HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-34. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, age, and duration of unemployment
[Percent distribution]
Reason, sex, and age May 2013
Total unemployed Duration of unemployment
Thousands of
persons		 Percent Less than
5 weeks		 5 to 14
weeks		 15 weeks and over
Total 15 to 26
weeks		 27 weeks
and over

Total, 16 years and over

 11,302 100.0 24.0 18.9 57.1 18.4 38.6

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 5,751 100.0 21.8 19.7 58.5 18.2 40.2

On temporary layoff

 768 100.0 52.8 25.4 21.8 15.6 6.1

Not on temporary layoff

 4,983 100.0 17.0 18.8 64.1 18.6 45.5

Permanent job losers

 3,728 100.0 14.9 17.8 67.4 19.1 48.3

Persons who completed temporary jobs

 1,255 100.0 23.4 22.1 54.5 17.3 37.3

Job leavers

 882 100.0 20.8 25.4 53.8 18.1 35.7

Reentrants

 3,459 100.0 25.6 15.8 58.6 18.9 39.7

New entrants

 1,210 100.0 32.1 19.5 48.3 18.3 30.0

Men, 20 years and over

 5,559 100.0 21.5 18.4 60.1 18.4 41.8

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 3,451 100.0 21.8 19.6 58.6 18.3 40.3

On temporary layoff

 491 100.0 49.3 27.9 22.7 17.0 5.8

Not on temporary layoff

 2,960 100.0 17.2 18.3 64.5 18.5 46.0

Permanent job losers

 2,188 100.0 15.2 16.7 68.1 18.6 49.5

Persons who completed temporary jobs

 772 100.0 23.0 22.7 54.4 18.0 36.3

Job leavers

 429 100.0 16.9 19.5 63.6 25.4 38.2

Reentrants

 1,405 100.0 22.3 15.7 62.0 16.1 45.9

New entrants

 274 100.0 21.0 14.4 64.6 20.0 44.6

Women, 20 years and over

 4,343 100.0 22.3 18.0 59.7 18.5 41.2

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 2,139 100.0 20.8 19.2 60.0 18.1 41.9

On temporary layoff

 250 100.0 59.1 19.8 21.1 14.5 6.6

Not on temporary layoff

 1,889 100.0 15.7 19.1 65.2 18.6 46.6

Permanent job losers

 1,464 100.0 13.4 19.0 67.6 19.6 48.1

Persons who completed temporary jobs

 424 100.0 23.7 19.6 56.7 15.2 41.5

Job leavers

 406 100.0 21.7 29.5 48.7 11.8 37.0

Reentrants

 1,593 100.0 23.7 14.6 61.7 20.5 41.3

New entrants

 206 100.0 28.6 10.2 61.2 19.4 41.8

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 1,400 100.0 39.0 24.0 37.0 18.7 18.2

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 162 100.0 35.5 28.6 36.0 19.4 16.6

On temporary layoff

 27 100.0 - - - - -

Not on temporary layoff

 135 100.0 30.9 28.0 41.1 22.9 18.2

Permanent job losers

 75 100.0 34.0 25.3 40.7 23.7 17.1

Persons who completed temporary jobs

 59 100.0 - - - - -

Job leavers

 46 100.0 - - - - -

Reentrants

 462 100.0 41.8 20.4 37.8 22.0 15.8

New entrants

 730 100.0 37.3 24.1 38.6 17.4 21.2

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: June 07, 2013