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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
Dec.
2019		 Nov.
2020		 Dec.
2020		 Dec.
2019		 Aug.
2020		 Sept.
2020		 Oct.
2020		 Nov.
2020		 Dec.
2020

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 2,752 7,219 7,264 2,703 10,248 9,039 7,685 7,468 7,210

On temporary layoff

 873 2,615 3,124 788 6,175 4,624 3,231 2,762 3,039

Not on temporary layoff

 1,879 4,603 4,141 1,914 4,074 4,415 4,454 4,705 4,171

Permanent job losers

 1,296 3,647 3,342 1,325 3,326 3,661 3,620 3,718 3,370

Persons who completed temporary jobs

 583 956 798 590 747 754 834 987 802

Job leavers

 776 680 706 814 595 808 763 698 743

Reentrants

 1,524 1,855 2,044 1,734 2,104 2,123 2,017 1,968 2,250

New entrants

 452 511 389 574 549 535 526 551 509

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 50.0 70.3 69.8 46.4 75.9 72.3 69.9 69.9 67.3

On temporary layoff

 15.9 25.5 30.0 13.5 45.8 37.0 29.4 25.9 28.4

Not on temporary layoff

 34.1 44.8 39.8 32.9 30.2 35.3 40.5 44.0 38.9

Job leavers

 14.1 6.6 6.8 14.0 4.4 6.5 6.9 6.5 6.9

Reentrants

 27.7 18.1 19.7 29.8 15.6 17.0 18.3 18.4 21.0

New entrants

 8.2 5.0 3.7 9.9 4.1 4.3 4.8 5.2 4.7

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 1.7 4.5 4.5 1.6 6.4 5.6 4.8 4.7 4.5

Job leavers

 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5

Reentrants

 0.9 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.4

New entrants

 0.3 0.3 0.2 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.

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Last Modified Date: January 08, 2021