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	2015	2016	2015	2016	2015	2016	2015	2016
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	8,296	7,751	3,959	3,675	3,371	3,151	966	925
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	4,063	3,740	2,361	2,165	1,570	1,461	132	113
On temporary layoff	974	966	563	537	362	383	50	45
Not on temporary layoff	3,089	2,774	1,798	1,628	1,208	1,078	83	68
Permanent job losers	2,178	1,965	1,240	1,148	888	780	50	37
Persons who completed temporary jobs	910	809	558	480	320	298	32	31
Job leavers	819	858	379	388	389	417	51	53
Reentrants	2,535	2,330	1,014	936	1,220	1,087	301	307
New entrants	879	823	206	185	192	186	481	453

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	49.0	48.2	59.6	58.9	46.6	46.4	13.7	12.2
On temporary layoff	11.7	12.5	14.2	14.6	10.7	12.2	5.2	4.9
Not on temporary layoff	37.2	35.8	45.4	44.3	35.8	34.2	8.5	7.3
Job leavers	9.9	11.1	9.6	10.6	11.6	13.2	5.3	5.7
Reentrants	30.6	30.1	25.6	25.5	36.2	34.5	31.2	33.2
New entrants	10.6	10.6	5.2	5.0	5.7	5.9	49.8	48.9

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2.6	2.3	2.9	2.6	2.2	2.0	2.3	1.9
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.9	0.9
Reentrants	1.6	1.5	1.3	1.1	1.7	1.5	5.3	5.2
New entrants	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	8.4	7.7
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: February 8, 2017