Table A-11. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-11. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment
[Numbers in thousands]
Reason	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted
Reason	Jan. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012	Jan. 2011	Sept. 2011	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	9,520	7,691	8,234	8,463	8,028	7,924	7,599	7,602	7,321
On temporary layoff	1,825	1,385	1,892	1,241	1,195	1,226	1,181	1,216	1,284
Not on temporary layoff	7,695	6,306	6,342	7,222	6,833	6,699	6,418	6,386	6,037
Permanent job losers	6,097	5,000	4,948	5,840	5,416	5,308	5,033	5,089	4,807
Persons who completed temporary jobs	1,599	1,306	1,395	1,382	1,417	1,391	1,385	1,296	1,230
Job leavers	935	894	957	914	972	1,068	1,005	953	939
Reentrants	3,332	3,018	3,276	3,351	3,484	3,387	3,355	3,399	3,325
New entrants	1,150	1,090	1,074	1,337	1,323	1,291	1,276	1,280	1,253

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	63.7	60.6	60.8	60.2	58.1	58.0	57.4	57.4	57.0
On temporary layoff	12.2	10.9	14.0	8.8	8.7	9.0	8.9	9.2	10.0
Not on temporary layoff	51.5	49.7	46.8	51.3	49.5	49.0	48.5	48.3	47.0
Job leavers	6.3	7.0	7.1	6.5	7.0	7.8	7.6	7.2	7.3
Reentrants	22.3	23.8	24.2	23.8	25.2	24.8	25.3	25.7	25.9
New entrants	7.7	8.6	7.9	9.5	9.6	9.4	9.6	9.7	9.8

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	6.2	5.0	5.4	5.5	5.2	5.1	4.9	4.9	4.7
Job leavers	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6
Reentrants	2.2	2.0	2.1	2.2	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2
New entrants	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: February 03, 2012

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey