Figure B

Percent Unemployed 27 Weeks & over, 1948-2021

Year Percent Unemployed 27 Weeks & over
Jan-1948 6.4
Feb-1948 5.2
Mar-1948 4.6
Apr-1948 4.4
May-1948 5.1
Jun-1948 5.3
Jul-1948 4.9
Aug-1948 5.3
Sep-1948 5.5
Oct-1948 6.2
Nov-1948 4.3
Dec-1948 4.1
Jan-1949 4.1
Feb-1949 4.5
Mar-1949 3.8
Apr-1949 4.8
May-1949 5.1
Jun-1949 6.5
Jul-1949 7.5
Aug-1949 8.0
Sep-1949 8.6
Oct-1949 7.8
Nov-1949 10.6
Dec-1949 10.0
Jan-1950 10.0
Feb-1950 10.5
Mar-1950 11.3
Apr-1950 13.4
May-1950 12.3
Jun-1950 12.3
Jul-1950 10.8
Aug-1950 10.5
Sep-1950 10.6
Oct-1950 10.9
Nov-1950 9.9
Dec-1950 8.1
Jan-1951 8.0
Feb-1951 9.4
Mar-1951 7.2
Apr-1951 7.2
May-1951 6.9
Jun-1951 5.6
Jul-1951 6.6
Aug-1951 6.0
Sep-1951 5.7
Oct-1951 4.6
Nov-1951 7.1
Dec-1951 5.2
Jan-1952 5.5
Feb-1952 4.5
Mar-1952 4.7
Apr-1952 6.3
May-1952 4.3
Jun-1952 3.6
Jul-1952 3.4
Aug-1952 3.0
Sep-1952 3.3
Oct-1952 4.8
Nov-1952 3.9
Dec-1952 6.2
Jan-1953 4.8
Feb-1953 4.8
Mar-1953 5.0
Apr-1953 3.9
May-1953 2.9
Jun-1953 5.8
Jul-1953 4.4
Aug-1953 4.0
Sep-1953 3.8
Oct-1953 3.4
Nov-1953 4.5
Dec-1953 4.0
Jan-1954 4.9
Feb-1954 4.6
Mar-1954 6.5
Apr-1954 7.6
May-1954 8.5
Jun-1954 8.8
Jul-1954 9.1
Aug-1954 11.0
Sep-1954 10.6
Oct-1954 12.3
Nov-1954 12.3
Dec-1954 12.1
Jan-1955 13.3
Feb-1955 14.7
Mar-1955 13.4
Apr-1955 13.5
May-1955 13.1
Jun-1955 12.2
Jul-1955 11.4
Aug-1955 9.9
Sep-1955 9.2
Oct-1955 8.6
Nov-1955 9.9
Dec-1955 10.4
Jan-1956 9.6
Feb-1956 10.6
Mar-1956 8.6
Apr-1956 7.7
May-1956 6.9
Jun-1956 6.2
Jul-1956 7.1
Aug-1956 8.7
Sep-1956 9.1
Oct-1956 9.5
Nov-1956 8.4
Dec-1956 9.2
Jan-1957 6.5
Feb-1957 8.6
Mar-1957 8.6
Apr-1957 9.0
May-1957 8.7
Jun-1957 8.9
Jul-1957 9.2
Aug-1957 8.4
Sep-1957 7.4
Oct-1957 9.6
Nov-1957 8.2
Dec-1957 7.4
Jan-1958 7.7
Feb-1958 8.1
Mar-1958 7.7
Apr-1958 10.5
May-1958 11.6
Jun-1958 14.2
Jul-1958 16.6
Aug-1958 19.0
Sep-1958 20.7
Oct-1958 20.3
Nov-1958 19.5
Dec-1958 19.2
Jan-1959 19.4
Feb-1959 18.3
Mar-1959 18.1
Apr-1959 18.2
May-1959 16.7
Jun-1959 15.9
Jul-1959 14.0
Aug-1959 13.4
Sep-1959 11.8
Oct-1959 11.4
Nov-1959 12.1
Dec-1959 12.6
Jan-1960 12.9
