Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, and age : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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
Reason	2017	2018	2017	2018	2017	2018	2017	2018
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	6,982	6,314	3,287	2,976	2,868	2,578	827	759
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	3,434	2,990	1,970	1,706	1,348	1,173	116	111
On temporary layoff	956	852	531	472	378	332	47	49
Not on temporary layoff	2,479	2,138	1,439	1,234	970	841	70	62
Permanent job losers	1,768	1,455	1,013	826	715	595	40	34
Persons who completed temporary jobs	711	683	426	408	255	246	30	28
Job leavers	778	794	359	381	375	361	44	52
Reentrants	2,079	1,928	815	759	996	912	267	256
New entrants	690	602	142	130	149	132	399	340

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	49.2	47.4	59.9	57.3	47.0	45.5	14.1	14.7
On temporary layoff	13.7	13.5	16.2	15.9	13.2	12.9	5.7	6.4
Not on temporary layoff	35.5	33.9	43.8	41.4	33.8	32.6	8.4	8.2
Job leavers	11.1	12.6	10.9	12.8	13.1	14.0	5.3	6.8
Reentrants	29.8	30.5	24.8	25.5	34.7	35.4	32.3	33.7
New entrants	9.9	9.5	4.3	4.4	5.2	5.1	48.3	44.8

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2.1	1.8	2.4	2.1	1.9	1.6	2.0	1.9
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.9
Reentrants	1.3	1.2	1.0	0.9	1.4	1.2	4.5	4.3
New entrants	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	6.8	5.8
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: January 18, 2019