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
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