 |
May-2012 | 20.2 | 23.8 | 13.4 | 42.7 |
Jun-2012 | 21.5 | 22.0 | 14.2 | 42.3 |
Jul-2012 | 21.1 | 23.6 | 14.0 | 41.2 |
Aug-2012 | 22.3 | 22.5 | 14.8 | 40.4 |
Sep-2012 | 20.9 | 23.2 | 15.4 | 40.5 |
Oct-2012 | 21.5 | 23.3 | 14.6 | 40.6 |
Nov-2012 | 21.9 | 23.2 | 14.6 | 40.2 |
Dec-2012 | 22.4 | 23.6 | 15.1 | 38.8 |
Jan-2013 | 22.3 | 25.0 | 15.2 | 37.5 |
Feb-2013 | 22.7 | 23.4 | 14.8 | 39.2 |
Mar-2013 | 21.1 | 24.2 | 15.7 | 39.1 |
Apr-2013 | 21.0 | 24.6 | 16.5 | 37.8 |
May-2013 | 23.0 | 22.6 | 17.1 | 37.3 |
Jun-2013 | 22.8 | 24.2 | 16.0 | 37.0 |
Jul-2013 | 22.0 | 24.5 | 15.8 | 37.6 |
Aug-2013 | 22.2 | 24.1 | 15.1 | 38.6 |
Sep-2013 | 23.2 | 24.0 | 16.0 | 36.8 |
Oct-2013 | 25.2 | 23.5 | 15.5 | 35.9 |
Nov-2013 | 22.4 | 24.1 | 15.8 | 37.7 |
Dec-2013 | 22.4 | 24.4 | 16.1 | 37.1 |
Jan-2014 | 24.2 | 23.7 | 16.9 | 35.2 |
Feb-2014 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 15.6 | 36.4 |
Mar-2014 | 23.4 | 24.6 | 16.4 | 35.5 |
Apr-2014 | 24.7 | 24.4 | 15.4 | 35.4 |
May-2014 | 26.6 | 24.3 | 14.7 | 34.5 |
Jun-2014 | 25.6 | 25.6 | 15.9 | 32.9 |
Jul-2014 | 26.8 | 25.1 | 15.3 | 32.7 |
Aug-2014 | 27.7 | 25.2 | 15.9 | 31.3 |
Sep-2014 | 25.4 | 27.4 | 15.4 | 31.8 |
Oct-2014 | 27.5 | 25.2 | 15.3 | 32.0 |
Nov-2014 | 27.3 | 26.4 | 15.2 | 31.1 |
Dec-2014 | 27.1 | 26.5 | 14.4 | 32.0 |
Jan-2015 | 26.9 | 26.0 | 16.0 | 31.0 |
Feb-2015 | 28.1 | 25.9 | 15.3 | 30.7 |
Mar-2015 | 28.8 | 27.1 | 14.4 | 29.7 |
Apr-2015 | 30.9 | 27.3 | 12.6 | 29.2 |
May-2015 | 28.2 | 28.8 | 14.3 | 28.7 |
Jun-2015 | 28.0 | 28.9 | 16.8 | 26.2 |
Jul-2015 | 31.1 | 27.2 | 15.5 | 26.2 |
Aug-2015 | 26.5 | 29.4 | 16.4 | 27.8 |
Sep-2015 | 29.5 | 28.4 | 15.5 | 26.6 |
Oct-2015 | 29.6 | 28.5 | 15.1 | 26.9 |
Nov-2015 | 29.8 | 28.7 | 15.6 | 25.9 |
Dec-2015 | 30.2 | 27.6 | 15.5 | 26.8 |
Jan-2016 | 28.7 | 29.6 | 15.1 | 26.6 |
Feb-2016 | 29.3 | 28.6 | 14.6 | 27.5 |
Mar-2016 | 30.3 | 27.5 | 14.5 | 27.7 |
Apr-2016 | 31.9 | 26.7 | 15.6 | 25.8 |
May-2016 | 29.8 | 30.2 | 14.9 | 25.1 |
Jun-2016 | 31.0 | 28.1 | 14.8 | 26.1 |
Jul-2016 | 28.8 | 29.4 | 16.0 | 25.8 |
Aug-2016 | 30.1 | 29.8 | 14.1 | 26.0 |
Sep-2016 | 32.3 | 28.4 | 14.6 | 24.7 |
Oct-2016 | 30.9 | 29.0 | 14.8 | 25.3 |
Nov-2016 | 32.0 | 28.9 | 14.1 | 24.9 |
Dec-2016 | 31.2 | 28.3 | 15.8 | 24.7 |
Jan-2017 | 32.3 | 27.4 | 16.2 | 24.1 |
Feb-2017 | 34.2 | 28.3 | 13.9 | 23.5 |
Mar-2017 | 32.3 | 29.4 | 15.0 | 23.4 |
Apr-2017 | 32.1 | 29.9 | 15.2 | 22.8 |
May-2017 | 30.9 | 28.5 | 16.3 | 24.2 |
Jun-2017 | 33.4 | 28.2 | 13.6 | 24.9 |
Jul-2017 | 30.9 | 29.0 | 14.8 | 25.4 |
Aug-2017 | 31.6 | 28.4 | 15.2 | 24.7 |
Sep-2017 | 32.7 | 27.6 | 14.2 | 25.5 |
Oct-2017 | 32.4 | 29.6 | 13.0 | 25.0 |
Nov-2017 | 33.8 | 28.4 | 13.8 | 23.9 |
Dec-2017 | 33.7 | 30.1 | 13.3 | 22.9 |
Jan-2018 | 34.4 | 29.3 | 14.8 | 21.5 |
Feb-2018 | 37.2 | 28.3 | 13.8 | 20.7 |
Mar-2018 | 35.2 | 30.9 | 13.5 | 20.3 |
Apr-2018 | 32.7 | 31.2 | 16.0 | 20.0 |
May-2018 | 33.1 | 31.7 | 15.9 | 19.4 |
Jun-2018 | 34.7 | 29.3 | 13.0 | 23.0 |
Jul-2018 | 33.1 | 28.8 | 15.4 | 22.7 |
Source: EPI analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics' Current Population Survey public data
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