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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
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