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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
2023 2024 2023 2024 2023 2024 2023 2024

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Total unemployed

 6,080 6,761 2,985 3,206 2,382 2,731 713 823

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 2,870 3,253 1,676 1,835 1,086 1,291 108 126

On temporary layoff

 811 859 463 481 299 326 49 52

Not on temporary layoff

 2,059 2,393 1,213 1,354 787 965 58 74

Permanent job losers

 1,485 1,716 872 963 579 713 34 41

Persons who completed temporary jobs

 574 677 341 392 209 253 24 33

Job leavers

 822 810 401 380 365 378 56 52

Reentrants

 1,831 2,052 767 828 809 923 255 302

New entrants

 556 647 141 164 121 139 294 344

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

 47.2 48.1 56.1 57.2 45.6 47.3 15.1 15.3

On temporary layoff

 13.3 12.7 15.5 15.0 12.5 11.9 6.9 6.4

Not on temporary layoff

 33.9 35.4 40.6 42.2 33.1 35.3 8.2 8.9

Job leavers

 13.5 12.0 13.4 11.8 15.3 13.8 7.9 6.3

Reentrants

 30.1 30.4 25.7 25.8 34.0 33.8 35.8 36.7

New entrants

 9.1 9.6 4.7 5.1 5.1 5.1 41.3 41.8

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 1.7 1.9 2.0 2.1 1.4 1.7 1.7 1.9

Job leavers

 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.8

Reentrants

 1.1 1.2 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 4.0 4.7

New entrants

 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 4.6 5.3

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

 

Last Modified Date: January 29, 2025