A-34. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, age, and duration of unemployment

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A-34. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, age, and duration of unemployment [Percent distribution]
Reason, sex, and age	April 2024
	Total unemployed		Duration of unemployment
	Thousands of persons	Percent	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	15 weeks and over
	Thousands of persons	Percent	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	Total	15 to 26 weeks	27 weeks and over
Total, 16 years and over	5,894	100.0	32.0	28.3	39.6	18.1	21.6
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2,973	100.0	35.5	26.1	38.4	20.4	18.0
On temporary layoff	688	100.0	53.2	19.5	27.3	19.7	7.6
Not on temporary layoff	2,286	100.0	30.1	28.1	41.8	20.6	21.1
Permanent job losers	1,728	100.0	26.2	31.1	42.7	21.1	21.6
Persons who completed temporary jobs	558	100.0	42.4	18.8	38.8	19.2	19.6
Job leavers	744	100.0	29.7	34.5	35.8	15.9	19.9
Reentrants	1,723	100.0	29.1	29.2	41.7	14.8	26.9
New entrants	453	100.0	24.4	29.6	46.0	18.4	27.6

Men, 20 years and over	2,923	100.0	32.2	29.8	38.0	16.4	21.5
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1,760	100.0	34.2	28.2	37.6	19.0	18.6
On temporary layoff	413	100.0	46.3	22.1	31.5	25.1	6.4
Not on temporary layoff	1,347	100.0	30.5	30.1	39.4	17.1	22.3
Permanent job losers	1,022	100.0	26.2	31.9	41.9	17.7	24.2
Persons who completed temporary jobs	325	100.0	43.9	24.4	31.7	15.4	16.3
Job leavers	347	100.0	35.1	37.3	27.6	11.3	16.3
Reentrants	709	100.0	29.0	31.4	39.6	11.3	28.3
New entrants	107	100.0	10.9	21.8	67.3	24.5	42.8

Women, 20 years and over	2,322	100.0	30.0	25.3	44.7	20.7	24.1
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1,089	100.0	36.5	22.4	41.0	22.5	18.6
On temporary layoff	226	100.0	64.4	15.0	20.6	11.7	8.9
Not on temporary layoff	862	100.0	29.2	24.4	46.4	25.3	21.1
Permanent job losers	643	100.0	25.1	28.8	46.2	26.6	19.6
Persons who completed temporary jobs	220	100.0	41.3	11.6	47.1	21.5	25.7
Job leavers	355	100.0	19.3	32.8	47.8	22.0	25.8
Reentrants	776	100.0	26.3	26.1	47.6	19.2	28.4
New entrants	102	100.0	25.6	23.3	51.1	7.9	43.2

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	649	100.0	38.6	32.5	28.9	16.2	12.8
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	125	100.0	44.3	28.3	27.5	22.5	5.0
On temporary layoff	48	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Not on temporary layoff	77	100.0	34.9	34.6	30.5	29.5	1.0
Permanent job losers	64	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Persons who completed temporary jobs	13	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Job leavers	42	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Reentrants	238	100.0	38.6	32.6	28.8	11.4	17.4
New entrants	244	100.0	29.8	35.7	34.5	20.1	14.4
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: May 03, 2024