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
Nov.
2017		 Nov.
2018		 Nov.
2017		 Nov.
2018		 Nov.
2017		 Nov.
2018		 Nov.
2017		 Nov.
2018

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Total unemployed

 6,286 5,650 2,909 2,596 2,509 2,383 868 672

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 2,907 2,598 1,649 1,444 1,135 1,043 123 111

On temporary layoff

 807 699 441 345 295 297 71 57

Not on temporary layoff

 2,100 1,899 1,207 1,098 840 746 52 54

Permanent job losers

 1,483 1,242 839 697 627 520 16 25

Persons who completed temporary jobs

 617 657 368 402 214 226 35 29

Job leavers

 757 699 354 307 362 336 41 56

Reentrants

 1,978 1,829 803 707 871 877 304 245

New entrants

 644 524 103 137 142 127 399 259

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

 46.2 46.0 56.7 55.6 45.2 43.8 14.2 16.6

On temporary layoff

 12.8 12.4 15.2 13.3 11.7 12.4 8.2 8.5

Not on temporary layoff

 33.4 33.6 41.5 42.3 33.5 31.3 6.0 8.1

Job leavers

 12.0 12.4 12.2 11.8 14.4 14.1 4.8 8.3

Reentrants

 31.5 32.4 27.6 27.2 34.7 36.8 35.0 36.5

New entrants

 10.2 9.3 3.5 5.3 5.6 5.4 46.0 38.6

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 1.8 1.6 2.0 1.7 1.6 1.4 2.2 2.0

Job leavers

 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.7 1.0

Reentrants

 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.8 1.2 1.2 5.5 4.4

New entrants

 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 7.2 4.6

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

 

Last Modified Date: December 07, 2018