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Reasons for unemployment

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Reasons for unemployment, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
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

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

June 2023

2,900 2,058 842 794 1,745 558

July 2023

2,620 1,953 667 852 1,853 503

Aug 2023

2,914 2,125 789 801 1,930 597

Sept 2023

2,858 2,077 781 797 2,043 568

Oct 2023

3,059 2,186 873 800 1,884 612