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In November 2015, about 3.9 million people were unemployed because they had lost their jobs involuntarily or had completed temporary jobs. There were 586,000 fewer unemployed job losers in November than a year earlier. There were 2,444,000 unemployed reentrants to the labor force in November 2015, about 317,000 fewer than a year earlier. Reentrants are people who previously worked but were out of the labor force before they began their job search.
Number of unemployed people by reason for unemployment November 2005 – November 2015, seasonally adjusted
Month
New entrants
Reentrants
Job leavers
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs
Nov 2005
673,000
2,451,000
913,000
3,515,000
Dec 2005
633,000
2,361,000
817,000
3,483,000
Jan 2006
616,000
2,261,000
821,000
3,349,000
Feb 2006
711,000
2,316,000
872,000
3,366,000
Mar 2006
636,000
2,174,000
833,000
3,399,000
Apr 2006
591,000
2,172,000
853,000
3,505,000
May 2006
517,000
2,135,000
862,000
3,473,000
Jun 2006
646,000
2,163,000
828,000
3,369,000
Jul 2006
639,000
2,372,000
850,000
3,313,000
Aug 2006
646,000
2,274,000
854,000
3,283,000
Sep 2006
612,000
2,288,000
790,000
3,233,000
Oct 2006
572,000
2,255,000
779,000
3,125,000
Nov 2006
591,000
2,245,000
788,000
3,275,000
Dec 2006
586,000
2,162,000
785,000
3,243,000
Jan 2007
622,000
2,199,000
782,000
3,405,000
Feb 2007
599,000
2,082,000
846,000
3,395,000
Mar 2007
615,000
2,156,000
771,000
3,169,000
Apr 2007
620,000
2,162,000
742,000
3,354,000
May 2007
530,000
2,155,000
750,000
3,360,000
Jun 2007
640,000
2,113,000
828,000
3,383,000
Jul 2007
602,000
2,054,000
826,000
3,675,000
Aug 2007
588,000
2,047,000
797,000
3,625,000
Sep 2007
668,000
2,168,000
833,000
3,591,000
Oct 2007
696,000
2,086,000
782,000
3,706,000
Nov 2007
678,000
2,163,000
772,000
3,683,000
Dec 2007
679,000
2,334,000
778,000
3,871,000
Jan 2008
677,000
2,203,000
823,000
3,851,000
Feb 2008
656,000
2,129,000
796,000
3,894,000
Mar 2008
704,000
2,121,000
796,000
4,119,000
Apr 2008
625,000
2,119,000
847,000
4,067,000
May 2008
797,000
2,493,000
868,000
4,252,000
Jun 2008
786,000
2,533,000
859,000
4,390,000
Jul 2008
835,000
2,662,000
880,000
4,539,000
Aug 2008
821,000
2,655,000
1,019,000
4,942,000
Sep 2008
815,000
2,599,000
995,000
5,257,000
Oct 2008
819,000
2,623,000
931,000
5,706,000
Nov 2008
763,000
2,693,000
927,000
6,228,000
Dec 2008
803,000
2,826,000
990,000
6,653,000
Jan 2009
775,000
2,806,000
901,000
7,450,000
Feb 2009
999,000
2,939,000
837,000
8,079,000
Mar 2009
872,000
3,028,000
882,000
8,539,000
Apr 2009
901,000
3,107,000
869,000
8,960,000
May 2009
965,000
3,201,000
904,000
9,421,000
Jun 2009
1,001,000
3,331,000
819,000
9,529,000
Jul 2009
1,004,000
3,260,000
891,000
9,464,000
Aug 2009
1,085,000
3,282,000
842,000
9,641,000
Sep 2009
1,153,000
3,262,000
880,000
9,956,000
Oct 2009
1,102,000
3,411,000
903,000
9,931,000
Nov 2009
1,330,000
3,236,000
936,000
9,752,000
Dec 2009
1,241,000
3,371,000
923,000
9,591,000
Jan 2010
1,195,000
3,650,000
911,000
9,341,000
Feb 2010
1,192,000
3,469,000
877,000
9,596,000
Mar 2010
1,146,000
3,591,000
893,000
9,575,000
Apr 2010
1,187,000
3,772,000
930,000
9,415,000
May 2010
1,202,000
3,388,000
973,000
9,237,000
Jun 2010
1,174,000
3,300,000
888,000
9,039,000
Jul 2010
1,208,000
3,377,000
903,000
8,999,000
Aug 2010
1,278,000
3,372,000
870,000
9,127,000
Sep 2010
1,217,000
3,399,000
804,000
9,142,000
Oct 2010
1,277,000
3,481,000
854,000
8,884,000
Nov 2010
1,275,000
3,445,000
860,000
9,491,000
Dec 2010
1,306,000
3,379,000
920,000
8,831,000
Jan 2011
1,349,000
3,369,000
919,000
8,468,000
Feb 2011
1,288,000
3,352,000
895,000
8,353,000
Mar 2011
1,287,000
3,316,000
893,000
8,330,000
Apr 2011
1,300,000
3,422,000
948,000
8,290,000
May 2011
1,225,000
3,380,000
917,000
8,276,000
Jun 2011
1,239,000
3,500,000
967,000
8,154,000
Jul 2011
1,278,000
3,379,000
939,000
8,118,000
Aug 2011
1,260,000
3,514,000
975,000
8,027,000
Sep 2011
1,378,000
3,466,000
971,000
8,015,000
Oct 2011
1,288,000
3,368,000
1,076,000
7,889,000
Nov 2011
1,277,000
3,358,000
1,009,000
7,649,000
Dec 2011
1,283,000
3,365,000
955,000
7,571,000
Jan 2012
1,258,000
3,323,000
941,000
7,244,000
Feb 2012
1,379,000
3,345,000
1,041,000
7,132,000
Mar 2012
1,385,000
3,286,000
1,106,000
7,015,000
Apr 2012
1,361,000
3,407,000
1,001,000
6,838,000
May 2012
1,357,000
3,387,000
897,000
6,993,000
Jun 2012
1,327,000
3,247,000
921,000
7,101,000
Jul 2012
1,298,000
3,352,000
866,000
7,116,000
Aug 2012
1,270,000
3,325,000
941,000
6,890,000
Sep 2012
1,259,000
3,294,000
951,000
6,546,000
Oct 2012
1,300,000
3,290,000
1,037,000
6,545,000
Nov 2012
1,335,000
3,317,000
919,000
6,461,000
Dec 2012
1,290,000
3,600,000
998,000
6,526,000
Jan 2013
1,283,000
3,550,000
1,000,000
6,627,000
Feb 2013
1,271,000
3,309,000
957,000
6,443,000
Mar 2013
1,296,000
3,163,000
983,000
6,260,000
Apr 2013
1,276,000
3,194,000
873,000
6,329,000
May 2013
1,270,000
3,317,000
933,000
6,111,000
Jun 2013
1,259,000
3,300,000
1,024,000
6,087,000
Jul 2013
1,244,000
3,218,000
961,000
5,897,000
Aug 2013
1,302,000
3,105,000
877,000
5,909,000
Sep 2013
1,199,000
3,157,000
978,000
5,857,000
Oct 2013
1,212,000
3,064,000
859,000
6,214,000
Nov 2013
1,154,000
3,047,000
880,000
5,762,000
Dec 2013
1,198,000
3,027,000
860,000
5,421,000
Jan 2014
1,181,000
2,911,000
815,000
5,354,000
Feb 2014
1,232,000
2,972,000
816,000
5,403,000
Mar 2014
1,157,000
3,027,000
807,000
5,416,000
Apr 2014
1,052,000
2,631,000
786,000
5,153,000
May 2014
1,063,000
2,869,000
872,000
4,959,000
Jun 2014
1,059,000
2,701,000
848,000
4,791,000
Jul 2014
1,080,000
2,860,000
857,000
4,830,000
Aug 2014
1,064,000
2,845,000
851,000
4,813,000
Sep 2014
1,094,000
2,805,000
816,000
4,521,000
Oct 2014
1,058,000
2,856,000
782,000
4,349,000
Nov 2014
1,045,000
2,761,000
835,000
4,480,000
Dec 2014
971,000
2,701,000
798,000
4,325,000
Jan 2015
1,033,000
2,829,000
851,000
4,242,000
Feb 2015
972,000
2,655,000
884,000
4,180,000
Mar 2015
815,000
2,689,000
875,000
4,189,000
Apr 2015
868,000
2,685,000
828,000
4,136,000
May 2015
971,000
2,615,000
829,000
4,267,000
Jun 2015
933,000
2,516,000
773,000
4,088,000
Jul 2015
826,000
2,447,000
843,000
4,143,000
Aug 2015
850,000
2,349,000
790,000
4,070,000
Sep 2015
831,000
2,436,000
780,000
3,908,000
Oct 2015
807,000
2,430,000
789,000
3,965,000
Nov 2015
843,000
2,444,000
800,000
3,894,000
There were 843,000 unemployed new entrants to the labor force in November 2015, down 202,000 from a year earlier. These are people who had never worked before they began their job search. There were 800,000 unemployed job leavers in November 2015, about the same as a year earlier. These are people who quit or voluntarily ended their jobs and began searching for a new job.
United States Department of Labor
