HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-32. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, and age
[Numbers in thousands]
Reason Total,
16 years
and over		 Men,
20 years
and over		 Women,
20 years
and over		 Both sexes,
16 to 19
years
Apr.
2012		 Apr.
2013		 Apr.
2012		 Apr.
2013		 Apr.
2012		 Apr.
2013		 Apr.
2012		 Apr.
2013

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Total unemployed

 11,910 11,014 5,829 5,509 4,820 4,300 1,260 1,206

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 6,555 6,079 3,910 3,682 2,474 2,272 170 125

On temporary layoff

 1,009 1,080 680 724 281 332 48 24

Not on temporary layoff

 5,546 4,998 3,230 2,958 2,194 1,940 122 100

Permanent job losers

 4,397 3,840 2,510 2,214 1,806 1,573 81 53

Persons who completed temporary jobs

 1,149 1,158 720 743 387 367 41 47

Job leavers

 962 836 465 399 448 403 49 35

Reentrants

 3,184 2,966 1,183 1,201 1,644 1,381 357 384

New entrants

 1,210 1,133 271 226 254 245 685 662

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Total unemployed

 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 55.0 55.2 67.1 66.8 51.3 52.8 13.5 10.3

On temporary layoff

 8.5 9.8 11.7 13.1 5.8 7.7 3.8 2.0

Not on temporary layoff

 46.6 45.4 55.4 53.7 45.5 45.1 9.7 8.3

Job leavers

 8.1 7.6 8.0 7.2 9.3 9.4 3.9 2.9

Reentrants

 26.7 26.9 20.3 21.8 34.1 32.1 28.3 31.9

New entrants

 10.2 10.3 4.6 4.1 5.3 5.7 54.3 54.9

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 4.3 3.9 5.0 4.6 3.6 3.3 3.1 2.3

Job leavers

 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.7

Reentrants

 2.1 1.9 1.5 1.5 2.4 2.0 6.6 7.2

New entrants

 0.8 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 12.6 12.4

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

 

Last Modified Date: May 03, 2013