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- The unemployment rate for workers 55 and older is 7.1 percent.
- Older workers spend an average of 36 weeks out of work.
- On average, 51.4 percent of older workers spend 27 weeks or longer out of work.
- Of unemployed older workers, 199,000 got discouraged and gave up looking for jobs.
Source: AARP
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