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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
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.

Last Modified Date: May 05, 2023