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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
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| Reason | Total, 16 years and over | Men, 20 years and over | Women, 20 years and over | Both sexes, 16 to 19 years | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | |
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED | ||||||||
Total unemployed | 6,001 | 12,947 | 2,819 | 6,118 | 2,435 | 5,804 | 746 | 1,025 |
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs | 2,786 | 9,770 | 1,548 | 4,837 | 1,132 | 4,507 | 106 | 426 |
On temporary layoff | 823 | 6,371 | 457 | 2,917 | 324 | 3,121 | 42 | 333 |
Not on temporary layoff | 1,963 | 3,399 | 1,091 | 1,920 | 807 | 1,386 | 64 | 92 |
Permanent job losers | 1,343 | 2,655 | 736 | 1,480 | 569 | 1,107 | 37 | 68 |
Persons who completed temporary jobs | 620 | 744 | 355 | 440 | 238 | 279 | 26 | 25 |
Job leavers | 814 | 683 | 418 | 343 | 344 | 296 | 52 | 44 |
Reentrants | 1,810 | 1,969 | 708 | 817 | 836 | 872 | 265 | 281 |
New entrants | 591 | 526 | 144 | 121 | 123 | 130 | 323 | 275 |
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 | 46.4 | 75.5 | 54.9 | 79.1 | 46.5 | 77.6 | 14.2 | 41.5 |
On temporary layoff | 13.7 | 49.2 | 16.2 | 47.7 | 13.3 | 53.8 | 5.6 | 32.5 |
Not on temporary layoff | 32.7 | 26.3 | 38.7 | 31.4 | 33.2 | 23.9 | 8.6 | 9.0 |
Job leavers | 13.6 | 5.3 | 14.8 | 5.6 | 14.1 | 5.1 | 7.0 | 4.3 |
Reentrants | 30.2 | 15.2 | 25.1 | 13.3 | 34.3 | 15.0 | 35.5 | 27.4 |
New entrants | 9.8 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 2.0 | 5.1 | 2.2 | 43.3 | 26.8 |
UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE | ||||||||
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs | 1.7 | 6.1 | 1.8 | 5.9 | 1.5 | 6.2 | 1.8 | 7.4 |
Job leavers | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
Reentrants | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
New entrants | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. | ||||||||
Last Modified Date: January 22, 2021