Figure 5. Unemployed people, by duration of unemployment, seasonally adjusted, 1992–2017 (numbers in thousands)
Period Less than 5 weeks 5 to 14 weeks 15 to 26 weeks 27 week and over

Jan 1992

 3,398 2,826 1,437 1,623

Feb 1992

 3,277 2,953 1,478 1,704

Mar 1992

 3,412 2,801 1,425 1,771

Apr 1992

 3,296 2,821 1,380 1,750

May 1992

 3,417 2,788 1,460 1,984

Jun 1992

 3,518 2,809 1,608 2,150

Jul 1992

 3,438 2,832 1,490 2,124

Aug 1992

 3,436 2,840 1,506 2,073

Sep 1992

 3,428 2,882 1,393 2,111

Oct 1992

 3,356 2,630 1,311 2,194

Nov 1992

 3,317 2,923 1,405 1,992

Dec 1992

 3,189 2,759 1,595 2,056

Jan 1993

 3,299 2,649 1,380 1,966

Feb 1993

 3,461 2,580 1,283 1,907

Mar 1993

 3,260 2,666 1,309 1,806

Apr 1993

 3,350 2,620 1,381 1,633

May 1993

 3,363 2,617 1,325 1,776

Jun 1993

 3,218 2,778 1,355 1,786

Jul 1993

 3,292 2,586 1,276 1,770

Aug 1993

 3,176 2,595 1,256 1,770

Sep 1993

 3,127 2,516 1,286 1,756

Oct 1993

 3,336 2,514 1,220 1,809

Nov 1993

 3,087 2,518 1,186 1,800

Dec 1993

 3,246 2,362 1,186 1,782

Jan 1994

 3,184 2,384 1,327 1,733

Feb 1994

 2,652 2,714 1,359 1,759

Mar 1994

 2,789 2,543 1,275 1,780

Apr 1994

 2,842 2,430 1,175 1,746

May 1994

 2,652 2,462 1,140 1,696

Jun 1994

 2,757 2,449 1,155 1,580

Jul 1994

 2,820 2,316 1,260 1,562

Aug 1994

 2,671 2,569 1,181 1,569

Sep 1994

 2,671 2,317 1,203 1,543

Oct 1994

 2,424 2,283 1,364 1,591

Nov 1994

 2,619 2,164 1,196 1,470

Dec 1994

 2,581 2,146 1,121 1,367

Jan 1995

 2,764 2,164 1,056 1,340

Feb 1995

 2,578 2,197 1,119 1,226

Mar 1995

 2,572 2,276 949 1,338

Apr 1995

 2,730 2,370 1,060 1,413

May 1995

 2,603 2,332 1,261 1,316

Jun 1995

 2,744 2,354 1,031 1,235

Jul 1995

 2,627 2,565 1,061 1,250

Aug 1995

 2,732 2,434 1,156 1,235

Sep 1995

 2,857 2,296 1,045 1,261

Oct 1995

 2,725 2,380 1,052 1,220

Nov 1995

 2,812 2,353 1,085 1,254

Dec 1995

 2,662 2,414 1,117 1,214

Jan 1996

 2,725 2,387 1,162 1,209

Feb 1996

 2,713 2,266 1,106 1,201

Mar 1996

 2,594 2,259 1,124 1,330

Apr 1996

 2,530 2,358 1,108 1,347

May 1996

 2,765 2,349 1,044 1,359

Jun 1996

 2,552 2,162 985 1,370

Jul 1996

 2,672 2,332 961 1,336

Aug 1996

 2,496 2,187 1,002 1,265

Sep 1996

 2,525 2,214 1,006 1,214

Oct 1996

 2,477 2,334 1,084 1,184

Nov 1996

 2,920 2,207 1,013 1,146

Dec 1996

 2,621 2,417 970 1,154

Jan 1997

 2,758 2,219 1,012 1,150

Feb 1997

 2,549 2,357 1,031 1,109

Mar 1997

 2,602 2,323 1,012 1,098

Apr 1997

 2,439 2,190 1,071 1,105

May 1997

 2,527 2,061 1,070 1,051

Jun 1997

 2,562 2,175 1,009 1,076

Jul 1997

 2,402 2,094 1,041 1,078

Aug 1997

 2,525 2,120 929 1,075

Sep 1997

 2,474 2,102 1,000 1,074

Oct 1997

 2,566 1,966 916 1,034

Nov 1997

 2,479 2,027 879 938

Dec 1997

 2,534 1,937 917 984

Jan 1998

 2,587 1,929 838 995

Feb 1998

 2,572 1,918 852 957

