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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
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Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, age, and duration of unemployment
Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, age, and duration of unemployment
| Reason, sex, and age | 2014 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total unemployed | Duration of unemployment | ||||||
| Thousands of persons | Percent | Less than 5 weeks | 5 to 14 weeks | 15 weeks and over | |||
| Total | 15 to 26 weeks | 27 weeks and over | |||||
| Total, 16 years and over | 9,617 | 100.0 | 25.7 | 25.3 | 49.0 | 15.6 | 33.5 |
| Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs | 4,878 | 100.0 | 27.3 | 25.0 | 47.7 | 15.5 | 32.2 |
| On temporary layoff | 1,007 | 100.0 | 54.1 | 30.4 | 15.4 | 10.4 | 5.1 |
| Not on temporary layoff | 3,871 | 100.0 | 20.4 | 23.6 | 56.0 | 16.8 | 39.3 |
| Permanent job losers | 2,812 | 100.0 | 18.3 | 22.8 | 59.0 | 17.1 | 41.9 |
| Persons who completed temporary jobs | 1,059 | 100.0 | 25.9 | 25.8 | 48.3 | 16.0 | 32.3 |
| Job leavers | 824 | 100.0 | 28.6 | 29.7 | 41.7 | 16.4 | 25.3 |
| Reentrants | 2,829 | 100.0 | 22.1 | 23.7 | 54.2 | 15.4 | 38.8 |
| New entrants | 1,086 | 100.0 | 25.5 | 27.3 | 47.2 | 15.8 | 31.4 |
| Men, 20 years and over | 4,585 | 100.0 | 23.9 | 23.9 | 52.2 | 15.8 | 36.4 |
| Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs | 2,839 | 100.0 | 26.4 | 24.9 | 48.7 | 16.1 | 32.5 |
| On temporary layoff | 583 | 100.0 | 50.6 | 31.7 | 17.6 | 12.5 | 5.1 |
| Not on temporary layoff | 2,255 | 100.0 | 20.1 | 23.2 | 56.7 | 17.1 | 39.6 |
| Permanent job losers | 1,617 | 100.0 | 18.2 | 22.4 | 59.4 | 17.2 | 42.2 |
| Persons who completed temporary jobs | 638 | 100.0 | 25.0 | 25.1 | 49.9 | 16.9 | 33.0 |
| Job leavers | 392 | 100.0 | 27.6 | 29.2 | 43.2 | 15.8 | 27.4 |
| Reentrants | 1,109 | 100.0 | 18.0 | 20.5 | 61.5 | 15.3 | 46.2 |
| New entrants | 245 | 100.0 | 15.9 | 19.1 | 65.1 | 13.8 | 51.3 |
| Women, 20 years and over | 3,926 | 100.0 | 24.1 | 25.5 | 50.5 | 15.5 | 35.0 |
| Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs | 1,899 | 100.0 | 26.6 | 25.0 | 48.3 | 14.8 | 33.5 |
| On temporary layoff | 367 | 100.0 | 57.0 | 29.6 | 13.3 | 8.1 | 5.2 |
| Not on temporary layoff | 1,533 | 100.0 | 19.4 | 23.9 | 56.7 | 16.4 | 40.3 |
| Permanent job losers | 1,147 | 100.0 | 17.3 | 23.0 | 59.7 | 17.0 | 42.7 |
| Persons who completed temporary jobs | 386 | 100.0 | 25.3 | 26.7 | 48.0 | 14.8 | 33.2 |
| Job leavers | 388 | 100.0 | 27.0 | 30.0 | 42.9 | 18.0 | 24.9 |
| Reentrants | 1,393 | 100.0 | 20.9 | 25.1 | 54.0 | 15.4 | 38.6 |
| New entrants | 245 | 100.0 | 17.9 | 23.7 | 58.4 | 16.7 | 41.7 |
| Both sexes, 16 to 19 years | 1,106 | 100.0 | 38.8 | 30.3 | 30.9 | 15.0 | 15.9 |
| Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs | 140 | 100.0 | 56.1 | 25.9 | 18.0 | 10.1 | 7.8 |
| On temporary layoff | 57 | 100.0 | 71.4 | 21.9 | 6.7 | 3.6 | 3.1 |
| Not on temporary layoff | 83 | 100.0 | 45.7 | 28.6 | 25.7 | 14.6 | 11.1 |
| Permanent job losers | 48 | 100.0 | 44.4 | 28.4 | 27.1 | 16.6 | 10.5 |
| Persons who completed temporary jobs | 35 | 100.0 | 47.3 | 28.9 | 23.7 | 11.9 | 11.9 |
| Job leavers | 44 | 100.0 | 51.5 | 31.2 | 17.3 | 7.5 | 9.8 |
| Reentrants | 327 | 100.0 | 40.9 | 28.8 | 30.3 | 15.6 | 14.7 |
| New entrants | 595 | 100.0 | 32.6 | 32.1 | 35.2 | 16.3 | 18.9 |
| NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. | |||||||
Last Modified Date: February 12, 2015