2017 Annual Averages ‐ Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, age, and duration of unemployment : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
29. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, age, and duration of unemployment
[Percent distribution]
Reason, sex, and age	2017
	Total unemployed		Duration of unemployment
	Thousands of persons	Percent	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	15 weeks and over
	Thousands of persons	Percent	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	Total	15 to 26 weeks	27 weeks and over
Total, 16 years and over	6,982	100.0	32.5	28.8	38.7	14.6	24.2
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	3,434	100.0	34.8	29.6	35.6	14.8	20.8
On temporary layoff	956	100.0	55.9	31.5	12.6	8.5	4.1
Not on temporary layoff	2,479	100.0	26.6	28.9	44.5	17.2	27.2
Permanent job losers	1,768	100.0	24.3	28.3	47.4	17.8	29.6
Persons who completed temporary jobs	711	100.0	32.4	30.4	37.2	15.8	21.4
Job leavers	778	100.0	36.7	29.9	33.4	13.2	20.2
Reentrants	2,079	100.0	27.1	26.8	46.2	14.8	31.4
New entrants	690	100.0	32.9	29.1	38.0	14.2	23.7

Men, 20 years and over	3,287	100.0	30.0	28.4	41.5	15.3	26.3
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1,970	100.0	33.0	29.9	37.1	15.4	21.7
On temporary layoff	531	100.0	53.5	33.2	13.3	9.4	4.0
Not on temporary layoff	1,439	100.0	25.4	28.7	45.9	17.7	28.2
Permanent job losers	1,013	100.0	23.3	27.9	48.8	18.3	30.5
Persons who completed temporary jobs	426	100.0	30.5	30.6	38.9	16.2	22.7
Job leavers	359	100.0	35.4	28.0	36.6	13.1	23.5
Reentrants	815	100.0	22.1	25.5	52.4	16.3	36.2
New entrants	142	100.0	21.2	25.8	53.0	13.6	39.4

Women, 20 years and over	2,868	100.0	31.7	28.5	39.8	14.3	25.5
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1,348	100.0	35.0	29.7	35.3	14.3	20.9
On temporary layoff	378	100.0	56.2	31.4	12.4	7.6	4.8
Not on temporary layoff	970	100.0	26.7	29.1	44.2	17.0	27.2
Permanent job losers	715	100.0	24.7	28.5	46.8	17.4	29.4
Persons who completed temporary jobs	255	100.0	32.5	30.5	37.0	15.8	21.2
Job leavers	375	100.0	36.1	31.5	32.3	13.7	18.6
Reentrants	996	100.0	26.3	26.2	47.5	14.5	33.1
New entrants	149	100.0	26.2	25.9	47.9	14.3	33.7

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	827	100.0	45.3	30.9	23.8	12.6	11.2
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	116	100.0	62.7	23.5	13.8	9.7	4.1
On temporary layoff	47	100.0	81.4	12.6	6.0	5.8	0.2
Not on temporary layoff	70	100.0	50.1	30.9	19.0	12.3	6.7
Permanent job losers	40	100.0	42.8	33.8	23.3	14.2	9.2
Persons who completed temporary jobs	30	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Job leavers	44	100.0	52.6	31.5	15.9	9.5	6.3
Reentrants	267	100.0	45.2	33.0	21.8	11.6	10.3
New entrants	399	100.0	39.6	31.5	28.9	14.4	14.4
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 35,000).

Last Modified Date: January 16, 2019