[Economic Report of the President (2001)]
[Administration of George W. Bush]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 
Table B-44.--Unemployment by duration and reason, 1950-2000
[Thousands of persons, except as noted; monthly data seasonally adjusted\1\]
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Duration of unemployment                          Reason for unemployment
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Unem-                                   Average               Job losers \3\
Year or month                   ploy-   Less                      27     (mean)   Median ------------------------   Job             New
ment    than    5-14    15-26   weeks     dura-   dura-                            leav-   Reen-    en-
5     weeks   weeks    and      tion     tion    Total    On     Other    ers   trants  trants
weeks                    over   (weeks)  (weeks)          layoff
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1950.........................................   3,288   1,450   1,055     425     357      12.1  .......  ......  ......  ......  ......  ......  ......
1951.........................................   2,055   1,177     574     166     137       9.7  .......  ......  ......  ......  ......  ......  ......
1952.........................................   1,883   1,135     516     148      84       8.4  .......  ......  ......  ......  ......  ......  ......
1953.........................................   1,834   1,142     482     132      78       8.0  .......  ......  ......  ......  ......  ......  ......
1954.........................................   3,532   1,605   1,116     495     317      11.8  .......  ......  ......  ......  ......  ......  ......
1955.........................................   2,852   1,335     815     366     336      13.0  .......  ......  ......  ......  ......  ......  ......
1956.........................................   2,750   1,412     805     301     232      11.3  .......  ......  ......  ......  ......  ......  ......
1957.........................................   2,859   1,408     891     321     239      10.5  .......  ......  ......  ......  ......  ......  ......
1958.........................................   4,602   1,753   1,396     785     667      13.9  .......  ......  ......  ......  ......  ......  ......
1959.........................................   3,740   1,585   1,114     469     571      14.4  .......  ......  ......  ......  ......  ......  ......

1960.........................................   3,852   1,719   1,176     503     454      12.8  .......  ......  ......  ......  ......  ......  ......
1961.........................................   4,714   1,806   1,376     728     804      15.6  .......  ......  ......  ......  ......  ......  ......
1962.........................................   3,911   1,663   1,134     534     585      14.7  .......  ......  ......  ......  ......  ......  ......
1963.........................................   4,070   1,751   1,231     535     553      14.0  .......  ......  ......  ......  ......  ......  ......
1964.........................................   3,786   1,697   1,117     491     482      13.3  .......  ......  ......  ......  ......  ......  ......
1965.........................................   3,366   1,628     983     404     351      11.8  .......  ......  ......  ......  ......  ......  ......
1966.........................................   2,875   1,573     779     287     239      10.4  .......  ......  ......  ......  ......  ......  ......
1967 \2\.....................................   2,975   1,634     893     271     177       8.7      2.3   1,229     394     836     438     945     396
1968.........................................   2,817   1,594     810     256     156       8.4      4.5   1,070     334     736     431     909     407
1969.........................................   2,832   1,629     827     242     133       7.8      4.4   1,017     339     678     436     965     413

1970.........................................   4,093   2,139   1,290     428     235       8.6      4.9   1,811     675   1,137     550   1,228     504
1971.........................................   5,016   2,245   1,585     668     519      11.3      6.3   2,323     735   1,588     590   1,472     630
1972.........................................   4,882   2,242   1,472     601     566      12.0      6.2   2,108     582   1,526     641   1,456     677
1973.........................................   4,365   2,224   1,314     483     343      10.0      5.2   1,694     472   1,221     683   1,340     649
1974.........................................   5,156   2,604   1,597     574     381       9.8      5.2   2,242     746   1,495     768   1,463     681
1975.........................................   7,929   2,940   2,484   1,303   1,203      14.2      8.4   4,386   1,671   2,714     827   1,892     823
1976.........................................   7,406   2,844   2,196   1,018   1,348      15.8      8.2   3,679   1,050   2,628     903   1,928     895
1977.........................................   6,991   2,919   2,132     913   1,028      14.3      7.0   3,166     865   2,300     909   1,963     953
1978.........................................   6,202   2,865   1,923     766     648      11.9      5.9   2,585     712   1,873     874   1,857     885
1979.........................................   6,137   2,950   1,946     706     535      10.8      5.4   2,635     851   1,784     880   1,806     817

1980.........................................   7,637   3,295   2,470   1,052     820      11.9      6.5   3,947   1,488   2,459     891   1,927     872
1981.........................................   8,273   3,449   2,539   1,122   1,162      13.7      6.9   4,267   1,430   2,837     923   2,102     981
1982.........................................  10,678   3,883   3,311   1,708   1,776      15.6      8.7   6,268   2,127   4,141     840   2,384   1,185
1983.........................................  10,717   3,570   2,937   1,652   2,559      20.0     10.1   6,258   1,780   4,478     830   2,412   1,216
1984.........................................   8,539   3,350   2,451   1,104   1,634      18.2      7.9   4,421   1,171   3,250     823   2,184   1,110
1985.........................................   8,312   3,498   2,509   1,025   1,280      15.6      6.8   4,139   1,157   2,982     877   2,256   1,039
1986.........................................   8,237   3,448   2,557   1,045   1,187      15.0      6.9   4,033   1,090   2,943   1,015   2,160   1,029
1987.........................................   7,425   3,246   2,196     943   1,040      14.5      6.5   3,566     943   2,623     965   1,974     920
1988.........................................   6,701   3,084   2,007     801     809      13.5      5.9   3,092     851   2,241     983   1,809     816
1989.........................................   6,528   3,174   1,978     730     646      11.9      4.8   2,983     850   2,133   1,024   1,843     677

