Chart 5. Unemployed people, by reasons for unemployment, quarterly averages, seasonally adjusted, 1994–2022 (in thousands)
Quarter Job losers on temporary layoff Job losers not on temporary layoff Job leavers Reentrants New entrants

Q1 1994

1,061 3,134 840 2,928 627

Q2 1994

893 2,823 804 2,939 603

Q3 1994

973 2,750 797 2,706 611

Q4 1994

924 2,611 721 2,574 582

Q1 1995

1,015 2,416 767 2,465 572

Q2 1995

1,041 2,453 855 2,597 584

Q3 1995

1,033 2,436 845 2,564 592

Q4 1995

1,035 2,485 833 2,485 573

Q1 1996

1,062 2,469 787 2,465 586

Q2 1996

1,078 2,429 705 2,564 571

Q3 1996

950 2,241 758 2,506 580

Q4 1996

968 2,244 846 2,524 583

Q1 1997

976 2,213 814 2,502 607

Q2 1997

949 2,101 795 2,380 570

Q3 1997

849 2,085 847 2,253 563

Q4 1997

922 2,019 714 2,212 534

Q1 1998

902 1,981 773 2,201 536

Q2 1998

792 1,978 699 2,081 528

Q3 1998

902 1,921 754 2,143 488

Q4 1998

856 1,954 708 2,105 523

Q1 1999

861 1,826 746 2,031 497

Q2 1999

844 1,819 807 2,010 440

Q3 1999

864 1,759 785 1,991 477

Q4 1999

818 1,678 799 1,989 468

Q1 2000

806 1,762 785 2,006 414

Q2 2000

850 1,549 766 2,005 433

Q3 2000

882 1,666 795 1,917 449

Q4 2000

896 1,634 771 1,907 437

Q1 2001

999 1,920 823 1,935 406

Q2 2001

1,044 2,141 794 1,884 464

Q3 2001

1,079 2,412 843 2,094 469

Q4 2001

1,212 3,207 880 2,240 497

Q1 2002

1,128 3,332 887 2,350 510

Q2 2002

1,115 3,522 906 2,392 524

Q3 2002

1,133 3,448 826 2,329 564

Q4 2002

1,101 3,638 851 2,399 535

Q1 2003

1,125 3,628 809 2,405 604

Q2 2003

1,179 3,786 823 2,588 642

Q3 2003

1,123 3,846 804 2,476 669

Q4 2003

1,073 3,597 837 2,415 641

Q1 2004

1,034 3,373 834 2,466 657

Q2 2004

981 3,229 864 2,454 673

Q3 2004

995 3,086 862 2,351 701

Q4 2004

950 3,102 875 2,339 712

Q1 2005

958 2,943 883 2,378 695

Q2 2005

894 2,736 899 2,376 708

Q3 2005

957 2,637 836 2,396 621

Q4 2005

919 2,593 871 2,383 648

Q1 2006

889 2,483 842 2,251 655

Q2 2006

942 2,507 848 2,157 585

Q3 2006

905 2,371 831 2,311 632

Q4 2006

967 2,247 784 2,221 583

Q1 2007

971 2,352 800 2,146 612

Q2 2007

949 2,417 773 2,143 596

Q3 2007

969 2,661 819 2,090 619

Q4 2007

1,002 2,752 777 2,195 684

Q1 2008

1,044 2,910 805 2,151 679

Q2 2008

1,091 3,146 858 2,381 736

Q3 2008

1,222 3,691 965 2,639 824

Q4 2008

1,417 4,779 949 2,714 795

Q1 2009

1,543 6,480 873 2,924 882

Q2 2009

1,731 7,572 864 3,213 956

Q3 2009

1,754 7,933 871 3,268 1,081

Q4 2009

1,563 8,194 921 3,339 1,224

Q1 2010

1,569 7,935 894 3,570 1,178

Q2 2010

1,404 7,826 930 3,486 1,188

Q3 2010

1,325 7,764 859 3,383 1,235

Q4 2010

1,363 7,706 878 3,435 1,286

Q1 2011

1,259 7,130 897 3,341 1,306

Q2 2011

1,240 6,999 945 3,436 1,258

Q3 2011

1,188 6,863 964 3,458 1,304

Q4 2011

1,222 6,477 1,016 3,362 1,282

Q1 2012

1,197 5,949 1,025 3,291 1,338

Q2 2012

1,165 5,814 945 3,357 1,353

Q3 2012

1,235 5,590 920 3,342 1,273

Q4 2012

1,100 5,411 981 3,403 1,309

Q1 2013

1,133 5,313 974 3,300 1,273

Q2 2013

1,118 5,065 953 3,292 1,274

Q3 2013

1,098 4,768 942 3,185 1,252

Q4 2013

1,228 4,581 859 3,036 1,191

Q1 2014

1,026 4,359 808 2,929 1,181

Q2 2014

1,031 3,970 845 2,758 1,062

Q3 2014

1,000 3,688 839 2,866 1,083

Q4 2014

956 3,441 799 2,754 1,028

Q1 2015

980 3,200 877 2,671 918

Q2 2015

1,051 3,159 808 2,610 919

Q3 2015

938 3,035 798 2,418 839

Q4 2015

939 2,959 795 2,441 851

Q1 2016

904 2,795 794 2,468 800

Q2 2016

976 2,855 826 2,265 887

Q3 2016

1,006 2,780 881 2,290 826

Q4 2016

975 2,658 930 2,299 782

Q1 2017

997 2,637 821 2,122 773

Q2 2017

902 2,570 785 2,056 690

Q3 2017

974 2,408 765 2,102 658

Q4 2017

947 2,292 743 2,039 644

Q1 2018

855 2,325 787 1,951 654

Q2 2018

873 2,138 818 1,973 591

Q3 2018

848 2,019 817 1,849 570

Q4 2018

834 2,068 755 1,946 594

Q1 2019

871 2,053 809 1,950 622

Q2 2019

810 1,912 814 1,861 558

Q3 2019

795 1,920 820 1,738 600

Q4 2019

816 1,964 812 1,690 580

Q1 2020

1,159 2,007 770 1,833 541

Q2 2020

14,642 3,039 552 1,791 501

Q3 2020

6,650 4,075 669 2,155 538

Q4 2020

3,032 4,477 737 2,071 524

Q1 2021

2,350 4,254 710 2,164 554

Q2 2021

1,905 4,038 849 2,182 529

Q3 2021

1,176 3,289 847 2,333 498

Q4 2021

899 2,478 803 2,114 487

Q1 2022

871 2,149 902 1,986 446

Q2 2022

834 1,904 798 1,926 504

Q3 2022

790 1,823 881 1,830 459

Q4 2022

824 1,871 838 1,813 516

Turning points are quarterly. Q1 = first quarter, Q2 = second quarter, Q3 = third quarter, and Q4 = fourth quarter.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey.