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Reason | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | |||||||
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Dec. 2019 |
Nov. 2020 |
Dec. 2020 |
Dec. 2019 |
Aug. 2020 |
Sept. 2020 |
Oct. 2020 |
Nov. 2020 |
Dec. 2020 |
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NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED |
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Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs |
2,752 | 7,219 | 7,264 | 2,703 | 10,248 | 9,039 | 7,685 | 7,468 | 7,210 |
On temporary layoff |
873 | 2,615 | 3,124 | 788 | 6,175 | 4,624 | 3,231 | 2,762 | 3,039 |
Not on temporary layoff |
1,879 | 4,603 | 4,141 | 1,914 | 4,074 | 4,415 | 4,454 | 4,705 | 4,171 |
Permanent job losers |
1,296 | 3,647 | 3,342 | 1,325 | 3,326 | 3,661 | 3,620 | 3,718 | 3,370 |
Persons who completed temporary jobs |
583 | 956 | 798 | 590 | 747 | 754 | 834 | 987 | 802 |
Job leavers |
776 | 680 | 706 | 814 | 595 | 808 | 763 | 698 | 743 |
Reentrants |
1,524 | 1,855 | 2,044 | 1,734 | 2,104 | 2,123 | 2,017 | 1,968 | 2,250 |
New entrants |
452 | 511 | 389 | 574 | 549 | 535 | 526 | 551 | 509 |
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION |
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Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs |
50.0 | 70.3 | 69.8 | 46.4 | 75.9 | 72.3 | 69.9 | 69.9 | 67.3 |
On temporary layoff |
15.9 | 25.5 | 30.0 | 13.5 | 45.8 | 37.0 | 29.4 | 25.9 | 28.4 |
Not on temporary layoff |
34.1 | 44.8 | 39.8 | 32.9 | 30.2 | 35.3 | 40.5 | 44.0 | 38.9 |
Job leavers |
14.1 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 14.0 | 4.4 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 6.5 | 6.9 |
Reentrants |
27.7 | 18.1 | 19.7 | 29.8 | 15.6 | 17.0 | 18.3 | 18.4 | 21.0 |
New entrants |
8.2 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 9.9 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE |
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Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs |
1.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.6 | 6.4 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.5 |
Job leavers |
0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
Reentrants |
0.9 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
New entrants |
0.3 | 0.3 | 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. |