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Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, age, and duration of unemployment

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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	2023
	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	6,080	100.0	34.7	30.7	34.6	15.2	19.4
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2,870	100.0	37.4	30.9	31.7	15.4	16.3
On temporary layoff	811	100.0	56.7	30.6	12.8	9.1	3.6
Not on temporary layoff	2,059	100.0	29.8	31.1	39.1	17.8	21.3
Permanent job losers	1,485	100.0	28.1	31.6	40.3	18.9	21.4
Persons who completed temporary jobs	574	100.0	34.2	29.7	36.1	14.9	21.1
Job leavers	822	100.0	37.8	31.4	30.8	14.4	16.3
Reentrants	1,831	100.0	29.9	29.1	41.0	15.4	25.6
New entrants	556	100.0	32.3	33.7	34.0	14.9	19.1

Men, 20 years and over	2,985	100.0	32.3	30.0	37.7	16.4	21.3
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1,676	100.0	35.8	30.9	33.3	15.8	17.5
On temporary layoff	463	100.0	54.0	30.9	15.1	11.6	3.6
Not on temporary layoff	1,213	100.0	28.9	30.9	40.2	17.4	22.8
Permanent job losers	872	100.0	27.4	31.6	41.0	18.2	22.9
Persons who completed temporary jobs	341	100.0	32.7	29.1	38.2	15.5	22.6
Job leavers	401	100.0	35.1	29.3	35.6	16.4	19.2
Reentrants	767	100.0	24.5	27.8	47.6	17.3	30.4
New entrants	141	100.0	25.0	32.8	42.2	18.8	23.4

Women, 20 years and over	2,382	100.0	34.0	31.3	34.7	15.1	19.6
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1,086	100.0	37.2	31.5	31.3	15.6	15.6
On temporary layoff	299	100.0	57.1	32.4	10.5	6.4	4.2
Not on temporary layoff	787	100.0	29.7	31.2	39.1	19.2	20.0
Permanent job losers	579	100.0	28.2	31.0	40.8	20.7	20.1
Persons who completed temporary jobs	209	100.0	33.8	31.7	34.5	14.9	19.6
Job leavers	365	100.0	38.3	33.7	28.0	13.1	14.8
Reentrants	809	100.0	29.1	30.1	40.8	14.9	25.9
New entrants	121	100.0	25.4	29.9	44.7	16.7	28.0

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	713	100.0	47.2	31.6	21.2	10.8	10.4
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	108	100.0	63.8	25.3	10.9	5.9	5.0
On temporary layoff	49	100.0	79.6	16.3	4.1	3.3	0.8
Not on temporary layoff	58	100.0	50.4	32.8	16.8	8.1	8.6
Permanent job losers	34	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Persons who completed temporary jobs	24	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Job leavers	56	100.0	54.3	31.4	14.3	9.0	5.4
Reentrants	255	100.0	48.5	29.8	21.7	11.5	10.2
New entrants	294	100.0	38.7	35.6	25.7	12.3	13.5
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 26, 2024