2015 Annual Averages - Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, and age

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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	2014	2015	2014	2015	2014	2015	2014	2015
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	9,617	8,296	4,585	3,959	3,926	3,371	1,106	966
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	4,878	4,063	2,839	2,361	1,899	1,570	140	132
On temporary layoff	1,007	974	583	563	367	362	57	50
Not on temporary layoff	3,871	3,089	2,255	1,798	1,533	1,208	83	83
Permanent job losers	2,812	2,178	1,617	1,240	1,147	888	48	50
Persons who completed temporary jobs	1,059	910	638	558	386	320	35	32
Job leavers	824	819	392	379	388	389	44	51
Reentrants	2,829	2,535	1,109	1,014	1,393	1,220	327	301
New entrants	1,086	879	245	206	245	192	595	481

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	50.7	49.0	61.9	59.6	48.4	46.6	12.7	13.7
On temporary layoff	10.5	11.7	12.7	14.2	9.3	10.7	5.1	5.2
Not on temporary layoff	40.3	37.2	49.2	45.4	39.0	35.8	7.5	8.5
Job leavers	8.6	9.9	8.5	9.6	9.9	11.6	3.9	5.3
Reentrants	29.4	30.6	24.2	25.6	35.5	36.2	29.6	31.2
New entrants	11.3	10.6	5.3	5.2	6.2	5.7	53.8	49.8

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	3.1	2.6	3.5	2.9	2.7	2.2	2.5	2.3
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.9
Reentrants	1.8	1.6	1.4	1.3	2.0	1.7	5.8	5.3
New entrants	0.7	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	10.5	8.4
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: February 10, 2016