Title: Civilians Unemployed - Less Than 5 Weeks Series ID: UEMPLT5 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 2012-01-01 Last Updated: 2012-02-03 8:52 AM CST 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. For further information contact the Current Employment Statistics (CES) homepage at www.bls.gov/ces or by calling 202-691-6555. DATE VALUE 1948-01-01 1188 1948-02-01 1377 1948-03-01 1279 1948-04-01 1461 1948-05-01 1146 1948-06-01 1287 1948-07-01 1259 1948-08-01 1511 1948-09-01 1245 1948-10-01 1210 1948-11-01 1251 1948-12-01 1432 1949-01-01 1510 1949-02-01 1603 1949-03-01 1631 1949-04-01 1652 1949-05-01 1884 1949-06-01 1729 1949-07-01 1852 1949-08-01 1874 1949-09-01 1651 1949-10-01 2332 1949-11-01 1747 1949-12-01 1748 1950-01-01 1780 1950-02-01 1600 1950-03-01 1503 1950-04-01 1472 1950-05-01 1464 1950-06-01 1468 1950-07-01 1411 1950-08-01 1251 1950-09-01 1272 1950-10-01 1262 1950-11-01 1354 1950-12-01 1459 1951-01-01 1115 1951-02-01 1107 1951-03-01 1215 1951-04-01 1160 1951-05-01 1125 1951-06-01 1125 1951-07-01 1183 1951-08-01 1184 1951-09-01 1294 1951-10-01 1279 1951-11-01 1233 1951-12-01 1138 1952-01-01 1066 1952-02-01 1181 1952-03-01 1150 1952-04-01 1137 1952-05-01 1179 1952-06-01 1196 1952-07-01 1187 1952-08-01 1270 1952-09-01 1130 1952-10-01 1050 1952-11-01 1017 1952-12-01 1044 1953-01-01 1059 1953-02-01 1068 1953-03-01 1029 1953-04-01 1131 1953-05-01 973 1953-06-01 985 1953-07-01 1002 1953-08-01 1076 1953-09-01 1163 1953-10-01 1242 1953-11-01 1307 1953-12-01 1761 1954-01-01 1631 1954-02-01 1706 1954-03-01 1729 1954-04-01 1725 1954-05-01 1643 1954-06-01 1573 1954-07-01 1623 1954-08-01 1587 1954-09-01 1640 1954-10-01 1535 1954-11-01 1457 1954-12-01 1414 1955-01-01 1398 1955-02-01 1296 1955-03-01 1184 1955-04-01 1301 1955-05-01 1295 1955-06-01 1305 1955-07-01 1282 1955-08-01 1445 1955-09-01 1357 1955-10-01 1429 1955-11-01 1386 1955-12-01 1338 1956-01-01 1336 1956-02-01 1289 1956-03-01 1502 1956-04-01 1353 1956-05-01 1483 1956-06-01 1505 1956-07-01 1469 1956-08-01 1376 1956-09-01 1356 1956-10-01 1319 1956-11-01 1481 1956-12-01 1446 1957-01-01 1373 1957-02-01 1293 1957-03-01 1241 1957-04-01 1335 1957-05-01 1423 1957-06-01 1392 1957-07-01 1366 1957-08-01 1395 1957-09-01 1484 1957-10-01 1399 1957-11-01 1598 1957-12-01 1585 1958-01-01 1701 1958-02-01 1883 1958-03-01 1933 1958-04-01 1881 1958-05-01 1855 1958-06-01 1755 1958-07-01 1818 1958-08-01 1760 1958-09-01 1626 1958-10-01 1643 1958-11-01 1531 1958-12-01 1692 1959-01-01 1574 1959-02-01 1554 1959-03-01 1459 1959-04-01 