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
Reason	Apr. 2022	Mar. 2023	Apr. 2023	Apr. 2022	Dec. 2022	Jan. 2023	Feb. 2023	Mar. 2023	Apr. 2023
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2,650	3,159	2,391	2,850	2,629	2,529	2,752	2,949	2,642
On temporary layoff	731	961	568	857	814	734	816	833	709
Not on temporary layoff	1,919	2,198	1,824	1,993	1,815	1,795	1,935	2,117	1,933
Permanent job losers	1,373	1,602	1,391	1,393	1,339	1,257	1,380	1,552	1,445
Persons who completed temporary jobs	546	596	433	600	476	538	555	564	488
Job leavers	752	828	746	794	825	884	891	845	790
Reentrants	1,654	1,670	1,581	1,856	1,767	1,817	1,847	1,665	1,761
New entrants	402	385	428	516	497	531	515	492	531

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	48.6	52.3	46.5	47.4	46.0	43.9	45.8	49.6	46.2
On temporary layoff	13.4	15.9	11.0	14.2	14.2	12.7	13.6	14.0	12.4
Not on temporary layoff	35.2	36.4	35.4	33.1	31.7	31.2	32.2	35.6	33.8
Job leavers	13.8	13.7	14.5	13.2	14.4	15.3	14.8	14.2	13.8
Reentrants	30.3	27.6	30.7	30.9	30.9	31.5	30.8	28.0	30.8
New entrants	7.4	6.4	8.3	8.6	8.7	9.2	8.6	8.3	9.3

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1.6	1.9	1.4	1.7	1.6	1.5	1.7	1.8	1.6
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Reentrants	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.1
New entrants	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to total unemployed in table A-1 because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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Last Modified Date: May 05, 2023