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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.
2019		 Jan.
2020		 Feb.
2020		 Feb.
2019		 Oct.
2019		 Nov.
2019		 Dec.
2019		 Jan.
2020		 Feb.
2020

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 3,300 3,267 3,151 2,863 2,691 2,804 2,686 2,665 2,723

On temporary layoff

 1,088 1,109 1,069 828 772 768 807 742 801

Not on temporary layoff

 2,212 2,158 2,082 2,036 1,919 2,036 1,880 1,923 1,922

Permanent job losers

 1,406 1,403 1,358 1,304 1,260 1,422 1,295 1,289 1,279

Persons who completed temporary jobs

 806 755 723 732 659 614 585 634 644

Job leavers

 840 830 766 841 846 776 829 836 777

Reentrants

 1,908 1,907 1,839 1,902 1,698 1,663 1,655 1,838 1,803

New entrants

 577 500 462 619 622 581 551 557 505

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 49.8 50.2 50.7 46.0 45.9 48.1 46.9 45.2 46.9

On temporary layoff

 16.4 17.1 17.2 13.3 13.2 13.2 14.1 12.6 13.8

Not on temporary layoff

 33.4 33.2 33.5 32.7 32.8 35.0 32.9 32.6 33.1

Job leavers

 12.7 12.8 12.3 13.5 14.4 13.3 14.5 14.2 13.4

Reentrants

 28.8 29.3 29.6 30.6 29.0 28.6 28.9 31.2 31.0

New entrants

 8.7 7.7 7.4 9.9 10.6 10.0 9.6 9.4 8.7

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.7

Job leavers

 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

Reentrants

 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1

New entrants

 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 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: March 06, 2020