1494 1959-05-01 1479 1959-06-01 1522 1959-07-01 1591 1959-08-01 1607 1959-09-01 1602 1959-10-01 1750 1959-11-01 1745 1959-12-01 1657 1960-01-01 1638 1960-02-01 1431 1960-03-01 1666 1960-04-01 1735 1960-05-01 1718 1960-06-01 1738 1960-07-01 1709 1960-08-01 1746 1960-09-01 1677 1960-10-01 1766 1960-11-01 1718 1960-12-01 2102 1961-01-01 1884 1961-02-01 2037 1961-03-01 1863 1961-04-01 1729 1961-05-01 1748 1961-06-01 1841 1961-07-01 1789 1961-08-01 1701 1961-09-01 1859 1961-10-01 1811 1961-11-01 1638 1961-12-01 1734 1962-01-01 1701 1962-02-01 1504 1962-03-01 1721 1962-04-01 1629 1962-05-01 1543 1962-06-01 1598 1962-07-01 1592 1962-08-01 1731 1962-09-01 1749 1962-10-01 1636 1962-11-01 1838 1962-12-01 1732 1963-01-01 1730 1963-02-01 1858 1963-03-01 1701 1963-04-01 1717 1963-05-01 1870 1963-06-01 1719 1963-07-01 1693 1963-08-01 1677 1963-09-01 1695 1963-10-01 1738 1963-11-01 1859 1963-12-01 1774 1964-01-01 1805 1964-02-01 1708 1964-03-01 1783 1964-04-01 1767 1964-05-01 1681 1964-06-01 1719 1964-07-01 1486 1964-08-01 1696 1964-09-01 1703 1964-10-01 1754 1964-11-01 1596 1964-12-01 1672 1965-01-01 1626 1965-02-01 1743 1965-03-01 1702 1965-04-01 1747 1965-05-01 1670 1965-06-01 1656 1965-07-01 1654 1965-08-01 1613 1965-09-01 1627 1965-10-01 1533 1965-11-01 1531 1965-12-01 1436 1966-01-01 1523 1966-02-01 1505 1966-03-01 1523 1966-04-01 1563 1966-05-01 1631 1966-06-01 1647 1966-07-01 1640 1966-08-01 1622 1966-09-01 1555 1966-10-01 1541 1966-11-01 1499 1966-12-01 1582 1967-01-01 1608 1967-02-01 1596 1967-03-01 1586 1967-04-01 1547 1967-05-01 1581 1967-06-01 1704 1967-07-01 1642 1967-08-01 1595 1967-09-01 1667 1967-10-01 1730 1967-11-01 1680 1967-12-01 1616 1968-01-01 1458 1968-02-01 1710 1968-03-01 1651 1968-04-01 1436 1968-05-01 1567 1968-06-01 1755 1968-07-01 1647 1968-08-01 1645 1968-09-01 1534 1968-10-01 1507 1968-11-01 1593 1968-12-01 1527 1969-01-01 1554 1969-02-01 1442 1969-03-01 1603 1969-04-01 1600 1969-05-01 1649 1969-06-01 1664 1969-07-01 1686 1969-08-01 1637 1969-09-01 1693 1969-10-01 1814 1969-11-01 1580 1969-12-01 1585 1970-01-01 1800 1970-02-01 1950 1970-03-01 1978 1970-04-01 2139 1970-05-01 2109 1970-06-01 2100 1970-07-01 2132 1970-08-01 2182 1970-09-01 2235 1970-10-01 2386 1970-11-01 2338 1970-12-01 2369 1971-01-01 2302 1971-02-01 2178 1971-03-01 2144 1971-04-01 2206 1971-05-01 2229 1971-06-01 2180 1971-07-01 2210 1971-08-01 2337 1971-09-01 2301 1971-10-01 2222 1971-11-01 2304 1971-12-01 2320 1972-01-01 2324 1972-02-01 2111 1972-03-01 2303 1972-04-01 2229 1972-05-01 2192 1972-06-01 2279 1972-07-01 2248 1972-08-01 2285 1972-09-01 2353 1972-10-01 2351 1972-11-01 2191 1972-12-01 2003 1973-01-01 2035 1973-02-01 2259 1973-03-01 2136 1973-04-01 2260 1973-05-01 2223 1973-06-01 2322 1973-07-01 2271 1973-08-01 2290 1973-09-01 2211 1973-10-01 2063 1973-11-01 2288 1973-12-01 2332 1974-01-01 2400 1974-02-01 2432 1974-03-01 2413 1974-04-01 2337 1974-05-01 2457 1974-06-01 2497 1974-07-01 2526 1974-08-01 2609 1974-09-01 2723 1974-10-01 2723 1974-11-01 3052 1974-12-01 3125 1975-01-01 3293 1975-02-01 2947 1975-03-01 3193 1975-04-01 2915 1975-05-01 3051 1975-06-01 2872 1975-07-01 2882 1975-08-01 2808 1975-09-01 2878 1975-10-01 2962 1975-11-01 2718 1975-12-01 2762 1976-01-01 2749 1976-02-01 2799 1976-03-01 2628 1976-04-01 2938 1976-05-01 2795 1976-06-01 2787 1976-07-01 2965 1976-08-01 2893 1976-09-01 2910 1976-10-01 2945 1976-11-01 2826 1976-12-01 2921 1977-01-01 2894 1977-02-01 3015 1977-03-01 2993 1977-04-01 3015 1977-05-01 2754 1977-06-01 3138 1977-07-01 2859 1977-08-01 2896 1977-09-01 2883 1977-10-01 2883 1977-11-01 2924 1977-12-01 2729 1978-01-01 2824 1978-02-01 2764 1978-03-01 2871 1978-04-01 2750 1978-05-01 2870 1978-06-01 2788 1978-07-01 3069 1978-08-01 2858 1978-09-01 2941 1978-10-01 2786 1978-11-01 2903 1978-12-01 2978 1979-01-01 2791 1979-02-01 2899 1979-03-01 2843 1979-04-01 2938 1979-05-01 2773 1979-06-01 2947 1979-07-01 2890 1979-08-01 3296 1979-09-01 2946 1979-10-01 3039 1979-11-01 3030 1979-12-01 3013 1980-01-01 3215 1980-02-01 3134 1980-03-01 3097 1980-04-01 3374 1980-05-01 3754 1980-06-01 3409 1980-07-01 3458 1980-08-01 3415 1980-09-01 3150 1980-10-01 3236 1980-11-01 3146 1980-12-01 3097 1981-01-01 3318 1981-02-01 3287 1981-03-01 3328 1981-04-01 3185 1981-05-01 3409 1981-06-01 3340 1981-07-01 3307 1981-08-01 3320 1981-09-01 3493 1981-10-01 3656 1981-11-01 3812 1981-12-01 3949 1982-01-01 3924 1982-02-01 3808 1982-03-01 3896 1982-04-01 3951 1982-05-01 3885 1982-06-01 3606 1982-07-01 3929 1982-08-01 3895 1982-09-01 3966 1982-10-01 3873 1982-11-01 3974 1982-12-01 3939 1983-01-01 3654 1983-02-01 3717 1983-03-01 3502 1983-04-01 3539 1983-05-01 3531 1983-06-01 3686 1983-07-01 3459 1983-08-01 3632 1983-09-01 3768 1983-10-01 3491 1983-11-01 3347 1983-12-01 3455 1984-01-01 3309 1984-02-01 3327 1984-03-01 3335 1984-04-01 3362 1984-05-01 3167 1984-06-01 3261 1984-07-01 3392 1984-08-01 3567 1984-09-01 3325 1984-10-01 3423 1984-11-01 3392 1984-12-01 3371 1985-01-01 3667 1985-02-01 3471 1985-03-01 3519 1985-04-01 3499 1985-05-01 3503 1985-06-01 3538 1985-07-01 3555 1985-08-01 3439 1985-09-01 3494 1985-10-01 3424 1985-11-01 3463 1985-12-01 3393 1986-01-01 3333 1986-02-01 3516 1986-03-01 3540 1986-04-01 3598 1986-05-01 3586 1986-06-01 3489 1986-07-01 3446 1986-08-01 3439 1986-09-01 3405 1986-10-01 3416 1986-11-01 3343 1986-12-01 3297 1987-01-01 3390 1987-02-01 3323 1987-03-01 3386 1987-04-01 3162 1987-05-01 3315 1987-06-01 3167 1987-07-01 3217 1987-08-01 3191 1987-09-01 3224 1987-10-01 3241 1987-11-01 3172 1987-12-01 3178 1988-01-01 3086 1988-02-01 3057 1988-03-01 3042 1988-04-01 3107 1988-05-01 3095 1988-06-01 3101 1988-07-01 2998 1988-08-01 3172 1988-09-01 3152 1988-10-01 3106 1988-11-01 3097 1988-12-01 2972 1989-01-01 3146 1989-02-01 3194 1989-03-01 3042 1989-04-01 3110 1989-05-01 3052 1989-06-01 3303 1989-07-01 3173 1989-08-01 3090 1989-09-01 3214 1989-10-01 3218 1989-11-01 3247 1989-12-01 3275 1990-01-01 3189 1990-02-01 3223 1990-03-01 3206 1990-04-01 3269 1990-05-01 3117 1990-06-01 3151 1990-07-01 3221 1990-08-01 3320 1990-09-01 3280 1990-10-01 3347 1990-11-01 3442 1990-12-01 3462 1991-01-01 3470 1991-02-01 3585 1991-03-01 3539 1991-04-01 3400 1991-05-01 3621 1991-06-01 3428 1991-07-01 3422 1991-08-01 3446 1991-09-01 3478 1991-10-01 3473 1991-11-01 3460 1991-12-01 3473 1992-01-01 3398 1992-02-01 3277 1992-03-01 3412 1992-04-01 3296 1992-05-01 3417 1992-06-01 3518 1992-07-01 3438 1992-08-01 3436 1992-09-01 3428 1992-10-01 3356 1992-11-01 3317 1992-12-01 3189 1993-01-01 3299 1993-02-01 3461 1993-03-01 3260 1993-04-01 3350 1993-05-01 3363 1993-06-01 3218 1993-07-01 3292 1993-08-01 3176 1993-09-01 3127 1993-10-01 3336 1993-11-01 3087 1993-12-01 3246 1994-01-01 3184 1994-02-01 2652 1994-03-01 2789 1994-04-01 2842 1994-05-01 2652 1994-06-01 2757 1994-07-01 2820 1994-08-01 2671 1994-09-01 2671 1994-10-01 2424 1994-11-01 2619 1994-12-01 2581 1995-01-01 2764 1995-02-01 2578 1995-03-01 2572 1995-04-01 2730 1995-05-01 2603 1995-06-01 2744 1995-07-01 2627 1995-08-01 2732 1995-09-01 2857 1995-10-01 2725 1995-11-01 2812 1995-12-01 2662 1996-01-01 2725 1996-02-01 2713 1996-03-01 2594 1996-04-01 2530 1996-05-01 2765 1996-06-01 2552 1996-07-01 2672 1996-08-01 2496 1996-09-01 2525 1996-10-01 2477 1996-11-01 2920 1996-12-01 2621 1997-01-01 2758 1997-02-01 2549 1997-03-01 2602 1997-04-01 2439 1997-05-01 2527 1997-06-01 2562 1997-07-01 2402 1997-08-01 2525 1997-09-01 2474 1997-10-01 2566 1997-11-01 2479 1997-12-01 2534 1998-01-01 2587 1998-02-01 2572 1998-03-01 2789 1998-04-01 2628 1998-05-01 2641 1998-06-01 2546 1998-07-01 2593 1998-08-01 2597 1998-09-01 2624 1998-10-01 2823 1998-11-01 2510 1998-12-01 2587 1999-01-01 2462 1999-02-01 2566 1999-03-01 2473 1999-04-01 2781 1999-05-01 2511 1999-06-01 2521 1999-07-01 2643 1999-08-01 2546 1999-09-01 2611 1999-10-01 2536 1999-11-01 2562 1999-12-01 2642 2000-01-01 2541 2000-02-01 2604 2000-03-01 2780 2000-04-01 2510 2000-05-01 2564 2000-06-01 2579 2000-07-01 2498 2000-08-01 2550 2000-09-01 2571 2000-10-01 2497 2000-11-01 2512 2000-12-01 2477 2001-01-01 2648 2001-02-01 2851 2001-03-01 2681 2001-04-01 2972 2001-05-01 2701 2001-06-01 2808 2001-07-01 2642 2001-08-01 2966 2001-09-01 2837 2001-10-01 3111 2001-11-01 3090 2001-12-01 3037 2002-01-01 3044 2002-02-01 2984 2002-03-01 3074 2002-04-01 2932 2002-05-01 2843 2002-06-01 2711 2002-07-01 2891 2002-08-01 2927 2002-09-01 2772 2002-10-01 2765 2002-11-01 2950 2002-12-01 2838 2003-01-01 2856 2003-02-01 2798 2003-03-01 2831 2003-04-01 2794 2003-05-01 2988 2003-06-01 2906 2003-07-01 2720 2003-08-01 2801 2003-09-01 2704 2003-10-01 2710 2003-11-01 2656 2003-12-01 2554 2004-01-01 2685 2004-02-01 2425 2004-03-01 2637 2004-04-01 2780 2004-05-01 2723 2004-06-01 2677 2004-07-01 2820 2004-08-01 2660 2004-09-01 2758 2004-10-01 2732 2004-11-01 2638 2004-12-01 2768 2005-01-01 2635 2005-02-01 2749 2005-03-01 2483 2005-04-01 2688 2005-05-01 2754 2005-06-01 2659 2005-07-01 2568 2005-08-01 2570 2005-09-01 2763 2005-10-01 2719 2005-11-01 2823 2005-12-01 2588 2006-01-01 2527 2006-02-01 2577 2006-03-01 2659 2006-04-01 2665 2006-05-01 2545 2006-06-01 2705 2006-07-01 2721 2006-08-01 2603 2006-09-01 2608 2006-10-01 2616 2006-11-01 2511 2006-12-01 2596 2007-01-01 2561 2007-02-01 2574 2007-03-01 2307 2007-04-01 2456 2007-05-01 2464 2007-06-01 2551 2007-07-01 2502 2007-08-01 2614 2007-09-01 2557 2007-10-01 2545 2007-11-01 2645 2007-12-01 2718 2008-01-01 2552 2008-02-01 2649 2008-03-01 2813 2008-04-01 2492 2008-05-01 3278 2008-06-01 2759 2008-07-01 2855 2008-08-01 3277 2008-09-01 2849 2008-10-01 3174 2008-11-01 3326 2008-12-01 3256 2009-01-01 3515 2009-02-01 3423 2009-03-01 3408 2009-04-01 3328 2009-05-01 3242 2009-06-01 3154 2009-07-01 3150 2009-08-01 2978 2009-09-01 2843 2009-10-01 3233 2009-11-01 2797 2009-12-01 2892 2010-01-01 2909 2010-02-01 2760 2010-03-01 2691 2010-04-01 2696 2010-05-01 2775 2010-06-01 2758 2010-07-01 2829 2010-08-01 2730 2010-09-01 2819 2010-10-01 2664 2010-11-01 2875 2010-12-01 2701 2011-01-01 2659 2011-02-01 2408 2011-03-01 2437 2011-04-01 2725 2011-05-01 2687 2011-06-01 3068 2011-07-01 2675 2011-08-01 2734 2011-09-01 2743 2011-10-01 2676 2011-11-01 2510 2011-12-01 2669 2012-01-01 2486