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(Note: Annual average information is stored only with the "Not seasonally adjusted" series.)

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment
(In thousands)

Duration Not seasonally
adjusted
Seasonally
adjusted
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks

5 to 14 weeks

15 weeks and over

  15 to 26 weeks

  27 weeks and over

Average (mean) duration, in weeks

Median duration, in weeks

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Total unemployed

100.0

100.0

  Less than 5 weeks

  5 to 14 weeks

  15 weeks and over

    15 to 26 weeks

    27 weeks and over

 

Last Modified Date: February 07, 2003