Mar 1998

 2,789 1,972 854 918

Apr 1998

 2,628 1,918 594 883

May 1998

 2,641 1,950 651 839

Jun 1998

 2,546 2,079 824 789

Jul 1998

 2,593 2,005 755 821

Aug 1998

 2,597 1,963 808 818

Sep 1998

 2,624 1,985 772 916

Oct 1998

 2,823 1,909 723 858

Nov 1998

 2,510 1,998 715 875

Dec 1998

 2,587 1,806 756 803

Jan 1999

 2,462 1,993 775 714

Feb 1999

 2,566 1,946 749 801

Mar 1999

 2,473 1,905 758 714

Apr 1999

 2,781 1,848 782 698

May 1999

 2,511 1,789 787 718

Jun 1999

 2,521 1,773 812 812

Jul 1999

 2,643 1,783 781 732

Aug 1999

 2,546 1,824 748 706

Sep 1999

 2,611 1,835 739 709

Oct 1999

 2,536 1,847 713 724

Nov 1999

 2,562 1,775 697 682

Dec 1999

 2,642 1,614 696 680

Jan 2000

 2,541 1,749 659 721

Feb 2000

 2,604 1,912 671 629

Mar 2000

 2,780 1,781 666 646

Apr 2000

 2,510 1,845 662 599

May 2000

 2,564 1,911 683 643

Jun 2000

 2,579 1,753 616 627

Jul 2000

 2,498 1,824 645 698

Aug 2000

 2,550 1,893 685 709

Sep 2000

 2,571 1,746 644 646

Oct 2000

 2,497 1,724 710 627

Nov 2000

 2,512 1,790 723 593

Dec 2000

 2,477 1,825 687 642

Jan 2001

 2,648 1,956 696 676

Feb 2001

 2,851 1,764 777 714

Mar 2001

 2,681 2,059 825 696

Apr 2001

 2,972 1,990 787 712

May 2001

 2,701 2,045 877 624

Jun 2001

 2,808 2,025 822 710

Jul 2001

 2,642 2,187 951 702

Aug 2001

 2,966 2,187 1,004 857

Sep 2001

 2,837 2,350 1,131 819

Oct 2001

 3,111 2,531 1,173 909

Nov 2001

 3,090 2,566 1,213 1,106

Dec 2001

 3,037 2,797 1,318 1,126

Jan 2002

 3,044 2,606 1,375 1,203

Feb 2002

 2,984 2,577 1,394 1,214

Mar 2002

 3,074 2,563 1,390 1,330

Apr 2002

 2,932 2,872 1,395 1,457

May 2002

 2,843 2,584 1,393 1,574

Jun 2002

 2,711 2,654 1,382 1,641

Jul 2002

 2,891 2,467 1,382 1,584

Aug 2002

 2,927 2,525 1,313 1,573

Sep 2002

 2,772 2,526 1,391 1,580

Oct 2002

 2,765 2,512 1,388 1,653

Nov 2002

 2,950 2,505 1,319 1,743

Dec 2002

 2,838 2,589 1,347 1,924

Jan 2003

 2,856 2,582 1,405 1,760

Feb 2003

 2,798 2,611 1,297 1,864

Mar 2003

 2,831 2,567 1,363 1,798

Apr 2003

 2,794 2,661 1,421 1,927

May 2003

 2,988 2,631 1,389 1,929

Jun 2003

 2,906 2,745 1,453 2,100

Jul 2003

 2,720 2,616 1,661 1,972

Aug 2003

 2,801 2,625 1,561 1,995

Sep 2003

 2,704 2,775 1,472 2,014

Oct 2003

 2,710 2,593 1,492 1,959

Nov 2003

 2,656 2,509 1,414 2,006

Dec 2003

 2,554 2,455 1,435 1,931

Jan 2004

 2,685 2,369 1,453 1,911

Feb 2004

 2,425 2,436 1,392 1,856

Mar 2004

 2,637 2,434 1,331 1,983

Apr 2004

 2,780 2,400 1,166 1,805

May 2004

 2,723 2,378 1,304 1,799

Jun 2004

 2,677 2,387 1,284 1,847

Jul 2004

 2,820 2,384 1,237 1,681

Aug 2004

 2,660 2,563 1,206 1,640

Sep 2004

 2,758 2,276 1,209 1,702

Oct 2004

 2,732 2,303 1,304 1,737

Nov 2004

 2,638 2,339 1,258 1,702

Dec 2004

 2,768 2,268 1,274 1,653

Jan 2005

