Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, age, and duration of unemployment : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
29. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, age, and duration of unemployment [Percent distribution]
Reason, sex, and age	2020
	Total unemployed		Duration of unemployment
	Thousands of persons	Percent	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	15 weeks and over
	Thousands of persons	Percent	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	Total	15 to 26 weeks	27 weeks and over
Total, 16 years and over	12,947	100.0	28.6	36.5	34.8	19.4	15.4
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	9,770	100.0	28.1	39.0	32.9	20.2	12.7
On temporary layoff	6,371	100.0	31.2	43.6	25.2	18.3	6.9
Not on temporary layoff	3,399	100.0	22.3	30.4	47.4	23.8	23.6
Permanent job losers	2,655	100.0	21.0	29.8	49.2	24.9	24.3
Persons who completed temporary jobs	744	100.0	26.8	32.2	41.1	20.0	21.1
Job leavers	683	100.0	34.0	28.6	37.3	16.0	21.3
Reentrants	1,969	100.0	28.8	28.4	42.8	17.9	25.0
New entrants	526	100.0	30.7	31.6	37.7	15.3	22.4

Men, 20 years and over	6,118	100.0	27.6	35.4	37.1	19.8	17.2
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	4,837	100.0	27.9	37.3	34.8	20.4	14.4
On temporary layoff	2,917	100.0	32.2	42.4	25.4	18.2	7.3
Not on temporary layoff	1,920	100.0	21.3	29.7	49.0	23.8	25.2
Permanent job losers	1,480	100.0	20.0	29.2	50.8	25.5	25.4
Persons who completed temporary jobs	440	100.0	25.6	31.6	42.8	18.1	24.7
Job leavers	343	100.0	31.2	29.2	39.5	17.6	21.9
Reentrants	817	100.0	25.6	27.8	46.6	17.9	28.7
New entrants	121	100.0	17.3	25.7	56.9	17.7	39.2

Women, 20 years and over	5,804	100.0	27.5	37.7	34.7	20.1	14.7
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	4,507	100.0	27.3	40.3	32.4	20.7	11.6
On temporary layoff	3,121	100.0	29.4	44.5	26.0	19.1	6.9
Not on temporary layoff	1,386	100.0	22.5	30.9	46.6	24.3	22.3
Permanent job losers	1,107	100.0	21.4	30.3	48.3	24.6	23.7
Persons who completed temporary jobs	279	100.0	26.9	33.3	39.9	23.1	16.7
Job leavers	296	100.0	34.8	27.6	37.7	15.5	22.2
Reentrants	872	100.0	27.0	28.6	44.5	18.8	25.7
New entrants	130	100.0	22.0	32.2	45.8	16.7	29.0

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	1,025	100.0	41.4	36.4	22.2	13.3	8.8
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	426	100.0	39.2	43.3	17.5	12.8	4.7
On temporary layoff	333	100.0	39.6	45.3	15.1	11.7	3.5
Not on temporary layoff	92	100.0	37.8	36.0	26.1	16.8	9.3
Permanent job losers	68	100.0	35.1	37.9	27.0	16.7	10.3
Persons who completed temporary jobs	25	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Job leavers	44	100.0	51.3	30.8	17.9	7.0	10.8
Reentrants	281	100.0	43.9	29.4	26.7	14.9	11.8
New entrants	275	100.0	40.7	33.9	25.4	13.6	11.8
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 35,000).

Last Modified Date: January 22, 2021