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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
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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
2021 2022 2021 2022 2021 2022 2021 2022

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Total unemployed

 8,623 5,996 4,302 2,867 3,625 2,453 696 675

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 5,099 2,767 2,827 1,566 2,130 1,105 142 95

On temporary layoff

 1,582 830 837 465 680 328 66 37

Not on temporary layoff

 3,516 1,936 1,990 1,101 1,450 777 76 58

Permanent job losers

 2,799 1,359 1,554 763 1,190 564 55 33

Persons who completed temporary jobs

 717 577 436 338 260 213 21 26

Job leavers

 803 857 383 421 372 371 48 65

Reentrants

 2,204 1,891 956 761 1,007 879 241 251

New entrants

 518 482 136 119 116 98 266 265

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

 59.1 46.1 65.7 54.6 58.8 45.0 20.4 14.1

On temporary layoff

 18.4 13.8 19.5 16.2 18.7 13.4 9.4 5.5

Not on temporary layoff

 40.8 32.3 46.3 38.4 40.0 31.7 10.9 8.6

Job leavers

 9.3 14.3 8.9 14.7 10.3 15.1 6.8 9.6

Reentrants

 25.6 31.5 22.2 26.5 27.8 35.8 34.6 37.1

New entrants

 6.0 8.0 3.2 4.1 3.2 4.0 38.2 39.2

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 3.2 1.7 3.4 1.9 2.9 1.5 2.4 1.5

Job leavers

 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.8 1.0

Reentrants

 1.4 1.2 1.2 0.9 1.4 1.2 4.0 4.0

New entrants

 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 4.5 4.2

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

 

Last Modified Date: January 25, 2023