Figure 5. Number of unemployed people, by reason for unemployment, quarterly averages, seasonally adjusted, 1994–2019 (levels in thousands)
Quarter Job losers Job Leavers Reentrants New entrants

Q1 1994

 4,195 840 2,928 627

Q2 1994

 3,717 804 2,939 603

Q3 1994

 3,723 797 2,706 611

Q4 1994

 3,535 721 2,574 582

Q1 1995

 3,431 767 2,465 572

Q2 1995

 3,494 855 2,597 584

Q3 1995

 3,469 845 2,564 592

Q4 1995

 3,519 833 2,485 573

Q1 1996

 3,531 787 2,465 586

Q2 1996

 3,506 705 2,564 571

Q3 1996

 3,191 758 2,506 580

Q4 1996

 3,211 846 2,524 583

Q1 1997

 3,189 814 2,502 607

Q2 1997

 3,050 795 2,380 570

Q3 1997

 2,934 847 2,253 563

Q4 1997

 2,941 714 2,212 534

Q1 1998

 2,883 773 2,201 536

Q2 1998

 2,770 699 2,081 528

Q3 1998

 2,823 754 2,143 488

Q4 1998

 2,811 708 2,105 523

Q1 1999

 2,687 746 2,031 497

Q2 1999

 2,663 807 2,010 440

Q3 1999

 2,623 785 1,991 477

Q4 1999

 2,495 799 1,989 468

Q1 2000

 2,568 785 2,006 414

Q2 2000

 2,400 766 2,005 433

Q3 2000

 2,547 795 1,917 449

Q4 2000

 2,531 771 1,907 437

Q1 2001

 2,920 823 1,935 406

Q2 2001

 3,185 794 1,884 464

Q3 2001

 3,491 843 2,094 469

Q4 2001

 4,420 880 2,240 497

Q1 2002

 4,460 887 2,350 510

Q2 2002

 4,638 906 2,392 524

Q3 2002

 4,581 826 2,329 564

Q4 2002

 4,739 851 2,399 535

Q1 2003

 4,752 809 2,405 604

Q2 2003

 4,964 823 2,588 642

Q3 2003

 4,969 804 2,476 669

Q4 2003

 4,669 837 2,415 641

Q1 2004

 4,407 834 2,466 657

Q2 2004

 4,210 864 2,454 673

Q3 2004

 4,081 862 2,351 701

Q4 2004

 4,051 875 2,339 712

Q1 2005

 3,900 883 2,378 695

Q2 2005

 3,630 899 2,376 708

Q3 2005

 3,594 836 2,396 621

Q4 2005

 3,512 871 2,383 648

Q1 2006

 3,371 842 2,251 655

Q2 2006

 3,449 848 2,157 585

Q3 2006

 3,276 831 2,311 632

Q4 2006

 3,214 784 2,221 583

Q1 2007

 3,323 800 2,146 612

Q2 2007

 3,366 773 2,143 596

Q3 2007

 3,630 819 2,090 619

Q4 2007

 3,753 777 2,195 684

Q1 2008

 3,955 805 2,151 679

Q2 2008

 4,236 858 2,381 736

Q3 2008

 4,912 965 2,639 824

Q4 2008

 6,196 949 2,714 795

Q1 2009

 8,023 873 2,924 882

Q2 2009

 9,303 864 3,213 956

Q3 2009

 9,687 871 3,268 1,081

Q4 2009

 9,758 921 3,339 1,224

Q1 2010

 9,504 894 3,570 1,178

Q2 2010

 9,230 930 3,486 1,188

Q3 2010

 9,089 859 3,383 1,235

Q4 2010

 9,069 878 3,435 1,286

Q1 2011

 8,389 897 3,341 1,306

Q2 2011

 8,238 945 3,436 1,258

Q3 2011

 8,050 964 3,458 1,304

Q4 2011

 7,699 1,016 3,362 1,282

Q1 2012

 7,145 1,025 3,291 1,338

Q2 2012

 6,979 945 3,357 1,353

Q3 2012

 6,825 920 3,342 1,273

Q4 2012

 6,511 981 3,403 1,309

Q1 2013

 6,445 974 3,300 1,273

Q2 2013

 6,182 953 3,292 1,274

Q3 2013

 5,867 942 3,185 1,252

Q4 2013

 5,809 859 3,036 1,191

Q1 2014

 5,385 808 2,929 1,181

Q2 2014

 5,001 845 2,758 1,062

Q3 2014

 4,688 839 2,866 1,083

Q4 2014

 4,397 799 2,754 1,028

Q1 2015

 4,181 877 2,671 918

Q2 2015

 4,210 808 2,610 919

Q3 2015

 3,974 798 2,418 839

Q4 2015

 3,898 795 2,441 851

Q1 2016

 3,722 797 2,467 794

Q2 2016

 3,790 829 2,287 881

Q3 2016

 3,824 874 2,297 829

Q4 2016

 3,651 930 2,265 775

Q1 2017

 3,591 824 2,132 766

Q2 2017

 3,474 788 2,056 691

Q3 2017

 3,408 760 2,107 671

Q4 2017

 3,225 742 2,016 637

Q1 2018

 3,178 790 1,948 641

Q2 2018

 2,982 816 1,980 593

Q3 2018

 2,895 815 1,855 588

Q4 2018

 2,872 756 1,930 594

Q1 2019

 2,916 812 1,949 610

Q2 2019

 2,693 809 1,866 558

Q3 2019

 2,745 819 1,749 615

Q4 2019

 2,727 817 1,672 585

Note: Q1 = first quarter, Q2 = second quarter, Q3 = third quarter, and Q4 = fourth quarter.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey.