Title: Civilians Unemployed - 15 Weeks & Over Series ID: UEMP15OV Source: U.S. Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics Release: Employment Situation Seasonal Adjustment: Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Thousands of Persons Date Range: 1948-01-01 to 2012-04-01 Last Updated: 2012-05-04 8:49 AM CDT Notes: The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced several revisions to the Household Survey on Friday Feb.7th 2003, with the release of the January 2003 Data. They introduced the Census 2000 population controls (which affect data back to 2000 and cause a break in the data in January 2000), a new seasonal adjustment procedure, and new seasonal factors back to January 1998. DATE VALUE 1948-01-01 311 1948-02-01 283 1948-03-01 292 1948-04-01 324 1948-05-01 329 1948-06-01 322 1948-07-01 295 1948-08-01 332 1948-09-01 298 1948-10-01 324 1948-11-01 282 1948-12-01 305 1949-01-01 315 1949-02-01 374 1949-03-01 414 1949-04-01 483 1949-05-01 602 1949-06-01 705 1949-07-01 848 1949-08-01 917 1949-09-01 973 1949-10-01 1000 1949-11-01 1056 1949-12-01 961 1950-01-01 947 1950-02-01 947 1950-03-01 912 1950-04-01 920 1950-05-01 890 1950-06-01 868 1950-07-01 769 1950-08-01 633 1950-09-01 648 1950-10-01 545 1950-11-01 507 1950-12-01 482 1951-01-01 438 1951-02-01 386 1951-03-01 355 1951-04-01 294 1951-05-01 269 1951-06-01 258 1951-07-01 260 1951-08-01 249 1951-09-01 223 1951-10-01 269 1951-11-01 316 1951-12-01 269 1952-01-01 282 1952-02-01 248 1952-03-01 234 1952-04-01 242 1952-05-01 219 1952-06-01 210 1952-07-01 194 1952-08-01 211 1952-09-01 249 1952-10-01 230 1952-11-01 216 1952-12-01 238 1953-01-01 268 1953-02-01 208 1953-03-01 213 1953-04-01 180 1953-05-01 176 1953-06-01 213 1953-07-01 168 1953-08-01 177 1953-09-01 178 1953-10-01 190 1953-11-01 259 1953-12-01 309 1954-01-01 372 1954-02-01 532 1954-03-01 765 1954-04-01 774 1954-05-01 879 1954-06-01 880 1954-07-01 932 1954-08-01 1002 1954-09-01 1017 1954-10-01 1009 1954-11-01 975 1954-12-01 827 1955-01-01 882 1955-02-01 826 1955-03-01 816 1955-04-01 811 1955-05-01 734 1955-06-01 668 1955-07-01 640 1955-08-01 535 1955-09-01 558 1955-10-01 572 1955-11-01 564 1955-12-01 581 1956-01-01 561 1956-02-01 545 1956-03-01 521 1956-04-01 476 1956-05-01 506 1956-06-01 516 1956-07-01 523 1956-08-01 543 1956-09-01 577 1956-10-01 530 1956-11-01 575 1956-12-01 567 1957-01-01 509 1957-02-01 530 1957-03-01 514 1957-04-01 516 1957-05-01 538 1957-06-01 526 1957-07-01 535 1957-08-01 542 1957-09-01 559 1957-10-01 650 1957-11-01 674 1957-12-01 731 1958-01-01 879 1958-02-01 1005 1958-03-01 1128 1958-04-01 1387 1958-05-01 1493 1958-06-01 1677 1958-07-01 1796 1958-08-01 1888 1958-09-01 1795 1958-10-01 1708 1958-11-01 1570 1958-12-01 1490 1959-01-01 1396 1959-02-01 1277 1959-03-01 1210 1959-04-01 1039 1959-05-01 965 1959-06-01 963 1959-07-01 889 1959-08-01 889 1959-09-01 895 1959-10-01 883 1959-11-01 982 1959-12-01 920 1960-01-01 915 1960-02-01 841 1960-03-01 959 1960-04-01 896 1960-05-01 797 1960-06-01 854 1960-07-01 921 1960-08-01 927 1960-09-01 982 1960-10-01 1189 1960-11-01 1223 1960-12-01 1142 1961-01-01 1328 1961-02-01 1416 1961-03-01 1463 1961-04-01 1598 1961-05-01 1686 1961-06-01 1651 1961-07-01 1830 1961-08-01 1649 1961-09-01 1531 1961-10-01 1481 1961-11-01 1388 1961-12-01 1361 1962-01-01 1235 1962-02-01 1244 1962-03-01 1162 1962-04-01 1122 1962-05-01 1134 1962-06-01 1079 1962-07-01 1049 1962-08-01 1081 1962-09-01 1096 1962-10-01 1022 1962-11-01 1051 1962-12-01 1068 1963-01-01 1122 1963-02-01 1137 1963-03-01 1087 1963-04-01 1071 1963-05-01 1157 1963-06-01 1067 1963-07-01 1070 1963-08-01 1114 1963-09-01 1069 1963-10-01 1071 1963-11-01 1054 1963-12-01 1007 1964-01-01 1057 1964-02-01 1015 1964-03-01 1039 1964-04-01 934 1964-05-01 975 1964-06-01 1047 1964-07-01 1002 1964-08-01 934 1964-09-01 917 1964-10-01 903 1964-11-01 922 1964-12-01 873 1965-01-01 793 1965-02-01 919 1965-03-01 796 1965-04-01 796 1965-05-01 736 1965-06-01 786 1965-07-01 683 1965-08-01 733 1965-09-01 732 1965-10-01 672 1965-11-01 645 1965-12-01 659 1966-01-01 623 1966-02-01 594 1966-03-01 583 1966-04-01 575 1966-05-01 534 1966-06-01 475 1966-07-01 427 1966-08-01 464 1966-09-01 488 1966-10-01 494 1966-11-01 464 1966-12-01 488 1967-01-01 489 1967-02-01 459 1967-03-01 436 1967-04-01 428 1967-05-01 417 1967-06-01 422 1967-07-01 412 1967-08-01 441 1967-09-01 448 1967-10-01 472 1967-11-01 490 1967-12-01 485 1968-01-01 503 1968-02-01 468 1968-03-01 447 1968-04-01 393 1968-05-01 395 1968-06-01 405 1968-07-01 426 1968-08-01 393 1968-09-01 375 1968-10-01 386 1968-11-01 357 1968-12-01 351 1969-01-01 339 1969-02-01 358 1969-03-01 353 1969-04-01 386 1969-05-01 387 1969-06-01 368 1969-07-01 377 1969-08-01 373 1969-09-01 391 1969-10-01 374 1969-11-01 392 1969-12-01 413 1970-01-01 431 1970-02-01 470 1970-03-01 534 1970-04-01 602 1970-05-01 591 1970-06-01 657 1970-07-01 662 1970-08-01 705 1970-09-01 788 1970-10-01 771 1970-11-01 871 1970-12-01 1102 1971-01-01 1113 1971-02-01 1068 1971-03-01 1098 1971-04-01 1149 1971-05-01 1173 1971-06-01 1167 1971-07-01 1251 1971-08-01 1261 1971-09-01 1239 1971-10-01 1268 1971-11-01 1277 1971-12-01 1283 1972-01-01 