[Economic Indicators May, 2001]
[Page Number 13]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 
SELECTED MEASURES OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAMS

In May, the percentages of the unemployed who had been out of work for 
less than 5 weeks and for 27 weeks and over fell; the percentages for 5-
14 weeks and for 15-26 weeks rose. The mean duration of unemployment 
fell to 12.2 weeks and the median duration rose to 6.5 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 losers    Job     Reen-     New    unemployment   claims   programs
                                                              sands)  than 5   weeks   weeks    and    (mean)   Median      \1\     leavers  trants  entrants                         (unadjust-
                                                                       weeks                   over                                                                                     ed) \2\
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                                                                                                                                                                   Weekly average, thousands
 
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1991.......................................................    8,628    40.3    32.4    14.4    12.9     13.7      6.8      54.4       11.6    24.8      9.2        3,342        447      3,406
1992.......................................................    9,613    35.1    29.4    15.1    20.3     17.7      8.7      56.1       10.4    23.8      9.7        3,245        408      3,348
1993.......................................................    8,940    36.5    28.9    14.5    20.1     18.0      8.3      54.2       10.9    24.6     10.3        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        2,670        340      2,739
1995.......................................................    7,404    36.5    31.6    14.6    17.3     16.6      8.3      46.9       11.1    34.1      7.8        2,572        357      2,633
1996.......................................................    7,236    36.4    31.6    14.6    17.4     16.7      8.3      46.6       10.7    34.7      8.0        2,595        356      2,650
1997.......................................................    6,739    37.7    31.7    14.8    15.8     15.8      8.0      45.1       11.8    34.7      8.4        2,323        323      2,366
1998.......................................................    6,210    42.2    31.4    12.3    14.1     14.5      6.7      45.5       11.8    34.3      8.4        2,222        321      2,257
1999.......................................................    5,880    43.7    31.2    12.8    12.3     13.4      6.4      44.6       13.3    34.1      8.0        2,188        298      2,219
2000.......................................................    5,655    45.0    31.9    11.8    11.4     12.6      5.9      44.1       13.7    34.6      7.6        2,110        301      2,142
 
2000:May ..................................................    5,730    44.0    33.0    11.6    11.4     12.6      5.9      42.7       13.5    35.6      8.3        1,990        292      1,882
      June ................................................    5,574    45.9    31.7    10.9    11.6     12.5      5.9      43.6       12.4    36.5      7.4        2,073        301      1,802
      July ................................................    5,648    44.3    32.2    11.6    11.9     13.2      5.9      43.7       14.0    34.9      7.3        2,124        296      2,199
      Aug .................................................    5,785    44.5    31.7    11.7    12.1     13.0      6.1      44.6       13.5    33.3      8.7        2,165        313      1,932
      Sept ................................................    5,537    45.5    31.8    11.2    11.4     12.1      5.3      45.6       13.8    32.8      7.8        2,165        307      1,767
      Oct .................................................    5,536    45.0    31.5    12.6    10.9     12.4      6.1      44.3       14.7    33.8      7.2        2,188        313      1,898
      Nov .................................................    5,658    44.8    31.8    12.6    10.7     12.4      6.1      44.4       13.6    34.4      7.6        2,277        344      1,943
      Dec .................................................    5,653    43.4    33.0    12.0    11.6     12.6      6.1      44.7       13.3    33.8      8.3        2,365        355      2,385
 
2001:Jan ..................................................    5,956    43.8    33.2    12.3    10.7     12.6      5.9      45.8       14.0    32.7      7.4        2,350        330    r 3,108
      Feb..................................................    5,936    47.0    28.0    13.3    11.7     12.9      6.0      47.8       13.7    32.3      6.2        2,414        355    r 3,048
      Mar..................................................    6,088    43.2    32.2    13.2    11.4     13.0      6.5      48.8       13.4    31.4      6.4        2,505        378      2,821
      Apr..................................................    6,402    46.0    30.7    11.8    11.5     12.6      5.8      49.9       11.7    31.3      7.2        2,636      r 405      2,942
      May..................................................    6,169    43.3    32.8    13.8    10.2     12.2      6.5      50.4       13.1    28.8      7.7   ............    p 403  ..........
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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.
    Note.--Data relate to persons 
age 16 years and over (except for 
insured unemployment and initial 
claims).

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