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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
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.

Last Modified Date: March 10, 2023