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
May
2012		 May
2013		 May
2012		 May
2013		 May
2012		 May
2013		 May
2012		 May
2013

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Total unemployed

 12,271 11,302 5,945 5,559 4,936 4,343 1,391 1,400

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 6,607 5,751 3,859 3,451 2,590 2,139 158 162

On temporary layoff

 909 768 595 491 256 250 57 27

Not on temporary layoff

 5,699 4,983 3,264 2,960 2,334 1,889 101 135

Permanent job losers

 4,458 3,728 2,540 2,188 1,858 1,464 60 75

Persons who completed temporary jobs

 1,240 1,255 724 772 475 424 41 59

Job leavers

 849 882 408 429 406 406 35 46

Reentrants

 3,513 3,459 1,353 1,405 1,679 1,593 480 462

New entrants

 1,302 1,210 324 274 260 206 717 730

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

 53.8 50.9 64.9 62.1 52.5 49.2 11.3 11.6

On temporary layoff

 7.4 6.8 10.0 8.8 5.2 5.8 4.1 1.9

Not on temporary layoff

 46.4 44.1 54.9 53.2 47.3 43.5 7.2 9.6

Job leavers

 6.9 7.8 6.9 7.7 8.2 9.4 2.5 3.3

Reentrants

 28.6 30.6 22.8 25.3 34.0 36.7 34.5 33.0

New entrants

 10.6 10.7 5.5 4.9 5.3 4.7 51.6 52.1

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 4.3 3.7 4.9 4.3 3.7 3.1 2.8 2.8

Job leavers

 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8

Reentrants

 2.3 2.2 1.7 1.8 2.4 2.3 8.4 8.0

New entrants

 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 12.6 12.7

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

 

Last Modified Date: June 07, 2013