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
May
2017		 May
2018		 May
2017		 May
2018		 May
2017		 May
2018		 May
2017		 May
2018

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Total unemployed

 6,572 5,756 3,004 2,761 2,745 2,258 823 737

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 3,017 2,493 1,739 1,448 1,200 970 78 75

On temporary layoff

 575 533 325 304 221 206 29 23

Not on temporary layoff

 2,442 1,960 1,414 1,144 979 764 49 52

Permanent job losers

 1,699 1,380 988 789 678 551 33 40

Persons who completed temporary jobs

 743 580 426 355 301 213 16 12

Job leavers

 741 801 319 372 370 373 52 56

Reentrants

 2,187 1,933 834 846 1,027 799 326 288

New entrants

 628 529 112 94 148 116 368 319

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

 45.9 43.3 57.9 52.5 43.7 43.0 9.4 10.2

On temporary layoff

 8.7 9.3 10.8 11.0 8.0 9.1 3.5 3.1

Not on temporary layoff

 37.2 34.1 47.1 41.5 35.7 33.8 5.9 7.0

Job leavers

 11.3 13.9 10.6 13.5 13.5 16.5 6.3 7.6

Reentrants

 33.3 33.6 27.8 30.7 37.4 35.4 39.6 39.0

New entrants

 9.5 9.2 3.7 3.4 5.4 5.1 44.7 43.2

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 1.9 1.5 2.1 1.7 1.7 1.3 1.3 1.3

Job leavers

 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.9 1.0

Reentrants

 1.4 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.4 1.1 5.7 5.0

New entrants

 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 6.4 5.6

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

 

Last Modified Date: June 01, 2018