A-34. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, age, and duration of unemployment

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A-34. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, age, and duration of unemployment [Percent distribution]
Reason, sex, and age	September 2024
	Total unemployed		Duration of unemployment
	Thousands of persons	Percent	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	15 weeks and over
	Thousands of persons	Percent	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	Total	15 to 26 weeks	27 weeks and over
Total, 16 years and over	6,524	100.0	32.1	27.6	40.2	15.7	24.6
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2,879	100.0	32.0	28.8	39.2	15.5	23.7
On temporary layoff	557	100.0	62.9	25.3	11.8	5.8	5.9
Not on temporary layoff	2,322	100.0	24.5	29.7	45.8	17.9	27.9
Permanent job losers	1,667	100.0	21.3	31.0	47.8	18.6	29.2
Persons who completed temporary jobs	655	100.0	32.8	26.3	40.9	16.1	24.8
Job leavers	884	100.0	36.4	30.8	32.8	12.5	20.2
Reentrants	2,131	100.0	31.0	24.0	45.0	17.3	27.7
New entrants	630	100.0	30.6	30.1	39.3	14.9	24.4

Men, 20 years and over	2,955	100.0	28.5	25.1	46.3	19.1	27.2
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1,567	100.0	29.9	27.8	42.3	18.5	23.8
On temporary layoff	287	100.0	56.4	28.4	15.1	6.6	8.5
Not on temporary layoff	1,279	100.0	24.0	27.6	48.4	21.2	27.2
Permanent job losers	889	100.0	18.1	30.0	51.9	21.5	30.4
Persons who completed temporary jobs	390	100.0	37.5	22.2	40.4	20.4	20.0
Job leavers	405	100.0	37.1	26.1	36.8	16.9	20.0
Reentrants	859	100.0	24.1	20.6	55.3	21.5	33.8
New entrants	124	100.0	13.4	19.9	66.7	18.0	48.7

Women, 20 years and over	2,667	100.0	31.3	28.4	40.3	14.3	26.0
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1,135	100.0	31.6	29.7	38.7	13.4	25.3
On temporary layoff	205	100.0	65.3	24.8	9.9	6.6	3.3
Not on temporary layoff	930	100.0	24.2	30.8	45.0	14.9	30.1
Permanent job losers	720	100.0	25.3	29.6	45.0	16.4	28.6
Persons who completed temporary jobs	211	100.0	20.5	34.7	44.9	9.7	35.1
Job leavers	424	100.0	34.4	32.9	32.7	9.6	23.1
Reentrants	974	100.0	30.6	25.3	44.1	16.6	27.5
New entrants	133	100.0	23.4	25.5	51.1	20.6	30.5

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	902	100.0	46.4	33.6	20.1	8.1	11.9
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	177	100.0	52.0	32.2	15.7	3.0	12.7
On temporary layoff	65	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Not on temporary layoff	112	100.0	33.5	43.3	23.2	4.8	18.4
Permanent job losers	58	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Persons who completed temporary jobs	54	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Job leavers	54	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Reentrants	298	100.0	52.5	29.3	18.2	7.2	10.9
New entrants	374	100.0	38.8	35.2	26.0	11.9	14.1
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: October 04, 2024