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
July
2016		 June
2017		 July
2017		 July
2016		 Mar.
2017		 Apr.
2017		 May
2017		 June
2017		 July
2017

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 3,869 3,359 3,519 3,711 3,519 3,538 3,327 3,444 3,378

On temporary layoff

 1,165 926 1,226 1,000 953 934 814 900 1,044

Not on temporary layoff

 2,704 2,433 2,293 2,712 2,567 2,604 2,513 2,545 2,334

Permanent job losers

 2,014 1,700 1,666 2,002 1,819 1,806 1,741 1,758 1,676

Persons who completed temporary jobs

 690 733 627 710 748 799 772 787 658

Job leavers

 865 779 775 837 798 789 804 820 757

Reentrants

 2,429 2,131 2,206 2,299 2,066 2,032 2,100 2,043 2,083

New entrants

 1,104 981 941 822 790 712 656 682 703

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 46.8 46.3 47.3 48.4 49.1 50.0 48.3 49.3 48.8

On temporary layoff

 14.1 12.8 16.5 13.0 13.3 13.2 11.8 12.9 15.1

Not on temporary layoff

 32.7 33.6 30.8 35.4 35.8 36.8 36.5 36.4 33.7

Job leavers

 10.5 10.7 10.4 10.9 11.1 11.2 11.7 11.7 10.9

Reentrants

 29.4 29.4 29.7 30.0 28.8 28.7 30.5 29.2 30.1

New entrants

 13.4 13.5 12.6 10.7 11.0 10.1 9.5 9.8 10.2

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 2.4 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.1

Job leavers

 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

Reentrants

 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3

New entrants

 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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