Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, and age

HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
27. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, and age
[Numbers in thousands]
Reason	Total, 16 years and over		Men, 20 years and over		Women, 20 years and over		Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Reason	2011	2012	2011	2012	2011	2012	2011	2012
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	13,747	12,506	6,898	5,984	5,450	5,125	1,400	1,397
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	8,106	6,877	4,856	3,996	3,070	2,705	181	176
On temporary layoff	1,230	1,183	782	726	397	399	51	59
Not on temporary layoff	6,876	5,694	4,074	3,270	2,673	2,307	129	117
Permanent job losers	5,486	4,447	3,197	2,515	2,202	1,863	87	69
Persons who completed temporary jobs	1,390	1,247	877	754	471	444	42	48
Job leavers	956	967	464	464	441	460	52	43
Reentrants	3,401	3,345	1,312	1,250	1,661	1,676	429	419
New entrants	1,284	1,316	267	274	279	284	739	758

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Total unemployed	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	59.0	55.0	70.4	66.8	56.3	52.8	12.9	12.6
On temporary layoff	8.9	9.5	11.3	12.1	7.3	7.8	3.7	4.2
Not on temporary layoff	50.0	45.5	59.1	54.6	49.0	45.0	9.2	8.4
Job leavers	7.0	7.7	6.7	7.8	8.1	9.0	3.7	3.1
Reentrants	24.7	26.7	19.0	20.9	30.5	32.7	30.6	30.0
New entrants	9.3	10.5	3.9	4.6	5.1	5.5	52.8	54.3

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	5.3	4.4	6.1	5.0	4.5	3.9	3.2	3.0
Job leavers	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.9	0.7
Reentrants	2.2	2.2	1.7	1.6	2.4	2.4	7.5	7.2
New entrants	0.8	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	12.9	13.0
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: February 5, 2013

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics