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	Feb. 2018	Jan. 2019	Feb. 2019	Feb. 2018	Oct. 2018	Nov. 2018	Dec. 2018	Jan. 2019	Feb. 2019
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	3,716	3,791	3,300	3,227	2,858	2,842	2,903	3,082	2,857
On temporary layoff	1,172	1,432	1,088	871	793	804	762	937	820
Not on temporary layoff	2,544	2,359	2,212	2,356	2,066	2,038	2,141	2,144	2,037
Permanent job losers	1,799	1,536	1,406	1,667	1,365	1,337	1,432	1,427	1,300
Persons who completed temporary jobs	745	823	806	689	701	701	710	717	737
Job leavers	774	804	840	784	731	697	839	805	840
Reentrants	1,962	1,999	1,908	1,954	1,914	1,880	1,958	1,945	1,905
New entrants	639	547	577	703	605	577	588	606	623

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	52.4	53.1	49.8	48.4	46.8	47.4	46.2	47.9	45.9
On temporary layoff	16.5	20.1	16.4	13.1	13.0	13.4	12.1	14.6	13.2
Not on temporary layoff	35.9	33.0	33.4	35.3	33.8	34.0	34.1	33.3	32.7
Job leavers	10.9	11.3	12.7	11.8	12.0	11.6	13.3	12.5	13.5
Reentrants	27.7	28.0	28.8	29.3	31.3	31.4	31.1	30.2	30.6
New entrants	9.0	7.7	8.7	10.5	9.9	9.6	9.3	9.4	10.0

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2.3	2.3	2.0	2.0	1.8	1.7	1.8	1.9	1.8
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5
Reentrants	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2
New entrants	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: March 08, 2019

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey