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Reason | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | |||||||
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Feb. 2023 |
Jan. 2024 |
Feb. 2024 |
Feb. 2023 |
Oct. 2023 |
Nov. 2023 |
Dec. 2023 |
Jan. 2024 |
Feb. 2024 |
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NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED |
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Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs |
3,249 | 3,680 | 3,691 | 2,766 | 3,120 | 3,058 | 3,058 | 3,028 | 3,216 |
On temporary layoff |
1,117 | 1,345 | 1,123 | 807 | 904 | 889 | 917 | 876 | 827 |
Not on temporary layoff |
2,132 | 2,335 | 2,568 | 1,959 | 2,217 | 2,169 | 2,140 | 2,151 | 2,389 |
Permanent job losers |
1,482 | 1,621 | 1,812 | 1,403 | 1,636 | 1,589 | 1,543 | 1,556 | 1,730 |
Persons who completed temporary jobs |
650 | 713 | 756 | 556 | 581 | 580 | 597 | 595 | 659 |
Job leavers |
892 | 791 | 712 | 888 | 801 | 821 | 833 | 794 | 711 |
Reentrants |
1,862 | 1,851 | 1,991 | 1,844 | 1,869 | 1,771 | 1,741 | 1,834 | 1,946 |
New entrants |
462 | 456 | 576 | 521 | 603 | 582 | 609 | 550 | 611 |
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION |
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Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs |
50.3 | 54.3 | 53.0 | 46.0 | 48.8 | 49.1 | 49.0 | 48.8 | 49.6 |
On temporary layoff |
17.3 | 19.8 | 16.1 | 13.4 | 14.1 | 14.3 | 14.7 | 14.1 | 12.8 |
Not on temporary layoff |
33.0 | 34.4 | 36.8 | 32.5 | 34.7 | 34.8 | 34.3 | 34.7 | 36.8 |
Job leavers |
13.8 | 11.7 | 10.2 | 14.8 | 12.5 | 13.2 | 13.4 | 12.8 | 11.0 |
Reentrants |
28.8 | 27.3 | 28.6 | 30.6 | 29.2 | 28.4 | 27.9 | 29.5 | 30.0 |
New entrants |
7.1 | 6.7 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 9.4 | 9.3 | 9.8 | 8.9 | 9.4 |
UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE |
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Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs |
2.0 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
Job leavers |
0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
Reentrants |
1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
New entrants |
0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
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. |