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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
Aug.
2019		 July
2020		 Aug.
2020		 Aug.
2019		 Apr.
2020		 May
2020		 June
2020		 July
2020		 Aug.
2020

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 2,906 13,079 10,347 2,864 20,626 18,291 14,272 12,924 10,307

On temporary layoff

 863 9,444 6,206 812 18,063 15,343 10,565 9,225 6,160

Not on temporary layoff

 2,042 3,635 4,141 2,052 2,563 2,948 3,707 3,699 4,147

Permanent job losers

 1,389 2,862 3,398 1,388 2,000 2,295 2,883 2,877 3,411

Persons who completed temporary jobs

 653 773 743 664 563 653 824 823 736

Job leavers

 865 614 672 784 570 554 565 571 589

Reentrants

 1,801 2,448 2,103 1,785 1,477 1,645 2,356 2,358 2,095

New entrants

 631 741 620 577 389 536 563 513 554

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 46.8 77.5 75.3 47.7 89.4 87.0 80.4 79.0 76.1

On temporary layoff

 13.9 55.9 45.2 13.5 78.3 73.0 59.5 56.4 45.5

Not on temporary layoff

 32.9 21.5 30.1 34.1 11.1 14.0 20.9 22.6 30.6

Job leavers

 13.9 3.6 4.9 13.0 2.5 2.6 3.2 3.5 4.4

Reentrants

 29.0 14.5 15.3 29.7 6.4 7.8 13.3 14.4 15.5

New entrants

 10.2 4.4 4.5 9.6 1.7 2.5 3.2 3.1 4.1

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 1.8 8.1 6.4 1.7 13.2 11.6 8.9 8.1 6.4

Job leavers

 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4

Reentrants

 1.1 1.5 1.3 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.5 1.5 1.3

New entrants

 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.4 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: September 23, 2020