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	Feb. 2022	Jan. 2023	Feb. 2023	Feb. 2022	Oct. 2022	Nov. 2022	Dec. 2022	Jan. 2023	Feb. 2023
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	3,473	3,226	3,249	3,004	2,695	2,761	2,629	2,529	2,752
On temporary layoff	1,164	1,238	1,117	879	853	806	814	734	816
Not on temporary layoff	2,309	1,987	2,132	2,125	1,842	1,956	1,815	1,795	1,935
Permanent job losers	1,641	1,330	1,482	1,551	1,267	1,351	1,339	1,257	1,380
Persons who completed temporary jobs	668	657	650	574	575	605	476	538	555
Job leavers	964	881	892	964	861	829	825	884	891
Reentrants	1,971	1,807	1,862	1,971	1,873	1,798	1,767	1,817	1,847
New entrants	374	465	462	429	494	558	497	531	515

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	51.2	50.6	50.3	47.2	45.5	46.4	46.0	43.9	45.8
On temporary layoff	17.2	19.4	17.3	13.8	14.4	13.5	14.2	12.7	13.6
Not on temporary layoff	34.0	31.2	33.0	33.4	31.1	32.9	31.7	31.2	32.2
Job leavers	14.2	13.8	13.8	15.1	14.5	13.9	14.4	15.3	14.8
Reentrants	29.1	28.3	28.8	30.9	31.6	30.2	30.9	31.5	30.8
New entrants	5.5	7.3	7.1	6.7	8.3	9.4	8.7	9.2	8.6

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2.1	2.0	2.0	1.8	1.6	1.7	1.6	1.5	1.7
Job leavers	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Reentrants	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1
New entrants	0.2	0.3	0.3	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: March 10, 2023