Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, and age

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
27. 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
Reason	2020	2021	2020	2021	2020	2021	2020	2021
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	12,947	8,623	6,118	4,302	5,804	3,625	1,025	696
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	9,770	5,099	4,837	2,827	4,507	2,130	426	142
On temporary layoff	6,371	1,582	2,917	837	3,121	680	333	66
Not on temporary layoff	3,399	3,516	1,920	1,990	1,386	1,450	92	76
Permanent job losers	2,655	2,799	1,480	1,554	1,107	1,190	68	55
Persons who completed temporary jobs	744	717	440	436	279	260	25	21
Job leavers	683	803	343	383	296	372	44	48
Reentrants	1,969	2,204	817	956	872	1,007	281	241
New entrants	526	518	121	136	130	116	275	266

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	75.5	59.1	79.1	65.7	77.6	58.8	41.5	20.4
On temporary layoff	49.2	18.4	47.7	19.5	53.8	18.7	32.5	9.4
Not on temporary layoff	26.3	40.8	31.4	46.3	23.9	40.0	9.0	10.9
Job leavers	5.3	9.3	5.6	8.9	5.1	10.3	4.3	6.8
Reentrants	15.2	25.6	13.3	22.2	15.0	27.8	27.4	34.6
New entrants	4.1	6.0	2.0	3.2	2.2	3.2	26.8	38.2

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	6.1	3.2	5.9	3.4	6.2	2.9	7.4	2.4
Job leavers	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.8	0.8
Reentrants	1.2	1.4	1.0	1.2	1.2	1.4	4.9	4.0
New entrants	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	4.8	4.5
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: January 20, 2022