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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
Nov.
2022		 Oct.
2023		 Nov.
2023		 Nov.
2022		 July
2023		 Aug.
2023		 Sept.
2023		 Oct.
2023		 Nov.
2023

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 2,487 2,744 2,816 2,761 2,620 2,914 2,858 3,059 3,100

On temporary layoff

 608 572 720 806 667 789 781 873 892

Not on temporary layoff

 1,879 2,172 2,096 1,956 1,953 2,125 2,077 2,186 2,209

Permanent job losers

 1,293 1,617 1,536 1,351 1,372 1,538 1,441 1,605 1,629

Persons who completed temporary jobs

 585 555 560 605 581 587 636 581 580

Job leavers

 818 823 810 829 852 801 797 800 820

Reentrants

 1,688 1,895 1,660 1,798 1,853 1,930 2,043 1,884 1,782

New entrants

 530 636 541 558 503 597 568 612 571

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 45.0 45.0 48.3 46.4 44.9 46.7 45.6 48.1 49.4

On temporary layoff

 11.0 9.4 12.4 13.5 11.4 12.6 12.5 13.7 14.2

Not on temporary layoff

 34.0 35.6 36.0 32.9 33.5 34.0 33.2 34.4 35.2

Job leavers

 14.8 13.5 13.9 13.9 14.6 12.8 12.7 12.6 13.1

Reentrants

 30.6 31.1 28.5 30.2 31.8 30.9 32.6 29.6 28.4

New entrants

 9.6 10.4 9.3 9.4 8.6 9.6 9.1 9.6 9.1

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8

Job leavers

 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

Reentrants

 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1

New entrants

 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 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: December 08, 2023