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
May
2017		 Apr.
2018		 May
2018		 May
2017		 Jan.
2018		 Feb.
2018		 Mar.
2018		 Apr.
2018		 May
2018

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 3,017 2,805 2,493 3,333 3,273 3,279 3,146 2,958 2,854

On temporary layoff

 575 713 533 816 912 878 865 862 803

Not on temporary layoff

 2,442 2,092 1,960 2,517 2,361 2,401 2,281 2,096 2,052

Permanent job losers

 1,699 1,415 1,380 1,751 1,652 1,709 1,645 1,418 1,439

Persons who completed temporary jobs

 743 677 580 766 709 692 637 678 612

Job leavers

 741 761 801 798 716 780 864 815 852

Reentrants

 2,187 1,836 1,933 2,100 1,958 1,948 1,967 2,009 1,882

New entrants

 628 530 529 658 645 704 625 623 571

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 45.9 47.3 43.3 48.4 49.6 48.9 47.7 46.2 46.3

On temporary layoff

 8.7 12.0 9.3 11.8 13.8 13.1 13.1 13.5 13.0

Not on temporary layoff

 37.2 35.3 34.1 36.5 35.8 35.8 34.6 32.7 33.3

Job leavers

 11.3 12.8 13.9 11.6 10.9 11.6 13.1 12.7 13.8

Reentrants

 33.3 31.0 33.6 30.5 29.7 29.0 29.8 31.4 30.6

New entrants

 9.5 8.9 9.2 9.6 9.8 10.5 9.5 9.7 9.3

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 1.9 1.7 1.5 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.8

Job leavers

 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

Reentrants

 1.4 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2

New entrants

 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 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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Last Modified Date: June 01, 2018