[Economic Indicators January, 1996]
[Page Number 13]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 
SELECTED MEASURES OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAMS

In January, the percentage of the unemployed who had been out of work 
for less than 5 weeks rose; the percentages for 5-14 weeks and for 27 
weeks and over fell; and the percentage for 15-26 weeks was unchanged. 
The mean duration of unemployment fell to 15.7 weeks and the median 
duration fell to 8.1 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-  
                                                               Un-         Percent distribution        Number of weeks ---------------------------------------                         ployment,
                                                             employ- --------------------------------------------------                                                                   all   
                           Period                              ment                             27                                                                Insured    Initial    regular 
                                                              (thou-   Less    5-14    15-26   weeks  Average               Job       Job     Reen-     New    unemployment   claims   programs 
                                                              sands)  than 5   weeks   weeks    and    (mean)   Median   losers\1\  leavers  trants  entrants                         (unadjust-
                                                                       weeks                   over                                                                                      ed)\2\ 
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(2)Weekly average, thousands                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                
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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       r2,670        340     r2,739 
1995.......................................................    7,404    36.5    31.6    14.6    17.3     16.6      8.3      46.9       11.1    34.1      7.8        2,575        356      2,636 
                                                                                                                                                                                                
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      3,275 
      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      3,173 
      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      2,949 
      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      2,721 
      May..................................................    7,492    34.7    30.8    17.1    17.4     16.9      9.0      48.4       11.7    32.9      7.0        2,552        374      2,476 
      June.................................................    7,384    37.1    31.8    14.8    16.3     15.6      7.5      46.7       11.4    34.5      7.4        2,633        377      2,398 
      July.................................................    7,559    34.5    34.8    13.6    17.2     16.5      9.1      47.5       10.9    34.1      7.5        2,685        375      2,635 
      Aug..................................................    7,431    36.0    32.3    15.3    16.3     16.3      8.7      46.2       11.8    34.2      7.8        2,626        342      2,461 
      Sept.................................................    7,451    38.3    30.3    14.3    17.1     16.3      8.0      45.2       11.9    34.6      8.3        2,613        351      2,197 
      Oct..................................................    7,249    37.1    31.8    14.5    16.6     16.2      8.1      47.6       10.4    34.5      7.6        2,658        362      2,292 
      Nov..................................................    7,432    37.6    31.7    14.0    16.7     16.5      7.9      47.2       11.5    33.7      7.7        2,634        374      2,421 
      Dec..................................................    7,380    36.4    32.7    14.5    16.4     16.2      8.2      46.8       12.5    32.5      8.1        2,665        365      2,668 
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1996:Jan...................................................    7,674    38.6    30.6    14.5    16.3     15.7      8.1      49.0       10.7    31.8      8.6       p2,670        376     p3,491 
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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).