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Reasons for unemployment, seasonally adjusted
Month
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs
Job losers not on temporary layoff
Job losers on temporary layoff
Job leavers
Reentrants
New entrants
May 2003
5,102 3,850 1,251 776 2,504 630
June 2003
4,983 3,827 1,156 871 2,713 661
July 2003
4,955 3,838 1,117 787 2,525 669
Aug 2003
4,994 3,889 1,105 789 2,489 652
Sept 2003
4,959 3,810 1,148 837 2,414 686
Oct 2003
4,827 3,726 1,101 804 2,497 636
Nov 2003
4,671 3,602 1,069 922 2,396 593
Dec 2003
4,510 3,462 1,048 785 2,352 693
Jan 2004
4,383 3,351 1,032 817 2,550 676
Feb 2004
4,276 3,226 1,051 822 2,402 666
Mar 2004
4,562 3,541 1,021 864 2,447 631
Apr 2004
4,334 3,339 995 837 2,327 652
May 2004
4,192 3,236 956 841 2,469 718
June 2004
4,105 3,111 993 914 2,565 649
July 2004
4,210 3,165 1,045 894 2,280 702
Aug 2004
4,003 3,003 1,000 878 2,398 704
Sept 2004
4,031 3,091 940 814 2,375 695
Oct 2004
4,069 3,130 939 825 2,397 734
Nov 2004
4,059 3,107 952 881 2,306 700
Dec 2004
4,026 3,068 958 919 2,314 702
Jan 2005
4,029 3,062 966 815 2,327 621
Feb 2005
3,904 2,942 962 955 2,406 753
Mar 2005
3,768 2,823 944 879 2,401 712
Apr 2005
3,637 2,810 827 907 2,373 764
May 2005
3,610 2,727 883 931 2,396 710
June 2005
3,642 2,671 971 858 2,359 650
July 2005
3,580 2,641 939 817 2,407 630
Aug 2005
3,454 2,553 901 828 2,415 626
Sept 2005
3,749 2,716 1,032 863 2,367 607
Oct 2005
3,539 2,613 925 884 2,337 638
Nov 2005
3,515 2,616 899 913 2,451 673
Dec 2005
3,483 2,550 933 817 2,361 633
Jan 2006
3,349 2,485 864 821 2,261 616
Feb 2006
3,366 2,477 890 872 2,316 711
Mar 2006
3,399 2,486 912 833 2,174 636
Apr 2006
3,505 2,619 886 853 2,172 591
May 2006
3,473 2,543 930 862 2,135 517
June 2006
3,369 2,360 1,009 828 2,163 646
July 2006
3,313 2,373 940 850 2,372 639
Aug 2006
3,283 2,389 894 854 2,274 646
Sept 2006
3,233 2,352 880 790 2,288 612
Oct 2006
3,125 2,175 950 779 2,255 572
Nov 2006
3,275 2,291 984 788 2,245 591
Dec 2006
3,243 2,275 968 785 2,162 586
Jan 2007
3,405 2,383 1,021 782 2,199 622
Feb 2007
3,395 2,358 1,038 846 2,082 599
Mar 2007
3,169 2,315 855 771 2,156 615
Apr 2007
3,354 2,354 1,000 742 2,162 620
May 2007
3,360 2,397 963 750 2,155 530
June 2007
3,383 2,499 884 828 2,113 640
July 2007
3,675 2,655 1,020 826 2,054 602
Aug 2007
3,625 2,657 967 797 2,047 588
Sept 2007
3,591 2,671 921 833 2,168 668
Oct 2007
3,706 2,658 1,048 782 2,086 696
Nov 2007
3,683 2,691 992 772 2,163 678
Dec 2007
3,871 2,907 965 778 2,334 679
Jan 2008
3,851 2,785 1,066 823 2,203 677
Feb 2008
3,894 2,901 993 796 2,129 656
Mar 2008
4,119 3,045 1,074 796 2,121 704
Apr 2008
4,067 2,958 1,109 847 2,119 625
May 2008
4,252 3,181 1,071 868 2,493 797
June 2008
4,390 3,298 1,092 859 2,533 786
July 2008
4,539 3,465 1,074 880 2,662 835
Aug 2008
4,942 3,696 1,246 1,019 2,655 821
Sept 2008
5,257 3,912 1,345 995 2,599 815
Oct 2008
5,706 4,381 1,325 931 2,623 819
Nov 2008
6,228 4,807 1,421 927 2,693 763
Dec 2008
6,653 5,148 1,505 990 2,826 803
Jan 2009
7,450 5,953 1,497 901 2,806 775
Feb 2009
8,079 6,560 1,519 837 2,939 999
Mar 2009
8,539 6,926 1,614 882 3,028 872
Apr 2009
8,960 7,276 1,684 869 3,107 901
May 2009
9,421 7,623 1,798 904 3,201 965
June 2009
9,529 7,816 1,712 819 3,331 1,001
July 2009
9,464 7,751 1,713 891 3,260 1,004
Aug 2009
9,641 7,987 1,654 842 3,282 1,085
Sept 2009
9,956 8,063 1,894 880 3,262 1,153
Oct 2009
9,931 8,259 1,672 903 3,411 1,102
Nov 2009
9,752 8,229 1,522 936 3,236 1,330
Dec 2009
9,591 8,095 1,496 923 3,371 1,241
Jan 2010
9,341 7,878 1,463 911 3,650 1,195
Feb 2010
9,596 8,021 1,575 877 3,469 1,192
Mar 2010
9,575 7,907 1,668 893 3,591 1,146
Apr 2010
9,415 8,024 1,391 930 3,772 1,187
May 2010
9,237 7,768 1,469 973 3,388 1,202
June 2010
9,039 7,686 1,353 888 3,300 1,174
July 2010
8,999 7,805 1,194 903 3,377 1,208
Aug 2010
9,127 7,683 1,444 870 3,372 1,278
Sept 2010
9,142 7,804 1,338 804 3,399 1,217
Oct 2010
8,884 7,612 1,272 854 3,481 1,277
Nov 2010
9,491 8,048 1,442 860 3,445 1,275
Dec 2010
8,831 7,458 1,374 920 3,379 1,306
Jan 2011
8,475 7,252 1,224 915 3,358 1,342
Feb 2011
8,353 7,051 1,302 888 3,348 1,287
Mar 2011
8,338 7,088 1,250 888 3,317 1,287
Apr 2011
8,294 7,005 1,289 951 3,416 1,305
May 2011
8,264 7,018 1,247 915 3,379 1,227
June 2011
8,157 6,974 1,183 969 3,514 1,242
July 2011
8,114 6,935 1,179 939 3,383 1,281
Aug 2011
8,009 6,829 1,181 979 3,520 1,254
Sept 2011
8,027 6,824 1,203 973 3,470 1,378
Oct 2011
7,891 6,644 1,247 1,086 3,370 1,287
Nov 2011
7,651 6,471 1,180 1,011 3,357 1,277
Dec 2011
7,555 6,317 1,238 952 3,359 1,282
Jan 2012
7,263 5,987 1,277 942 3,253 1,260
Feb 2012
7,136 5,972 1,163 1,035 3,342 1,367
Mar 2012
7,037 5,887 1,150 1,097 3,278 1,388
Apr 2012
6,848 5,742 1,106 1,008 3,392 1,376
May 2012
6,975 5,826 1,149 899 3,384 1,358
June 2012
7,114 5,875 1,239 929 3,296 1,325
July 2012
7,096 5,743 1,353 867 3,369 1,303
Aug 2012
6,833 5,665 1,168 943 3,352 1,257
Sept 2012
6,548 5,362 1,185 950 3,306 1,260
Oct 2012
6,554 5,465 1,089 1,037 3,298 1,301
Nov 2012
6,464 5,379 1,085 914 3,319 1,333
Dec 2012
6,515 5,389 1,126 992 3,592 1,291
Jan 2013
6,644 5,442 1,202 998 3,430 1,272
Feb 2013
6,453 5,370 1,083 947 3,306 1,253
Mar 2013
6,239 5,125 1,113 976 3,164 1,295
Apr 2013
6,338 5,137 1,202 888 3,184 1,302
May 2013
6,090 5,092 998 942 3,311 1,272
June 2013
6,119 4,965 1,153 1,029 3,381 1,246
July 2013
5,852 4,688 1,165 971 3,243 1,259
Aug 2013
5,893 4,876 1,017 880 3,150 1,289
Sept 2013
5,855 4,741 1,114 974 3,161 1,207
Oct 2013
6,255 4,676 1,579 852 3,057 1,221
Nov 2013
5,738 4,643 1,095 870 3,042 1,154
Dec 2013
5,433 4,424 1,008 855 3,009 1,199
Jan 2014
5,359 4,342 1,018 816 2,791 1,158
Feb 2014
5,422 4,406 1,016 814 2,969 1,209
Mar 2014
5,374 4,327 1,046 795 3,027 1,177
Apr 2014
5,177 4,126 1,051 806 2,622 1,082
May 2014
5,013 3,958 1,055 876 2,859 1,068
June 2014
4,814 3,827 987 854 2,794 1,036
July 2014
4,774 3,806 968 857 2,891 1,098
Aug 2014
4,761 3,674 1,087 849 2,905 1,050
Sept 2014
4,528 3,584 944 812 2,800 1,103
Oct 2014
4,368 3,477 892 781 2,839 1,072
Nov 2014
4,483 3,453 1,030 824 2,748 1,048
Dec 2014
4,339 3,393 947 793 2,676 964
Jan 2015
4,219 3,308 911 868 2,747 1,009
Feb 2015
4,174 3,158 1,015 900 2,630 935
Mar 2015
4,150 3,134 1,015 864 2,635 812
Apr 2015
4,159 3,153 1,006 841 2,676 873
May 2015
4,403 3,274 1,129 819 2,608 978
June 2015
4,070 3,051 1,019 765 2,546 906
July 2015
4,071 3,117 953 841 2,455 834
Aug 2015
3,973 3,029 944 775 2,372 842
Sept 2015
3,877 2,960 917 779 2,427 840
Oct 2015
3,995 2,998 997 785 2,413 825
Nov 2015
3,903 3,005 898 783 2,443 871
Dec 2015
3,795 2,873 921 815 2,467 856
Jan 2016
3,542 2,705 837 770 2,487 812
Feb 2016
3,711 2,757 954 765 2,449 817
Mar 2016
3,843 2,922 921 849 2,468 772
Apr 2016
3,965 3,078 887 859 2,330 855
May 2016
3,736 2,821 916 794 2,215 888
June 2016
3,792 2,667 1,125 826 2,251 917
July 2016
3,740 2,765 975 829 2,273 804
Aug 2016
3,733 2,748 985 893 2,258 871
Sept 2016
3,885 2,828 1,057 922 2,339 803
Oct 2016
3,741 2,713 1,028 957 2,370 796
Nov 2016
3,547 2,678 870 946 2,297 753
Dec 2016
3,610 2,583 1,027 885 2,231 796
Jan 2017
3,678 2,640 1,038 867 2,172 788
Feb 2017
3,653 2,659 994 802 2,188 742
Mar 2017
3,572 2,613 959 792 2,006 791
Apr 2017
3,586 2,647 939 766 2,053 733
May 2017
3,440 2,587 853 787 2,136 674
June 2017
3,391 2,477 914 801 1,979 663
July 2017
3,355 2,345 1,010 743 2,089 678
Aug 2017
3,461 2,450 1,011 802 2,118 641
Sept 2017
3,331 2,429 902 749 2,099 656
Oct 2017
3,253 2,344 909 742 2,037 617
Nov 2017
3,205 2,218 987 766 2,076 703
Dec 2017
3,261 2,316 946 720 2,003 611
Jan 2018
3,202 2,362 840 719 1,994 647
Feb 2018
3,217 2,350 867 774 1,950 688
Mar 2018
3,119 2,262 857 867 1,909 626
Apr 2018
3,058 2,197 860 803 2,020 658
May 2018
2,892 2,082 810 853 1,890 572
June 2018
3,082 2,133 949 797 2,009 544
July 2018
2,972 2,113 860 833 1,796 561
Aug 2018
2,807 1,960 846 883 1,839 574
Sept 2018
2,820 1,983 837 735 1,913 574
Oct 2018
2,883 2,034 849 725 1,940 588
Nov 2018
2,893 2,017 877 709 1,924 574
Dec 2018
2,931 2,155 776 832 1,974 619
Jan 2019
3,080 2,146 934 809 1,989 615
Feb 2019
2,848 2,058 790 840 1,898 622
Mar 2019
2,844 1,955 889 778 1,965 629
Apr 2019
2,732 2,013 719 724 1,942 591
May 2019
2,681 1,818 863 825 1,849 595
June 2019
2,754 1,906 848 894 1,793 487
July 2019
2,795 1,971 825 840 1,777 586
Aug 2019
2,809 1,999 810 790 1,767 559
Sept 2019
2,539 1,790 749 830 1,670 655
Oct 2019
2,754 1,946 809 834 1,714 603
Nov 2019
2,807 1,987 820 769 1,693 567
Dec 2019
2,780 1,959 821 833 1,662 571
Jan 2020
2,556 1,948 607 835 1,909 567
Feb 2020
2,692 1,916 776 766 1,831 510
Mar 2020
4,252 2,158 2,094 709 1,759 545
Apr 2020
20,571 2,556 18,015 549 1,475 408
May 2020
18,294 2,996 15,298 546 1,636 524
June 2020
14,179 3,565 10,614 560 2,262 571
July 2020
12,940 3,726 9,214 588 2,302 527
Aug 2020
10,222 4,076 6,145 614 2,052 550
Sept 2020
9,016 4,424 4,592 805 2,110 538
Oct 2020
7,754 4,545 3,210 764 2,005 515
Nov 2020
7,432 4,626 2,806 689 1,975 552
Dec 2020
7,342 4,260 3,082 758 2,234 505
Jan 2021
6,932 4,227 2,705 654 2,055 563
Feb 2021
6,596 4,337 2,259 707 2,178 594
Mar 2021
6,284 4,198 2,086 769 2,258 506
Apr 2021
6,263 4,191 2,072 819 2,118 580
May 2021
5,827 3,998 1,829 786 2,174 506
June 2021
5,737 3,923 1,814 944 2,253 501
July 2021
4,924 3,705 1,220 926 2,297 470
Aug 2021
4,444 3,230 1,213 827 2,439 524
Sept 2021
4,027 2,933 1,094 789 2,262 498
Oct 2021
3,690 2,664 1,026 844 2,175 532
Nov 2021
3,353 2,482 870 839 2,142 422
Dec 2021
3,089 2,288 801 725 2,024 508
Jan 2022
3,217 2,265 952 953 1,995 438
Feb 2022
3,004 2,125 879 964 1,971 429
Mar 2022
2,840 2,057 784 789 1,992 472
Apr 2022
2,850 1,993 857 794 1,856 516
May 2022
2,732 1,916 815 766 1,944 530
June 2022
2,633 1,802 832 833 1,979 466
July 2022
2,616 1,814 802 843 1,822 465
Aug 2022
2,693 1,898 796 897 1,833 451
Sept 2022
2,530 1,758 772 904 1,834 460
Oct 2022
2,695 1,842 853 861 1,873 494
Nov 2022
2,761 1,956 806 829 1,798 558
Dec 2022
2,629 1,815 814 825 1,767 497
Jan 2023
2,529 1,795 734 884 1,817 531
Feb 2023
2,752 1,935 816 891 1,847 515
Mar 2023
2,949 2,117 833 845 1,665 492
Apr 2023
2,642 1,933 709 790 1,761 531
May 2023
2,960 2,193 767 765 1,821 508
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