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	Aug. 2016	July 2017	Aug. 2017	Aug. 2016	Apr. 2017	May 2017	June 2017	July 2017	Aug. 2017
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	3,787	3,519	3,536	3,777	3,538	3,327	3,444	3,378	3,523
On temporary layoff	1,000	1,226	1,051	1,002	934	814	900	1,044	1,032
Not on temporary layoff	2,787	2,293	2,485	2,775	2,604	2,513	2,545	2,334	2,490
Permanent job losers	1,987	1,666	1,788	1,989	1,806	1,741	1,758	1,676	1,799
Persons who completed temporary jobs	800	627	697	786	799	772	787	658	691
Job leavers	967	775	874	893	789	804	820	757	804
Reentrants	2,283	2,206	2,151	2,284	2,032	2,100	2,043	2,083	2,132
New entrants	959	941	725	853	712	656	682	703	656

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	47.4	47.3	48.5	48.4	50.0	48.3	49.3	48.8	49.5
On temporary layoff	12.5	16.5	14.4	12.8	13.2	11.8	12.9	15.1	14.5
Not on temporary layoff	34.9	30.8	34.1	35.5	36.8	36.5	36.4	33.7	35.0
Job leavers	12.1	10.4	12.0	11.4	11.2	11.7	11.7	10.9	11.3
Reentrants	28.5	29.7	29.5	29.3	28.7	30.5	29.2	30.1	30.0
New entrants	12.0	12.6	10.0	10.9	10.1	9.5	9.8	10.2	9.2

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2.4	2.2	2.2	2.4	2.2	2.1	2.2	2.1	2.2
Job leavers	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Reentrants	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3
New entrants	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: September 01, 2017

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey