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	2021
	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	8,623	100.0	24.8	23.0	52.2	13.5	38.7
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	5,099	100.0	22.2	21.0	56.8	13.3	43.6
On temporary layoff	1,582	100.0	33.7	22.4	43.9	10.5	33.4
Not on temporary layoff	3,516	100.0	17.1	20.3	62.6	14.5	48.1
Permanent job losers	2,799	100.0	14.7	18.9	66.4	14.5	51.9
Persons who completed temporary jobs	717	100.0	26.4	25.8	47.8	14.6	33.2
Job leavers	803	100.0	35.5	28.8	35.7	12.8	22.9
Reentrants	2,204	100.0	24.6	24.5	50.8	14.4	36.5
New entrants	518	100.0	34.7	27.0	38.3	13.4	24.9

Men, 20 years and over	4,302	100.0	22.1	22.1	55.9	14.2	41.7
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2,827	100.0	21.3	20.6	58.0	13.6	44.4
On temporary layoff	837	100.0	33.4	22.3	44.2	12.0	32.2
Not on temporary layoff	1,990	100.0	16.2	19.9	63.8	14.3	49.6
Permanent job losers	1,554	100.0	13.9	18.4	67.6	14.2	53.4
Persons who completed temporary jobs	436	100.0	24.5	25.3	50.2	14.5	35.8
Job leavers	383	100.0	31.8	28.8	39.4	14.6	24.8
Reentrants	956	100.0	20.1	23.3	56.7	15.9	40.7
New entrants	136	100.0	23.4	23.7	52.8	14.5	38.4

Women, 20 years and over	3,625	100.0	24.0	22.9	53.2	13.2	39.9
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2,130	100.0	21.6	20.9	57.6	13.1	44.4
On temporary layoff	680	100.0	31.7	22.1	46.2	9.1	37.1
Not on temporary layoff	1,450	100.0	16.9	20.3	62.9	15.0	47.9
Permanent job losers	1,190	100.0	14.4	19.0	66.5	14.8	51.7
Persons who completed temporary jobs	260	100.0	28.0	25.9	46.1	15.5	30.5
Job leavers	372	100.0	36.8	28.4	34.8	12.0	22.8
Reentrants	1,007	100.0	24.4	24.8	50.8	13.6	37.2
New entrants	116	100.0	22.4	25.4	52.2	16.5	35.7

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	696	100.0	46.3	29.3	24.4	10.3	14.0
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	142	100.0	49.0	29.3	21.6	8.7	12.9
On temporary layoff	66	100.0	56.5	26.4	17.0	5.8	11.2
Not on temporary layoff	76	100.0	42.6	31.8	25.6	11.2	14.3
Permanent job losers	55	100.0	40.6	30.5	28.9	14.0	14.9
Persons who completed temporary jobs	21	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Job leavers	48	100.0	55.4	31.9	12.7	4.6	8.1
Reentrants	241	100.0	43.6	28.6	27.8	11.3	16.5
New entrants	266	100.0	45.8	29.4	24.8	11.4	13.4
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 20, 2022