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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
2022 2023 2022 2023 2022 2023 2022 2023

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Total unemployed

 5,996 6,080 2,867 2,985 2,453 2,382 675 713

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 2,767 2,870 1,566 1,676 1,105 1,086 95 108

On temporary layoff

 830 811 465 463 328 299 37 49

Not on temporary layoff

 1,936 2,059 1,101 1,213 777 787 58 58

Permanent job losers

 1,359 1,485 763 872 564 579 33 34

Persons who completed temporary jobs

 577 574 338 341 213 209 26 24

Job leavers

 857 822 421 401 371 365 65 56

Reentrants

 1,891 1,831 761 767 879 809 251 255

New entrants

 482 556 119 141 98 121 265 294

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

 46.1 47.2 54.6 56.1 45.0 45.6 14.1 15.1

On temporary layoff

 13.8 13.3 16.2 15.5 13.4 12.5 5.5 6.9

Not on temporary layoff

 32.3 33.9 38.4 40.6 31.7 33.1 8.6 8.2

Job leavers

 14.3 13.5 14.7 13.4 15.1 15.3 9.6 7.9

Reentrants

 31.5 30.1 26.5 25.7 35.8 34.0 37.1 35.8

New entrants

 8.0 9.1 4.1 4.7 4.0 5.1 39.2 41.3

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 1.7 1.7 1.9 2.0 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.7

Job leavers

 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.9

Reentrants

 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.9 1.2 1.1 4.0 4.0

New entrants

 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 4.2 4.6

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

 

Last Modified Date: January 26, 2024