Title: Average (Mean) Duration of Unemployment Series ID: UEMPMEAN Source: U.S. Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics Release: Employment Situation Seasonal Adjustment: Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Weeks Date Range: 1948-01-01 to 2013-11-01 Last Updated: 2013-12-06 7:51 AM CST Notes: DATE VALUE 1948-01-01 8.9 1948-02-01 8.4 1948-03-01 8.7 1948-04-01 8.5 1948-05-01 9.1 1948-06-01 8.8 1948-07-01 8.6 1948-08-01 8.8 1948-09-01 8.5 1948-10-01 9.5 1948-11-01 7.8 1948-12-01 8.1 1949-01-01 8.2 1949-02-01 8.3 1949-03-01 8.3 1949-04-01 8.8 1949-05-01 9.1 1949-06-01 10.0 1949-07-01 10.8 1949-08-01 11.0 1949-09-01 11.7 1949-10-01 10.9 1949-11-01 11.6 1949-12-01 11.8 1950-01-01 11.3 1950-02-01 11.8 1950-03-01 12.4 1950-04-01 12.6 1950-05-01 12.7 1950-06-01 13.1 1950-07-01 12.5 1950-08-01 12.2 1950-09-01 12.2 1950-10-01 12.3 1950-11-01 10.7 1950-12-01 10.7 1951-01-01 10.6 1951-02-01 10.8 1951-03-01 10.1 1951-04-01 10.6 1951-05-01 9.9 1951-06-01 8.7 1951-07-01 9.2 1951-08-01 9.1 1951-09-01 9.1 1951-10-01 8.9 1951-11-01 9.7 1951-12-01 9.3 1952-01-01 9.3 1952-02-01 8.8 1952-03-01 8.4 1952-04-01 9.0 1952-05-01 7.8 1952-06-01 7.3 1952-07-01 7.5 1952-08-01 7.6 1952-09-01 8.1 1952-10-01 9.1 1952-11-01 9.5 1952-12-01 8.8 1953-01-01 9.3 1953-02-01 8.4 1953-03-01 8.5 1953-04-01 7.8 1953-05-01 7.9 1953-06-01 8.2 1953-07-01 7.9 1953-08-01 8.0 1953-09-01 7.1 1953-10-01 7.2 1953-11-01 7.9 1953-12-01 8.0 1954-01-01 8.7 1954-02-01 9.5 1954-03-01 10.6 1954-04-01 10.9 1954-05-01 11.6 1954-06-01 12.3 1954-07-01 12.5 1954-08-01 12.8 1954-09-01 12.9 1954-10-01 13.3 1954-11-01 13.2 1954-12-01 13.4 1955-01-01 13.4 1955-02-01 14.2 1955-03-01 13.4 1955-04-01 14.3 1955-05-01 14.4 1955-06-01 13.4 1955-07-01 13.8 1955-08-01 12.3 1955-09-01 11.7 1955-10-01 11.5 1955-11-01 11.3 1955-12-01 12.0 1956-01-01 11.7 1956-02-01 12.5 1956-03-01 11.6 1956-04-01 11.0 1956-05-01 10.4 1956-06-01 10.1 1956-07-01 10.5 1956-08-01 12.0 1956-09-01 11.8 1956-10-01 11.6 1956-11-01 10.9 1956-12-01 11.4 1957-01-01 10.4 1957-02-01 10.7 1957-03-01 10.8 1957-04-01 10.6 1957-05-01 10.4 1957-06-01 10.2 1957-07-01 10.1 1957-08-01 10.5 1957-09-01 9.8 1957-10-01 11.1 1957-11-01 10.4 1957-12-01 10.4 1958-01-01 10.5 1958-02-01 11.0 1958-03-01 11.2 1958-04-01 12.1 1958-05-01 13.1 1958-06-01 14.4 1958-07-01 14.6 1958-08-01 15.7 1958-09-01 16.5 1958-10-01 16.5 1958-11-01 16.4 1958-12-01 15.7 1959-01-01 16.3 1959-02-01 15.5 1959-03-01 15.3 1959-04-01 14.9 1959-05-01 14.7 1959-06-01 14.9 1959-07-01 14.3 1959-08-01 13.7 1959-09-01 13.7 1959-10-01 12.9 1959-11-01 13.1 1959-12-01 13.1 1960-01-01 13.5 1960-02-01 13.1 1960-03-01 13.0 1960-04-01 12.6 1960-05-01 11.9 1960-06-01 11.9 1960-07-01 12.6 1960-08-01 12.2 1960-09-01 12.9 1960-10-01 13.5 1960-11-01 13.9 1960-12-01 12.4 1961-01-01 13.7 1961-02-01 13.6 1961-03-01 14.1 1961-04-01 15.5 1961-05-01 15.6 1961-06-01 16.2 1961-07-01 17.3 1961-08-01 17.0 1961-09-01 16.1 1961-10-01 15.9 1961-11-01 17.0 1961-12-01 15.8 1962-01-01 15.3 1962-02-01 16.0 1962-03-01 15.0 1962-04-01 14.9 1962-05-01 15.5 1962-06-01 15.1 1962-07-01 14.6 1962-08-01 14.5 1962-09-01 14.1 1962-10-01 14.1 1962-11-01 13.3 1962-12-01 13.6 1963-01-01 13.8 1963-02-01 14.1 1963-03-01 14.5 1963-04-01 14.5 1963-05-01 14.5 1963-06-01 14.0 1963-07-01 14.0 1963-08-01 13.9 1963-09-01 14.2 1963-10-01 13.9 1963-11-01 13.3 1963-12-01 13.3 1964-01-01 13.5 1964-02-01 13.2 1964-03-01 13.5 1964-04-01 12.4 1964-05-01 13.6 1964-06-01 13.6 1964-07-01 14.7 1964-08-01 13.0 1964-09-01 12.7 1964-10-01 12.6 1964-11-01 14.0 1964-12-01 12.7 1965-01-01 12.2 1965-02-01 12.6 1965-03-01 12.0 1965-04-01 11.4 1965-05-01 11.1 1965-06-01 11.6 1965-07-01 11.6 1965-08-01 11.9 1965-09-01 11.9 1965-10-01 12.1 1965-11-01 11.7 1965-12-01 11.4 1966-01-01 11.9 1966-02-01 11.2 1966-03-01 11.1 1966-04-01 10.8 1966-05-01 10.2 1966-06-01 9.7 1966-07-01 9.7 1966-08-01 9.8 1966-09-01 10.1 1966-10-01 10.3 1966-11-01 9.7 1966-12-01 9.5 1967-01-01 9.3 1967-02-01 9.2 1967-03-01 8.9 1967-04-01 8.8 1967-05-01 8.7 1967-06-01 8.3 1967-07-01 8.3 1967-08-01 8.9 1967-09-01 8.4 1967-10-01 8.7 1967-11-01 8.9 1967-12-01 8.6 1968-01-01 9.4 1968-02-01 8.7 1968-03-01 8.5 1968-04-01 8.7 1968-05-01 8.2 1968-06-01 7.9 1968-07-01 8.4 1968-08-01 8.3 1968-09-01 8.2 1968-10-01 8.4 1968-11-01 8.1 1968-12-01 8.2 1969-01-01 8.1 1969-02-01 7.9 1969-03-01 7.9 1969-04-01 7.9 1969-05-01 7.9 1969-06-01 7.7 1969-07-01 7.8 1969-08-01 7.9 1969-09-01 8.0 1969-10-01 7.6 1969-11-01 8.0 1969-12-01 8.0 1970-01-01 7.9 1970-02-01 8.0 1970-03-01 8.3 1970-04-01 8.2 1970-05-01 8.6 1970-06-01 8.6 1970-07-01 8.9 1970-08-01 8.8 1970-09-01 8.9 1970-10-01 8.7 1970-11-01 9.3 1970-12-01 9.8 1971-01-01 10.5 1971-02-01 10.4 1971-03-01 10.6 1971-04-01 10.9 1971-05-01 11.2 1971-06-01 11.6 1971-07-01 11.5 1971-08-01 11.5 1971-09-01 11.9 1971-10-01 12.6 1971-11-01 12.0 1971-12-01 11.5 1972-01-01 12.1 1972-02-01 12.4 1972-03-01 12.3 1972-04-01 12.4 1972-05-01 12.3 1972-06-01 12.4 1972-07-01 11.8 1972-08-01 11.8 1972-09-01 12.1 1972-10-01 11.7 1972-11-01 11.4 1972-12-01 11.4 1973-01-01 11.0 1973-02-01 10.5 1973-03-01 10.6 1973-04-01 10.0 1973-05-01 10.1 1973-06-01 9.6 1973-07-01 9.6 1973-08-01 9.8 1973-09-01 9.4 1973-10-01 10.2 1973-11-01 9.9 1973-12-01 9.5 1974-01-01 9.5 1974-02-01 9.6 1974-03-01 9.7 1974-04-01 9.8 1974-05-01 9.6 1974-06-01 9.7 1974-07-01 9.9 1974-08-01 9.8 1974-09-01 9.6 1974-10-01 9.9 1974-11-01 9.6 1974-12-01 10.1 1975-01-01 10.7 1975-02-01 11.7 1975-03-01 11.8 1975-04-01 12.9 1975-05-01 13.4 1975-06-01 15.3 1975-07-01 15.0 1975-08-01 15.6 1975-09-01 16.1 1975-10-01 15.4 1975-11-01 16.6 1975-12-01 16.5 1976-01-01 16.6 1976-02-01 16.3 1976-03-01 16.5 1976-04-01 15.9 1976-05-01 15.0 1976-06-01 16.9 1976-07-01 15.7 1976-08-01 15.6 1976-09-01 15.2 1976-10-01 15.2 1976-11-01 15.3 1976-12-01 15.1 1977-01-01 15.2 1977-02-01 14.7 1977-03-01 14.5 1977-04-01 14.4 1977-05-01 14.9 1977-06-01 14.4 1977-07-01 14.3 1977-08-01 13.9 1977-09-01 14.0 1977-10-01 13.7 1977-11-01 13.6 1977-12-01 13.6 1978-01-01 12.9 1978-02-01 12.5 1978-03-01 12.4 1978-04-01 12.3 1978-05-01 12.1 1978-06-01 12.1 1978-07-01 12.0 1978-08-01 11.4 1978-09-01 11.4 1978-10-01 11.7 1978-11-01 11.1 1978-12-01 10.6 1979-01-01 11.1 1979-02-01 11.2 1979-03-01 11.7 1979-04-01 11.0 1979-05-01 11.1 1979-06-01 10.4 1979-07-01 10.3 1979-08-01 10.6 1979-09-01 10.5 1979-10-01 10.5 1979-11-01 10.6 1979-12-01 10.8 1980-01-01 10.4 1980-02-01 10.6 1980-03-01 11.0 1980-04-01 11.4 1980-05-01 10.9 1980-06-01 11.3 1980-07-01 11.8 1980-08-01 12.4 1980-09-01 12.9 1980-10-01 13.1 1980-11-01 13.6 1980-12-01 13.7 1981-01-01 14.3 1981-02-01 14.1 1981-03-01 14.0 1981-04-01 13.9 1981-05-01 13.6 1981-06-01 13.7 1981-07-01 13.8 1981-08-01 14.4 1981-09-01 13.6 1981-10-01 13.5 1981-11-01 13.1 1981-12-01 13.1 1982-01-01 13.4 1982-02-01 14.1 1982-03-01 14.1 1982-04-01 14.5 1982-05-01 14.9 1982-06-01 15.7 1982-07-01 15.4 1982-08-01 16.2 1982-09-01 16.6 1982-10-01 17.2 1982-11-01 17.1 1982-12-01 18.1 1983-01-01 19.4 1983-02-01 19.2 1983-03-01 19.4 1983-04-01 19.5 1983-05-01 20.5 1983-06-01 20.8 1983-07-01 21.2 1983-08-01 20.0 1983-09-01 20.2 1983-10-01 20.2 1983-11-01 19.7 1983-12-01 19.2 1984-01-01 20.4 1984-02-01 19.0 1984-03-01 19.1 1984-04-01 18.9 1984-05-01 18.8 1984-06-01 18.1 1984-07-01 18.0 1984-08-01 17.3 1984-09-01 17.0 1984-10-01 16.7 1984-11-01 17.0 1984-12-01 16.8 1985-01-01 15.9 1985-02-01 15.9 1985-03-01 16.1 1985-04-01 16.4 1985-05-01 15.3 1985-06-01 15.5 1985-07-01 15.5 1985-08-01 15.3 1985-09-01 15.3 1985-10-01 15.3 1985-11-01 15.7 1985-12-01 15.1 1986-01-01 14.8 1986-02-01 15.2 1986-03-01 14.6 1986-04-01 14.7 1986-05-01 14.7 1986-06-01 15.2 1986-07-01 15.2 1986-08-01 15.5 1986-09-01 15.4 1986-10-01 15.2 1986-11-01 15.0 1986-12-01 15.0 1987-01-01 14.9 