Table A-11.Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment



HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-11. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment
Numbers in thousands
Reason Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted
Jan.
2009
Dec.
2009
Jan.
2010
Jan.
2009
Sept.
2009
Oct.
2009
Nov.
2009
Dec.
2009
Jan.
2010

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

8,633 9,822 10,574 7,251 10,236 10,261 9,965 9,701 9,323

On temporary layoff

2,251 1,683 2,192 1,468 1,918 1,671 1,548 1,558 1,454

Not on temporary layoff

6,382 8,140 8,382 5,784 8,318 8,590 8,418 8,143 7,869

Permanent job losers

4,923 6,718 6,732 4,649 6,858 6,922 6,920 6,773 6,424

Persons who completed temporary jobs

1,460 1,422 1,650 1,277 1,429 1,569 1,439 1,448 1,445

Job leavers

920 860 926 912 869 909 929 932 914

Reentrants

2,791 3,012 3,625 2,792 3,255 3,461 3,221 3,334 3,585

New entrants

665 1,046 1,022 792 1,134 1,114 1,270 1,270 1,235

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

66.4 66.6 65.5 61.7 66.1 65.2 64.8 63.7 61.9

On temporary layoff

17.3 11.4 13.6 12.5 12.4 10.6 10.1 10.2 9.7

Not on temporary layoff

49.1 55.2 51.9 49.2 53.7 54.6 54.7 53.4 52.3

Job leavers

7.1 5.8 5.7 7.8 5.6 5.8 6.0 6.1 6.1

Reentrants

21.5 20.4 22.4 23.8 21.0 22.0 20.9 21.9 23.8

New entrants

5.1 7.1 6.3 6.7 7.3 7.1 8.3 8.3 8.2

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

5.6 6.4 6.9 4.7 6.6 6.7 6.5 6.3 6.1

Job leavers

0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6

Reentrants

1.8 2.0 2.4 1.8 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.3

New entrants

0.4 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8

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

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Last Modified Date: February 05, 2010