The average length of unemployment for American workers in October was nearly 27 weeks -- more than six months, the longest since the Labor Department started to keep track in 1948. The last time the average was even remotely that high was during the last major recession in the early 1980s. In July 1983, the average length of unemployment was 21 weeks.
In October nearly 36 percent of all jobless workers were considered among the long-term unemployed, according to an analysis by the National Employment Law Project, or NELP, a research and advocacy group. The second highest on record was 26 percent in 1983.
The benefits of about 500,000 Ohioans are scheduled to expire in 2010, according to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. About 70,000 with benefits expiring by the 2009 deadline are expected to be eligible for the extension. More...
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