Title: Civilians Unemployed for 27 Weeks and Over Series ID: UEMP27OV 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 9:00 AM CDT Notes: DATE VALUE 1948-01-01 128 1948-02-01 121 1948-03-01 110 1948-04-01 109 1948-05-01 109 1948-06-01 118 1948-07-01 107 1948-08-01 128 1948-09-01 127 1948-10-01 136 1948-11-01 95 1948-12-01 99 1949-01-01 104 1949-02-01 130 1949-03-01 116 1949-04-01 158 1949-05-01 192 1949-06-01 250 1949-07-01 309 1949-08-01 339 1949-09-01 355 1949-10-01 368 1949-11-01 430 1949-12-01 409 1950-01-01 398 1950-02-01 406 1950-03-01 422 1950-04-01 470 1950-05-01 415 1950-06-01 423 1950-07-01 338 1950-08-01 298 1950-09-01 298 1950-10-01 279 1950-11-01 260 1950-12-01 217 1951-01-01 179 1951-02-01 198 1951-03-01 153 1951-04-01 140 1951-05-01 130 1951-06-01 115 1951-07-01 127 1951-08-01 117 1951-09-01 118 1951-10-01 99 1951-11-01 155 1951-12-01 103 1952-01-01 104 1952-02-01 88 1952-03-01 87 1952-04-01 118 1952-05-01 83 1952-06-01 68 1952-07-01 67 1952-08-01 62 1952-09-01 64 1952-10-01 88 1952-11-01 67 1952-12-01 104 1953-01-01 87 1953-02-01 81 1953-03-01 84 1953-04-01 70 1953-05-01 48 1953-06-01 93 1953-07-01 72 1953-08-01 66 1953-09-01 68 1953-10-01 66 1953-11-01 96 1953-12-01 112 1954-01-01 146 1954-02-01 152 1954-03-01 232 1954-04-01 278 1954-05-01 317 1954-06-01 317 1954-07-01 329 1954-08-01 420 1954-09-01 432 1954-10-01 454 1954-11-01 429 1954-12-01 393 1955-01-01 421 1955-02-01 439 1955-03-01 384 1955-04-01 400 1955-05-01 354 1955-06-01 335 1955-07-01 297 1955-08-01 275 1955-09-01 250 1955-10-01 244 1955-11-01 275 1955-12-01 286 1956-01-01 251 1956-02-01 276 1956-03-01 241 1956-04-01 205 1956-05-01 201 1956-06-01 186 1956-07-01 206 1956-08-01 235 1956-09-01 242 1956-10-01 247 1956-11-01 237 1956-12-01 259 1957-01-01 178 1957-02-01 225 1957-03-01 218 1957-04-01 233 1957-05-01 239 1957-06-01 260 1957-07-01 254 1957-08-01 232 1957-09-01 221 1957-10-01 293 1957-11-01 277 1957-12-01 260 1958-01-01 298 1958-02-01 348 1958-03-01 352 1958-04-01 511 1958-05-01 571 1958-06-01 707 1958-07-01 838 1958-08-01 962 1958-09-01 1017 1958-10-01 930 1958-11-01 825 1958-12-01 827 1959-01-01 802 1959-02-01 732 1959-03-01 680 1959-04-01 631 1959-05-01 575 1959-06-01 548 1959-07-01 495 1959-08-01 482 1959-09-01 446 1959-10-01 447 1959-11-01 477 1959-12-01 467 1960-01-01 465 1960-02-01 429 1960-03-01 440 1960-04-01 431 1960-05-01 389 1960-06-01 396 1960-07-01 400 1960-08-01 410 1960-09-01 466 1960-10-01 566 1960-11-01 550 1960-12-01 554 1961-01-01 640 1961-02-01 665 1961-03-01 694 1961-04-01 802 1961-05-01 859 1961-06-01 928 1961-07-01 991 1961-08-01 900 1961-09-01 845 1961-10-01 822 1961-11-01 766 1961-12-01 738 1962-01-01 674 1962-02-01 683 1962-03-01 639 1962-04-01 623 1962-05-01 627 1962-06-01 573 1962-07-01 565 1962-08-01 596 1962-09-01 529 1962-10-01 506 1962-11-01 440 1962-12-01 510 1963-01-01 544 1963-02-01 597 1963-03-01 599 1963-04-01 591 1963-05-01 605 1963-06-01 500 1963-07-01 548 1963-08-01 521 1963-09-01 559 1963-10-01 530 1963-11-01 521 1963-12-01 