[Economic Indicators May, 1995]
[Page Number 13]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 
SELECTED MEASURES OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAMS

In May, there were decreases in the percentages of the unemployed who 
had been out of work for less than 5 weeks, for 5-14 weeks, and for 27 
weeks and over, and an increase in the percentage for 15-26 weeks. The 
mean duration of unemployment fell to 16.9 weeks and the median duration 
rose to 9.0 weeks.
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                                                   [Monthly data seasonally adjusted, except as noted]                                                  
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                                          Duration of unemployment                 Reason for unemployment: percent        State programs       Insured 
                             --------------------------------------------------              distribution             -----------------------    unem-  
                                   Percent distribution        Number of weeks ---------------------------------------                         ployment,
                  Unemploy-  --------------------------------------------------                                                                   all   
     Period          ment                               27                                                                Insured    Initial    regular 
                 (thousands)   Less    5-14    15-26   weeks  Average           Job losers    Job     Reen-     New    unemployment   claims   programs 
                              than 5   weeks   weeks    and    (mean)   Median      \1\     leavers  trants  entrants                         (unadjust-
                               weeks                   over                                                                                     ed) \2\ 
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(2)Weekly                                                                                                                                               
 average,                                                                                                                                               
 thousands                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
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1985...........      8,312      42.1    30.2    12.3    15.4     15.6      6.8      49.8       10.6    27.1   12.5          2,617        397      2,699 
1986...........      8,237      41.9    31.0    12.7    14.4     15.0      6.9      48.9       12.3    26.2   12.5          2,643        378      2,739 
1987...........      7,425      43.7    29.6    12.7    14.0     14.5      6.5      48.0       13.0    26.6   12.4          2,300        328      2,369 
1988...........      6,701      46.0    30.0    12.0    12.1     13.5      5.9      46.1       14.7    27.0   12.2          2,081        310      2,135 
1989...........      6,528      48.6    30.3    11.2     9.9     11.9      4.8      45.7       15.7    28.2   10.4          2,158        330      2,205 
1990...........      6,874      46.1    32.0    11.8    10.1     12.1      5.4      48.3       14.8    27.4    9.5          2,522        388      2,575 
1991...........      8,426      40.1    32.3    14.5    13.0     13.8      6.9      54.7       11.6    24.8    8.9          3,342        447      3,406 
1992...........      9,384      34.9    29.4    15.2    20.6     17.9      8.8      56.4       10.4    23.7    9.5          3,245        408      3,348 
1993...........      8,734      36.2    28.9    14.6    20.4     18.1      8.4      54.6       10.8    24.6   10.0          2,751        341      2,845 
1994 \3\.......      7,996      34.1    30.1    15.5    20.3     18.8      9.2      47.7        9.9    34.8    7.6          2,671        340      2,740 
                                                                                                                                                        
1994: May .....      7,996      33.3    30.9    14.6    21.3     19.4      9.2      46.0       10.1    36.2    7.7          2,743        365      2,626 
      June ....      7,903      34.7    30.9    15.0    19.5     18.4      9.1      47.8       10.1    35.7    6.4          2,745        350      2,635 
      July ....      7,993      34.8    29.7    15.5    20.0     19.0      9.2      48.3        9.6    34.6    7.4          2,717        348      2,578 
      Aug .....      7,889      33.2    32.1    15.0    19.7     18.9      9.2      47.1       10.0    35.0    7.9          2,667        328      2,573 
      Sept ....      7,647      34.6    29.6    15.7    20.1     18.8      9.5      46.6       11.4    34.2    7.8          2,614        323      2,179 
      Oct .....      7,505      31.9    29.6    17.6    20.9     19.3     10.1      46.8       10.1    35.0    8.2          2,569        328      2,201 
      Nov .....      7,315      35.0    29.1    16.0    19.9     18.2      9.1      47.5        9.6    35.0    7.9          2,531        329      2,340 
      Dec .....      7,155      36.0    29.9    15.1    19.0     17.8      8.7      47.6        9.7    34.9    7.7          2,533        326      2,510 
                                                                                                                                                        
1995: Jan......      7,498      39.4    28.5    13.9    18.2     16.7      7.9      49.2        9.3    33.4    8.0          2,515        335      3,277 
      Feb......      7,183      36.8    30.7    15.4    17.1     16.9      7.8      46.6       10.8    34.5    8.1          2,518        338      3,176 
      Mar......      7,237      35.5    32.6    12.9    18.9     17.5      7.9      46.6       11.3    33.8    8.4          2,498        342     r2,951 
      Apr......      7,665      34.8    32.1    14.7    18.4     17.7      8.5      45.5       10.5    35.8    8.2          2,488        352      2,723 
      May......      7,492      34.7    30.8    17.1    17.4     16.9      9.0      48.4       11.7    32.9    7.0     ............    p 376  ..........
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    \1\ Beginning January 1994, job 
losers and persons who completed 
temporary jobs.
    \2\ Includes State (50 States, 
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 
and Virgin Islands), ex-servicemen 
(UCX), and Federal (UCFE). Railroad 
(RR) programs included through 1993. 
Also includes Federal and State 
extended benefit programs. Does not 
include Federal supplemental 
compensation or Emergency 
Unemployment Compensation programs.
    \3\ Data beginning January 1994 
are not directly comparable with 
data for earlier periods. See 
Employment and Earnings, February 
1994.

    Note.--Data relate to persons 
age 16 years of age and over (except 
for insured unemployment and initial 
claims).

    Source: Department of Labor 
(Bureau of Labor Statistics and 
Employment and Training 
Administration).