As of October 2023, the most common period of time to be unemployed for in the United States was less than five weeks. This demographic made up 2.27 million of those unemployed in the month of October 2023. As a comparison, in October 2022, this demographic was represented by 2.22 million people.
Duration of unemployment in the United States from October 2022 to October 2023, by number of unemployed
(in 1,000 people)
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (October 31, 2023). Duration of unemployment in the United States from October 2022 to October 2023, by number of unemployed (in 1,000 people) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 02, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1423519/unemployment-duration-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Duration of unemployment in the United States from October 2022 to October 2023, by number of unemployed (in 1,000 people)." Chart. October 31, 2023. Statista. Accessed October 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1423519/unemployment-duration-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2023). Duration of unemployment in the United States from October 2022 to October 2023, by number of unemployed (in 1,000 people). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1423519/unemployment-duration-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Duration of Unemployment in The United States from October 2022 to October 2023, by Number of Unemployed (in 1,000 People)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Oct 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1423519/unemployment-duration-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Duration of unemployment in the United States from October 2022 to October 2023, by number of unemployed (in 1,000 people) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1423519/unemployment-duration-us/ (last visited October 02, 2024)
Duration of unemployment in the United States from October 2022 to October 2023, by number of unemployed (in 1,000 people) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, October 31, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1423519/unemployment-duration-us/