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	2013
	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	11,460	100.0	22.5	24.1	53.4	15.8	37.6
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	6,073	100.0	23.6	23.6	52.8	15.6	37.2
On temporary layoff	1,136	100.0	52.8	30.1	17.1	11.5	5.6
Not on temporary layoff	4,937	100.0	16.9	22.1	61.0	16.6	44.4
Permanent job losers	3,720	100.0	14.8	20.5	64.7	16.7	48.0
Persons who completed temporary jobs	1,218	100.0	23.3	26.8	49.9	16.4	33.5
Job leavers	932	100.0	25.3	26.5	48.2	16.6	31.6
Reentrants	3,207	100.0	19.3	22.9	57.8	15.6	42.2
New entrants	1,247	100.0	23.6	27.8	48.6	16.2	32.4

Men, 20 years and over	5,568	100.0	20.8	23.0	56.2	15.7	40.5
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	3,582	100.0	22.7	23.8	53.5	15.6	37.9
On temporary layoff	694	100.0	49.2	31.3	19.6	13.3	6.2
Not on temporary layoff	2,888	100.0	16.3	22.1	61.7	16.1	45.6
Permanent job losers	2,140	100.0	14.3	20.5	65.2	16.1	49.1
Persons who completed temporary jobs	748	100.0	22.1	26.5	51.5	16.1	35.4
Job leavers	440	100.0	23.8	24.9	51.3	17.0	34.3
Reentrants	1,285	100.0	16.3	20.9	62.9	15.2	47.7
New entrants	261	100.0	13.3	18.6	68.1	17.0	51.1

Women, 20 years and over	4,565	100.0	21.4	22.8	55.8	16.0	39.9
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2,322	100.0	23.5	22.5	54.0	16.0	38.0
On temporary layoff	387	100.0	56.7	29.1	14.2	9.2	5.0
Not on temporary layoff	1,935	100.0	16.8	21.2	62.0	17.4	44.6
Permanent job losers	1,510	100.0	14.8	19.6	65.6	17.6	48.0
Persons who completed temporary jobs	424	100.0	24.0	26.7	49.3	16.7	32.6
Job leavers	439	100.0	24.5	26.9	48.6	16.7	31.9
Reentrants	1,536	100.0	18.3	22.1	59.6	15.8	43.8
New entrants	269	100.0	15.2	22.8	61.9	15.4	46.5

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	1,327	100.0	33.8	33.0	33.2	15.6	17.6
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	170	100.0	46.3	32.3	21.4	12.0	9.4
On temporary layoff	55	100.0	72.0	22.1	5.9	3.7	2.1
Not on temporary layoff	115	100.0	34.1	37.2	28.7	15.9	12.8
Permanent job losers	69	100.0	31.5	39.8	28.7	14.8	13.9
Persons who completed temporary jobs	46	100.0	38.0	33.2	28.8	17.7	11.1
Job leavers	53	100.0	43.7	37.1	19.2	12.4	6.7
Reentrants	386	100.0	33.1	32.9	34.0	16.6	17.5
New entrants	718	100.0	30.5	33.0	36.5	16.2	20.3
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: February 26, 2014