1900 OECD, Long Term Unemployment, Global, 2006 data Long-term unemployment is here measured as those who have been unemployed for 12 months or more as a percentage of the total number of persons unemployed. Clearly, long-term unemployment is of particular concern to policy makers. Quite apart from the mental stress caused to the unemployed and their families, high rates of long-term unemployment indicate that labour markets are operating inefficiently and, in countries which pay generous unemployment benefits, the existence of long-term unemployment is a significant burden on government finances. 19321 DC Unemployment by Ward kate DC Unemployment Data from the Department of Employment Services 17637 Monthly US Unemployment Rates not seasonally adjusted, Virginia by County, September 2009 emily This dataset from the Bureau of Labor Statistics gives the unemployment rates by county for September 2008, 2009 and the 12 month change. 8910 Unemployment Rate (preliminary), USA by State, November 2008 emily This dataset gives the Unemployment Rates for States and their Monthly Rankings for Nov. 2008p. The data is Seasonally Adjusted and Preliminary. Data are from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 1354 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Unemployment Rates by County, USA, 2000 laurie This dataset includes unemployment rates for all counties in the lower 48 for the year 2000. The data was extracted from the Bureau of Labor Statistic Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)program. (Pre-Update) 1358 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Unemployment Rates by County, USA, 2001 laurie This dataset includes unemployment rates for all counties in the lower 48 for the year 2001. I have also calculated Rates of Change from 2000 and they are included as well. The data was extracted from the Bureau of Labor Statistic Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)program. (pre-update) 1359 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Unemployment Rates by County, USA, 2002 laurie This dataset includes unemployment rates for all counties in the lower 48 for the year 2002. I have also calculated Rates of Change from 2001 they are included as well. The data was extracted from the Bureau of Labor Statistic Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)program. (pre-update) 1440 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Unemployment Rates by County, USA, 2003 laurie This dataset includes unemployment rates for all counties in the lower 48 for the year 2003. Rates of Change from 2002 are also included. The data was extracted from the Bureau of Labor Statistic Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)program. (pre-update) 1441 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Unemployment Rates by County, USA, 2004 laurie This dataset includes unemployment rates for all counties in the lower 48 for the year 2004. I calculated Rates of Change from 2003 and they are also included. The data was extracted from the Bureau of Labor Statistic Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)program. (pre-update) 1442 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Unemployment Rates by County, USA, 2005 laurie This dataset includes unemployment rates for all counties in the lower 48 for the year 2005. I calculated Rates of Change from 2004 and they are also included. The data was extracted from the Bureau of Labor Statistic Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)program. (pre-update)