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	2022
	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	5,996	100.0	37.0	28.5	34.5	12.6	21.9
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2,767	100.0	38.8	27.4	33.8	11.9	22.0
On temporary layoff	830	100.0	61.0	26.1	12.9	6.6	6.3
Not on temporary layoff	1,936	100.0	29.3	28.0	42.8	14.1	28.7
Permanent job losers	1,359	100.0	26.8	27.5	45.7	14.1	31.7
Persons who completed temporary jobs	577	100.0	35.2	29.0	35.9	14.2	21.7
Job leavers	857	100.0	41.7	33.2	25.1	12.9	12.2
Reentrants	1,891	100.0	31.8	27.5	40.6	14.0	26.6
New entrants	482	100.0	38.1	30.7	31.2	10.9	20.3

Men, 20 years and over	2,867	100.0	34.7	28.0	37.3	12.5	24.8
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1,566	100.0	38.4	27.1	34.6	11.5	23.1
On temporary layoff	465	100.0	59.7	25.9	14.4	8.1	6.3
Not on temporary layoff	1,101	100.0	29.3	27.6	43.1	12.9	30.2
Permanent job losers	763	100.0	26.1	27.0	46.9	13.1	33.8
Persons who completed temporary jobs	338	100.0	36.5	28.9	34.6	12.6	21.9
Job leavers	421	100.0	38.6	35.2	26.2	12.8	13.4
Reentrants	761	100.0	27.2	25.4	47.4	14.7	32.7
New entrants	119	100.0	21.4	30.0	48.6	11.7	36.9

Women, 20 years and over	2,453	100.0	35.7	28.5	35.8	13.4	22.4
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1,105	100.0	37.5	28.1	34.4	12.6	21.7
On temporary layoff	328	100.0	60.7	28.0	11.3	4.4	6.9
Not on temporary layoff	777	100.0	27.7	28.1	44.1	16.1	28.0
Permanent job losers	564	100.0	26.3	28.1	45.6	15.6	30.0
Persons who completed temporary jobs	213	100.0	31.5	28.4	40.2	17.5	22.7
Job leavers	371	100.0	43.3	30.3	26.4	13.7	12.7
Reentrants	879	100.0	30.6	28.4	41.0	14.3	26.7
New entrants	98	100.0	33.3	26.9	39.8	12.2	27.6

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	675	100.0	50.8	31.1	18.1	10.2	7.9
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	95	100.0	60.7	24.2	15.1	8.8	6.3
On temporary layoff	37	100.0	79.7	11.3	9.1	7.6	1.4
Not on temporary layoff	58	100.0	48.5	32.5	18.9	9.6	9.4
Permanent job losers	33	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Persons who completed temporary jobs	26	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Job leavers	65	100.0	52.2	36.5	11.4	9.6	1.8
Reentrants	251	100.0	50.4	30.8	18.7	10.9	7.8
New entrants	265	100.0	47.3	32.4	20.2	10.1	10.1
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 25, 2023