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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
Sept.
2019		 Aug.
2020		 Sept.
2020		 Sept.
2019		 May
2020		 June
2020		 July
2020		 Aug.
2020		 Sept.
2020

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 2,227 10,347 8,738 2,575 18,291 14,272 12,924 10,307 9,135

On temporary layoff

 428 6,206 4,280 729 15,343 10,565 9,225 6,160 4,637

Not on temporary layoff

 1,799 4,141 4,457 1,846 2,948 3,707 3,699 4,147 4,498

Permanent job losers

 1,269 3,398 3,704 1,318 2,295 2,883 2,877 3,411 3,756

Persons who completed temporary jobs

 530 743 754 528 653 824 823 736 742

Job leavers

 897 672 869 840 554 565 571 589 801

Reentrants

 1,691 2,103 2,139 1,669 1,645 2,356 2,358 2,095 2,146

New entrants

 650 620 531 673 536 563 513 554 537

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 40.7 75.3 71.2 44.7 87.0 80.4 79.0 76.1 72.4

On temporary layoff

 7.8 45.2 34.9 12.7 73.0 59.5 56.4 45.5 36.7

Not on temporary layoff

 32.9 30.1 36.3 32.1 14.0 20.9 22.6 30.6 35.6

Job leavers

 16.4 4.9 7.1 14.6 2.6 3.2 3.5 4.4 6.4

Reentrants

 30.9 15.3 17.4 29.0 7.8 13.3 14.4 15.5 17.0

New entrants

 11.9 4.5 4.3 11.7 2.5 3.2 3.1 4.1 4.3

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 1.4 6.4 5.5 1.6 11.6 8.9 8.1 6.4 5.7

Job leavers

 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5

Reentrants

 1.0 1.3 1.3 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.3

New entrants

 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 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: October 05, 2020