Long-Term Unemployment

Long-Term Unemployment is the proportion of residents aged 16 through 64 who have been unemployed for at least 12 months. Long-term unemployment rate is calculated using data from American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates.

While any period of unemployment has a negative impact on health, long-term unemployment has been shown to have a severe impact. Long durations of unemployment are linked to greater risk of suicide and suicide attempts. Long-Term Unemployment is in the Employment Opportunities domain.

Neighborhoodsort descending Indicator Value Rank
Armatage 5.7% 48
Audubon Park 5.5% 45
Bancroft 4.3% 22
Beltrami 9.4% 77
Bottineau 7.6% 64
Bryant 4.0% 19
Bryn - Mawr 3.6% 15
Calhoun Area Residents Action Group (CARAG) 3.8% 17
Camden Industrial 0.0% 1
Cedar - Isles - Dean 5.7% 48
Cedar Riverside 9.9% 79
Central 4.6% 30
Cleveland 5.2% 37
Columbia Park 3.6% 15
Como 4.4% 27
Cooper 6.1% 52
Corcoran 7.5% 63
Diamond Lake 4.3% 22
Downtown East 11.1% 82
Downtown West 8.8% 73
East Calhoun (ECCO) 4.6% 30
East Harriet 5.3% 43
East Isles 6.4% 55
East Phillips 11.7% 83
Elliot Park 5.2% 37
Ericsson 3.0% 8
Field 6.9% 58
Folwell 5.1% 36
Fulton 5.2% 37
Hale 1.8% 5
Harrison 4.7% 32
Hawthorne 8.1% 67
Hiawatha 7.9% 66
Holland 13.2% 85
Howe 6.3% 53
Humboldt Industrial Area 0.0% 1
Jordan 8.9% 75
Keewaydin 2.9% 7
Kenny 5.2% 37
Kenwood 5.7% 48
King Field 3.2% 10
Lind - Bohanon 3.3% 11
Linden Hills 4.3% 22
Logan Park 8.7% 71
Longfellow 7.0% 60
Loring Park 3.8% 17
Lowry Hill 3.3% 11
Lowry Hill East 6.5% 56
Lyndale 5.0% 35
Lynnhurst 4.2% 20
Marcy Holmes 8.5% 69
Marshall Terrace 6.9% 58
McKinley 4.4% 27
Mid - City Industrial 4.4% 27
Midtown Phillips 16.9% 87
Minnehaha 1.7% 4
Morris Park 5.2% 37
Near - North 14.1% 86
Nicollet Island - East Bank 5.4% 44
North Loop 5.5% 45
Northeast Park 9.4% 77
Northrop 2.5% 6
Page 5.2% 37
Phillips West 8.7% 71
Powderhorn Park 7.2% 61
Prospect Park - East River Road 6.7% 57
Regina 8.9% 75
Seward 6.0% 51
Sheridan 8.8% 73
Shingle Creek 7.8% 65
St. Anthony East 1.2% 3
St. Anthony West 4.3% 22
Standish 4.7% 32
Steven's Square - Loring Heights 4.3% 22
Sumner - Glenwood (Heritage Park) 12.3% 84
Tangletown 3.3% 11
University of Minnesota 8.2% 68
Ventura Village 8.6% 70
Victory 7.3% 62
Waite Park 3.3% 11
Webber - Camden 10.4% 81
Wenonah 5.5% 45
West Calhoun 6.3% 53
Whittier 4.2% 20
Willard - Hay 9.9% 79
Windom 4.9% 34
Windom Park 3.0% 8

Key Citations:
1. Katz, Lawrence F. Testimony for the Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress. Long-Term Unemployment in the Great Recession, Hearing, April 29, 2010.
Available here

2. Sullivan, Daniel and Till von Wachter, 2009 (as cited in Katz, Lawrence F., 2010).

3. Milner, Allison, Andrew Page, Anthony D. LaMontagne. “Long-Term Unemployment and Suicide: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis” (2012). PLoS ONE