Table A-11. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-11. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment
[Numbers in thousands]
Reason Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted
May
2012		 Apr.
2013		 May
2013		 May
2012		 Jan.
2013		 Feb.
2013		 Mar.
2013		 Apr.
2013		 May
2013

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 6,607 6,079 5,751 6,968 6,637 6,522 6,329 6,410 6,147

On temporary layoff

 909 1,080 768 1,128 1,155 1,078 1,107 1,170 997

Not on temporary layoff

 5,699 4,998 4,983 5,840 5,483 5,443 5,223 5,240 5,151

Permanent job losers

 4,458 3,840 3,728 4,514 4,208 4,128 3,959 3,976 3,822

Persons who completed temporary jobs

 1,240 1,158 1,255 1,326 1,275 1,315 1,264 1,264 1,329

Job leavers

 849 836 882 902 981 956 986 864 944

Reentrants

 3,513 2,966 3,459 3,450 3,515 3,340 3,176 3,151 3,333

New entrants

 1,302 1,133 1,210 1,347 1,287 1,279 1,316 1,280 1,268

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 53.8 55.2 50.9 55.0 53.4 53.9 53.6 54.8 52.6

On temporary layoff

 7.4 9.8 6.8 8.9 9.3 8.9 9.4 10.0 8.5

Not on temporary layoff

 46.4 45.4 44.1 46.1 44.1 45.0 44.2 44.8 44.1

Job leavers

 6.9 7.6 7.8 7.1 7.9 7.9 8.4 7.4 8.1

Reentrants

 28.6 26.9 30.6 27.2 28.3 27.6 26.9 26.9 28.5

New entrants

 10.6 10.3 10.7 10.6 10.4 10.6 11.1 10.9 10.8

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 4.3 3.9 3.7 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.1 3.9

Job leavers

 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6

Reentrants

 2.3 1.9 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.1

New entrants

 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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Last Modified Date: June 07, 2013