Figure 4. Long-term unemployed as a percentage of total unemployed, quarterly averages, 1994–2016
Year and quarter |
Percentage of total unemployed |
Unemployed 27 weeks or longer |
Unemployed 52 weeks or longer |
Unemployed 99 weeks or longer |
1994 Q1
|
20.7 |
12.4 |
4.0 |
1994 Q2
|
20.9 |
12.8 |
4.5 |
1994 Q3
|
19.7 |
12.3 |
4.4 |
1994 Q4
|
19.8 |
11.4 |
3.7 |
1995 Q1
|
18.1 |
10.2 |
3.5 |
1995 Q2
|
17.7 |
9.9 |
3.5 |
1995 Q3
|
16.6 |
9.0 |
3.3 |
1995 Q4
|
16.5 |
9.6 |
3.0 |
1996 Q1
|
16.9 |
9.1 |
3.3 |
1996 Q2
|
18.6 |
10.0 |
3.5 |
1996 Q3
|
18.0 |
9.7 |
3.5 |
1996 Q4
|
16.2 |
9.0 |
3.3 |
1997 Q1
|
15.8 |
8.3 |
2.8 |
1997 Q2
|
15.9 |
8.3 |
2.3 |
1997 Q3
|
16.2 |
8.9 |
3.3 |
1997 Q4
|
15.4 |
9.6 |
3.3 |
1998 Q1
|
15.0 |
8.1 |
3.2 |
1998 Q2
|
13.7 |
7.9 |
3.2 |
1998 Q3
|
13.7 |
7.6 |
2.6 |
1998 Q4
|
13.8 |
8.4 |
2.9 |
1999 Q1
|
12.5 |
6.8 |
2.0 |
1999 Q2
|
12.5 |
7.1 |
2.4 |
1999 Q3
|
12.2 |
6.7 |
2.4 |
1999 Q4
|
12.1 |
6.6 |
2.4 |
2000 Q1
|
11.5 |
6.2 |
2.1 |
2000 Q2
|
11.0 |
5.4 |
2.2 |
2000 Q3
|
12.0 |
6.5 |
2.2 |
2000 Q4
|
11.1 |
5.9 |
2.1 |
2001 Q1
|
11.4 |
6.4 |
1.6 |
2001 Q2
|
10.7 |
5.6 |
1.6 |
2001 Q3
|
11.5 |
5.9 |
1.7 |
2001 Q4
|
13.1 |
6.4 |
2.1 |
2002 Q1
|
15.1 |
6.5 |
1.8 |
2002 Q2
|
18.4 |
8.3 |
2.2 |
2002 Q3
|
19.0 |
8.7 |
2.0 |
2002 Q4
|
20.8 |
10.7 |
2.7 |
2003 Q1
|
21.1 |
10.6 |
2.7 |
2003 Q2
|
22.1 |
12.4 |
3.6 |
2003 Q3
|
22.2 |
11.7 |
3.2 |
2003 Q4
|
22.9 |
12.6 |
3.4 |
2004 Q1
|
23.1 |
11.8 |
4.0 |
2004 Q2
|
22.2 |
13.6 |
4.6 |
2004 Q3
|
20.8 |
12.2 |
3.9 |
2004 Q4
|
21.2 |
13.2 |
4.6 |
2005 Q1
|
21.1 |
12.3 |
4.5 |
2005 Q2
|
19.9 |
12.2 |
4.5 |
2005 Q3
|
18.9 |
11.1 |
4.0 |
2005 Q4
|
18.5 |
11.3 |
3.8 |
2006 Q1
|
18.0 |
10.0 |
3.3 |
2006 Q2
|
18.0 |
10.1 |
3.0 |
2006 Q3
|
18.2 |
10.2 |
3.9 |
2006 Q4
|
16.2 |
9.7 |
3.1 |
2007 Q1
|
17.6 |
9.9 |
3.2 |
2007 Q2
|
16.8 |
9.5 |
3.3 |
2007 Q3
|
17.8 |
9.9 |
3.3 |
2007 Q4
|
18.0 |
10.4 |
3.1 |
2008 Q1
|
17.7 |
9.5 |
2.9 |
2008 Q2
|
18.1 |
9.8 |
2.8 |
2008 Q3
|
20.0 |
10.2 |
3.0 |
2008 Q4
|
22.2 |
12.7 |
3.5 |
2009 Q1
|
23.4 |
11.8 |
3.5 |
2009 Q2
|
27.7 |
14.2 |
3.8 |
2009 Q3
|
35.0 |
16.8 |
4.5 |
2009 Q4
|
38.7 |
21.9 |
5.8 |
2010 Q1
|
41.8 |
24.7 |
6.5 |
2010 Q2
|
45.1 |
30.9 |
9.5 |
2010 Q3
|
43.3 |
29.8 |
9.6 |
2010 Q4
|
43.2 |
31.0 |
10.7 |
2011 Q1
|
43.7 |
30.4 |
12.6 |
2011 Q2
|
44.1 |
31.9 |
14.3 |
2011 Q3
|
44.6 |
31.8 |
14.5 |
2011 Q4
|
42.8 |
31.4 |
15.1 |
2012 Q1
|
41.7 |
29.5 |
14.4 |
2012 Q2
|
42.0 |
30.1 |
14.7 |
2012 Q3
|
40.7 |
28.3 |
14.3 |
2012 Q4
|
39.9 |
29.2 |
14.7 |
2013 Q1
|
38.5 |
25.4 |
12.0 |
2013 Q2
|
37.4 |
26.5 |
12.9 |
2013 Q3
|
37.7 |
25.7 |
12.5 |
2013 Q4
|
36.9 |
26.2 |
12.8 |
2014 Q1
|
35.6 |
24.3 |
11.8 |
2014 Q2
|
34.2 |
23.6 |
12.2 |
2014 Q3
|
32.2 |
21.5 |
10.3 |
2014 Q4
|
31.6 |
22.6 |
11.1 |
2015 Q1
|
30.5 |
19.9 |
9.7 |
2015 Q2
|
27.8 |
19.5 |
9.8 |
2015 Q3
|
27.2 |
16.5 |
8.1 |
2015 Q4
|
26.3 |
18.5 |
8.9 |
2016 Q1
|
27.4 |
17.9 |
8.8 |
2016 Q2
|
25.5 |
17.2 |
8.3 |
2016 Q3
|
25.7 |
16.4 |
8.0 |
2016 Q4
|
24.7 |
16.8 |
7.8 |