Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Duration Mar. Feb. Mar. Mar. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. 2008 2009 2009 2008 2008 2008 2009 2009 2009 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Less than 5 weeks...................................... 2,550 3,247 3,067 2,797 3,255 3,267 3,658 3,404 3,371 5 to 14 weeks.......................................... 2,782 4,778 4,523 2,549 3,141 3,398 3,519 3,969 4,041 15 weeks and over...................................... 2,696 5,673 6,305 2,444 3,964 4,517 4,634 5,264 5,715 15 to 26 weeks...................................... 1,339 2,611 2,971 1,143 1,757 1,927 1,987 2,347 2,534 27 weeks and over................................... 1,357 3,063 3,334 1,300 2,207 2,591 2,647 2,917 3,182 Average (mean) duration, in weeks...................... 16.9 19.9 21.2 16.1 18.9 19.7 19.8 19.8 20.1 Median duration, in weeks.............................. 9.4 11.7 13.1 8.2 10.0 10.6 10.3 11.0 11.2 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Total unemployed....................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Less than 5 weeks.................................... 31.8 23.7 22.1 35.9 31.4 29.2 31.0 26.9 25.7 5 to 14 weeks........................................ 34.7 34.9 32.5 32.7 30.3 30.4 29.8 31.4 30.8 15 weeks and over.................................... 33.6 41.4 45.4 31.4 38.3 40.4 39.2 41.7 43.5 15 to 26 weeks..................................... 16.7 19.1 21.4 14.7 17.0 17.2 16.8 18.6 19.3 27 weeks and over.................................. 16.9 22.4 24.0 16.7 21.3 23.2 22.4 23.1 24.2 NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
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