HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment
(Numbers in thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted
Reason
Apr. Mar. Apr. Apr. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.
2007 2008 2008 2007 2007 2008 2008 2008 2008
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers and persons who completed
temporary jobs.............................. 3,249 4,555 3,931 3,316 3,857 3,796 3,854 4,154 4,014
On temporary layoff........................ 954 1,341 1,053 1,019 975 1,040 971 1,056 1,099
Not on temporary layoff.................... 2,295 3,214 2,878 2,297 2,882 2,756 2,883 3,098 2,915
Permanent job losers..................... 1,625 2,276 2,114 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)
Persons who completed temporary jobs..... 670 938 764 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)
Job leavers.................................. 713 768 816 749 798 830 769 781 850
Reentrants................................... 2,030 2,103 1,995 2,169 2,343 2,201 2,112 2,117 2,134
New entrants................................. 540 601 545 599 697 667 648 681 624
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Total unemployed............................. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Job losers and persons who completed
temporary jobs............................. 49.7 56.7 53.9 48.5 50.1 50.7 52.2 53.7 52.7
On temporary layoff....................... 14.6 16.7 14.4 14.9 12.7 13.9 13.2 13.7 14.4
Not on temporary layoff................... 35.1 40.0 39.5 33.6 37.5 36.8 39.0 40.1 38.2
Job leavers................................. 10.9 9.6 11.2 11.0 10.4 11.1 10.4 10.1 11.2
Reentrants.................................. 31.1 26.2 27.4 31.7 30.4 29.4 28.6 27.4 28.0
New entrants................................ 8.3 7.5 7.5 8.8 9.1 8.9 8.8 8.8 8.2
UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed
temporary jobs............................. 2.1 3.0 2.6 2.2 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.7 2.6
Job leavers................................. .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .6
Reentrants.................................. 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4
New entrants................................ .4 .4 .4 .4 .5 .4 .4 .4 .4
1 Data not available.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.