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	July 2017	June 2018	July 2018	July 2017	Mar. 2018	Apr. 2018	May 2018	June 2018	July 2018
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	3,519	3,022	3,164	3,357	3,146	2,958	2,854	3,065	3,017
On temporary layoff	1,226	952	1,080	1,030	865	862	803	906	890
Not on temporary layoff	2,293	2,070	2,084	2,327	2,281	2,096	2,052	2,159	2,127
Permanent job losers	1,666	1,422	1,438	1,669	1,645	1,418	1,439	1,486	1,455
Persons who completed temporary jobs	627	647	646	658	637	678	612	673	672
Job leavers	775	776	869	760	864	815	852	811	844
Reentrants	2,206	2,184	1,893	2,086	1,967	2,009	1,882	2,086	1,799
New entrants	941	829	803	697	625	623	571	578	591

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	47.3	44.4	47.0	48.7	47.7	46.2	46.3	46.9	48.3
On temporary layoff	16.5	14.0	16.0	14.9	13.1	13.5	13.0	13.9	14.2
Not on temporary layoff	30.8	30.4	31.0	33.7	34.6	32.7	33.3	33.0	34.0
Job leavers	10.4	11.4	12.9	11.0	13.1	12.7	13.8	12.4	13.5
Reentrants	29.7	32.1	28.1	30.2	29.8	31.4	30.6	31.9	28.8
New entrants	12.6	12.2	11.9	10.1	9.5	9.7	9.3	8.8	9.5

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2.2	1.9	1.9	2.1	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Reentrants	1.4	1.3	1.2	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.1
New entrants	0.6	0.5	0.5	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.

Last Modified Date: August 03, 2018

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics