For release 10:00 a.m. (ET) Wednesday, December 9, 2020 USDL-20-2217 

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WORK EXPERIENCE OF THE POPULATION — 2019

A total of 168.6 million persons worked at some point during 2019, the U.S. Bureau of Labor 

Statistics reported today. The proportion of the civilian noninstitutional population age 16 and 

over who worked at some time during 2019 was 64.9 percent, an increase of 0.5 percentage point 

from 2018. The number of persons who experienced some unemployment during 2019 edged up 

401,000 to 13.6 million.

These data are based on information collected in the Annual Social and Economic Supplement 

(ASEC) to the Current Population Survey (CPS). The CPS is a monthly survey conducted by the 

U.S. Census Bureau for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The ASEC collects information on 

employment and unemployment experienced during the prior calendar year. Additional 

information about the CPS and the ASEC, including concepts and definitions, is provided in the 

Technical Note.

Highlights from the 2019 data: 

• The proportion of workers who worked full time, year round in 2019 was 70.2 percent, little 

different from the prior year. (See table 1.) 

• The "work-experience unemployment rate"—defined as the number of persons unemployed 

at some time during the year as a proportion of the number of persons who worked or looked 

for work during the year—was 8.0 percent in 2019, little changed from 2018. (See table 3.) 

• About 2.0 million individuals looked for a job but did not work at all in 2019, down from 2.2 

million in 2018. (See table 3.) 

Persons with Employment

Overall, 64.9 percent of the population worked in 2019, up from 64.4 percent in 2018. The 

proportion of men who worked at some time during 2019 was 70.1 percent, up slightly from the 

prior year (+0.4 percentage point). The proportion of women increased 0.7 percentage point to 

60.1 percent in 2019. (See table 1.) 
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Among the major race and ethnicity groups, the proportions who worked at some time during 

2019 increased for Whites (65.1 percent), Asians (66.1 percent), and Hispanics (67.9 percent). 

The proportion for Blacks (62.8 percent) showed little change from 2018. (See table 2.)

Among those with work experience in 2019, 80.8 percent usually worked full time, the same as a 

year earlier. The proportion of women who usually worked full time edged up 0.5 percentage 

point over the year to 74.9 percent in 2019. The share of men, however, declined 0.5 percentage 

point to 86.2 percent. Among those who worked at some point in 2019, Asians (84.3 percent) 

were more likely to work full time than Blacks (81.7 percent), Hispanics (81.3 percent), and 

Whites (80.4 percent). (See tables 1 and 2.) 

Of the total who worked during 2019, 80.4 percent were employed year round (working 50 to 52 

weeks, either full or part time), down 0.4 percentage point from 2018. The share of men working 

year round declined 0.7 percentage point to 82.4 percent in 2019, while the percentage of women 

working year round was little changed at 78.2 percent. (See table 1.) 

Persons with Unemployment

Overall, 170.7 million persons worked or looked for work at some time in 2019, up 2.0 million 

from the prior year. Of those, the number who experienced some unemployment during 2019 

edged up 401,000 to 13.6 million. (See table 3.)

The work-experience unemployment rate (those looking for work during the year as a percent of 

those who worked or looked for work during the year) was 8.0 percent in 2019. This is little 

different from the series low of 7.8 percent reached in 2018 (the series began in 1958). (See table 

3.) 

In 2019, men continued to have a higher work-experience unemployment rate than women, at 

8.3 percent and 7.6 percent, respectively. The rates for both men and women changed little from 

the prior year. (See table 3.) 

Among the major race and ethnicity groups, the work-experience unemployment rate for Blacks 

increased to 11.5 percent in 2019, while the rates for Whites (7.3 percent), Asians (6.1 percent), 

and Hispanics (10.0 percent) saw little or no change. Among Whites and Blacks, the rate for men 

was higher than the rate for women, while the rates for men and women were little different from 

each other for Asians and Hispanics. (See table 4.)

