In 2013, unemployed workers were more likely to be younger than older, but older workers were more likely than younger workers to have been out of work for two years or more.
Although an estimated 34.2% of persons with jobs were under the age of 35 in 2013, approximately half (50.8%) of unemployed workers were under the age of 35. On the other hand, among workers who had been unemployed for two years or more, 33.7% were under the age of 35, while almost half (47.6%) were ages 45 and over.
Among unemployed workers under the age of 35, 8.2% had been unemployed for two years or more. Among unemployed workers ages 45 and over, more than twice that percentage, 18.2%, had been looking for work for two years or more.