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	Sept. 2016	Aug. 2017	Sept. 2017	Sept. 2016	May 2017	June 2017	July 2017	Aug. 2017	Sept. 2017
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	3,536	3,536	2,992	3,930	3,327	3,444	3,378	3,523	3,359
On temporary layoff	694	1,051	568	1,068	814	900	1,044	1,032	895
Not on temporary layoff	2,842	2,485	2,424	2,862	2,513	2,545	2,334	2,490	2,464
Permanent job losers	1,968	1,788	1,742	1,963	1,741	1,758	1,676	1,799	1,759
Persons who completed temporary jobs	874	697	682	899	772	787	658	691	705
Job leavers	991	874	805	900	804	820	757	804	738
Reentrants	2,367	2,151	2,127	2,327	2,100	2,043	2,083	2,132	2,079
New entrants	764	725	631	802	656	682	703	656	669

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	46.2	48.5	45.6	49.4	48.3	49.3	48.8	49.5	49.1
On temporary layoff	9.1	14.4	8.7	13.4	11.8	12.9	15.1	14.5	13.1
Not on temporary layoff	37.1	34.1	37.0	36.0	36.5	36.4	33.7	35.0	36.0
Job leavers	12.9	12.0	12.3	11.3	11.7	11.7	10.9	11.3	10.8
Reentrants	30.9	29.5	32.4	29.2	30.5	29.2	30.1	30.0	30.4
New entrants	10.0	10.0	9.6	10.1	9.5	9.8	10.2	9.2	9.8

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2.2	2.2	1.9	2.5	2.1	2.2	2.1	2.2	2.1
Job leavers	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Reentrants	1.5	1.3	1.3	1.5	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3
New entrants	0.5	0.5	0.4	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: October 06, 2017

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey