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Long-Term Unemployment in Wyoming and the U.S. (Tables and Figures)

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Table 1. National Unemployment by Reason and Average Duration 2006 and 20101
  Unemployed2 Job Loser Completed
Temp Job
Job Leavers Reentrants New Entrants Duration of
Unemployment
in Weeks
Year % N % % % % % Mean Median
2006 4.6 7,001,000 34.3 13.2 11.8 32.0 8.8 16.8 8.3
2007 4.6 7,078,000 35.9 13.8 11.2 30.3 8.9 16.8 8.5
2008 5.8 8,924,000 40.5 13.2 10.0 27.7 8.6 17.9 9.4
2009 9.3 14,265,000 52.8 11.4 6.2 22.3 7.3 24.4 15.1
2010 9.6 14,825,000 52.7 9.7 6.0 23.4 8.2 33.0 21.4
Change from 2006 to 2010
    7,824,000 18.4 -3.5 -5.8 -8.6 -0.6 16.2 13.1
 
1Based on annual averages
2Unemployment rate is the published BLS estimate

 

 

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Table 2. Unemployment by Reason and Average Duration for Wyoming 2006 to 20101
Year Unemployed2 Job Loser Completed
Temp Job
Job Leavers Reentrants New
Entrants3
Duration of
Unemployment
in Weeks
% N % % % % % Mean Median
2006 3.2 10,000 30.0 10.0 20.0 40.0 5.0 10.1 3.9
2007 2.8 8,000 12.5 25.0 25.0 37.5 6.3 8.7 4.2
2008 3.1 9,000 22.2 22.2 22.2 33.3 5.6 9.0 3.8
2009 6.5 19,000 52.6 15.8 10.5 21.1 5.3 15.6 9.2
2010 7.0 20,000 40.0 15.0 15.0 25.0 5.0 22.7 12.6
Change from 2006 to 2010
    10,000 10.0 5.0 -5.0 -15.0 0.0 12.6 8.7
 
1Based on annual averages.
2Unemployment rate is the published BLS estimate.
3If new entrants were less than 500, the percentage is based on a numerator of 500.
Note: The total percentage across categories may not equal 100% given the new entrants calculation.

 

 

Table 3: Unemployment Rate for Selected States, 2010
State 2010
Unemployment
Rate
Nevada 14.90%
California 12.40%
Michigan 12.50%
Florida 11.50%
Wyoming 7.00%
 
Source: U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
(http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/srgune.pdf). 

 

 

 

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