Feb-1960 13.0
Mar-1960 11.7
Apr-1960 11.9
May-1960 10.8
Jun-1960 10.5
Jul-1960 10.5
Aug-1960 10.4
Sep-1960 12.0
Oct-1960 13.4
Nov-1960 12.8
Dec-1960 11.8
Jan-1961 13.6
Feb-1961 13.7
Mar-1961 14.5
Apr-1961 16.9
May-1961 17.7
Jun-1961 18.9
Jul-1961 19.9
Aug-1961 19.0
Sep-1961 18.0
Oct-1961 17.9
Nov-1961 17.8
Dec-1961 17.3
Jan-1962 16.5
Feb-1962 17.7
Mar-1962 16.3
Apr-1962 16.2
May-1962 16.5
Jun-1962 15.2
Jul-1962 14.9
Aug-1962 14.7
Sep-1962 13.1
Oct-1962 13.3
Nov-1962 11.1
Dec-1962 12.8
Jan-1963 13.3
Feb-1963 14.0
Mar-1963 14.8
Apr-1963 14.7
May-1963 14.4
Jun-1963 12.4
Jul-1963 13.5
Aug-1963 13.2
Sep-1963 14.0
Oct-1963 13.3
Nov-1963 12.6
Dec-1963 12.3
Jan-1964 12.5
Feb-1964 12.4
Mar-1964 12.8
Apr-1964 12.1
May-1964 13.4
Jun-1964 13.1
Jul-1964 14.5
Aug-1964 13.7
Sep-1964 12.4
Oct-1964 11.7
Nov-1964 12.3
Dec-1964 11.9
Jan-1965 11.1
Feb-1965 11.0
Mar-1965 10.2
Apr-1965 10.3
May-1965 10.2
Jun-1965 10.7
Jul-1965 9.8
Aug-1965 10.0
Sep-1965 11.1
Oct-1965 10.8
Nov-1965 10.1
Dec-1965 9.9
Jan-1966 9.9
Feb-1966 9.5
Mar-1966 9.2
Apr-1966 9.0
May-1966 9.5
Jun-1966 7.9
Jul-1966 7.3
Aug-1966 7.0
Sep-1966 7.1
Oct-1966 7.9
Nov-1966 7.3
Dec-1966 7.5
Jan-1967 6.9
Feb-1967 6.9
Mar-1967 6.2
Apr-1967 6.1
May-1967 5.3
Jun-1967 5.0
Jul-1967 5.2
Aug-1967 6.7
Sep-1967 5.4
Oct-1967 5.6
Nov-1967 5.9
Dec-1967 6.5
Jan-1968 6.6
Feb-1968 5.9
Mar-1968 6.2
Apr-1968 5.5
May-1968 5.0
Jun-1968 5.4
Jul-1968 5.5
Aug-1968 5.5
Sep-1968 4.9
Oct-1968 5.0
Nov-1968 4.8
Dec-1968 6.0
Jan-1969 4.9
Feb-1969 4.3
Mar-1969 4.4
Apr-1969 4.8
May-1969 4.7
Jun-1969 4.4
Jul-1969 5.6
Aug-1969 4.6
Sep-1969 4.9
Oct-1969 4.5
Nov-1969 5.1
Dec-1969 4.6
Jan-1970 4.5
Feb-1970 4.6
Mar-1970 5.0
Apr-1970 5.3
May-1970 5.9
Jun-1970 5.5
Jul-1970 5.7
Aug-1970 5.9
Sep-1970 6.3
Oct-1970 5.6
Nov-1970 6.7
Dec-1970 7.6
Jan-1971 8.5
Feb-1971 9.2
Mar-1971 9.3
Apr-1971 9.2
May-1971 10.2
Jun-1971 10.9
Jul-1971 11.3
Aug-1971 10.6
Sep-1971 11.0
Oct-1971 11.7
Nov-1971 11.2
Dec-1971 11.4
Jan-1972 11.7
Feb-1972 13.4
Mar-1972 12.8
Apr-1972 13.6
May-1972 11.9
Jun-1972 11.2
Jul-1972 10.6
Aug-1972 10.8
Sep-1972 11.2
Oct-1972 10.6
Nov-1972 10.2
Dec-1972 10.2
Jan-1973 9.5
Feb-1973 8.4
Mar-1973 8.9
Apr-1973 7.5
May-1973 8.0
Jun-1973 7.5
Jul-1973 6.5
Aug-1973 7.7
Sep-1973 6.8
Oct-1973 8.0
Nov-1973 8.0
Dec-1973 7.4
Jan-1974 7.2
Feb-1974 7.1
Mar-1974 7.1
Apr-1974 7.6
May-1974 7.5
Jun-1974 7.4
Jul-1974 7.7
Aug-1974 7.7
Sep-1974 7.2
Oct-1974 7.2
Nov-1974 7.1
Dec-1974 8.1
Jan-1975 8.3
Feb-1975 9.7
Mar-1975 9.7
Apr-1975 11.9
May-1975 13.0
Jun-1975 15.8
Jul-1975 17.3
Aug-1975 18.3
Sep-1975 19.6
Oct-1975 18.0
Nov-1975 21.0
Dec-1975 20.3
Jan-1976 20.8
Feb-1976 21.0
Mar-1976 20.7
Apr-1976 19.7
May-1976 17.5
Jun-1976 18.3
Jul-1976 16.8
Aug-1976 16.9
Sep-1976 16.0
Oct-1976 16.4
Nov-1976 16.8
Dec-1976 17.6
Jan-1977 16.6
Feb-1977 16.2
Mar-1977 16.0
Apr-1977 16.1
May-1977 15.6
Jun-1977 14.4
Jul-1977 14.3
Aug-1977 12.9
Sep-1977 13.7
Oct-1977 13.4
Nov-1977 13.2
Dec-1977 13.4
Jan-1978 12.6
Feb-1978 10.6
Mar-1978 11.2
Apr-1978 11.1
May-1978 11.3
Jun-1978 10.5
Jul-1978 10.4
Aug-1978 10.1
Sep-1978 10.2
Oct-1978 10.0
Nov-1978 8.8
Dec-1978 8.2
Jan-1979 8.8
Feb-1979 9.0
Mar-1979 9.6
Apr-1979 9.0
May-1979 8.8
Jun-1979 8.8
Jul-1979 7.8
Aug-1979 8.5
Sep-1979 8.6
Oct-1979 8.5
Nov-1979 9.0
Dec-1979 8.6
Jan-1980 8.3
Feb-1980 7.6
Mar-1980 9.1
Apr-1980 9.3
May-1980 8.9
Jun-1980 9.6
Jul-1980 10.7
Aug-1980 11.3
Sep-1980 12.0
Oct-1980 13.1
Nov-1980 14.2
Dec-1980 14.8
Jan-1981 15.7
Feb-1981 15.5
Mar-1981 15.2
Apr-1981 14.4
May-1981 14.0
Jun-1981 14.0
Jul-1981 13.8
Aug-1981 14.5
Sep-1981 13.5
Oct-1981 13.2
Nov-1981 12.7
Dec-1981 12.6
Jan-1982 12.6
Feb-1982 13.2
Mar-1982 13.6
Apr-1982 14.6
May-1982 15.5
Jun-1982 17.0
Jul-1982 16.8
Aug-1982 17.0
Sep-1982 17.8
Oct-1982 19.5
Nov-1982 19.5
Dec-1982 21.3
Jan-1983 22.9
Feb-1983 23.5
Mar-1983 24.4
Apr-1983 24.6
May-1983 24.9
Jun-1983 26.0
Jul-1983 24.5
Aug-1983 23.6
Sep-1983 23.5
Oct-1983 23.1
Nov-1983 22.7
Dec-1983 22.0
Jan-1984 22.4
Feb-1984 20.8
Mar-1984 20.4
Apr-1984 20.3
May-1984 20.0
Jun-1984 19.3
Jul-1984 18.7
Aug-1984 17.6
Sep-1984 17.2
Oct-1984 17.1
Nov-1984 17.4
Dec-1984 16.7
Jan-1985 15.5
Feb-1985 16.2
Mar-1985 16.1
Apr-1985 16.4
May-1985 14.8
Jun-1985 15.3
Jul-1985 15.0
Aug-1985 14.9
Sep-1985 14.8
Oct-1985 14.5
Nov-1985 16.0
Dec-1985 14.8
Jan-1986 13.9
Feb-1986 14.1
Mar-1986 14.0
Apr-1986 13.9
May-1986 13.8
Jun-1986 15.0
Jul-1986 14.7
Aug-1986 14.7
Sep-1986 14.8
Oct-1986 14.8
Nov-1986 14.3
Dec-1986 14.6
Jan-1987 14.3
Feb-1987 14.2
Mar-1987 14.3
Apr-1987 14.4
May-1987 14.8
Jun-1987 14.5
Jul-1987 13.5
Aug-1987 14.5
Sep-1987 13.9
Oct-1987 13.3
Nov-1987 13.1
Dec-1987 13.0
Jan-1988 12.5
Feb-1988 12.9
Mar-1988 12.3
Apr-1988 12.3
May-1988 12.5
Jun-1988 12.3
Jul-1988 11.9
Aug-1988 11.7
Sep-1988 12.3
Oct-1988 11.8
Nov-1988 10.8
Dec-1988 11.4
Jan-1989 11.0
Feb-1989 10.0
Mar-1989 10.7
Apr-1989 11.0
May-1989 9.9
Jun-1989 9.3
Jul-1989 9.5
Aug-1989 8.7
Sep-1989 9.1
Oct-1989 9.8
Nov-1989 9.8
Dec-1989 9.6
Jan-1990 9.7
Feb-1990 9.4
Mar-1990 9.6
Apr-1990 9.5
May-1990 9.5
Jun-1990 9.5
Jul-1990 9.8
Aug-1990 10.2
Sep-1990 10.6
Oct-1990 10.4
Nov-1990 10.8
Dec-1990 10.6
Jan-1991 10.9
Feb-1991 10.9
Mar-1991 11.1
Apr-1991 11.6
May-1991 11.9
Jun-1991 12.6
Jul-1991 12.9
Aug-1991 13.5
Sep-1991 13.7
Oct-1991 13.9
Nov-1991 15.4
Dec-1991 16.4
Jan-1992 17.5
Feb-1992 18.1
Mar-1992 18.8
Apr-1992 18.9
May-1992 20.6
Jun-1992 21.3
Jul-1992 21.5
Aug-1992 21.0
Sep-1992 21.5
Oct-1992 23.1
Nov-1992 20.7
Dec-1992 21.4
Jan-1993 21.2
Feb-1993 20.7
Mar-1993 20.0
Apr-1993 18.2
May-1993 19.6
Jun-1993 19.5
Jul-1993 19.8
Aug-1993 20.1
Sep-1993 20.2
Oct-1993 20.4
Nov-1993 21.0
Dec-1993 20.8
Jan-1994 20.1
Feb-1994 20.7
Mar-1994 21.2
Apr-1994 21.3
May-1994 21.3
Jun-1994 19.9
Jul-1994 19.6
Aug-1994 19.6
Sep-1994 20.0
Oct-1994 20.8
Nov-1994 19.7
Dec-1994 18.9
Jan-1995 18.3
Feb-1995 17.2
Mar-1995 18.8
Apr-1995 18.7
May-1995 17.5
Jun-1995 16.8
Jul-1995 16.7
Aug-1995 16.3
Sep-1995 16.9
Oct-1995 16.5
Nov-1995 16.7
Dec-1995 16.4
Jan-1996 16.2
Feb-1996 16.5
Mar-1996 18.2
Apr-1996 18.3
May-1996 18.1
Jun-1996 19.4
Jul-1996 18.3
Aug-1996 18.2
Sep-1996 17.4
Oct-1996 16.7
Nov-1996 15.7
Dec-1996 16.1
Jan-1997 16.1
Feb-1997 15.7
Mar-1997 15.6
Apr-1997 16.2
May-1997 15.7
Jun-1997 15.8
Jul-1997 16.3
Aug-1997 16.2
Sep-1997 16.2
Oct-1997 16.0
Nov-1997 14.8
Dec-1997 15.4
Jan-1998 15.7
Feb-1998 15.2
Mar-1998 14.1
Apr-1998 14.7
May-1998 13.8
Jun-1998 12.6
Jul-1998 13.3
Aug-1998 13.2
Sep-1998 14.5
Oct-1998 13.6
Nov-1998 14.4
Dec-1998 13.5
Jan-1999 12.0
Feb-1999 13.2
Mar-1999 12.2
Apr-1999 11.4
May-1999 12.4
Jun-1999 13.7
Jul-1999 12.3
Aug-1999 12.1
Sep-1999 12.0
Oct-1999 12.4
Nov-1999 11.9
Dec-1999 12.1
Jan-2000 12.7
Feb-2000 10.8
Mar-2000 11.0
Apr-2000 10.7
May-2000 11.1
Jun-2000 11.2
Jul-2000 12.3
Aug-2000 12.2
Sep-2000 11.5
Oct-2000 11.3
Nov-2000 10.6
Dec-2000 11.4
Jan-2001 11.3
Feb-2001 11.7
Mar-2001 11.1
Apr-2001 11.0
May-2001 10.0
Jun-2001 11.2
Jul-2001 10.8
Aug-2001 12.2
Sep-2001 11.5
Oct-2001 11.8
Nov-2001 13.9
Dec-2001 13.6
Jan-2002 14.6
Feb-2002 14.9
Mar-2002 15.9
Apr-2002 16.8
May-2002 18.8
Jun-2002 19.6
Jul-2002 19.0
Aug-2002 18.9
Sep-2002 19.1
Oct-2002 19.9
Nov-2002 20.5
Dec-2002 22.1
Jan-2003 20.5
Feb-2003 21.8
Mar-2003 21.0
Apr-2003 21.9
May-2003 21.6
Jun-2003 22.8
Jul-2003 22.0
Aug-2003 22.2
Sep-2003 22.5
Oct-2003 22.4
Nov-2003 23.4
Dec-2003 23.1
Jan-2004 22.7
Feb-2004 22.9
Mar-2004 23.6
Apr-2004 22.1
May-2004 21.9
Jun-2004 22.5
Jul-2004 20.7
Aug-2004 20.3
Sep-2004 21.4
Oct-2004 21.5
Nov-2004 21.4
Dec-2004 20.8
Jan-2005 21.2
Feb-2005 20.4
Mar-2005 21.8
Apr-2005 21.0
May-2005 20.1
Jun-2005 18.5
Jul-2005 18.7
Aug-2005 18.9
Sep-2005 18.9
Oct-2005 18.9
Nov-2005 18.0
Dec-2005 18.7
Jan-2006 16.7
Feb-2006 18.7
Mar-2006 18.6
Apr-2006 18.6
May-2006 18.9
Jun-2006 16.6
Jul-2006 18.3
Aug-2006 18.3
Sep-2006 18.1
Oct-2006 15.9
Nov-2006 16.4
Dec-2006 16.2
Jan-2007 16.3
Feb-2007 18.0
Mar-2007 18.6
Apr-2007 17.4
May-2007 16.5
Jun-2007 16.4
Jul-2007 18.3
Aug-2007 17.5
Sep-2007 17.5
Oct-2007 17.7
Nov-2007 18.9
Dec-2007 17.4
Jan-2008 18.5
Feb-2008 17.8
Mar-2008 16.9
Apr-2008 17.7
May-2008 18.3
Jun-2008 18.2
Jul-2008 18.9
Aug-2008 19.8
Sep-2008 21.3
Oct-2008 22.3
Nov-2008 21.1
Dec-2008 23.1
Jan-2009 22.6
Feb-2009 23.4
Mar-2009 24.2
Apr-2009 27.1
May-2009 27.0
Jun-2009 29.0
Jul-2009 34.0
Aug-2009 34.3
Sep-2009 36.6
Oct-2009 36.6
Nov-2009 39.3
Dec-2009 40.4
Jan-2010 41.6
Feb-2010 40.5
Mar-2010 43.2
Apr-2010 45.5
May-2010 44.9
Jun-2010 44.9
Jul-2010 44.9
Aug-2010 42.8
Sep-2010 42.3
Oct-2010 42.6
Nov-2010 42.4
Dec-2010 44.6
Jan-2011 43.8
Feb-2011 42.8
Mar-2011 44.6
Apr-2011 43.0
May-2011 44.7
Jun-2011 44.6
Jul-2011 45.1
Aug-2011 43.6
Sep-2011 45.2
Oct-2011 42.6
Nov-2011 43.2
Dec-2011 42.7
Jan-2012 42.7
Feb-2012 41.1
Mar-2012 41.3
Apr-2012 40.8
May-2012 42.7
Jun-2012 42.3
Jul-2012 41.2
Aug-2012 40.4
Sep-2012 40.5
Oct-2012 40.6
Nov-2012 40.2
Dec-2012 38.8
Jan-2013 37.5
Feb-2013 39.2
Mar-2013 39.1
Apr-2013 37.8
May-2013 37.3
Jun-2013 37.0
Jul-2013 37.6
Aug-2013 38.6
Sep-2013 36.8
Oct-2013 35.9
Nov-2013 37.7
Dec-2013 37.1
Jan-2014 35.3
Feb-2014 36.5
Mar-2014 35.6
Apr-2014 35.6
May-2014 34.5
Jun-2014 32.9
Jul-2014 32.6
Aug-2014 31.2
Sep-2014 31.7
Oct-2014 31.8
Nov-2014 31.1
Dec-2014 32.0
Jan-2015 31.3
Feb-2015 30.8
Mar-2015 29.8
Apr-2015 29.4
May-2015 28.6
Jun-2015 26.2
Jul-2015 26.0
Aug-2015 27.6
Sep-2015 26.3
Oct-2015 26.7
Nov-2015 25.8
Dec-2015 26.8
Jan-2016 27.1
Feb-2016 27.8
Mar-2016 28.0
Apr-2016 26.6
May-2016 25.5
Jun-2016 25.8
Jul-2016 25.4
Aug-2016 25.6
Sep-2016 24.2
Oct-2016 24.8
Nov-2016 24.7
Dec-2016 24.6
Jan-2017 24.5
Feb-2017 24.1
Mar-2017 23.7
Apr-2017 23.8
May-2017 24.7
Jun-2017 24.5
Jul-2017 25.1
Aug-2017 24.3
Sep-2017 24.6
Oct-2017 24.2
Nov-2017 23.6
Dec-2017 22.7
Jan-2018 21.9
Feb-2018 21.4
Mar-2018 20.8
Apr-2018 21.2
May-2018 20.1
Jun-2018 22.2
Jul-2018 22.6
Aug-2018 21.1
Sep-2018 22.1
Oct-2018 21.8
Nov-2018 20.5
Dec-2018 20.5
Jan-2019 19.3
Feb-2019 20.9
Mar-2019 21.4
Apr-2019 21.9
May-2019 22.8
Jun-2019 23.5
Jul-2019 19.1
Aug-2019 20.2
Sep-2019 22.2
Oct-2019 21.0
Nov-2019 20.5
Dec-2019 20.4
Jan-2020 19.8
Feb-2020 19.3
Mar-2020 16.5
Apr-2020 4.4
May-2020 5.8
Jun-2020 7.7
Jul-2020 9.1
Aug-2020 11.7
Sep-2020 19.0
Oct-2020 32.1
Nov-2020 36.8
Dec-2020 37.1
Jan-2021 39.5
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