Table A-12. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

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Table A-12. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment
[Numbers in thousands]
Duration	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted
Duration	Dec. 2011	Nov. 2012	Dec. 2012	Dec. 2011	Aug. 2012	Sept. 2012	Oct. 2012	Nov. 2012	Dec. 2012
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Less than 5 weeks	2,640	2,340	2,678	2,640	2,865	2,535	2,633	2,596	2,676
5 to 14 weeks	2,735	2,634	2,732	2,840	2,848	2,825	2,847	2,757	2,838
15 weeks and over	7,317	6,431	6,435	7,583	6,846	6,736	6,829	6,604	6,661
15 to 26 weeks	1,906	1,724	1,817	1,987	1,823	1,866	1,813	1,820	1,895
27 weeks and over	5,411	4,707	4,618	5,596	5,023	4,871	5,017	4,784	4,766

Average (mean) duration, in weeks(1)	39.7	40.1	37.0	40.7	39.3	39.6	39.9	39.7	38.1
Median duration, in weeks	21.0	19.5	18.1	20.8	18.2	18.7	19.6	18.9	18.0

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Less than 5 weeks	20.8	20.5	22.6	20.2	22.8	21.0	21.4	21.7	22.0
5 to 14 weeks	21.5	23.1	23.1	21.7	22.7	23.4	23.1	23.1	23.3
15 weeks and over	57.7	56.4	54.3	58.0	54.5	55.7	55.5	55.2	54.7
15 to 26 weeks	15.0	15.1	15.3	15.2	14.5	15.4	14.7	15.2	15.6
27 weeks and over	42.6	41.3	39.0	42.8	40.0	40.3	40.8	40.0	39.1
Footnotes (1) Beginning in January 2011, this series reflects a change to the collection of data on unemployment duration. For more information, see www.bls.gov/cps/duration.htm.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: January 04, 2013

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey