Title: Median Duration of Unemployment Series ID: UEMPMED Source: U.S. Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics Release: Employment Situation Seasonal Adjustment: Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Weeks Date Range: 1967-07-01 to 2013-04-01 Last Updated: 2013-05-03 8:33 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. For further information contact the Current Employment Statistics (CES) homepage at www.bls.gov/ces or by calling 202-691-6555. DATE VALUE 1967-07-01 4.5 1967-08-01 4.7 1967-09-01 4.6 1967-10-01 4.9 1967-11-01 4.7 1967-12-01 4.8 1968-01-01 5.1 1968-02-01 4.5 1968-03-01 4.1 1968-04-01 4.6 1968-05-01 4.4 1968-06-01 4.4 1968-07-01 4.5 1968-08-01 4.2 1968-09-01 4.6 1968-10-01 4.8 1968-11-01 4.4 1968-12-01 4.4 1969-01-01 4.4 1969-02-01 4.9 1969-03-01 4.0 1969-04-01 4.0 1969-05-01 4.2 1969-06-01 4.4 1969-07-01 4.4 1969-08-01 4.4 1969-09-01 4.7 1969-10-01 4.5 1969-11-01 4.8 1969-12-01 4.6 1970-01-01 4.6 1970-02-01 4.5 1970-03-01 4.6 1970-04-01 4.1 1970-05-01 4.7 1970-06-01 4.9 1970-07-01 5.1 1970-08-01 5.4 1970-09-01 5.2 1970-10-01 5.2 1970-11-01 5.6 1970-12-01 5.9 1971-01-01 6.2 1971-02-01 6.3 1971-03-01 6.4 1971-04-01 6.5 1971-05-01 6.7 1971-06-01 5.7 1971-07-01 6.2 1971-08-01 6.4 1971-09-01 5.8 1971-10-01 6.5 1971-11-01 6.4 1971-12-01 6.2 1972-01-01 6.2 1972-02-01 6.6 1972-03-01 6.6 1972-04-01 6.7 1972-05-01 6.6 1972-06-01 5.4 1972-07-01 6.1 1972-08-01 6.0 1972-09-01 5.6 1972-10-01 5.7 1972-11-01 5.7 1972-12-01 6.1 1973-01-01 5.7 1973-02-01 5.2 1973-03-01 5.5 1973-04-01 5.0 1973-05-01 4.9 1973-06-01 5.0 1973-07-01 5.2 1973-08-01 4.9 1973-09-01 5.4 1973-10-01 5.5 1973-11-01 5.1 1973-12-01 4.7 1974-01-01 5.0 1974-02-01 5.1 1974-03-01 4.8 1974-04-01 5.0 1974-05-01 4.6 1974-06-01 5.3 1974-07-01 5.7 1974-08-01 5.0 1974-09-01 5.3 1974-10-01 5.5 1974-11-01 5.2 1974-12-01 5.7 1975-01-01 6.3 1975-02-01 7.1 1975-03-01 7.2 1975-04-01 8.7 1975-05-01 9.4 1975-06-01 8.8 1975-07-01 8.6 1975-08-01 9.2 1975-09-01 9.2 1975-10-01 8.6 1975-11-01 9.5 1975-12-01 9.0 1976-01-01 9.0 1976-02-01 8.2 1976-03-01 8.7 1976-04-01 8.2 1976-05-01 8.3 1976-06-01 7.8 1976-07-01 7.7 1976-08-01 7.9 1976-09-01 7.8 1976-10-01 7.7 1976-11-01 8.4 1976-12-01 8.0 1977-01-01 7.5 1977-02-01 7.2 1977-03-01 7.2 1977-04-01 7.3 1977-05-01 7.9 1977-06-01 6.2 1977-07-01 7.1 1977-08-01 7.0 1977-09-01 6.7 1977-10-01 6.9 1977-11-01 7.0 1977-12-01 6.8 1978-01-01 6.5 1978-02-01 6.7 1978-03-01 6.2 1978-04-01 6.1 1978-05-01 5.7 1978-06-01 6.0 1978-07-01 5.8 1978-08-01 5.8 1978-09-01 5.6 1978-10-01 5.9 1978-11-01 5.5 1978-12-01 5.6 1979-01-01 5.9 1979-02-01 5.9 1979-03-01 5.9 1979-04-01 5.4 1979-05-01 5.6 1979-06-01 5.6 1979-07-01 5.9 1979-08-01 4.8 1979-09-01 5.5 1979-10-01 5.5 1979-11-01 5.3 1979-12-01 5.7 1980-01-01 5.3 1980-02-01 5.8 1980-03-01 6.0 1980-04-01 5.8 1980-05-01 5.7 1980-06-01 6.4 1980-07-01 7.0 1980-08-01 7.5 1980-09-01 7.7 1980-10-01 7.5 1980-11-01 7.7 1980-12-01 7.5 1981-01-01 7.4 1981-02-01 7.1 1981-03-01 7.1 1981-04-01 7.4 1981-05-01 6.9 1981-06-01 6.6 1981-07-01 7.1 1981-08-01 7.2 1981-09-01 6.8 1981-10-01 6.8 1981-11-01 6.9 1981-12-01 6.9 1982-01-01 7.1 1982-02-01 7.5 1982-03-01 7.7 1982-04-01 8.1 1982-05-01 8.5 1982-06-01 9.5 1982-07-01 8.5 1982-08-01 8.7 1982-09-01 9.5 1982-10-01 9.7 1982-11-01 10.0 1982-12-01 10.2 1983-01-01 11.1 1983-02-01 9.8 1983-03-01 10.4 1983-04-01 10.9 1983-05-01 12.3 1983-06-01 11.3 1983-07-01 10.1 1983-08-01 9.3 1983-09-01 9.3 1983-10-01 9.4 1983-11-01 9.3 1983-12-01 8.7 1984-01-01 9.1 1984-02-01 8.3 1984-03-01 8.3 1984-04-01 8.2 1984-05-01 9.1 1984-06-01 7.5 1984-07-01 7.5 1984-08-01 7.3 1984-09-01 7.6 1984-10-01 7.2 1984-11-01 7.2 1984-12-01 7.3 1985-01-01 6.8 1985-02-01 7.1 1985-03-01 7.1 1985-04-01 6.9 1985-05-01 6.9 1985-06-01 6.6 1985-07-01 6.9 1985-08-01 7.1 1985-09-01 6.9 1985-10-01 7.1 1985-11-01 7.0 1985-12-01 6.8 1986-01-01 6.7 1986-02-01 6.9 1986-03-01 6.8 1986-04-01 6.7 1986-05-01 6.8 1986-06-01 7.0 1986-07-01 6.9 1986-08-01 7.1 1986-09-01 7.4 1986-10-01 7.0 1986-11-01 7.1 1986-12-01 7.1 1987-01-01 6.9 1987-02-01 6.6 1987-03-01 6.6 1987-04-01 7.1 1987-05-01 6.6 1987-06-01 6.5 1987-07-01 6.5 1987-08-01 6.4 1987-09-01 6.0 1987-10-01 6.3 1987-11-01 6.2 1987-12-01 6.0 1988-01-01 6.2 1988-02-01 6.3 1988-03-01 6.4 1988-04-01 5.9 1988-05-01 5.9 1988-06-01 5.8 1988-07-01 6.1 1988-08-01 5.9 1988-09-01 5.7 1988-10-01 5.6 1988-11-01 5.7 1988-12-01 5.9 1989-01-01 5.6 1989-02-01 5.4 1989-03-01 5.4 1989-04-01 5.4 1989-05-01 5.3 1989-06-01 5.4 1989-07-01 5.6 1989-08-01 5.0 1989-09-01 4.9 1989-10-01 4.9 1989-11-01 4.8 1989-12-01 4.9 1990-01-01 5.1 1990-02-01 5.3 1990-03-01 5.1 1990-04-01 4.8 1990-05-01 5.2 1990-06-01 5.2 1990-07-01 5.4 1990-08-01 5.4 1990-09-01 5.6 1990-10-01 5.8 1990-11-01 5.7 1990-12-01 5.9 1991-01-01 6.0 1991-02-01 6.2 1991-03-01 6.7 1991-04-01 6.6 1991-05-01 6.4 1991-06-01 6.9 1991-07-01 7.0 1991-08-01 7.3 1991-09-01 6.8 1991-10-01 7.2 1991-11-01 7.5 1991-12-01 7.8 1992-01-01 8.1 1992-02-01 8.2 1992-03-01 8.3 1992-04-01 8.5 1992-05-01 8.8 1992-06-01 8.7 1992-07-01 8.6 1992-08-01 8.8 1992-09-01 8.6 1992-10-01 9.0 1992-11-01 9.0 1992-12-01 9.3 1993-01-01 8.6 1993-02-01 8.5 1993-03-01 8.5 1993-04-01 8.4 1993-05-01 8.1 1993-06-01 8.3 1993-07-01 8.2 1993-08-01 8.2 1993-09-01 8.3 1993-10-01 8.0 1993-11-01 8.3 1993-12-01 8.3 1994-01-01 8.6 1994-02-01 9.2 1994-03-01 9.3 1994-04-01 9.1 1994-05-01 9.2 1994-06-01 9.3 1994-07-01 9.0 1994-08-01 8.9 1994-09-01 9.2 1994-10-01 10.0 1994-11-01 9.0 1994-12-01 8.7 1995-01-01 8.0 1995-02-01 8.1 1995-03-01 8.3 1995-04-01 8.3 1995-05-01 9.1 1995-06-01 7.9 1995-07-01 8.5 1995-08-01 8.3 1995-09-01 7.9 1995-10-01 8.2 1995-11-01 8.0 1995-12-01 8.3 1996-01-01 8.3 1996-02-01 7.8 1996-03-01 8.3 1996-04-01 8.6 1996-05-01 8.6 1996-06-01 8.3 1996-07-01 8.3 1996-08-01 8.4 1996-09-01 8.5 1996-10-01 8.3 1996-11-01 7.7 1996-12-01 7.8 1997-01-01 7.8 1997-02-01 8.1 1997-03-01 7.9 1997-04-01 8.3 1997-05-01 8.0 1997-06-01 8.0 1997-07-01 8.3 1997-08-01 7.8 1997-09-01 8.2 1997-10-01 7.7 1997-11-01 7.6 1997-12-01 7.5 1998-01-01 7.4 1998-02-01 7.0 1998-03-01 6.8 1998-04-01 6.7 1998-05-01 6.0 1998-06-01 6.9 1998-07-01 6.7 1998-08-01 6.8 1998-09-01 6.7 1998-10-01 5.8 1998-11-01 6.6 1998-12-01 6.8 1999-01-01 6.9 1999-02-01 6.8 1999-03-01 6.8 1999-04-01 6.2 1999-05-01 6.5 1999-06-01 6.3 1999-07-01 5.8 1999-08-01 6.5 1999-09-01 6.0 1999-10-01 6.1 1999-11-01 6.2 1999-12-01 5.8 2000-01-01 5.8 2000-02-01 6.1 2000-03-01 6.0 2000-04-01 6.1 2000-05-01 5.8 2000-06-01 5.7 2000-07-01 6.0 2000-08-01 6.3 2000-09-01 5.2 2000-10-01 6.1 2000-11-01 6.1 2000-12-01 6.0 2001-01-01 5.8 2001-02-01 6.1 2001-03-01 6.6 2001-04-01 5.9 2001-05-01 6.3 2001-06-01 6.0 2001-07-01 6.8 2001-08-01 6.9 2001-09-01 7.2 2001-10-01 7.3 2001-11-01 7.7 2001-12-01 8.2 2002-01-01 8.4 2002-02-01 8.3 2002-03-01 8.4 2002-04-01 8.9 2002-05-01 9.5 2002-06-01 11.0 2002-07-01 8.9 2002-08-01 9.0 2002-09-01 9.5 2002-10-01 9.6 2002-11-01 9.3 2002-12-01 9.6 2003-01-01 9.6 2003-02-01 9.5 2003-03-01 9.7 2003-04-01 10.2 2003-05-01 9.9 2003-06-01 11.5 2003-07-01 10.3 2003-08-01 10.1 2003-09-01 10.2 2003-10-01 10.4 2003-11-01 10.3 2003-12-01 10.4 2004-01-01 10.6 2004-02-01 10.2 2004-03-01 10.2 2004-04-01 9.5 2004-05-01 9.9 2004-06-01 11.0 2004-07-01 8.9 2004-08-01 9.2 2004-09-01 9.6 2004-10-01 9.5 2004-11-01 9.7 2004-12-01 9.5 2005-01-01 9.4 2005-02-01 9.2 2005-03-01 9.3 2005-04-01 9.0 2005-05-01 9.1 2005-06-01 9.0 2005-07-01 8.8 2005-08-01 9.2 2005-09-01 8.4 2005-10-01 8.6 2005-11-01 8.5 2005-12-01 8.7 2006-01-01 8.6 2006-02-01 9.1 2006-03-01 8.7 2006-04-01 8.4 2006-05-01 8.5 2006-06-01 7.3 2006-07-01 8.0 2006-08-01 8.4 2006-09-01 8.0 2006-10-01 7.9 2006-11-01 8.3 2006-12-01 7.5 2007-01-01 8.3 2007-02-01 8.5 2007-03-01 9.1 2007-04-01 8.6 2007-05-01 8.2 2007-06-01 7.7 2007-07-01 8.7 2007-08-01 8.8 2007-09-01 8.7 2007-10-01 8.4 2007-11-01 8.6 2007-12-01 8.4 2008-01-01 9.0 2008-02-01 8.7 2008-03-01 8.7 2008-04-01 9.4 2008-05-01 7.9 2008-06-01 9.0 2008-07-01 9.7 2008-08-01 9.7 2008-09-01 10.2 2008-10-01 10.4 2008-11-01 9.8 2008-12-01 10.5 2009-01-01 10.7 2009-02-01 11.7 2009-03-01 12.3 2009-04-01 13.1 2009-05-01 14.3 2009-06-01 17.1 2009-07-01 15.9 2009-08-01 16.2 2009-09-01 17.8 2009-10-01 18.8 2009-11-01 19.8 2009-12-01 20.2 2010-01-01 20.0 2010-02-01 20.0 2010-03-01 20.5 2010-04-01 22.2 2010-05-01 22.4 2010-06-01 24.8 2010-07-01 22.1 2010-08-01 20.9 2010-09-01 20.2 2010-10-01 21.1 2010-11-01 21.2 2010-12-01 22.1 2011-01-01 21.5 2011-02-01 21.3 2011-03-01 21.8 2011-04-01 21.0 2011-05-01 21.8 2011-06-01 21.8 2011-07-01 21.5 2011-08-01 22.2 2011-09-01 21.9 2011-10-01 20.4 2011-11-01 21.1 2011-12-01 20.8 2012-01-01 20.8 2012-02-01 20.1 2012-03-01 19.7 2012-04-01 19.3 2012-05-01 20.1 2012-06-01 19.4 2012-07-01 16.8 2012-08-01 18.2 2012-09-01 18.7 2012-10-01 19.6 2012-11-01 18.9 2012-12-01 18.0 2013-01-01 16.0 2013-02-01 17.8 2013-03-01 18.1 2013-04-01 17.5