490 1964-01-01 504 1964-02-01 487 1964-03-01 505 1964-04-01 470 1964-05-01 504 1964-06-01 508 1964-07-01 523 1964-08-01 508 1964-09-01 460 1964-10-01 433 1964-11-01 438 1964-12-01 429 1965-01-01 389 1965-02-01 412 1965-03-01 359 1965-04-01 368 1965-05-01 351 1965-06-01 369 1965-07-01 324 1965-08-01 327 1965-09-01 356 1965-10-01 336 1965-11-01 311 1965-12-01 293 1966-01-01 290 1966-02-01 270 1966-03-01 268 1966-04-01 251 1966-05-01 285 1966-06-01 230 1966-07-01 209 1966-08-01 205 1966-09-01 202 1966-10-01 221 1966-11-01 200 1966-12-01 210 1967-01-01 203 1967-02-01 201 1967-03-01 180 1967-04-01 174 1967-05-01 153 1967-06-01 150 1967-07-01 151 1967-08-01 200 1967-09-01 162 1967-10-01 178 1967-11-01 182 1967-12-01 195 1968-01-01 190 1968-02-01 179 1968-03-01 179 1968-04-01 149 1968-05-01 136 1968-06-01 162 1968-07-01 159 1968-08-01 153 1968-09-01 132 1968-10-01 134 1968-11-01 131 1968-12-01 160 1969-01-01 130 1969-02-01 115 1969-03-01 119 1969-04-01 133 1969-05-01 126 1969-06-01 124 1969-07-01 160 1969-08-01 132 1969-09-01 148 1969-10-01 136 1969-11-01 146 1969-12-01 132 1970-01-01 143 1970-02-01 161 1970-03-01 181 1970-04-01 202 1970-05-01 231 1970-06-01 224 1970-07-01 234 1970-08-01 251 1970-09-01 281 1970-10-01 259 1970-11-01 332 1970-12-01 383 1971-01-01 430 1971-02-01 448 1971-03-01 453 1971-04-01 454 1971-05-01 508 1971-06-01 541 1971-07-01 567 1971-08-01 550 1971-09-01 563 1971-10-01 591 1971-11-01 581 1971-12-01 583 1972-01-01 593 1972-02-01 651 1972-03-01 632 1972-04-01 673 1972-05-01 580 1972-06-01 550 1972-07-01 519 1972-08-01 537 1972-09-01 548 1972-10-01 522 1972-11-01 470 1972-12-01 455 1973-01-01 410 1973-02-01 372 1973-03-01 388 1973-04-01 340 1973-05-01 349 1973-06-01 325 1973-07-01 282 1973-08-01 334 1973-09-01 295 1973-10-01 336 1973-11-01 350 1973-12-01 328 1974-01-01 332 1974-02-01 334 1974-03-01 330 1974-04-01 354 1974-05-01 356 1974-06-01 367 1974-07-01 387 1974-08-01 388 1974-09-01 391 1974-10-01 398 1974-11-01 430 1974-12-01 538 1975-01-01 625 1975-02-01 717 1975-03-01 769 1975-04-01 964 1975-05-01 1089 1975-06-01 1305 1975-07-01 1401 1975-08-01 1472 1975-09-01 1598 1975-10-01 1448 1975-11-01 1645 1975-12-01 1586 1976-01-01 1581 1976-02-01 1533 1976-03-01 1460 1976-04-01 1409 1976-05-01 1219 1976-06-01 1353 1976-07-01 1250 1976-08-01 1280 1976-09-01 1204 1976-10-01 1231 1976-11-01 1278 1976-12-01 1334 1977-01-01 1211 1977-02-01 1205 1977-03-01 1163 1977-04-01 1120 1977-05-01 1069 1977-06-01 1026 1977-07-01 973 1977-08-01 898 1977-09-01 939 1977-10-01 913 1977-11-01 896 1977-12-01 858 1978-01-01 813 1978-02-01 667 1978-03-01 714 1978-04-01 680 1978-05-01 692 1978-06-01 640 1978-07-01 658 1978-08-01 612 1978-09-01 624 1978-10-01 596 1978-11-01 533 1978-12-01 510 1979-01-01 533 1979-02-01 552 1979-03-01 592 1979-04-01 549 1979-05-01 520 1979-06-01 521 1979-07-01 470 1979-08-01 534 1979-09-01 532 1979-10-01 530 1979-11-01 551 1979-12-01 544 1980-01-01 548 1980-02-01 508 1980-03-01 622 1980-04-01 691 1980-05-01 719 1980-06-01 773 1980-07-01 884 1980-08-01 930 1980-09-01 966 1980-10-01 1060 1980-11-01 1133 1980-12-01 1147 1981-01-01 1263 1981-02-01 1245 1981-03-01 1217 1981-04-01 1132 1981-05-01 1149 1981-06-01 1123 1981-07-01 1086 1981-08-01 1164 1981-09-01 1114 1981-10-01 1134 1981-11-01 1143 1981-12-01 1171 1982-01-01 1186 1982-02-01 1279 1982-03-01 1358 1982-04-01 1501 1982-05-01 1617 1982-06-01 1784 1982-07-01 1816 1982-08-01 1866 1982-09-01 2018 1982-10-01 2246 1982-11-01 2338 1982-12-01 2564 1983-01-01 2667 1983-02-01 2716 1983-03-01 2746 1983-04-01 2710 1983-05-01 2750 1983-06-01 2885 1983-07-01 2594 1983-08-01 2530 1983-09-01 2441 1983-10-01 2277 1983-11-01 2167 1983-12-01 2061 1984-01-01 2040 1984-02-01 1834 1984-03-01 1780 1984-04-01 1764 1984-05-01 1691 1984-06-01 1576 1984-07-01 1590 1984-08-01 1515 1984-09-01 1451 1984-10-01 1427 1984-11-01 1422 1984-12-01 1393 1985-01-01 1315 1985-02-01 1344 1985-03-01 1349 1985-04-01 1378 1985-05-01 1235 1985-06-01 1281 1985-07-01 1267 1985-08-01 1222 1985-09-01 1233 1985-10-01 1199 1985-11-01 1297 1985-12-01 1205 1986-01-01 1087 1986-02-01 1183 1986-03-01 1173 1986-04-01 1174 1986-05-01 1168 1986-06-01 1280 1986-07-01 1213 1986-08-01 1192 1986-09-01 1237 1986-10-01 1214 1986-11-01 1165 1986-12-01 1150 1987-01-01 1140 1987-02-01 1113 1987-03-01 1121 1987-04-01 1079 1987-05-01 1112 1987-06-01 1075 1987-07-01 983 1987-08-01 1045 1987-09-01 989 1987-10-01 956 1987-11-01 926 1987-12-01 900 1988-01-01 869 1988-02-01 888 1988-03-01 848 1988-04-01 810 1988-05-01 846 1988-06-01 805 1988-07-01 796 1988-08-01 795 1988-09-01 813 1988-10-01 768 1988-11-01 703 1988-12-01 739 1989-01-01 732 1989-02-01 635 1989-03-01 670 1989-04-01 717 1989-05-01 634 1989-06-01 613 1989-07-01 621 1989-08-01 560 1989-09-01 599 1989-10-01 646 1989-11-01 655 1989-12-01 635 1990-01-01 646 1990-02-01 624 1990-03-01 637 1990-04-01 649 1990-05-01 644 1990-06-01 640 1990-07-01 688 1990-08-01 730 1990-09-01 781 1990-10-01 778 1990-11-01 833 1990-12-01 831 1991-01-01 868 1991-02-01 904 1991-03-01 951 1991-04-01 979 1991-05-01 1044 1991-06-01 1109 1991-07-01 1108 1991-08-01 1168 1991-09-01 1191 1991-10-01 1235 1991-11-01 1376 1991-12-01 1504 1992-01-01 1623 1992-02-01 1704 1992-03-01 1771 1992-04-01 1750 1992-05-01 1984 1992-06-01 2150 1992-07-01 2124 1992-08-01 2073 1992-09-01 2111 1992-10-01 2194 1992-11-01 1992 1992-12-01 2056 1993-01-01 1966 1993-02-01 1907 1993-03-01 1806 1993-04-01 1633 1993-05-01 1776 1993-06-01 1786 1993-07-01 1770 1993-08-01 1770 1993-09-01 1756 1993-10-01 1809 1993-11-01 1800 1993-12-01 1782 1994-01-01 1733 1994-02-01 1759 1994-03-01 1780 1994-04-01 1746 1994-05-01 1696 1994-06-01 1580 1994-07-01 1562 1994-08-01 1569 1994-09-01 1543 1994-10-01 1591 1994-11-01 1470 1994-12-01 1367 1995-01-01 1340 1995-02-01 1226 1995-03-01 1338 1995-04-01 1413 1995-05-01 1316 1995-06-01 1235 1995-07-01 1250 1995-08-01 1235 1995-09-01 1261 1995-10-01 1220 1995-11-01 1254 1995-12-01 1214 1996-01-01 1209 1996-02-01 1201 1996-03-01 1330 1996-04-01 1347 1996-05-01 1359 