• older workers were more likely than younger workers to be unemployed for two
years or more. While 8.2% of unemployed workers under the age of 35 had been
looking for work for two years or more, more than twice that percentage (18.2%)
of workers ages 45 and over had been out of work for two years or more.
• the percentage of unemployed workers with a high school degree who have been
out of work for two years or more (12.8%) was not statistically different from the
percentage of unemployed workers with a bachelor’s degree who have been out
of work for two years or more (13.5%).