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	October 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	6,098	100.0	34.5	28.3	37.2	16.0	21.2
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2,744	100.0	38.3	29.5	32.2	15.2	16.9
On temporary layoff	572	100.0	71.6	20.3	8.1	4.0	4.1
Not on temporary layoff	2,172	100.0	29.6	31.9	38.5	18.2	20.3
Permanent job losers	1,617	100.0	28.3	31.4	40.3	19.2	21.1
Persons who completed temporary jobs	555	100.0	33.4	33.4	33.2	15.3	17.9
Job leavers	823	100.0	40.3	25.9	33.9	16.0	17.8
Reentrants	1,895	100.0	28.0	28.5	43.5	15.6	27.9
New entrants	636	100.0	29.9	25.8	44.3	20.3	23.9

Men, 20 years and over	2,879	100.0	32.4	28.7	38.9	15.3	23.6
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1,559	100.0	35.9	31.2	32.9	13.2	19.7
On temporary layoff	310	100.0	68.6	23.8	7.5	3.7	3.8
Not on temporary layoff	1,249	100.0	27.8	33.0	39.2	15.5	23.6
Permanent job losers	907	100.0	27.1	31.1	41.8	17.4	24.4
Persons who completed temporary jobs	343	100.0	29.6	38.2	32.2	10.6	21.5
Job leavers	430	100.0	38.0	28.1	33.9	16.0	17.8
Reentrants	740	100.0	22.4	25.7	51.8	17.9	33.9
New entrants	150	100.0	29.1	18.8	52.2	23.1	29.1

Women, 20 years and over	2,390	100.0	34.0	27.8	38.2	16.7	21.6
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1,064	100.0	37.1	29.9	33.0	19.0	14.0
On temporary layoff	193	100.0	66.2	21.8	11.9	5.9	6.0
Not on temporary layoff	870	100.0	30.7	31.6	37.7	21.9	15.8
Permanent job losers	680	100.0	28.8	32.8	38.5	21.3	17.2
Persons who completed temporary jobs	191	100.0	37.5	27.6	34.9	23.9	11.0
Job leavers	342	100.0	42.5	22.0	35.5	15.4	20.1
Reentrants	861	100.0	28.1	29.0	42.8	14.7	28.1
New entrants	123	100.0	23.5	17.7	58.8	13.8	45.0

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	830	100.0	43.4	28.3	28.3	16.3	11.9
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	121	100.0	80.2	4.2	15.6	8.8	6.8
On temporary layoff	69	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Not on temporary layoff	52	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Permanent job losers	31	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Persons who completed temporary jobs	21	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Job leavers	52	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Reentrants	295	100.0	41.7	33.6	24.8	12.6	12.2
New entrants	362	100.0	32.4	31.5	36.1	21.4	14.7
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: November 03, 2023