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
Apr.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Apr.
2019		 Apr.
2018		 Dec.
2018		 Jan.
2019		 Feb.
2019		 Mar.
2019		 Apr.
2019

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 2,805 3,098 2,484 2,965 2,903 3,082 2,857 2,837 2,651

On temporary layoff

 713 1,029 574 865 762 937 820 878 717

Not on temporary layoff

 2,092 2,069 1,910 2,100 2,141 2,144 2,037 1,960 1,934

Permanent job losers

 1,415 1,470 1,287 1,418 1,432 1,427 1,300 1,379 1,302

Persons who completed temporary jobs

 677 599 623 682 710 717 737 580 632

Job leavers

 761 763 685 812 839 805 840 779 737

Reentrants

 1,836 1,982 1,761 2,001 1,958 1,945 1,905 2,007 1,926

New entrants

 530 539 457 615 588 606 623 614 530

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 47.3 48.5 46.1 46.4 46.2 47.9 45.9 45.5 45.4

On temporary layoff

 12.0 16.1 10.6 13.5 12.1 14.6 13.2 14.1 12.3

Not on temporary layoff

 35.3 32.4 35.5 32.8 34.1 33.3 32.7 31.4 33.1

Job leavers

 12.8 12.0 12.7 12.7 13.3 12.5 13.5 12.5 12.6

Reentrants

 31.0 31.1 32.7 31.3 31.1 30.2 30.6 32.2 33.0

New entrants

 8.9 8.4 8.5 9.6 9.3 9.4 10.0 9.8 9.1

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 1.7 1.9 1.5 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.6

Job leavers

 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

Reentrants

 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2

New entrants

 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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Last Modified Date: May 03, 2019