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

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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	Apr. 2020	Apr. 2021	Apr. 2020	Apr. 2021	Apr. 2020	Apr. 2021	Apr. 2020	Apr. 2021
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	22,504	9,220	10,338	4,828	10,666	3,773	1,500	618
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	20,384	6,092	9,361	3,485	9,816	2,461	1,207	145
On temporary layoff	17,878	1,944	7,920	1,122	8,797	765	1,161	56
Not on temporary layoff	2,506	4,148	1,441	2,363	1,019	1,696	46	89
Permanent job losers	1,951	3,438	1,129	1,961	790	1,406	32	71
Persons who completed temporary jobs	555	710	312	401	229	290	14	18
Job leavers	520	775	249	379	255	362	16	34
Reentrants	1,329	1,896	634	811	524	842	171	243
New entrants	271	457	94	154	71	107	106	196

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	90.6	66.1	90.5	72.2	92.0	65.2	80.5	23.5
On temporary layoff	79.4	21.1	76.6	23.2	82.5	20.3	77.4	9.1
Not on temporary layoff	11.1	45.0	13.9	48.9	9.6	44.9	3.1	14.4
Job leavers	2.3	8.4	2.4	7.8	2.4	9.6	1.1	5.5
Reentrants	5.9	20.6	6.1	16.8	4.9	22.3	11.4	39.3
New entrants	1.2	5.0	0.9	3.2	0.7	2.8	7.1	31.7

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	13.1	3.8	11.6	4.2	13.9	3.4	25.9	2.5
Job leavers	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.6
Reentrants	0.9	1.2	0.8	1.0	0.7	1.2	3.7	4.2
New entrants	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	2.3	3.4
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: May 07, 2021