[Economic Indicators August, 2010]
[Page Number 13]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 
SELECTED MEASURES OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAMS

In August, the percentages of the unemployed who had been out of work 
for less than 5 weeks and for 27 weeks and over fell, while the 
percentages for 5-14 weeks and for 15-26 weeks rose. The mean duration 
of unemployment fell to 33.6 weeks and the median duration fell to 19.9 
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
                                                                      --------------------------------------------------              distribution             -----------------------  Insured
                                                                Un-         Percent distribution        Number of weeks ---------------------------------------                          unem-
                                                              employ- --------------------------------------------------                                                               ployment,
                           Period                               ment                             27                                                                Insured    Initial      all
                                                               (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      (NSA)      (NSA)   (NSA) \2\
                                                                        weeks                   over
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                                                                                                                                                                    Weekly average, thousands
 
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2000 .......................................................    5,692    44.9    31.9    11.8    11.4     12.6      5.9      44.2       13.7    34.5      7.6        2,110        301      2,143
2001 .......................................................    6,801    42.0    32.3    14.0    11.8     13.1      6.8      51.1       12.3    29.9      6.8        2,974        404      3,012
2002 .......................................................    8,378    34.5    30.8    16.3    18.3     16.6      9.1      55.0       10.3    28.3      6.4        3,585        407      4,453
2003 .......................................................    8,774    31.7    29.8    16.4    22.1     19.2     10.1      55.1        9.3    28.2      7.3        3,531        404      4,400
2004........................................................    8,149    33.1    29.2    15.9    21.8     19.6      9.8      51.5       10.5    29.5      8.4        2,950        345      3,103
2005........................................................    7,591    35.1    30.4    14.9    19.6     18.4      8.9      48.3       11.5    31.4      8.8        2,661        328      2,709
2006........................................................    7,001    37.3    30.3    14.7    17.6     16.8      8.3      47.4       11.8    32.0      8.8        2,476        313      2,521
2007........................................................    7,078    35.9    31.5    15.0    17.6     16.8      8.5      49.7       11.2    30.3      8.9        2,572        324      2,612
2008........................................................    8,924    32.8    31.4    16.0    19.7     17.9      9.4      53.7       10.0    27.7      8.6        3,306        424      3,898
2009........................................................   14,265    22.2    26.8    19.5    31.5     24.4     15.1      64.2        6.2    22.3      7.3      r 5,724      r 568      9,074
 
2009:Aug ...................................................   14,993    20.0    27.4    18.9    33.6     25.2     15.5      65.3        5.6    21.9      7.3      r 6,450      r 504   r 10,910
      Sept .................................................   15,159    19.4    25.3    19.5    35.9     26.5     17.8      66.1        5.6    21.0      7.3      r 5,557      r 483    r 9,962
      Oct ..................................................   15,612    20.1    23.5    20.4    36.0     27.2     19.0      65.2        5.8    22.0      7.1      r 5,077      r 537    r 9,388
      Nov ..................................................   15,340    18.2    23.0    20.1    38.7     28.6     20.2      64.8        6.0    20.9      8.3      r 5,638      r 553   r 10,808
      Dec ..................................................   15,267    19.0    22.7    18.5    39.8     29.1     20.5      63.7        6.1    21.9      8.3      r 5,810      r 701   r 11,676
 
2010:Jan ...................................................   14,837    19.6    22.0    17.2    41.2     30.2     19.9      61.9        6.1    23.8      8.2      r 6,114      r 640   r 12,212
      Feb ..................................................   14,871    18.3    22.8    18.0    40.9     29.7     19.4      63.2        5.7    22.8      8.2      r 5,530      r 484   r 11,238
      Mar ..................................................   15,005    17.8    21.7    16.4    44.1     31.2     20.0      62.4        6.0    23.6      8.0        6,050      r 496   r 12,622
      Apr ..................................................   15,260    18.3    20.4    15.4    45.9     33.0     21.6      61.0        6.2    24.7      8.1      r 4,949      r 482   r 10,421
      May ..................................................   14,973    18.7    20.5    14.7    46.0     34.4     23.2      62.1        6.5    23.3      8.1      r 4,782      r 421   r 10,549
      June .................................................   14,623    18.6    21.0    14.9    45.5     35.2     25.5      63.0        6.2    22.9      7.9      r 4,758      r 497   r 10,075
      July .................................................   14,599    19.4    20.9    14.7    44.9     34.2     22.2      62.5        6.2    23.2      8.1        4,551        502      8,816
      Aug ..................................................   14,860    18.5    24.4    15.0    42.0     33.6     19.9      62.7        5.9    23.0      8.5   ............  .......  .........
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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 the Virgin Islands), Federal 
(UCFE), ex-service members (UCX), 
and Federal and State extended 
benefit programs. Also includes 
Temporary Extended Unemployment 
Compensation (2002-2004), Emergency 
Unemployment Compensation (2008-
2010), and Federal Additional 
Compensation (2009-2010).
    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).