HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-34. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, age, and duration of unemployment [Percent distribution]
Reason, sex, and age July 2018
Total unemployed Duration of unemployment
Thousands of
persons		 Percent Less than
5 weeks		 5 to 14
weeks		 15 weeks and over
Total 15 to 26
weeks		 27 weeks
and over

Total, 16 years and over

 6,730 100.0 33.4 32.5 34.1 12.2 22.0

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 3,164 100.0 36.3 32.7 31.0 11.6 19.4

On temporary layoff

 1,080 100.0 54.2 40.9 4.9 4.0 0.9

Not on temporary layoff

 2,084 100.0 27.0 28.5 44.5 15.6 29.0

Permanent job losers

 1,438 100.0 23.1 30.8 46.1 14.7 31.5

Persons who completed temporary jobs

 646 100.0 35.8 23.3 40.9 17.6 23.4

Job leavers

 869 100.0 38.4 33.1 28.5 12.3 16.2

Reentrants

 1,893 100.0 27.6 28.3 44.1 14.1 29.9

New entrants

 803 100.0 30.1 40.7 29.2 9.5 19.7

Men, 20 years and over

 2,734 100.0 28.8 29.4 41.8 15.3 26.5

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 1,496 100.0 32.3 28.8 38.9 15.4 23.4

On temporary layoff

 374 100.0 59.1 34.1 6.8 6.0 0.8

Not on temporary layoff

 1,122 100.0 23.4 27.1 49.5 18.6 30.9

Permanent job losers

 739 100.0 19.0 30.4 50.7 17.0 33.7

Persons who completed temporary jobs

 383 100.0 31.9 20.8 47.4 21.7 25.6

Job leavers

 391 100.0 33.8 32.8 33.4 12.0 21.4

Reentrants

 706 100.0 20.2 28.1 51.7 18.3 33.3

New entrants

 142 100.0 20.5 32.9 46.5 7.8 38.7

Women, 20 years and over

 3,028 100.0 33.0 34.7 32.2 10.5 21.8

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 1,551 100.0 37.6 37.8 24.6 7.9 16.7

On temporary layoff

 645 100.0 49.4 47.2 3.3 2.3 1.1

Not on temporary layoff

 906 100.0 29.2 31.0 39.7 11.8 27.9

Permanent job losers

 664 100.0 25.4 32.3 42.3 11.6 30.7

Persons who completed temporary jobs

 242 100.0 39.9 27.5 32.6 12.5 20.2

Job leavers

 405 100.0 35.2 36.9 27.9 14.8 13.1

Reentrants

 928 100.0 27.5 28.0 44.5 11.7 32.8

New entrants

 145 100.0 13.2 39.3 47.4 17.9 29.6

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 967 100.0 47.6 33.9 18.5 8.5 9.9

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 118 100.0 69.7 15.0 15.3 12.1 3.2

On temporary layoff

 62 100.0 - - - - -

Not on temporary layoff

 56 100.0 - - - - -

Permanent job losers

 36 100.0 - - - - -

Persons who completed temporary jobs

 21 100.0 - - - - -

Job leavers

 74 100.0 - - - - -

Reentrants

 259 100.0 48.3 29.9 21.7 11.4 10.3

New entrants

 516 100.0 37.5 43.2 19.3 7.5 11.8

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000).

 

Last Modified Date: August 03, 2018