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Labor Department: 3.6 Million Jobs Lost Since December 2007

February 6 2009 by NycBoy

The US Labor Department released January 2009 figures. They said the unemployment rate rose to 7.6% and over 3.6 million jobs were lost since December 2007 . More than half those jobs were lost the past three months.

The number of people that have been out of a job for more than 15 weeks has increased 26% from September 2008:

US unemployed bar chart of less than 5 weeks 2009

That group makes up the bulk of the unemployed:

US unemployed pie chart by duration 2009