Economic News Release

  Table A-8.  Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted                    
                                                                                                                                         
                     Reason                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   June      May       June      June      Feb.      Mar.      Apr.      May       June  
                                                   2008      2009      2009      2008      2009      2009      2009      2009      2009  
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
              NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                         
  Job losers and persons who completed                                                                                                   
   temporary jobs..............................    4,201     8,930     9,194     4,465     7,696     8,243     8,814     9,546     9,649 
    On temporary layoff........................      949     1,459     1,503     1,106     1,488     1,557     1,625     1,832     1,762 
    Not on temporary layoff....................    3,252     7,471     7,691     3,358     6,208     6,686     7,189     7,714     7,886 
      Permanent job losers.....................    2,341     6,140     6,294     (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)   
      Persons who completed temporary jobs.....      912     1,331     1,397     (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)   
  Job leavers..................................      818       851       778       847       820       887       890       910       822 
  Reentrants...................................    2,778     3,236     3,697     2,562     2,834     2,974     3,087     3,180     3,335 
  New entrants.................................    1,136       956     1,425       761     1,005       868       900       956       947 
                                                                                                                                         
              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.............................     47.0      63.9      60.9      51.7      62.3      63.5      64.4      65.4      65.4 
     On temporary layoff.......................     10.6      10.4      10.0      12.8      12.0      12.0      11.9      12.6      11.9 
     Not on temporary layoff...................     36.4      53.5      51.0      38.9      50.2      51.5      52.5      52.9      53.5 
   Job leavers.................................      9.2       6.1       5.2       9.8       6.6       6.8       6.5       6.2       5.6 
   Reentrants..................................     31.1      23.2      24.5      29.7      22.9      22.9      22.5      21.8      22.6 
   New entrants................................     12.7       6.8       9.4       8.8       8.1       6.7       6.6       6.6       6.4 
                                                                                                                                         
         UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                                  
                 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                         
   Job losers and persons who completed                                                                                                  
    temporary jobs.............................      2.7       5.8       5.9       2.9       5.0       5.4       5.7       6.2       6.2 
   Job leavers.................................       .5        .6        .5        .5        .5        .6        .6        .6        .5 
   Reentrants..................................      1.8       2.1       2.4       1.7       1.8       1.9       2.0       2.1       2.2 
   New entrants................................       .7        .6        .9        .5        .7        .6        .6        .6        .6 

    1 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.