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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
Oct.
2023
Sept.
2024
Oct.
2024
Oct.
2023
June
2024
July
2024
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024
Oct.
2024

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

2,744 2,879 3,022 3,120 3,176 3,490 3,328 3,233 3,400

On temporary layoff

572 557 510 904 813 1,062 872 894 846

Not on temporary layoff

2,172 2,322 2,512 2,217 2,362 2,427 2,456 2,340 2,554

Permanent job losers

1,617 1,667 1,818 1,636 1,643 1,682 1,688 1,682 1,835

Persons who completed temporary jobs

555 655 693 581 719 746 768 658 719

Job leavers

823 884 825 801 752 855 845 818 801

Reentrants

1,895 2,131 2,186 1,869 2,094 2,160 2,132 2,046 2,154

New entrants

636 630 598 603 708 650 718 662 602

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

45.0 44.1 45.6 48.8 47.2 48.8 47.4 47.8 48.9

On temporary layoff

9.4 8.5 7.7 14.1 12.1 14.8 12.4 13.2 12.2

Not on temporary layoff

35.6 35.6 37.9 34.7 35.1 33.9 35.0 34.6 36.7

Job leavers

13.5 13.6 12.4 12.5 11.2 11.9 12.0 12.1 11.5

Reentrants

31.1 32.7 33.0 29.2 31.1 30.2 30.4 30.3 31.0

New entrants

10.4 9.7 9.0 9.4 10.5 9.1 10.2 9.8 8.6

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.1 2.0 1.9 2.0

Job leavers

0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

Reentrants

1.1 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3

New entrants

0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4

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.

Last Modified Date: November 01, 2024