A-32. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, and age

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-32. 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
Reason	July 2017	July 2018	July 2017	July 2018	July 2017	July 2018	July 2017	July 2018
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	7,441	6,730	3,199	2,734	3,267	3,028	974	967
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	3,519	3,164	1,781	1,496	1,631	1,551	107	118
On temporary layoff	1,226	1,080	481	374	703	645	42	62
Not on temporary layoff	2,293	2,084	1,300	1,122	929	906	64	56
Permanent job losers	1,666	1,438	950	739	672	664	44	36
Persons who completed temporary jobs	627	646	350	383	256	242	21	21
Job leavers	775	869	328	391	397	405	50	74
Reentrants	2,206	1,893	905	706	1,091	928	210	259
New entrants	941	803	186	142	148	145	607	516

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	47.3	47.0	55.7	54.7	49.9	51.2	11.0	12.2
On temporary layoff	16.5	16.0	15.0	13.7	21.5	21.3	4.4	6.4
Not on temporary layoff	30.8	31.0	40.6	41.0	28.4	29.9	6.6	5.8
Job leavers	10.4	12.9	10.2	14.3	12.1	13.4	5.2	7.6
Reentrants	29.7	28.1	28.3	25.8	33.4	30.6	21.6	26.8
New entrants	12.6	11.9	5.8	5.2	4.5	4.8	62.3	53.4

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2.2	1.9	2.2	1.8	2.3	2.1	1.5	1.6
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.7	1.0
Reentrants	1.4	1.2	1.1	0.8	1.5	1.3	2.9	3.6
New entrants	0.6	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	8.5	7.2
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: April 18, 2023