 2,635 2,298 1,203 1,648

Feb 2005

 2,749 2,345 1,268 1,628

Mar 2005

 2,483 2,328 1,157 1,660

Apr 2005

 2,688 2,289 1,069 1,609

May 2005

 2,754 2,231 1,145 1,538

Jun 2005

 2,659 2,361 1,030 1,375

Jul 2005

 2,568 2,368 1,068 1,380

Aug 2005

 2,570 2,304 1,161 1,407

Sep 2005

 2,763 2,294 1,098 1,439

Oct 2005

 2,719 2,296 1,070 1,422

Nov 2005

 2,823 2,282 1,116 1,370

Dec 2005

 2,588 2,249 1,073 1,356

Jan 2006

 2,527 2,194 1,100 1,170

Feb 2006

 2,577 2,088 1,195 1,350

Mar 2006

 2,659 1,999 1,064 1,309

Apr 2006

 2,665 2,142 1,022 1,331

May 2006

 2,545 2,189 969 1,333

Jun 2006

 2,705 2,076 982 1,145

Jul 2006

 2,721 2,126 986 1,304

Aug 2006

 2,603 2,246 987 1,306

Sep 2006

 2,608 2,053 986 1,245

Oct 2006

 2,616 2,103 984 1,078

Nov 2006

 2,511 2,212 1,028 1,131

Dec 2006

 2,596 2,047 990 1,093

Jan 2007

 2,561 2,267 1,015 1,141

Feb 2007

 2,574 2,168 962 1,249

Mar 2007

 2,307 2,138 1,010 1,245

Apr 2007

 2,456 2,178 1,075 1,206

May 2007

 2,464 2,183 1,100 1,132

Jun 2007

 2,551 2,134 1,138 1,143

Jul 2007

 2,502 2,203 1,073 1,291

Aug 2007

 2,614 2,156 1,086 1,246

Sep 2007

 2,557 2,292 1,091 1,264

Oct 2007

 2,545 2,502 1,003 1,298

Nov 2007

 2,645 2,241 992 1,374

Dec 2007

 2,718 2,376 1,177 1,324

Jan 2008

 2,554 2,406 1,152 1,388

Feb 2008

 2,653 2,370 1,116 1,329

Mar 2008

 2,823 2,537 1,168 1,323

Apr 2008

 2,493 2,574 1,314 1,372

May 2008

 3,278 2,476 1,219 1,561

Jun 2008

 2,753 3,016 1,337 1,576

Jul 2008

 2,854 2,833 1,450 1,664

Aug 2008

 3,256 2,758 1,554 1,866

Sep 2008

 2,848 3,035 1,599 2,027

Oct 2008

 3,170 3,055 1,710 2,280

Nov 2008

 3,335 3,260 1,704 2,219

Dec 2008

 3,255 3,498 1,936 2,610

Jan 2009

 3,524 3,662 2,065 2,699

Feb 2009

 3,450 3,936 2,456 2,999

Mar 2009

 3,465 4,122 2,625 3,260

Apr 2009

 3,338 4,138 2,634 3,752

May 2009

 3,246 4,458 3,049 3,973

Jun 2009

 3,114 4,052 3,488 4,349

Jul 2009

 3,137 3,505 2,923 4,917

Aug 2009

 2,940 3,927 2,791 5,037

Sep 2009

 2,841 3,775 2,908 5,494

Oct 2009

 3,223 3,552 3,006 5,643

Nov 2009

 2,816 3,457 2,847 5,908

Dec 2009

 2,879 3,457 2,712 6,122

Jan 2010

 2,921 3,390 2,574 6,319

Feb 2010

 2,807 3,390 2,793 6,129

Mar 2010

 2,769 3,294 2,542 6,545

Apr 2010

 2,725 3,086 2,330 6,800

May 2010

 2,773 3,127 2,260 6,638

Jun 2010

 2,683 3,159 2,284 6,623

Jul 2010

 2,806 2,972 2,208 6,506

Aug 2010

 2,671 3,534 2,162 6,259

Sep 2010

 2,819 3,308 2,291 6,163

Oct 2010

 2,655 3,345 2,387 6,227

Nov 2010

 2,912 3,321 2,370 6,326

Dec 2010

 2,693 3,169 2,120 6,429

Jan 2011

 2,686 3,033 2,218 6,175

Feb 2011

 2,469 3,118 2,284 5,892

Mar 2011

 2,535 2,980 2,061 6,105

Apr 2011

 2,787 2,987 2,090 5,925

May 2011

 2,668 2,903 2,052 6,153

Jun 2011

 2,933 2,987 1,871 6,271

Jul 2011

 2,632 2,931 1,982 6,195

Aug 2011

