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

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