A-32. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, and age

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-32. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, and age [Numbers in thousands]
Reason	Total, 16 years and over		Men, 20 years and over		Women, 20 years and over		Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Reason	Feb. 2022	Feb. 2023	Feb. 2022	Feb. 2023	Feb. 2022	Feb. 2023	Feb. 2022	Feb. 2023
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	6,782	6,465	3,472	3,315	2,718	2,470	592	680
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	3,473	3,249	2,114	2,026	1,192	1,086	167	137
On temporary layoff	1,164	1,117	782	787	314	288	68	42
Not on temporary layoff	2,309	2,132	1,332	1,239	879	798	99	95
Permanent job losers	1,641	1,482	932	875	668	543	41	64
Persons who completed temporary jobs	668	650	400	364	210	255	58	31
Job leavers	964	892	423	340	479	484	62	68
Reentrants	1,971	1,862	830	824	949	792	191	247
New entrants	374	462	105	125	98	108	171	228

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Total unemployed	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	51.2	50.3	60.9	61.1	43.9	44.0	28.3	20.2
On temporary layoff	17.2	17.3	22.5	23.7	11.5	11.7	11.5	6.2
Not on temporary layoff	34.0	33.0	38.4	37.4	32.3	32.3	16.7	14.0
Job leavers	14.2	13.8	12.2	10.3	17.6	19.6	10.5	10.1
Reentrants	29.1	28.8	23.9	24.8	34.9	32.1	32.4	36.2
New entrants	5.5	7.1	3.0	3.8	3.6	4.4	28.9	33.5

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2.1	2.0	2.5	2.4	1.6	1.5	2.9	2.3
Job leavers	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.7	0.6	1.1	1.1
Reentrants	1.2	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.3	1.1	3.4	4.1
New entrants	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	3.0	3.8
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: March 10, 2023