Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, age, and duration of unemployment : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
29. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, age, and duration of unemployment
[Percent distribution]
Reason, sex, and age	2012
	Total unemployed		Duration of unemployment
	Thousands of persons	Percent	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	15 weeks and over
	Thousands of persons	Percent	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	Total	15 to 26 weeks	27 weeks and over
Total, 16 years and over	12,506	100.0	21.1	22.9	55.9	14.9	41.1
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	6,877	100.0	21.7	22.1	56.2	14.5	41.7
On temporary layoff	1,183	100.0	50.7	30.5	18.8	11.7	7.2
Not on temporary layoff	5,694	100.0	15.7	20.3	64.0	15.1	48.9
Permanent job losers	4,447	100.0	13.3	19.1	67.6	15.2	52.4
Persons who completed temporary jobs	1,247	100.0	24.2	24.8	51.0	14.7	36.3
Job leavers	967	100.0	24.0	26.2	49.7	16.1	33.6
Reentrants	3,345	100.0	18.5	22.5	59.0	14.8	44.2
New entrants	1,316	100.0	22.9	25.9	51.2	15.9	35.3

Men, 20 years and over	5,984	100.0	19.9	21.5	58.6	14.3	44.3
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	3,996	100.0	21.3	21.9	56.7	14.5	42.3
On temporary layoff	726	100.0	48.0	30.7	21.2	13.1	8.1
Not on temporary layoff	3,270	100.0	15.4	20.0	64.6	14.8	49.8
Permanent job losers	2,515	100.0	13.0	18.6	68.5	15.1	53.4
Persons who completed temporary jobs	754	100.0	23.5	24.7	51.8	13.7	38.1
Job leavers	464	100.0	22.6	25.0	52.4	15.2	37.2
Reentrants	1,250	100.0	15.9	19.5	64.6	13.6	51.0
New entrants	274	100.0	12.7	18.3	69.1	13.7	55.4

Women, 20 years and over	5,125	100.0	19.3	22.4	58.3	15.3	43.0
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2,705	100.0	20.5	21.8	57.7	14.8	42.8
On temporary layoff	399	100.0	51.5	31.9	16.5	10.5	6.1
Not on temporary layoff	2,307	100.0	15.1	20.1	64.8	15.6	49.2
Permanent job losers	1,863	100.0	12.9	19.2	67.9	15.4	52.5
Persons who completed temporary jobs	444	100.0	24.4	23.6	51.9	16.5	35.4
Job leavers	460	100.0	22.7	26.9	50.4	17.7	32.6
Reentrants	1,676	100.0	16.8	22.2	60.9	15.5	45.4
New entrants	284	100.0	16.3	21.9	61.8	15.2	46.5

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	1,397	100.0	33.4	30.8	35.8	15.5	20.3
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	176	100.0	48.8	28.9	22.2	9.9	12.4
On temporary layoff	59	100.0	77.8	17.6	4.6	2.0	2.6
Not on temporary layoff	117	100.0	34.3	34.6	31.1	13.8	17.3
Permanent job losers	69	100.0	35.4	32.5	32.1	13.0	19.1
Persons who completed temporary jobs	48	100.0	32.8	37.6	29.6	14.9	14.7
Job leavers	43	100.0	53.4	32.1	14.4	8.7	5.7
Reentrants	419	100.0	32.6	32.6	34.7	15.8	18.9
New entrants	758	100.0	29.1	30.2	40.7	16.9	23.8
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: February 5, 2013