 2,650 2,989 2,199 6,048

Sep 2011

 2,754 2,881 2,012 6,304

Oct 2011

 2,668 3,250 1,964 5,838

Nov 2011

 2,556 2,913 2,009 5,698

Dec 2011

 2,678 2,873 1,959 5,586

Jan 2012

 2,474 2,908 1,957 5,476

Feb 2012

 2,610 2,848 2,051 5,242

Mar 2012

 2,708 2,788 1,940 5,236

Apr 2012

 2,624 2,878 1,940 5,132

May 2012

 2,550 3,006 1,690 5,401

Jun 2012

 2,747 2,806 1,817 5,409

Jul 2012

 2,662 2,984 1,773 5,210

Aug 2012

 2,784 2,811 1,846 5,042

Sep 2012

 2,538 2,819 1,863 4,911

Oct 2012

 2,635 2,859 1,796 4,988

Nov 2012

 2,620 2,776 1,745 4,805

Dec 2012

 2,756 2,901 1,861 4,768

Jan 2013

 2,780 3,115 1,891 4,681

Feb 2013

 2,713 2,799 1,766 4,691

Mar 2013

 2,462 2,826 1,830 4,563

Apr 2013

 2,487 2,908 1,953 4,468

May 2013

 2,674 2,631 1,986 4,347

Jun 2013

 2,680 2,851 1,876 4,355

Jul 2013

 2,493 2,768 1,791 4,258

Aug 2013

 2,475 2,688 1,677 4,296

Sep 2013

 2,604 2,691 1,797 4,132

Oct 2013

 2,823 2,639 1,737 4,024

Nov 2013

 2,409 2,586 1,695 4,042

Dec 2013

 2,328 2,545 1,676 3,863

Jan 2014

 2,477 2,434 1,733 3,604

Feb 2014

 2,391 2,593 1,616 3,782

Mar 2014

 2,439 2,566 1,710 3,697

Apr 2014

 2,418 2,390 1,508 3,468

May 2014

 2,584 2,366 1,428 3,352

Jun 2014

 2,420 2,428 1,502 3,118

Jul 2014

 2,579 2,410 1,474 3,145

Aug 2014

 2,619 2,383 1,501 2,965

Sep 2014

 2,358 2,545 1,434 2,954

Oct 2014

 2,494 2,292 1,392 2,901

Nov 2014

 2,474 2,396 1,381 2,827

Dec 2014

 2,371 2,317 1,263 2,801

Jan 2015

 2,403 2,320 1,431 2,765

Feb 2015

 2,435 2,240 1,329 2,656

Mar 2015

 2,458 2,318 1,233 2,536

Apr 2015

 2,691 2,382 1,102 2,545

May 2015

 2,454 2,512 1,249 2,496

Jun 2015

 2,322 2,396 1,392 2,169

Jul 2015

 2,541 2,216 1,261 2,141

Aug 2015

 2,079 2,304 1,283 2,179

Sep 2015

 2,339 2,250 1,233 2,107

Oct 2015

 2,358 2,273 1,202 2,146

Nov 2015

 2,382 2,291 1,248 2,068

Dec 2015

 2,399 2,197 1,229 2,128

Jan 2016

 2,226 2,293 1,172 2,068

Feb 2016

 2,283 2,224 1,140 2,137

Mar 2016

 2,411 2,192 1,157 2,205

Apr 2016

 2,575 2,158 1,265 2,085

May 2016

 2,241 2,276 1,122 1,892

Jun 2016

 2,410 2,185 1,146 2,025

Jul 2016

 2,213 2,254 1,230 1,979

Aug 2016

 2,309 2,284 1,082 1,990

Sep 2016

 2,565 2,256 1,163 1,959

Oct 2016

 2,418 2,271 1,160 1,982

Nov 2016

 2,391 2,156 1,055 1,862

Dec 2016

 2,359 2,136 1,191 1,869

Jan 2017

 2,452 2,081 1,229 1,825

Feb 2017

 2,572 2,129 1,047 1,766

Mar 2017

 2,296 2,088 1,064 1,660

Apr 2017

 2,300 2,140 1,087 1,633

May 2017

 2,123 1,958 1,123 1,665

Jun 2017

 2,301 1,942 937 1,715

Jul 2017

 2,135 2,006 1,022 1,757

Aug 2017

 2,221 1,996 1,067 1,735

Sep 2017

 2,223 1,879 962 1,733

Oct 2017

 2,128 1,943 856 1,645

Nov 2017

 2,253 1,894 921 1,593

Dec 2017

 2,235 1,994 882 1,515

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey.