2017 Annual Averages ‐ Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, and age : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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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	2016	2017	2016	2017	2016	2017	2016	2017
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	7,751	6,982	3,675	3,287	3,151	2,868	925	827
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	3,740	3,434	2,165	1,970	1,461	1,348	113	116
On temporary layoff	966	956	537	531	383	378	45	47
Not on temporary layoff	2,774	2,479	1,628	1,439	1,078	970	68	70
Permanent job losers	1,965	1,768	1,148	1,013	780	715	37	40
Persons who completed temporary jobs	809	711	480	426	298	255	31	30
Job leavers	858	778	388	359	417	375	53	44
Reentrants	2,330	2,079	936	815	1,087	996	307	267
New entrants	823	690	185	142	186	149	453	399

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	48.2	49.2	58.9	59.9	46.4	47.0	12.2	14.1
On temporary layoff	12.5	13.7	14.6	16.2	12.2	13.2	4.9	5.7
Not on temporary layoff	35.8	35.5	44.3	43.8	34.2	33.8	7.3	8.4
Job leavers	11.1	11.1	10.6	10.9	13.2	13.1	5.7	5.3
Reentrants	30.1	29.8	25.5	24.8	34.5	34.7	33.2	32.3
New entrants	10.6	9.9	5.0	4.3	5.9	5.2	48.9	48.3

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2.3	2.1	2.6	2.4	2.0	1.9	1.9	2.0
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.9	0.7
Reentrants	1.5	1.3	1.1	1.0	1.5	1.4	5.2	4.5
New entrants	0.5	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	7.7	6.8
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: January 16, 2019