This statistic shows the percentage of unemployed who were jobless for 27 weeks or longer in the U.S. in 2019, by age group. In 2019, there were total 1.27 million people unemployed for 27 weeks or longer, amounting to 21.1 percent of all unemployed in the U.S. Among all unemployed, aged between 25 to 34 years, about 21.32 percent people were unemployed for 27 weeks or longer.
Percentage of unemployed who were jobless for 27 weeks or longer in the U.S. in 2019, by age group
Percentage of long-term unemployed among all unemployed
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (January 22, 2020). Percentage of unemployed who were jobless for 27 weeks or longer in the U.S. in 2019, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 10, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/218653/long-term-unemployment-as-a-percentage-of-the-total-unemployed-in-the-us-by-age/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Percentage of unemployed who were jobless for 27 weeks or longer in the U.S. in 2019, by age group." Chart. January 22, 2020. Statista. Accessed August 10, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/218653/long-term-unemployment-as-a-percentage-of-the-total-unemployed-in-the-us-by-age/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2020). Percentage of unemployed who were jobless for 27 weeks or longer in the U.S. in 2019, by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 10, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/218653/long-term-unemployment-as-a-percentage-of-the-total-unemployed-in-the-us-by-age/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Percentage of Unemployed Who Were Jobless for 27 Weeks or Longer in The U.S. in 2019, by Age Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Jan 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/218653/long-term-unemployment-as-a-percentage-of-the-total-unemployed-in-the-us-by-age/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Percentage of unemployed who were jobless for 27 weeks or longer in the U.S. in 2019, by age group Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/218653/long-term-unemployment-as-a-percentage-of-the-total-unemployed-in-the-us-by-age/ (last visited August 10, 2020)
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