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HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES 27. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, and age
[Numbers in thousands]
Reason |
Total, 16 years and over |
Men, 20 years and over |
Women, 20 years and over |
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years |
2019 |
2020 |
2019 |
2020 |
2019 |
2020 |
2019 |
2020 |
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED |
|
Total unemployed |
6,001 |
12,947 |
2,819 |
6,118 |
2,435 |
5,804 |
746 |
1,025 |
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs |
2,786 |
9,770 |
1,548 |
4,837 |
1,132 |
4,507 |
106 |
426 |
On temporary layoff |
823 |
6,371 |
457 |
2,917 |
324 |
3,121 |
42 |
333 |
Not on temporary layoff |
1,963 |
3,399 |
1,091 |
1,920 |
807 |
1,386 |
64 |
92 |
Permanent job losers |
1,343 |
2,655 |
736 |
1,480 |
569 |
1,107 |
37 |
68 |
Persons who completed temporary jobs |
620 |
744 |
355 |
440 |
238 |
279 |
26 |
25 |
Job leavers |
814 |
683 |
418 |
343 |
344 |
296 |
52 |
44 |
Reentrants |
1,810 |
1,969 |
708 |
817 |
836 |
872 |
265 |
281 |
New entrants |
591 |
526 |
144 |
121 |
123 |
130 |
323 |
275 |
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PERCENT DISTRIBUTION |
|
Total unemployed |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs |
46.4 |
75.5 |
54.9 |
79.1 |
46.5 |
77.6 |
14.2 |
41.5 |
On temporary layoff |
13.7 |
49.2 |
16.2 |
47.7 |
13.3 |
53.8 |
5.6 |
32.5 |
Not on temporary layoff |
32.7 |
26.3 |
38.7 |
31.4 |
33.2 |
23.9 |
8.6 |
9.0 |
Job leavers |
13.6 |
5.3 |
14.8 |
5.6 |
14.1 |
5.1 |
7.0 |
4.3 |
Reentrants |
30.2 |
15.2 |
25.1 |
13.3 |
34.3 |
15.0 |
35.5 |
27.4 |
New entrants |
9.8 |
4.1 |
5.1 |
2.0 |
5.1 |
2.2 |
43.3 |
26.8 |
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UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE |
|
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs |
1.7 |
6.1 |
1.8 |
5.9 |
1.5 |
6.2 |
1.8 |
7.4 |
Job leavers |
0.5 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
0.9 |
0.8 |
Reentrants |
1.1 |
1.2 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
4.5 |
4.9 |
New entrants |
0.4 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
5.5 |
4.8 |
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
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Last Modified Date: January 22, 2021
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