1996-06-01 1370 1996-07-01 1336 1996-08-01 1265 1996-09-01 1214 1996-10-01 1184 1996-11-01 1146 1996-12-01 1154 1997-01-01 1150 1997-02-01 1109 1997-03-01 1098 1997-04-01 1105 1997-05-01 1051 1997-06-01 1076 1997-07-01 1078 1997-08-01 1075 1997-09-01 1074 1997-10-01 1034 1997-11-01 938 1997-12-01 984 1998-01-01 995 1998-02-01 957 1998-03-01 918 1998-04-01 883 1998-05-01 839 1998-06-01 789 1998-07-01 821 1998-08-01 818 1998-09-01 916 1998-10-01 858 1998-11-01 875 1998-12-01 803 1999-01-01 714 1999-02-01 801 1999-03-01 714 1999-04-01 698 1999-05-01 718 1999-06-01 812 1999-07-01 732 1999-08-01 706 1999-09-01 709 1999-10-01 724 1999-11-01 682 1999-12-01 680 2000-01-01 721 2000-02-01 629 2000-03-01 646 2000-04-01 599 2000-05-01 643 2000-06-01 627 2000-07-01 698 2000-08-01 709 2000-09-01 646 2000-10-01 627 2000-11-01 593 2000-12-01 642 2001-01-01 676 2001-02-01 714 2001-03-01 696 2001-04-01 712 2001-05-01 624 2001-06-01 710 2001-07-01 702 2001-08-01 857 2001-09-01 819 2001-10-01 909 2001-11-01 1106 2001-12-01 1126 2002-01-01 1203 2002-02-01 1214 2002-03-01 1330 2002-04-01 1457 2002-05-01 1574 2002-06-01 1641 2002-07-01 1584 2002-08-01 1573 2002-09-01 1580 2002-10-01 1653 2002-11-01 1743 2002-12-01 1924 2003-01-01 1760 2003-02-01 1864 2003-03-01 1798 2003-04-01 1927 2003-05-01 1929 2003-06-01 2100 2003-07-01 1972 2003-08-01 1995 2003-09-01 2014 2003-10-01 1959 2003-11-01 2006 2003-12-01 1931 2004-01-01 1911 2004-02-01 1856 2004-03-01 1983 2004-04-01 1805 2004-05-01 1799 2004-06-01 1847 2004-07-01 1681 2004-08-01 1640 2004-09-01 1702 2004-10-01 1737 2004-11-01 1702 2004-12-01 1653 2005-01-01 1648 2005-02-01 1628 2005-03-01 1660 2005-04-01 1609 2005-05-01 1538 2005-06-01 1375 2005-07-01 1380 2005-08-01 1407 2005-09-01 1439 2005-10-01 1422 2005-11-01 1370 2005-12-01 1356 2006-01-01 1170 2006-02-01 1350 2006-03-01 1309 2006-04-01 1331 2006-05-01 1333 2006-06-01 1145 2006-07-01 1304 2006-08-01 1306 2006-09-01 1245 2006-10-01 1078 2006-11-01 1131 2006-12-01 1093 2007-01-01 1141 2007-02-01 1249 2007-03-01 1245 2007-04-01 1206 2007-05-01 1132 2007-06-01 1143 2007-07-01 1291 2007-08-01 1246 2007-09-01 1264 2007-10-01 1298 2007-11-01 1374 2007-12-01 1324 2008-01-01 1386 2008-02-01 1330 2008-03-01 1320 2008-04-01 1377 2008-05-01 1568 2008-06-01 1583 2008-07-01 1666 2008-08-01 1864 2008-09-01 2016 2008-10-01 2275 2008-11-01 2216 2008-12-01 2609 2009-01-01 2696 2009-02-01 3013 2009-03-01 3251 2009-04-01 3736 2009-05-01 3994 2009-06-01 4374 2009-07-01 4927 2009-08-01 5038 2009-09-01 5452 2009-10-01 5633 2009-11-01 5911 2009-12-01 6116 2010-01-01 6322 2010-02-01 6207 2010-03-01 6556 2010-04-01 6730 2010-05-01 6687 2010-06-01 6652 2010-07-01 6503 2010-08-01 6242 2010-09-01 6093 2010-10-01 6215 2010-11-01 6320 2010-12-01 6421 2011-01-01 6205 2011-02-01 6014 2011-03-01 6130 2011-04-01 5860 2011-05-01 6204 2011-06-01 6263 2011-07-01 6162 2011-08-01 6015 2011-09-01 6197 2011-10-01 5839 2011-11-01 5680 2011-12-01 5588 2012-01-01 5518 2012-02-01 5426 2012-03-01 5308 2012-04-01 5101