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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	2024
	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	6,761	100.0	33.1	29.8	37.2	15.7	21.4
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	3,253	100.0	35.6	30.0	34.4	15.9	18.5
On temporary layoff	859	100.0	58.5	29.4	12.0	8.1	3.9
Not on temporary layoff	2,393	100.0	27.4	30.2	42.5	18.7	23.7
Permanent job losers	1,716	100.0	24.5	30.6	44.9	19.7	25.2
Persons who completed temporary jobs	677	100.0	34.6	29.2	36.2	16.3	19.9
Job leavers	810	100.0	34.9	30.3	34.8	15.8	19.0
Reentrants	2,052	100.0	28.9	28.7	42.4	15.8	26.5
New entrants	647	100.0	31.1	31.3	37.6	14.5	23.1

Men, 20 years and over	3,206	100.0	30.8	29.1	40.1	16.6	23.5
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1,835	100.0	34.1	29.7	36.1	16.4	19.7
On temporary layoff	481	100.0	55.7	29.7	14.6	10.0	4.6
Not on temporary layoff	1,354	100.0	26.4	29.8	43.8	18.7	25.1
Permanent job losers	963	100.0	23.1	29.9	47.0	19.8	27.2
Persons who completed temporary jobs	392	100.0	34.6	29.5	35.9	16.0	19.9
Job leavers	380	100.0	33.2	31.2	35.6	16.9	18.7
Reentrants	828	100.0	24.6	27.1	48.3	16.9	31.5
New entrants	164	100.0	19.0	27.1	53.9	17.1	36.7

Women, 20 years and over	2,731	100.0	32.4	29.3	38.3	16.3	22.1
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1,291	100.0	35.5	30.6	33.9	15.9	18.1
On temporary layoff	326	100.0	59.7	31.4	8.9	6.0	2.9
Not on temporary layoff	965	100.0	27.3	30.3	42.4	19.2	23.2
Permanent job losers	713	100.0	25.5	30.8	43.7	20.0	23.7
Persons who completed temporary jobs	253	100.0	32.3	28.9	38.8	17.1	21.7
Job leavers	378	100.0	33.9	28.7	37.3	16.0	21.3
Reentrants	923	100.0	28.4	27.9	43.7	16.9	26.8
New entrants	139	100.0	26.1	27.9	46.1	16.3	29.8

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	823	100.0	44.2	33.9	21.9	10.6	11.3
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	126	100.0	58.9	26.8	14.4	9.6	4.8
On temporary layoff	52	100.0	77.0	15.0	8.0	4.3	3.7
Not on temporary layoff	74	100.0	46.0	35.1	18.9	13.3	5.6
Permanent job losers	41	100.0	40.6	41.6	17.8	12.4	5.4
Persons who completed temporary jobs	33	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Job leavers	52	100.0	54.1	35.5	10.4	5.6	4.7
Reentrants	302	100.0	42.3	35.8	21.9	9.7	12.2
New entrants	344	100.0	38.9	34.7	26.4	12.6	13.8
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 29, 2025