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	February 2023
	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	6,465	100.0	32.9	34.7	32.3	14.8	17.5
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	3,249	100.0	36.1	36.1	27.8	14.3	13.5
On temporary layoff	1,117	100.0	43.9	39.5	16.6	13.0	3.6
Not on temporary layoff	2,132	100.0	32.1	34.2	33.7	15.0	18.7
Permanent job losers	1,482	100.0	32.6	32.2	35.2	17.1	18.1
Persons who completed temporary jobs	650	100.0	30.8	39.0	30.2	10.1	20.1
Job leavers	892	100.0	40.2	27.8	32.0	16.8	15.2
Reentrants	1,862	100.0	25.6	35.4	39.0	14.8	24.2
New entrants	462	100.0	26.0	36.2	37.8	14.9	22.9

Men, 20 years and over	3,315	100.0	28.9	36.7	34.4	16.4	18.0
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2,026	100.0	33.5	38.4	28.1	14.8	13.3
On temporary layoff	787	100.0	37.2	44.3	18.4	15.4	3.1
Not on temporary layoff	1,239	100.0	31.2	34.6	34.3	14.4	19.8
Permanent job losers	875	100.0	31.8	31.9	36.4	16.1	20.3
Persons who completed temporary jobs	364	100.0	29.7	41.1	29.2	10.5	18.7
Job leavers	340	100.0	31.1	26.0	42.9	25.5	17.4
Reentrants	824	100.0	18.1	36.3	45.7	17.2	28.5
New entrants	125	100.0	18.6	41.9	39.5	13.3	26.2

Women, 20 years and over	2,470	100.0	36.3	33.3	30.3	13.0	17.4
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1,086	100.0	39.1	32.8	28.2	13.5	14.7
On temporary layoff	288	100.0	61.9	27.3	10.8	6.5	4.3
Not on temporary layoff	798	100.0	30.8	34.8	34.4	16.0	18.4
Permanent job losers	543	100.0	32.2	32.7	35.1	18.5	16.6
Persons who completed temporary jobs	255	100.0	27.9	39.1	33.0	10.8	22.2
Job leavers	484	100.0	44.7	29.5	25.9	12.1	13.7
Reentrants	792	100.0	29.7	36.3	34.1	12.4	21.7
New entrants	108	100.0	20.2	34.8	45.0	15.5	29.5

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	680	100.0	40.5	30.3	29.2	13.6	15.5
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	137	100.0	51.5	28.2	20.3	12.7	7.6
On temporary layoff	42	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Not on temporary layoff	95	100.0	53.9	25.8	20.3	13.0	7.3
Permanent job losers	64	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Persons who completed temporary jobs	31	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Job leavers	68	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Reentrants	247	100.0	37.8	29.9	32.3	14.5	17.9
New entrants	228	100.0	32.9	33.7	33.4	15.4	18.0
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: March 10, 2023