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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
June
2020		 May
2021		 June
2021		 June
2020		 Feb.
2021		 Mar.
2021		 Apr.
2021		 May
2021		 June
2021

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 14,198 5,384 5,706 14,283 6,586 6,226 6,387 5,841 5,787

On temporary layoff

 10,596 1,562 1,796 10,606 2,229 2,026 2,114 1,823 1,811

Not on temporary layoff

 3,602 3,821 3,910 3,676 4,357 4,200 4,273 4,019 3,976

Permanent job losers

 2,825 3,113 3,159 2,856 3,497 3,432 3,529 3,234 3,187

Persons who completed temporary jobs

 776 709 751 821 860 768 744 785 789

Job leavers

 545 737 919 571 701 777 824 778 942

Reentrants

 2,495 2,224 2,499 2,334 2,124 2,253 2,072 2,149 2,298

New entrants

 834 483 760 557 582 497 625 525 494

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 78.6 61.0 57.7 80.5 65.9 63.8 64.5 62.9 60.8

On temporary layoff

 58.6 17.7 18.2 59.8 22.3 20.8 21.3 19.6 19.0

Not on temporary layoff

 19.9 43.3 39.6 20.7 43.6 43.1 43.1 43.2 41.8

Job leavers

 3.0 8.4 9.3 3.2 7.0 8.0 8.3 8.4 9.9

Reentrants

 13.8 25.2 25.3 13.2 21.3 23.1 20.9 23.1 24.1

New entrants

 4.6 5.5 7.7 3.1 5.8 5.1 6.3 5.7 5.2

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 8.8 3.4 3.5 8.9 4.1 3.9 4.0 3.6 3.6

Job leavers

 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6

Reentrants

 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.4

New entrants

 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3

NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to total unemployed in table A-1 because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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Last Modified Date: July 02, 2021