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 April 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

 5,932 100.0 30.1 28.1 41.9 19.5 22.3

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 2,805 100.0 29.8 28.6 41.7 22.7 19.0

On temporary layoff

 713 100.0 45.8 22.6 31.6 27.0 4.6

Not on temporary layoff

 2,092 100.0 24.3 30.6 45.1 21.2 23.9

Permanent job losers

 1,415 100.0 23.3 29.7 47.0 20.6 26.4

Persons who completed temporary jobs

 677 100.0 26.4 32.5 41.1 22.4 18.7

Job leavers

 761 100.0 35.7 32.2 32.1 17.4 14.7

Reentrants

 1,836 100.0 28.0 23.0 48.9 18.4 30.6

New entrants

 530 100.0 30.4 37.3 32.4 9.9 22.5

Men, 20 years and over

 2,983 100.0 27.2 26.5 46.3 23.6 22.7

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 1,732 100.0 27.2 29.1 43.7 25.9 17.8

On temporary layoff

 452 100.0 35.3 23.1 41.6 36.7 4.8

Not on temporary layoff

 1,279 100.0 24.3 31.2 44.5 22.1 22.4

Permanent job losers

 864 100.0 22.6 31.6 45.8 21.5 24.3

Persons who completed temporary jobs

 415 100.0 28.0 30.2 41.8 23.2 18.6

Job leavers

 333 100.0 39.5 29.6 30.8 16.8 14.1

Reentrants

 836 100.0 22.7 19.5 57.8 23.3 34.6

New entrants

 82 100.0 21.4 32.4 46.2 5.6 40.6

Women, 20 years and over

 2,307 100.0 29.5 28.3 42.2 17.3 24.9

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 974 100.0 32.0 27.5 40.5 17.5 23.0

On temporary layoff

 217 100.0 64.3 19.9 15.9 10.7 5.1

Not on temporary layoff

 756 100.0 22.7 29.7 47.6 19.4 28.1

Permanent job losers

 517 100.0 21.7 28.1 50.2 18.6 31.6

Persons who completed temporary jobs

 239 100.0 24.9 33.3 41.9 21.2 20.6

Job leavers

 395 100.0 31.9 33.8 34.3 18.0 16.3

Reentrants

 784 100.0 26.3 25.4 48.3 16.2 32.2

New entrants

 154 100.0 24.2 34.0 41.8 19.9 21.9

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 642 100.0 45.4 34.6 20.0 8.7 11.3

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 100 100.0 52.7 30.3 16.9 16.9 0.0

On temporary layoff

 44 100.0 - - - - -

Not on temporary layoff

 56 100.0 - - - - -

Permanent job losers

 33 100.0 - - - - -

Persons who completed temporary jobs

 23 100.0 - - - - -

Job leavers

 32 100.0 - - - - -

Reentrants

 216 100.0 55.0 28.1 16.9 7.5 9.4

New entrants

 294 100.0 36.1 40.3 23.6 5.8 17.8

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: May 04, 2018