Duration (seasonally adjusted) July 2010 July 2007
Average number of weeks unemployed 34.2 17.2 Number unemployed 27 weeks or longer 6,572 1,298 Percentage unemployed 27 weeks or longer 44.9% 18.4% 1. Race data does not sum because white and black categories include Hispanics. 2. For education data, the % of total unemployed is based on the number of unemployed workers who are 25 and over, not the total population of unemployed workers. 3. For industry data, the % of total unemployed is based on the total number of unemployed workers according to the not seasonally adjusted data. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey. 2.20 1.86