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	2018
	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	6,314	100.0	34.4	29.7	35.9	14.5	21.4
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2,990	100.0	36.6	30.0	33.5	14.8	18.7
On temporary layoff	852	100.0	56.9	30.5	12.6	9.0	3.6
Not on temporary layoff	2,138	100.0	28.4	29.7	41.8	17.1	24.7
Permanent job losers	1,455	100.0	26.4	29.7	43.9	17.5	26.4
Persons who completed temporary jobs	683	100.0	32.8	29.8	37.4	16.3	21.0
Job leavers	794	100.0	37.9	32.7	29.4	13.4	16.0
Reentrants	1,928	100.0	29.7	27.7	42.6	14.7	27.9
New entrants	602	100.0	33.8	31.2	35.1	14.1	21.0

Men, 20 years and over	2,976	100.0	31.7	29.0	39.4	15.9	23.5
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1,706	100.0	34.3	29.9	35.8	16.2	19.6
On temporary layoff	472	100.0	54.0	30.9	15.1	10.6	4.4
Not on temporary layoff	1,234	100.0	26.8	29.5	43.7	18.3	25.4
Permanent job losers	826	100.0	24.5	29.3	46.2	18.8	27.4
Persons who completed temporary jobs	408	100.0	31.4	29.9	38.7	17.4	21.4
Job leavers	381	100.0	37.9	31.1	31.1	13.0	18.0
Reentrants	759	100.0	23.7	26.7	49.7	16.7	32.9
New entrants	130	100.0	25.2	24.5	50.3	14.4	35.9

Women, 20 years and over	2,578	100.0	33.7	29.7	36.5	14.0	22.5
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1,173	100.0	37.8	30.2	32.0	13.1	18.9
On temporary layoff	332	100.0	59.6	30.8	9.6	6.7	3.0
Not on temporary layoff	841	100.0	29.2	30.0	40.8	15.7	25.1
Permanent job losers	595	100.0	27.4	30.2	42.4	16.0	26.4
Persons who completed temporary jobs	246	100.0	33.6	29.4	37.0	15.0	22.0
Job leavers	361	100.0	35.2	34.5	30.3	14.3	15.9
Reentrants	912	100.0	29.2	26.9	44.0	14.8	29.2
New entrants	132	100.0	25.2	32.6	42.2	15.5	26.7

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	759	100.0	47.2	32.5	20.4	11.1	9.3
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	111	100.0	57.7	28.3	14.0	10.8	3.2
On temporary layoff	49	100.0	67.1	24.4	8.5	8.5	0.0
Not on temporary layoff	62	100.0	50.4	31.4	18.2	12.6	5.6
Permanent job losers	34	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Persons who completed temporary jobs	28	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Job leavers	52	100.0	57.3	32.2	10.5	9.2	1.2
Reentrants	256	100.0	49.6	33.4	17.0	8.4	8.6
New entrants	340	100.0	40.4	33.2	26.5	13.5	13.0
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 18, 2019