1257 1972-02-01 1292 1972-03-01 1232 1972-04-01 1203 1972-05-01 1168 1972-06-01 1141 1972-07-01 1154 1972-08-01 1156 1972-09-01 1131 1972-10-01 1123 1972-11-01 1040 1972-12-01 1006 1973-01-01 947 1973-02-01 894 1973-03-01 889 1973-04-01 809 1973-05-01 816 1973-06-01 779 1973-07-01 756 1973-08-01 788 1973-09-01 785 1973-10-01 793 1973-11-01 832 1973-12-01 767 1974-01-01 799 1974-02-01 829 1974-03-01 849 1974-04-01 889 1974-05-01 880 1974-06-01 926 1974-07-01 924 1974-08-01 960 1974-09-01 1021 1974-10-01 1072 1974-11-01 1128 1974-12-01 1326 1975-01-01 1555 1975-02-01 1841 1975-03-01 2074 1975-04-01 2442 1975-05-01 2643 1975-06-01 2843 1975-07-01 2943 1975-08-01 2862 1975-09-01 2906 1975-10-01 2689 1975-11-01 2789 1975-12-01 2868 1976-01-01 2713 1976-02-01 2519 1976-03-01 2441 1976-04-01 2210 1976-05-01 2115 1976-06-01 2332 1976-07-01 2316 1976-08-01 2378 1976-09-01 2296 1976-10-01 2292 1976-11-01 2354 1976-12-01 2375 1977-01-01 2200 1977-02-01 2174 1977-03-01 2057 1977-04-01 1936 1977-05-01 1928 1977-06-01 1918 1977-07-01 1907 1977-08-01 1836 1977-09-01 1853 1977-10-01 1789 1977-11-01 1804 1977-12-01 1717 1978-01-01 1643 1978-02-01 1584 1978-03-01 1531 1978-04-01 1502 1978-05-01 1420 1978-06-01 1352 1978-07-01 1373 1978-08-01 1242 1978-09-01 1308 1978-10-01 1319 1978-11-01 1242 1978-12-01 1269 1979-01-01 1250 1979-02-01 1297 1979-03-01 1365 1979-04-01 1272 1979-05-01 1239 1979-06-01 1171 1979-07-01 1123 1979-08-01 1203 1979-09-01 1172 1979-10-01 1219 1979-11-01 1239 1979-12-01 1277 1980-01-01 1353 1980-02-01 1358 1980-03-01 1457 1980-04-01 1694 1980-05-01 1740 1980-06-01 1760 1980-07-01 1995 1980-08-01 2162 1980-09-01 2309 1980-10-01 2306 1980-11-01 2329 1980-12-01 2406 1981-01-01 2389 1981-02-01 2344 1981-03-01 2276 1981-04-01 2231 1981-05-01 2221 1981-06-01 2250 1981-07-01 2166 1981-08-01 2241 1981-09-01 2261 1981-10-01 2303 1981-11-01 2345 1981-12-01 2374 1982-01-01 2409 1982-02-01 2758 1982-03-01 2965 1982-04-01 3086 1982-05-01 3276 1982-06-01 3451 1982-07-01 3555 1982-08-01 3696 1982-09-01 3889 1982-10-01 4185 1982-11-01 4485 1982-12-01 4662 1983-01-01 4668 1983-02-01 4641 1983-03-01 4612 1983-04-01 4370 1983-05-01 4538 1983-06-01 4470 1983-07-01 4329 1983-08-01 4070 1983-09-01 3854 1983-10-01 3648 1983-11-01 3535 1983-12-01 3379 1984-01-01 3254 1984-02-01 2991 1984-03-01 2881 1984-04-01 2858 1984-05-01 2884 1984-06-01 2612 1984-07-01 2638 1984-08-01 2604 1984-09-01 2538 1984-10-01 2526 1984-11-01 2438 1984-12-01 2401 1985-01-01 2284 1985-02-01 2389 1985-03-01 2394 1985-04-01 2393 1985-05-01 2292 1985-06-01 2310 1985-07-01 2329 1985-08-01 2258 1985-09-01 2242 1985-10-01 2295 1985-11-01 2207 1985-12-01 2208 1986-01-01 2089 1986-02-01 2308 1986-03-01 2261 1986-04-01 2162 1986-05-01 2232 1986-06-01 2320 1986-07-01 2269 1986-08-01 2276 1986-09-01 2318 1986-10-01 2188 1986-11-01 2202 1986-12-01 2161 1987-01-01 2168 1987-02-01 2117 1987-03-01 2070 1987-04-01 2091 1987-05-01 2104 1987-06-01 2087 1987-07-01 1921 1987-08-01 1878 1987-09-01 1866 1987-10-01 1794 1987-11-01 1797 1987-12-01 1767 1988-01-01 1714 1988-02-01 1738 1988-03-01 1744 1988-04-01 1563 1988-05-01 1647 1988-06-01 1531 1988-07-01 1601 1988-08-01 1639 1988-09-01 1569 1988-10-01 1562 1988-11-01 1468 1988-12-01 1490 1989-01-01 1480 1989-02-01 1304 1989-03-01 1353 1989-04-01 1397 1989-05-01 1348 1989-06-01 1300 1989-07-01 1435 1989-08-01 1302 1989-09-01 1360 1989-10-01 1392 1989-11-01 1418 1989-12-01 1375 1990-01-01 1412 1990-02-01 1350 1990-03-01 1331 1990-04-01 1376 1990-05-01 1415 1990-06-01 1436 1990-07-01 1534 1990-08-01 1607 1990-09-01 1695 1990-10-01 1689 1990-11-01 1831 1990-12-01 1804 1991-01-01 1866 1991-02-01 1955 1991-03-01 2137 1991-04-01 2206 1991-05-01 2252 1991-06-01 2533 1991-07-01 2388 1991-08-01 2460 1991-09-01 2497 1991-10-01 2638 1991-11-01 2718 1991-12-01 2892 1992-01-01 3060 1992-02-01 3182 1992-03-01 3196 1992-04-01 3130 1992-05-01 3444 1992-06-01 3758 1992-07-01 3614 1992-08-01 3579 1992-09-01 3504 1992-10-01 3505 1992-11-01 3397 1992-12-01 3651 1993-01-01 3346 1993-02-01 3190 1993-03-01 3115 1993-04-01 3014 1993-05-01 3101 1993-06-01 3141 1993-07-01 3046 1993-08-01 3026 1993-09-01 3042 1993-10-01 3029 1993-11-01 2986 1993-12-01 2968 1994-01-01 3060 1994-02-01 3118 1994-03-01 3055 1994-04-01 2921 1994-05-01 2836 1994-06-01 2735 1994-07-01 2822 1994-08-01 2750 1994-09-01 2746 1994-10-01 2955 1994-11-01 2666 1994-12-01 2488 1995-01-01 2396 1995-02-01 2345 1995-03-01 2287 1995-04-01 2473 1995-05-01 2577 1995-06-01 2266 1995-07-01 2311 1995-08-01 2391 1995-09-01 2306 1995-10-01 2272 1995-11-01 2339 1995-12-01 2331 1996-01-01 2371 1996-02-01 2307 1996-03-01 2454 1996-04-01 2455 1996-05-01 2403 1996-06-01 2355 1996-07-01 2297 1996-08-01 2267 1996-09-01 2220 1996-10-01 2268 1996-11-01 2159 1996-12-01 2124 1997-01-01 2162 1997-02-01 2140 1997-03-01 2110 1997-04-01 2176 1997-05-01 2121 1997-06-01 2085 1997-07-01 2119 1997-08-01 2004 1997-09-01 2074 1997-10-01 1950 1997-11-01 1817 1997-12-01 1901 1998-01-01 1833 1998-02-01 1809 1998-03-01 1772 1998-04-01 1476 1998-05-01 1490 1998-06-01 1613 1998-07-01 1577 1998-08-01 1626 1998-09-01 1688 1998-10-01 1582 1998-11-01 1590 1998-12-01 1559 1999-01-01 1490 1999-02-01 1551 1999-03-01 1472 1999-04-01 1480 1999-05-01 1505 1999-06-01 1624 1999-07-01 1513 1999-08-01 1455 1999-09-01 1449 1999-10-01 1438 1999-11-01 1378 1999-12-01 1375 2000-01-01 1380 2000-02-01 1300 2000-03-01 1312 2000-04-01 1261 2000-05-01 1325 2000-06-01 1242 2000-07-01 1343 2000-08-01 1394 2000-09-01 1290 2000-10-01 1337 2000-11-01 1315 2000-12-01 1329 2001-01-01 1372 2001-02-01 1491 2001-03-01 1521 2001-04-01 1499 2001-05-01 1502 2001-06-01 1532 2001-07-01 1653 2001-08-01 1861 2001-09-01 1950 2001-10-01 2082 2001-11-01 2318 2001-12-01 2444 2002-01-01 2578 2002-02-01 2608 2002-03-01 2719 2002-04-01 2852 2002-05-01 2967 2002-06-01 3023 2002-07-01 2966 2002-08-01 2887 2002-09-01 2971 2002-10-01 3042 2002-11-01 3062 2002-12-01 3271 2003-01-01 3166 2003-02-01 3161 2003-03-01 3161 2003-04-01 3348 2003-05-01 3318 2003-06-01 3552 2003-07-01 3633 2003-08-01 3557 2003-09-01 3486 2003-10-01 3451 2003-11-01 3420 2003-12-01 3366 2004-01-01 3364 2004-02-01 3248 2004-03-01 3314 2004-04-01 2971 2004-05-01 3103 2004-06-01 3130 2004-07-01 2918 2004-08-01 2846 2004-09-01 2910 2004-10-01 3041 2004-11-01 2960 2004-12-01 2927 2005-01-01 2851 2005-02-01 2896 2005-03-01 2817 2005-04-01 2678 2005-05-01 2683 2005-06-01 2405 2005-07-01 2449 2005-08-01 2569 2005-09-01 2537 2005-10-01 2492 2005-11-01 2486 2005-12-01 2429 2006-01-01 2270 2006-02-01 2546 2006-03-01 2373 2006-04-01 2353 2006-05-01 2303 2006-06-01 2127 2006-07-01 2289 2006-08-01 2293 2006-09-01 2231 2006-10-01 2062 2006-11-01 2159 2006-12-01 2083 2007-01-01 2156 2007-02-01 2211 2007-03-01 2255 2007-04-01 2281 2007-05-01 2231 2007-06-01 2281 2007-07-01 2364 2007-08-01 2333 2007-09-01 2355 2007-10-01 2300 2007-11-01 2366 2007-12-01 2501 2008-01-01 2541 2008-02-01 2444 2008-03-01 2489 2008-04-01 2685 2008-05-01 2779 2008-06-01 2916 2008-07-01 3115 2008-08-01 3422 2008-09-01 3620 2008-10-01 3991 2008-11-01 3928 2008-12-01 4556 2009-01-01 4771 2009-02-01 5449 2009-03-01 5871 2009-04-01 6364 2009-05-01 7022 2009-06-01 7842 2009-07-01 7837 2009-08-01 7829 2009-09-01 8370 2009-10-01 8678 2009-11-01 8792 2009-12-01 8878 2010-01-01 8924 2010-02-01 8924 2010-03-01 9051 2010-04-01 9070 2010-05-01 8898 2010-06-01 8915 2010-07-01 8695 2010-08-01 8407 2010-09-01 8394 2010-10-01 8666 2010-11-01 8747 2010-12-01 8613 2011-01-01 8458 2011-02-01 8208 2011-03-01 8122 2011-04-01 7919 2011-05-01 8197 2011-06-01 8137 2011-07-01 8134 2011-08-01 8218 2011-09-01 8227 2011-10-01 7869 2011-11-01 7766 2011-12-01 7628 2012-01-01 7498 2012-02-01 7397 2012-03-01 7175 2012-04-01 6984