Covid and Long-Term Unemployment in US – About four-in-ten unemployed workers had been out of work for more than six months

About four-in-ten unemployed workers had been out of work for more than six months in February 2021, about double the share in February 2020.

Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story @ Long-term U.S. unemployment rose sharply under COVID-19; Asian Americans hit hardest | Pew Research Center