Unemployed People by Duration
Unemployed People by Duration
This week’s visualization is based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data and compares the number of unemployed people by duration from July 2016 to July 2026.
My Visualization
This visualization compares unemployment-duration groups over time, making the pandemic-era surge and the later rise in long-term unemployment easy to see.
AI-assisted Visualization
Below is an AI-assisted Plotly line chart that compares unemployment by duration and highlights how long-term unemployment peaked after the initial pandemic shock.
Insights
- Short-duration unemployment surged first in spring 2020, while the 27-weeks-or-more group peaked later at 4.2 million in March 2021;
- In July 2026, 1.8 million people had been unemployed for at least 27 weeks, about 60% above the February 2020 level.
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