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	Dec. 2020	Nov. 2021	Dec. 2021	Dec. 2020	Aug. 2021	Sept. 2021	Oct. 2021	Nov. 2021	Dec. 2021
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	7,264	3,079	3,044	7,348	4,441	4,002	3,700	3,369	3,095
On temporary layoff	3,124	673	834	3,091	1,206	1,083	1,041	875	812
Not on temporary layoff	4,141	2,406	2,210	4,257	3,234	2,919	2,659	2,493	2,283
Permanent job losers	3,342	1,839	1,622	3,467	2,509	2,243	2,102	1,905	1,703
Persons who completed temporary jobs	798	567	588	790	725	676	557	589	580
Job leavers	706	828	676	756	830	792	845	837	724
Reentrants	2,044	2,010	1,849	2,249	2,446	2,275	2,206	2,154	2,038
New entrants	389	385	395	508	514	491	537	452	513

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	69.8	48.9	51.0	67.7	54.0	52.9	50.8	49.4	48.6
On temporary layoff	30.0	10.7	14.0	28.5	14.7	14.3	14.3	12.8	12.8
Not on temporary layoff	39.8	38.2	37.1	39.2	39.3	38.6	36.5	36.6	35.8
Job leavers	6.8	13.1	11.3	7.0	10.1	10.5	11.6	12.3	11.4
Reentrants	19.7	31.9	31.0	20.7	29.7	30.1	30.3	31.6	32.0
New entrants	3.7	6.1	6.6	4.7	6.2	6.5	7.4	6.6	8.1

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	4.5	1.9	1.9	4.6	2.7	2.5	2.3	2.1	1.9
Job leavers	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4
Reentrants	1.3	1.2	1.1	1.4	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3
New entrants	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	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 07, 2022