Number of workers at each level of unemployment duration, by month, February 2020–August 2022

Date Less than 5 weeks 5–14 weeks 15–26 weeks 27–51 weeks 52 weeks and over
Feb 20 2,123 1,830 793 398 723
Mar 20 3,446 1,825 760 373 797
Apr 20 14,251 7,066 705 496 516
May 20 3,846 14,806 996 663 541
Jun 20 2,884 11,522 1,928 715 625
Jul 20 3,141 5,145 6,509 749 731
Aug 20 2,342 3,105 6,580 782 772
Sep 20 2,535 2,735 4,962 1,563 833
Oct 20 2,467 2,342 2,654 2,739 819
Nov 20 2,485 2,440 1,873 3,055 880
Dec 20 2,906 2,344 1,563 3,096 883
Jan 21 2,307 2,454 1,336 3,064 982
Feb 21 2,234 2,285 1,383 2,940 1,216
Mar 21 2,204 1,950 1,371 1,923 2,278
Apr 21 2,400 1,981 1,160 1,696 2,491
May 21 1,974 2,218 1,230 1,325 2,440
Jun 21 1,972 2,182 1,338 1,421 2,552
Jul 21 2,246 1,794 1,203 1,157 2,254
Aug 21 2,110 1,927 1,248 925 2,180
Sep 21 2,227 1,727 1,047 776 1,888
Oct 21 2,051 1,876 1,001 609 1,730
Nov 21 1,985 1,703 870 596 1,597
Dec 21 1,977 1,571 780 606 1,402
Jan 22 2,417 1,607 816 391 1,300
Feb 22 2,131 1,800 735 437 1,265
Mar 22 2,289 1,684 571 336 1,092
Apr 22 2,227 1,617 551 466 1,017
May 22 2,066 1,767 661 417 939
Jun 22 2,262 1,552 753 460 876
Jul 22 2,080 1,772 718 239 828
Aug 22 2,223 1,807 885 321 816

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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