Table A-11. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-11. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment [Numbers in thousands]
Reason	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted
Reason	May 2016	Apr. 2017	May 2017	May 2016	Jan. 2017	Feb. 2017	Mar. 2017	Apr. 2017	May 2017
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	3,322	3,369	3,017	3,578	3,713	3,709	3,519	3,538	3,327
On temporary layoff	645	794	575	836	1,062	979	953	934	814
Not on temporary layoff	2,677	2,576	2,442	2,742	2,651	2,730	2,567	2,604	2,513
Permanent job losers	1,955	1,795	1,699	1,985	1,981	2,042	1,819	1,806	1,741
Persons who completed temporary jobs	722	781	743	757	670	688	748	799	772
Job leavers	744	726	741	803	862	802	798	789	804
Reentrants	2,305	1,858	2,187	2,215	2,170	2,197	2,066	2,032	2,100
New entrants	835	602	628	865	813	773	790	712	656

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	46.1	51.4	45.9	48.0	49.1	49.6	49.1	50.0	48.3
On temporary layoff	9.0	12.1	8.7	11.2	14.0	13.1	13.3	13.2	11.8
Not on temporary layoff	37.1	39.3	37.2	36.7	35.1	36.5	35.8	36.8	36.5
Job leavers	10.3	11.1	11.3	10.8	11.4	10.7	11.1	11.2	11.7
Reentrants	32.0	28.4	33.3	29.7	28.7	29.4	28.8	28.7	30.5
New entrants	11.6	9.2	9.5	11.6	10.8	10.3	11.0	10.1	9.5

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2.1	2.1	1.9	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.1
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Reentrants	1.5	1.2	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3
New entrants	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: June 02, 2017

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey