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Data Retrieval: Labor Force Statistics (CPS)
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HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-11. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment
[Numbers in thousands]

Reason Not seasonally
adjusted
Seasonally
adjusted
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Total unemployed

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

On temporary layoff

Not on temporary layoff

Permanent job losers

Persons who completed temporary jobs

Job leavers

Reentrants

New entrants

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Total unemployed

100.0

100.0

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

On temporary layoff

Not on temporary layoff

Job leavers

Reentrants

New entrants

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

Job leavers

Reentrants

New entrants

NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data will not necessarily add to total because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series.
SOURCE: Current Population Survey

 

Last Modified Date: February 19, 2020