The number of individuals who both worked and experienced unemployment in 2019 rose to 

11.5 million. Among these workers, 46.1 percent looked for work for 15 weeks or more, and 

20.9 percent had two or more spells of unemployment. Men continued to be more likely than 

women to experience multiple spells of unemployment (22.4 percent and 19.2 percent, 

respectively). Asians were less likely than Whites, Blacks, or Hispanics to experience two or 

more spells of unemployment in 2019. (See tables 3 and 4.) 
Technical Note

The data presented in this release were collected in the 

Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) to the 

Current Population Survey (CPS). The CPS is a monthly 

sample survey of about 60,000 eligible households, conducted 

by the U.S. Census Bureau for the U.S. Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS). Data from the CPS are used to obtain the 

monthly estimates of the nation's employment and 

unemployment levels. The ASEC, conducted in the months of 

February through April, includes questions about work activity 

during the prior calendar year. For instance, data collected in 

2020 refer to the 2019 calendar year. Because the reference 

period is a full year, the number of persons with some 

employment or unemployment greatly exceeds the average 

levels for any given month, which are based on a 1-week 

reference period, and the corresponding annual average of the 

monthly estimates. As shown below, for example, the number 

experiencing any unemployment was about twice the number 

unemployed in an average month during the year.

Employed Unemployed

2019 estimates (in thousands)

 Annual average of

 monthly estimates 157,538 6,001

 Annual supplement data 168,632 13,572

In addition, estimates from the supplement differ from 

those obtained in the basic CPS because the questions used to 

classify workers as either employed or unemployed are 

different. More important, perhaps, is that the supplement 

contains fewer questions for categorizing respondents. In 

regard to unemployment in particular, the supplement has no 

questions on the type of job search activity or on the 

respondent's availability to work. Also, individuals can be 

counted as both employed and unemployed in the work 

experience supplement data, whereas, for a specific monthly 

reference week, each person is only counted in one category and 

employment activity takes precedence over job search activity.

The data presented in this release are not strictly 

comparable with data for earlier years due to the introduction 

of updated population controls used in the CPS. The population 

controls are updated each year in January to reflect the latest 

information about population change. Additional information is 

available at www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm#pop. 

Reliability of the estimates

Statistics based on the CPS are subject to both sampling 

and nonsampling error. When a sample, rather than the entire 

population, is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample 

estimates may differ from the true population values they 

represent. The component of this difference that occurs because 

samples differ by chance is known as sampling error, and its 

variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate. 

There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that 

an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 

standard errors from the true population value because of 

sampling error. BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-

percent level of confidence.

The CPS data also are affected by nonsampling error.

Nonsampling error can occur for many reasons, including the 

failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain 

information for all respondents in the sample, inability or 

unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information, 

and errors made in the collection or processing of the data.

A full discussion of the reliability of data from the CPS 

and information on estimating standard errors is available at 

www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm#reliability. 

Concepts and definitions

The principle concepts and definitions used in connection 

with the data in this release are described briefly below. 

Persons who worked. In the 2020 supplement, persons are 

considered to have worked if they responded "yes" to either the 

question "Did you work at a job or business at any time during 

2019?" or "Did you do any temporary, part-time, or seasonal 

work even for a few days during 2019?"

Unemployed persons. Persons who worked during the 

year but not in every week are counted as unemployed if they 

also reported looking for work or being on layoff from a job 

during the year. Those who reported no work activity during the 

year are considered unemployed if they responded "yes" to the 

question "Even though you did not work in 2019, did you spend 

any time trying to find a job or on layoff?"

Work-experience unemployment rate. The number of 

persons unemployed at some time during the year as a 

proportion of the number of persons who worked or looked for 

work during the year.

Labor force participants. Persons who either worked or 

were unemployed during the year.

Usual full- and part-time employment. These data refer to 

the number of hours a worker typically works during most 

weeks of the year. Workers are classified as full time if they 

usually worked 35 hours or more in a week; part-time 

employment refers to workers whose typical workweek was 

between 1 and 34 hours.

Year-round and part-year employment. Workers are 

classified as year round if they worked 50 to 52 weeks. Partyear employment refers to workers who worked fewer than 50 

weeks.

Other information

Information in this release will be made available to 

sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 

691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339.
Table 1. Work experience of the population during the year by sex and extent of employment, 2018-2019

[Numbers in thousands]

Extent of Employment

Total

2018 2019

Men

2018 2019

Women

2018 2019

NUMBER OF EMPLOYED

Civilian noninstitutional population 258,527 259,757 125,027 125,638 133,500 134,119

Total who worked or looked for work 168,617 170,663 88,364 89,200 80,253 81,463

Percent of the population 65.2 65.7 70.7 71.0 60.1 60.7

Total who worked during the year1 166,402 168,632 87,163 88,074 79,239 80,558

Percent of the population 64.4 64.9 69.7 70.1 59.4 60.1

Full time2 134,458 136,229 75,541 75,882 58,917 60,347

50 to 52 weeks 117,172 118,324 66,451 66,364 50,721 51,960

48 to 49 weeks 1,876 2,011 1,058 1,136 818 874

40 to 47 weeks 5,166 5,175 2,618 2,771 2,548 2,404

27 to 39 weeks 3,689 3,649 1,939 1,961 1,750 1,687

14 to 26 weeks 3,994 4,181 2,096 2,163 1,898 2,019

1 to 13 weeks 2,561 2,889 1,379 1,486 1,181 1,403

Part time3 31,944 32,404 11,622 12,192 20,323 20,212

50 to 52 weeks 17,363 17,236 6,000 6,165 11,364 11,072

48 to 49 weeks 831 821 302 285 529 536

40 to 47 weeks 2,834 2,795 970 1,038 1,864 1,758

27 to 39 weeks 2,709 2,774 997 1,100 1,711 1,674

14 to 26 weeks 4,286 4,576 1,701 1,823 2,585 2,753

1 to 13 weeks 3,920 4,200 1,651 1,781 2,269 2,419

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Total who worked during the year1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Full time2 80.8 80.8 86.7 86.2 74.4 74.9

50 to 52 weeks 70.4 70.2 76.2 75.4 64.0 64.5

48 to 49 weeks 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.0 1.1

40 to 47 weeks 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.0

27 to 39 weeks 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.1

14 to 26 weeks 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.5

1 to 13 weeks 1.5 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.7

Part time3 19.2 19.2 13.3 13.8 25.6 25.1

50 to 52 weeks 10.4 10.2 6.9 7.0 14.3 13.7

48 to 49 weeks 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.7

40 to 47 weeks 1.7 1.7 1.1 1.2 2.4 2.2

27 to 39 weeks 1.6 1.6 1.1 1.2 2.2 2.1

14 to 26 weeks 2.6 2.7 2.0 2.1 3.3 3.4

1 to 13 weeks 2.4 2.5 1.9 2.0 2.9 3.0

1 Time worked includes paid vacation and sick leave.

2 Usually worked 35 hours or more per week.

3 Usually worked 1 to 34 hours per week.

NOTE: Data refer to persons 16 years and over. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates

no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000).
Table 2. Work experience of the population during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2018-2019

[Numbers in thousands]

Extent of employment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Total

2018 2019

Men

2018 2019

Women

2018 2019

WHITE

Civilian noninstitutional population 200,567 201,193 98,110 98,480 102,457 102,712

Total who worked or looked for work 131,215 132,264 70,101 70,444 61,114 61,820

Percent of the population 65.4 65.7 71.5 71.5 59.6 60.2

Total who worked during the year1 129,712 131,032 69,271 69,766 60,442 61,266

Percent of the population 64.7 65.1 70.6 70.8 59.0 59.6

Percent who worked during the year1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Full time2 80.4 80.4 86.8 86.4 73.1 73.7

50 to 52 weeks 70.1 70.0 76.6 75.7 62.8 63.5

27 to 49 weeks 6.4 6.5 6.4 6.7 6.5 6.1

1 to 26 weeks 3.8 4.0 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.1

Part time3 19.6 19.6 13.2 13.6 26.9 26.3

50 to 52 weeks 10.7 10.5 6.9 7.0 15.1 14.5

27 to 49 weeks 4.0 3.9 2.7 2.7 5.5 5.2

1 to 26 weeks 4.9 5.2 3.6 4.0 6.3 6.6

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Civilian noninstitutional population 32,923 33,232 15,047 15,194 17,877 18,038

Total who worked or looked for work 21,013 21,441 9,723 9,996 11,290 11,444

Percent of the population 63.8 64.5 64.6 65.8 63.2 63.4

Total who worked during the year1 20,533 20,881 9,478 9,668 11,055 11,213

Percent of the population 62.4 62.8 63.0 63.6 61.8 62.2

Percent who worked during the year1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Full time2 82.4 81.7 85.1 84.3 80.0 79.5

50 to 52 weeks 71.6 70.2 74.5 71.9 69.1 68.7

27 to 49 weeks 6.3 6.6 6.2 7.1 6.3 6.2

1 to 26 weeks 4.5 4.9 4.4 5.3 4.5 4.6

Part time3 17.6 18.3 14.9 15.7 20.0 20.5

50 to 52 weeks 9.2 9.5 7.2 7.9 10.8 10.9

27 to 49 weeks 3.2 3.5 2.4 3.1 3.9 3.8

1 to 26 weeks 5.2 5.3 5.2 4.7 5.2 5.8

ASIAN

Civilian noninstitutional population 16,260 16,413 7,685 7,717 8,575 8,696

Total who worked or looked for work 10,589 10,935 5,597 5,753 4,992 5,182

Percent of the population 65.1 66.6 72.8 74.5 58.2 59.6

Total who worked during the year1 10,486 10,845 5,541 5,711 4,945 5,133

Percent of the population 64.5 66.1 72.1 74.0 57.7 59.0

Percent who worked during the year1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Full time2 84.7 84.3 89.9 88.4 78.8 79.6

50 to 52 weeks 75.6 74.5 80.7 80.3 69.9 68.1

27 to 49 weeks 5.8 5.2 6.0 4.1 5.5 6.5

1 to 26 weeks 3.3 4.5 3.2 4.1 3.4 5.0

Part time3 15.3 15.7 10.1 11.6 21.2 20.4

50 to 52 weeks 9.0 8.5 5.6 6.2 12.9 11.1

27 to 49 weeks 2.8 3.1 1.8 2.3 4.0 3.9

1 to 26 weeks 3.5 4.1 2.7 3.0 4.3 5.4

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2. Work experience of the population during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2018-2019 --

Continued

[Numbers in thousands]

Extent of employment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Total

2018 2019

Men

2018 2019

Women

2018 2019

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population 43,196 43,889 21,503 21,837 21,692 22,051

Total who worked or looked for work 29,240 30,259 16,341 16,762 12,899 13,497

Percent of the population 67.7 68.9 76.0 76.8 59.5 61.2

Total who worked during the year1 28,781 29,797 16,095 16,518 12,686 13,280

Percent of the population 66.6 67.9 74.8 75.6 58.5 60.2

Percent who worked during the year1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Full time2 81.2 81.3 87.2 87.1 73.6 74.0

50 to 52 weeks 69.7 69.1 75.8 74.5 62.0 62.3

27 to 49 weeks 7.2 7.8 7.5 8.3 6.8 7.0

1 to 26 weeks 4.3 4.4 3.9 4.3 4.8 4.6

Part time3 18.8 18.7 12.8 12.9 26.4 26.0

50 to 52 weeks 10.8 10.3 7.4 6.7 15.0 14.7

27 to 49 weeks 3.5 3.3 2.2 2.4 5.1 4.3

1 to 26 weeks 4.5 5.2 3.1 3.7 6.3 7.0

1 Time worked includes paid vacation and sick leave.

2 Usually worked 35 hours or more per week.

3 Usually worked 1 to 34 hours per week.

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals shown in table 1 because data are not

presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced

annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than

75,000).
Table 3. Extent of unemployment during the year by sex, 2018-2019

[Numbers in thousands]

Extent of unemployment

Total

2018 2019

Men

2018 2019

Women

2018 2019

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Total who worked or looked for work 168,617 170,663 88,364 89,200 80,253 81,463

Percent with unemployment 7.8 8.0 8.2 8.3 7.4 7.6

Total with unemployment 13,171 13,572 7,210 7,420 5,962 6,153

Did not work but looked for work 2,215 2,030 1,202 1,126 1,014 905

1 to 14 weeks 891 783 453 434 438 349

15 weeks or more 1,324 1,247 748 691 576 556

Worked during the year 10,956 11,542 6,008 6,294 4,948 5,248

Year-round workers1 with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment 452 432 287 257 165 175

Part-year workers2 with unemployment 10,504 11,110 5,721 6,037 4,783 5,073

1 to 4 weeks 2,350 2,378 1,097 1,137 1,253 1,241

5 to 10 weeks 1,651 1,849 888 1,004 763 845

11 to 14 weeks 1,430 1,566 783 871 647 695

15 to 26 weeks 2,793 2,813 1,621 1,633 1,172 1,180

27 weeks or more 2,281 2,504 1,333 1,392 948 1,112

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers 13.9 13.8 14.7 14.4 12.8 13.1

With 2 spells or more of unemployment 2,381 2,418 1,419 1,408 961 1,010

2 spells 1,124 1,185 622 721 502 464

3 spells or more 1,256 1,232 797 687 459 546

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Did not work but looked for work 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

1 to 14 weeks 40.2 38.6 37.7 38.6 43.2 38.6

15 weeks or more 59.8 61.4 62.3 61.4 56.8 61.4

Worked during the year 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Year-round workers1 with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment 4.1 3.7 4.8 4.1 3.3 3.3

Part-year workers2 with unemployment 95.9 96.3 95.2 95.9 96.7 96.7

1 to 4 weeks 21.4 20.6 18.3 18.1 25.3 23.7

5 to 10 weeks 15.1 16.0 14.8 16.0 15.4 16.1

11 to 14 weeks 13.0 13.6 13.0 13.8 13.1 13.2

15 to 26 weeks 25.5 24.4 27.0 25.9 23.7 22.5

27 weeks or more 20.8 21.7 22.2 22.1 19.2 21.2

With 2 spells or more of unemployment 21.7 20.9 23.6 22.4 19.4 19.2

2 spells 10.3 10.3 10.4 11.5 10.1 8.8

3 spells or more 11.5 10.7 13.3 10.9 9.3 10.4

1 Worked 50 or 51 weeks.

2 Worked less than 50 weeks.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet

publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000).
Table 4. Extent of unemployment during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2018-2019

[Numbers in thousands]

Extent of unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Total

2018 2019

Men

2018 2019

Women

2018 2019

WHITE

Total who worked or looked for work 131,215 132,264 70,101 70,444 61,114 61,820

Percent with unemployment 7.3 7.3 7.6 7.7 7.0 6.9

Total with unemployment 9,590 9,720 5,332 5,428 4,258 4,292

Did not work but looked for work 1,503 1,232 830 677 672 555

Worked during the year 8,088 8,488 4,501 4,751 3,586 3,738

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers 13.3 13.1 13.8 13.8 12.5 12.0

Percent who worked during the year1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Year-round workers2 with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment 4.0 4.0 5.0 4.2 2.7 3.7

Part-year workers3 with unemployment 96.0 96.0 95.0 95.8 97.3 96.3

1 to 4 weeks 22.3 21.6 18.8 18.7 26.6 25.2

5 to 14 weeks 29.6 31.6 30.2 31.4 28.8 31.9

15 weeks or more 44.2 42.8 46.0 45.6 41.9 39.3

With 2 spells or more of unemployment 22.2 20.4 23.8 21.9 20.1 18.5

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Total who worked or looked for work 21,013 21,441 9,723 9,996 11,290 11,444

Percent with unemployment 10.6 11.5 11.5 12.5 9.8 10.5

Total with unemployment 2,230 2,456 1,119 1,252 1,111 1,205

Did not work but looked for work 480 560 246 328 235 232

Worked during the year 1,749 1,896 873 923 876 973

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers 17.4 18.6 20.4 19.3 14.5 17.8

Percent who worked during the year1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Year-round workers2 with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment 4.7 3.2 4.3 3.4 5.1 3.1

Part-year workers3 with unemployment 95.3 96.8 95.7 96.6 94.9 96.9

1 to 4 weeks 16.9 15.5 13.3 13.7 20.4 17.3

5 to 14 weeks 22.8 22.5 19.3 21.8 26.3 23.2

15 weeks or more 55.6 58.7 63.1 61.0 48.2 56.4

With 2 spells or more of unemployment 20.2 24.7 23.2 25.6 17.3 23.8

ASIAN

Total who worked or looked for work 10,589 10,935 5,597 5,753 4,992 5,182

Percent with unemployment 5.8 6.1 6.4 6.2 5.0 6.0

Total with unemployment 610 666 359 355 251 311

Did not work but looked for work 103 90 56 41 47 49

Worked during the year 507 576 303 313 204 262

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers 13.9 16.3 14.1 15.1 13.6 18.7

Percent who worked during the year1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Year-round workers2 with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment 4.7 4.6 6.6 6.8 2.0 2.0

Part-year workers3 with unemployment 95.3 95.4 93.4 93.2 98.0 98.0

1 to 4 weeks 20.1 19.5 20.0 17.2 20.2 22.2

5 to 14 weeks 29.7 24.0 26.5 25.8 34.5 21.8

15 weeks or more 45.5 51.9 47.0 50.1 43.3 54.0

With 2 spells or more of unemployment 16.3 13.8 15.6 16.7 17.5 10.3

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 4. Extent of unemployment during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2018-2019 -- Continued

[Numbers in thousands]

Extent of unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Total

2018 2019

Men

2018 2019

Women

2018 2019

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Total who worked or looked for work 29,240 30,259 16,341 16,762 12,899 13,497

Percent with unemployment 9.7 10.0 9.5 9.9 9.8 10.1

Total with unemployment 2,827 3,024 1,559 1,657 1,269 1,367

Did not work but looked for work 459 462 246 244 213 218

Worked during the year 2,368 2,563 1,312 1,413 1,056 1,150

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers 14.7 14.4 13.9 15.0 16.2 13.8

Percent who worked during the year1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Year-round workers2 with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment 3.3 2.7 4.4 2.3 1.8 3.1

Part-year workers3 with unemployment 96.7 97.3 95.6 97.7 98.2 96.9

1 to 4 weeks 20.2 18.1 19.5 17.3 21.1 19.1

5 to 14 weeks 27.5 31.3 30.1 30.5 24.3 32.3

15 weeks or more 49.0 47.9 45.9 49.9 52.8 45.5

With 2 spells or more of unemployment 24.4 24.8 26.4 24.5 21.9 25.2

1 Time worked includes paid vacation and sick leave.

2 Worked 50 or 51 weeks.

3 Worked less than 50 weeks.

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals shown in table 3 because data are not

presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced

annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than

75,000).