1990.........................................   7,047   3,265   2,257     822     703      12.0      5.3   3,387   1,028   2,359   1,041   1,930     688
1991.........................................   8,628   3,480   2,791   1,246   1,111      13.7      6.8   4,694   1,292   3,402   1,004   2,139     792
1992.........................................   9,613   3,376   2,830   1,453   1,954      17.7      8.7   5,389   1,260   4,129   1,002   2,285     937
1993.........................................   8,940   3,262   2,584   1,297   1,798      18.0      8.3   4,848   1,115   3,733     976   2,198     919
1994.........................................   7,996   2,728   2,408   1,237   1,623      18.8      9.2   3,815     977   2,838     791   2,786     604
1995.........................................   7,404   2,700   2,342   1,085   1,278      16.6      8.3   3,476   1,030   2,446     824   2,525     579
1996.........................................   7,236   2,633   2,287   1,053   1,262      16.7      8.3   3,370   1,021   2,349     774   2,512     580
1997.........................................   6,739   2,538   2,138     995   1,067      15.8      8.0   3,037     931   2,106     795   2,338     569
1998.........................................   6,210   2,622   1,950     763     875      14.5      6.7   2,822     866   1,957     734   2,132     520
1999.........................................   5,880   2,568   1,832     755     725      13.4      6.4   2,622     848   1,774     783   2,005     469

1999: Jan....................................   6,007   2,397   2,012     776     715      13.5      6.8   2,708     863   1,845     729   2,009     519
Feb....................................   6,108   2,585   1,925     754     785      13.8      6.9   2,721     854   1,867     750   2,090     498
Mar....................................   5,828   2,521   1,884     752     715      13.6      6.8   2,646     833   1,813     774   2,007     446
Apr....................................   6,032   2,741   1,868     794     680      13.2      6.1   2,695     843   1,852     810   2,039     473
May....................................   5,823   2,502   1,832     784     735      13.4      6.6   2,678     837   1,841     781   2,034     440
June...................................   5,934   2,540   1,775     806     828      14.3      6.3   2,670     876   1,794     831   2,038     359
July...................................   5,937   2,640   1,778     779     732      13.5      5.8   2,670     847   1,823     768   2,003     459
Aug....................................   5,842   2,599   1,798     747     716      13.2      6.4   2,629     893   1,736     793   1,942     481
Sept...................................   5,825   2,582   1,805     708     704      13.0      5.9   2,573     869   1,704     758   1,967     504
Oct....................................   5,757   2,545   1,811     719     715      13.2      6.3   2,518     802   1,716     778   1,958     511
Nov....................................   5,736   2,601   1,760     725     676      13.0      6.2   2,493     851   1,642     821   1,935     485
Dec....................................   5,688   2,620   1,694     693     695      12.8      5.9   2,401     795   1,606     825   2,036     453

2000: Jan....................................   5,689   2,447   1,754     667     705      13.2      5.7   2,477     739   1,739     776   2,043     393
Feb....................................   5,804   2,603   1,864     673     604      12.5      6.1   2,616     838   1,778     759   1,975     387
Mar....................................   5,708   2,824   1,719     657     637      12.8      6.0   2,541     781   1,759     824   1,979     434
Apr....................................   5,524   2,455   1,868     670     580      12.4      6.0   2,306     703   1,602     833   1,961     408
May....................................   5,774   2,531   1,953     677     660      12.6      5.8   2,483     894   1,589     774   2,093     500
June...................................   5,583   2,595   1,759     593     649      12.4      5.8   2,450     959   1,491     671   2,076     343
July...................................   5,650   2,470   1,812     654     677      13.3      6.0   2,417     856   1,561     799   1,961     402
Aug....................................   5,829   2,594   1,846     679     705      13.0      6.2   2,615     940   1,674     782   1,919     514
Sept...................................   5,477   2,487   1,717     602     624      11.9      5.2   2,511     823   1,688     746   1,774     411
Oct....................................   5,496   2,497   1,703     715     605      12.4      6.2   2,428     791   1,637     837   1,842     383
Nov....................................   5,679   2,547   1,783     735     596      12.4      6.1   2,492     871   1,621     768   1,961     430
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\1\ Because of independent seasonal adjustment of the various series, detail will not add to totals.
\2\ Data for 1967 by reason for unemployment are not equal to total unemployment.
\3\ Beginning January 1994, job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.

Note.--Data relate to persons 16 years of age and over.
See footnote 5 and Note, Table B-35.

Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.