Figure 5. Reasons for unemployment, quarterly averages, seasonally adjusted, 1990–2015 (in thousands)
Year and quarter |
Job losers |
Job leavers |
Reentrants |
New entrants |
1990 Q1
|
3,101 |
1,070 |
1,843 |
713 |
1990 Q2
|
3,173 |
1,027 |
1,859 |
660 |
1990 Q3
|
3,467 |
1,034 |
1,968 |
674 |
1990 Q4
|
3,864 |
1,031 |
2,062 |
704 |
1991 Q1
|
4,461 |
1,038 |
2,069 |
729 |
1991 Q2
|
4,667 |
1,006 |
2,169 |
789 |
1991 Q3
|
4,787 |
986 |
2,116 |
803 |
1991 Q4
|
4,893 |
988 |
2,214 |
845 |
1992 Q1
|
5,270 |
979 |
2,272 |
871 |
1992 Q2
|
5,552 |
1,003 |
2,235 |
953 |
1992 Q3
|
5,467 |
1,056 |
2,332 |
1,003 |
1992 Q4
|
5,275 |
975 |
2,304 |
927 |
1993 Q1
|
4,950 |
1,005 |
2,275 |
966 |
1993 Q2
|
4,954 |
973 |
2,248 |
950 |
1993 Q3
|
4,862 |
939 |
2,136 |
893 |
1993 Q4
|
4,590 |
989 |
2,130 |
872 |
1994 Q1
|
4,195 |
840 |
2,928 |
627 |
1994 Q2
|
3,717 |
804 |
2,939 |
603 |
1994 Q3
|
3,723 |
797 |
2,706 |
611 |
1994 Q4
|
3,535 |
721 |
2,574 |
582 |
1995 Q1
|
3,431 |
767 |
2,465 |
572 |
1995 Q2
|
3,494 |
855 |
2,597 |
584 |
1995 Q3
|
3,469 |
845 |
2,564 |
592 |
1995 Q4
|
3,519 |
833 |
2,485 |
573 |
1996 Q1
|
3,531 |
787 |
2,465 |
586 |
1996 Q2
|
3,506 |
705 |
2,564 |
571 |
1996 Q3
|
3,191 |
758 |
2,506 |
580 |
1996 Q4
|
3,211 |
846 |
2,524 |
583 |
1997 Q1
|
3,189 |
814 |
2,502 |
607 |
1997 Q2
|
3,050 |
795 |
2,380 |
570 |
1997 Q3
|
2,934 |
847 |
2,253 |
563 |
1997 Q4
|
2,941 |
714 |
2,212 |
534 |
1998 Q1
|
2,883 |
773 |
2,201 |
536 |
1998 Q2
|
2,770 |
699 |
2,081 |
528 |
1998 Q3
|
2,823 |
754 |
2,143 |
488 |
1998 Q4
|
2,811 |
708 |
2,105 |
523 |
1999 Q1
|
2,687 |
746 |
2,031 |
497 |
1999 Q2
|
2,663 |
807 |
2,010 |
440 |
1999 Q3
|
2,623 |
785 |
1,991 |
477 |
1999 Q4
|
2,495 |
799 |
1,989 |
468 |
2000 Q1
|
2,568 |
785 |
2,006 |
414 |
2000 Q2
|
2,400 |
766 |
2,005 |
433 |
2000 Q3
|
2,547 |
795 |
1,917 |
449 |
2000 Q4
|
2,531 |
771 |
1,907 |
437 |
2001 Q1
|
2,920 |
823 |
1,935 |
406 |
2001 Q2
|
3,185 |
794 |
1,884 |
464 |
2001 Q3
|
3,491 |
843 |
2,094 |
469 |
2001 Q4
|
4,420 |
880 |
2,240 |
497 |
2002 Q1
|
4,460 |
887 |
2,350 |
510 |
2002 Q2
|
4,638 |
906 |
2,392 |
524 |
2002 Q3
|
4,581 |
826 |
2,329 |
564 |
2002 Q4
|
4,739 |
851 |
2,399 |
535 |
2003 Q1
|
4,752 |
809 |
2,405 |
604 |
2003 Q2
|
4,964 |
823 |
2,588 |
642 |
2003 Q3
|
4,969 |
804 |
2,476 |
669 |
2003 Q4
|
4,669 |
837 |
2,415 |
641 |
2004 Q1
|
4,407 |
834 |
2,466 |
657 |
2004 Q2
|
4,210 |
864 |
2,454 |
673 |
2004 Q3
|
4,081 |
862 |
2,351 |
701 |
2004 Q4
|
4,051 |
875 |
2,339 |
712 |
2005 Q1
|
3,900 |
883 |
2,378 |
695 |
2005 Q2
|
3,630 |
899 |
2,376 |
708 |
2005 Q3
|
3,594 |
836 |
2,396 |
621 |
2005 Q4
|
3,512 |
871 |
2,383 |
648 |
2006 Q1
|
3,371 |
842 |
2,251 |
655 |
2006 Q2
|
3,449 |
848 |
2,157 |
585 |
2006 Q3
|
3,276 |
831 |
2,311 |
632 |
2006 Q4
|
3,214 |
784 |
2,221 |
583 |
2007 Q1
|
3,323 |
800 |
2,146 |
612 |
2007 Q2
|
3,366 |
773 |
2,143 |
596 |
2007 Q3
|
3,630 |
819 |
2,090 |
619 |
2007 Q4
|
3,753 |
777 |
2,195 |
684 |
2008 Q1
|
3,955 |
805 |
2,151 |
679 |
2008 Q2
|
4,236 |
858 |
2,381 |
736 |
2008 Q3
|
4,912 |
965 |
2,639 |
824 |
2008 Q4
|
6,196 |
949 |
2,714 |
795 |
2009 Q1
|
8,023 |
873 |
2,924 |
882 |
2009 Q2
|
9,303 |
864 |
3,213 |
956 |
2009 Q3
|
9,687 |
871 |
3,268 |
1,081 |
2009 Q4
|
9,758 |
921 |
3,339 |
1,224 |
2010 Q1
|
9,504 |
894 |
3,570 |
1,178 |
2010 Q2
|
9,230 |
930 |
3,486 |
1,188 |
2010 Q3
|
9,089 |
859 |
3,383 |
1,235 |
2010 Q4
|
9,069 |
878 |
3,435 |
1,286 |
2011 Q1
|
8,389 |
897 |
3,341 |
1,306 |
2011 Q2
|
8,238 |
945 |
3,436 |
1,258 |
2011 Q3
|
8,050 |
964 |
3,458 |
1,304 |
2011 Q4
|
7,699 |
1,016 |
3,362 |
1,282 |
2012 Q1
|
7,140 |
1,022 |
3,311 |
1,337 |
2012 Q2
|
6,975 |
941 |
3,347 |
1,355 |
2012 Q3
|
6,843 |
921 |
3,333 |
1,274 |
2012 Q4
|
6,505 |
988 |
3,398 |
1,307 |
2013 Q1
|
6,458 |
972 |
3,330 |
1,278 |
2013 Q2
|
6,172 |
945 |
3,270 |
1,277 |
2013 Q3
|
5,880 |
941 |
3,176 |
1,247 |
2013 Q4
|
5,795 |
869 |
3,040 |
1,186 |
2014 Q1
|
5,410 |
805 |
2,957 |
1,185 |
2014 Q2
|
4,961 |
838 |
2,732 |
1,065 |
2014 Q3
|
4,713 |
844 |
2,857 |
1,079 |
2014 Q4
|
4,380 |
808 |
2,764 |
1,022 |
2015 Q1
|
4,205 |
867 |
2,711 |
929 |
2015 Q2
|
4,151 |
805 |
2,573 |
920 |
2015 Q3
|
4,004 |
803 |
2,409 |
835 |
2015 Q4
|
3,871 |
804 |
2,454 |
839 |