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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
Dec.
2018		 Nov.
2019		 Dec.
2019		 Dec.
2018		 Aug.
2019		 Sept.
2019		 Oct.
2019		 Nov.
2019		 Dec.
2019

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 2,947 2,561 2,752 2,892 2,864 2,575 2,691 2,804 2,686

On temporary layoff

 834 638 873 768 812 729 772 768 807

Not on temporary layoff

 2,113 1,923 1,879 2,123 2,052 1,846 1,919 2,036 1,880

Permanent job losers

 1,415 1,336 1,296 1,419 1,388 1,318 1,260 1,422 1,295

Persons who completed temporary jobs

 698 587 583 704 664 528 659 614 585

Job leavers

 775 759 776 827 784 840 846 776 829

Reentrants

 1,810 1,599 1,524 1,968 1,785 1,669 1,698 1,663 1,655

New entrants

 496 522 452 600 577 673 622 581 551

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 48.9 47.1 50.0 46.0 47.7 44.7 45.9 48.1 46.9

On temporary layoff

 13.8 11.7 15.9 12.2 13.5 12.7 13.2 13.2 14.1

Not on temporary layoff

 35.0 35.4 34.1 33.8 34.1 32.1 32.8 35.0 32.9

Job leavers

 12.9 13.9 14.1 13.2 13.0 14.6 14.4 13.3 14.5

Reentrants

 30.0 29.4 27.7 31.3 29.7 29.0 29.0 28.6 28.9

New entrants

 8.2 9.6 8.2 9.5 9.6 11.7 10.6 10.0 9.6

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 1.8 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.6

Job leavers

 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

Reentrants

 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0

New entrants

 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 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: January 10, 2020