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	March 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	6,604	100.0	28.9	32.4	38.7	18.1	20.6
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	3,295	100.0	28.9	33.3	37.8	20.3	17.6
On temporary layoff	938	100.0	45.1	32.9	22.0	16.6	5.4
Not on temporary layoff	2,357	100.0	22.4	33.4	44.2	21.7	22.4
Permanent job losers	1,719	100.0	21.8	35.2	43.0	21.1	21.9
Persons who completed temporary jobs	639	100.0	24.1	28.7	47.2	23.4	23.8
Job leavers	811	100.0	35.6	32.8	31.6	15.8	15.7
Reentrants	1,916	100.0	27.4	29.4	43.2	16.7	26.5
New entrants	582	100.0	24.6	37.0	38.4	13.6	24.9

Men, 20 years and over	3,199	100.0	25.9	30.6	43.5	20.0	23.6
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1,919	100.0	25.6	31.8	42.6	23.2	19.4
On temporary layoff	604	100.0	36.2	36.4	27.4	21.1	6.3
Not on temporary layoff	1,315	100.0	20.7	29.7	49.6	24.2	25.4
Permanent job losers	970	100.0	19.5	30.7	49.8	24.2	25.6
Persons who completed temporary jobs	345	100.0	24.2	26.8	48.9	24.1	24.8
Job leavers	318	100.0	37.3	30.2	32.6	13.4	19.2
Reentrants	804	100.0	24.2	27.9	47.8	16.2	31.6
New entrants	158	100.0	14.9	29.6	55.5	13.2	42.3

Women, 20 years and over	2,642	100.0	28.7	34.0	37.3	16.6	20.7
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1,224	100.0	30.6	36.7	32.6	16.1	16.5
On temporary layoff	288	100.0	58.5	29.8	11.7	9.2	2.5
Not on temporary layoff	936	100.0	22.1	38.9	39.0	18.3	20.8
Permanent job losers	667	100.0	22.6	41.6	35.8	16.6	19.2
Persons who completed temporary jobs	269	100.0	20.9	32.0	47.1	22.4	24.7
Job leavers	448	100.0	31.5	35.5	33.0	19.1	13.9
Reentrants	847	100.0	26.1	28.9	45.0	16.8	28.2
New entrants	122	100.0	16.2	37.3	46.4	11.0	35.5

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	764	100.0	42.4	34.6	23.1	15.4	7.7
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	153	100.0	55.9	23.8	20.3	16.5	3.8
On temporary layoff	46	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Not on temporary layoff	107	100.0	46.2	31.4	22.3	22.3	0.0
Permanent job losers	82	100.0	43.2	35.1	21.7	21.7	0.0
Persons who completed temporary jobs	25	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Job leavers	44	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Reentrants	265	100.0	41.3	35.5	23.3	18.0	5.2
New entrants	302	100.0	33.0	40.7	26.3	14.8	11.5
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: April 05, 2024