1987-02-01 14.7 1987-03-01 14.9 1987-04-01 14.8 1987-05-01 14.9 1987-06-01 14.9 1987-07-01 14.2 1987-08-01 14.4 1987-09-01 14.2 1987-10-01 14.0 1987-11-01 14.0 1987-12-01 14.2 1988-01-01 14.2 1988-02-01 14.4 1988-03-01 13.7 1988-04-01 13.3 1988-05-01 13.8 1988-06-01 13.1 1988-07-01 13.4 1988-08-01 13.6 1988-09-01 13.6 1988-10-01 13.4 1988-11-01 12.6 1988-12-01 12.9 1989-01-01 12.6 1989-02-01 12.4 1989-03-01 12.3 1989-04-01 12.5 1989-05-01 12.0 1989-06-01 11.1 1989-07-01 11.8 1989-08-01 11.4 1989-09-01 11.5 1989-10-01 11.9 1989-11-01 11.7 1989-12-01 11.6 1990-01-01 11.8 1990-02-01 11.6 1990-03-01 11.7 1990-04-01 11.8 1990-05-01 11.7 1990-06-01 11.6 1990-07-01 11.9 1990-08-01 12.2 1990-09-01 12.4 1990-10-01 12.2 1990-11-01 12.4 1990-12-01 12.5 1991-01-01 12.2 1991-02-01 12.7 1991-03-01 12.9 1991-04-01 13.5 1991-05-01 12.9 1991-06-01 13.7 1991-07-01 13.8 1991-08-01 13.9 1991-09-01 14.0 1991-10-01 14.4 1991-11-01 14.8 1991-12-01 15.4 1992-01-01 16.1 1992-02-01 16.7 1992-03-01 17.1 1992-04-01 17.4 1992-05-01 17.8 1992-06-01 18.2 1992-07-01 18.1 1992-08-01 18.0 1992-09-01 18.1 1992-10-01 18.9 1992-11-01 17.9 1992-12-01 19.0 1993-01-01 18.3 1993-02-01 18.2 1993-03-01 17.6 1993-04-01 17.6 1993-05-01 17.5 1993-06-01 17.8 1993-07-01 17.7 1993-08-01 18.0 1993-09-01 18.1 1993-10-01 18.1 1993-11-01 18.6 1993-12-01 18.3 1994-01-01 18.6 1994-02-01 19.0 1994-03-01 19.0 1994-04-01 19.0 1994-05-01 19.5 1994-06-01 18.8 1994-07-01 19.0 1994-08-01 18.8 1994-09-01 18.7 1994-10-01 19.3 1994-11-01 18.0 1994-12-01 17.8 1995-01-01 17.1 1995-02-01 17.0 1995-03-01 17.3 1995-04-01 17.6 1995-05-01 17.0 1995-06-01 15.9 1995-07-01 16.5 1995-08-01 16.2 1995-09-01 16.2 1995-10-01 16.0 1995-11-01 16.4 1995-12-01 16.3 1996-01-01 16.1 1996-02-01 16.4 1996-03-01 17.3 1996-04-01 17.6 1996-05-01 17.0 1996-06-01 17.6 1996-07-01 16.7 1996-08-01 17.3 1996-09-01 16.8 1996-10-01 16.3 1996-11-01 15.9 1996-12-01 15.6 1997-01-01 16.0 1997-02-01 15.8 1997-03-01 15.5 1997-04-01 15.6 1997-05-01 15.4 1997-06-01 15.5 1997-07-01 16.4 1997-08-01 16.0 1997-09-01 15.9 1997-10-01 16.1 1997-11-01 15.4 1997-12-01 15.9 1998-01-01 15.6 1998-02-01 15.4 1998-03-01 14.5 1998-04-01 14.7 1998-05-01 14.7 1998-06-01 14.1 1998-07-01 14.1 1998-08-01 13.7 1998-09-01 14.4 1998-10-01 14.1 1998-11-01 14.5 1998-12-01 14.0 1999-01-01 13.4 1999-02-01 13.8 1999-03-01 13.4 1999-04-01 13.3 1999-05-01 13.4 1999-06-01 14.3 1999-07-01 13.6 1999-08-01 13.1 1999-09-01 13.1 1999-10-01 13.3 1999-11-01 12.9 1999-12-01 12.9 2000-01-01 13.1 2000-02-01 12.6 2000-03-01 12.7 2000-04-01 12.4 2000-05-01 12.6 2000-06-01 12.3 2000-07-01 13.4 2000-08-01 12.9 2000-09-01 12.2 2000-10-01 12.7 2000-11-01 12.4 2000-12-01 12.5 2001-01-01 12.7 2001-02-01 12.8 2001-03-01 12.8 2001-04-01 12.4 2001-05-01 12.1 2001-06-01 12.7 2001-07-01 12.9 2001-08-01 13.3 2001-09-01 13.2 2001-10-01 13.3 2001-11-01 14.3 2001-12-01 14.5 2002-01-01 14.7 2002-02-01 15.0 2002-03-01 15.4 2002-04-01 16.3 2002-05-01 16.8 2002-06-01 16.9 2002-07-01 16.9 2002-08-01 16.5 2002-09-01 17.6 2002-10-01 17.8 2002-11-01 17.6 2002-12-01 18.5 2003-01-01 18.5 2003-02-01 18.5 2003-03-01 18.1 2003-04-01 19.4 2003-05-01 19.0 2003-06-01 19.9 2003-07-01 19.7 2003-08-01 19.2 2003-09-01 19.5 2003-10-01 19.3 2003-11-01 19.9 2003-12-01 19.8 2004-01-01 19.9 2004-02-01 20.1 2004-03-01 19.8 2004-04-01 19.6 2004-05-01 19.8 2004-06-01 20.5 2004-07-01 18.8 2004-08-01 18.8 2004-09-01 19.4 2004-10-01 19.5 2004-11-01 19.7 2004-12-01 19.4 2005-01-01 19.5 2005-02-01 19.1 2005-03-01 19.5 2005-04-01 19.6 2005-05-01 18.6 2005-06-01 17.9 2005-07-01 17.6 2005-08-01 18.4 2005-09-01 17.9 2005-10-01 17.9 2005-11-01 17.5 2005-12-01 17.5 2006-01-01 16.9 2006-02-01 17.8 2006-03-01 17.1 2006-04-01 16.7 2006-05-01 17.1 2006-06-01 16.6 2006-07-01 17.1 2006-08-01 17.1 2006-09-01 17.1 2006-10-01 16.3 2006-11-01 16.2 2006-12-01 16.1 2007-01-01 16.3 2007-02-01 16.7 2007-03-01 17.8 2007-04-01 16.9 2007-05-01 16.6 2007-06-01 16.5 2007-07-01 17.2 2007-08-01 17.0 2007-09-01 16.3 2007-10-01 17.0 2007-11-01 17.3 2007-12-01 16.6 2008-01-01 17.5 2008-02-01 16.9 2008-03-01 16.5 2008-04-01 16.9 2008-05-01 16.6 2008-06-01 17.1 2008-07-01 17.0 2008-08-01 17.7 2008-09-01 18.6 2008-10-01 19.9 2008-11-01 18.9 2008-12-01 19.9 2009-01-01 19.8 2009-02-01 20.1 2009-03-01 20.9 2009-04-01 21.6 2009-05-01 22.4 2009-06-01 23.9 2009-07-01 25.1 2009-08-01 25.3 2009-09-01 26.7 2009-10-01 27.4 2009-11-01 29.0 2009-12-01 29.7 2010-01-01 30.4 2010-02-01 29.8 2010-03-01 31.6 2010-04-01 33.2 2010-05-01 33.9 2010-06-01 34.4 2010-07-01 33.8 2010-08-01 33.6 2010-09-01 33.4 2010-10-01 34.0 2010-11-01 34.1 2010-12-01 34.8 2011-01-01 37.3 2011-02-01 37.4 2011-03-01 39.2 2011-04-01 38.6 2011-05-01 39.5 2011-06-01 39.6 2011-07-01 40.4 2011-08-01 40.3 2011-09-01 40.4 2011-10-01 38.9 2011-11-01 40.7 2011-12-01 40.7 2012-01-01 40.2 2012-02-01 39.9 2012-03-01 39.5 2012-04-01 39.1 2012-05-01 39.6 2012-06-01 39.7 2012-07-01 38.8 2012-08-01 39.3 2012-09-01 39.6 2012-10-01 39.9 2012-11-01 39.7 2012-12-01 38.1 2013-01-01 35.3 2013-02-01 36.9 2013-03-01 37.1 2013-04-01 36.5 2013-05-01 36.9 2013-06-01 35.6 2013-07-01 36.6 2013-08-01 37.0 2013-09-01 36.9 2013-10-01 36.1 2013-11-01 37.2