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. 2016	Mar. 2017	Apr. 2017	Apr. 2016	Dec. 2016	Jan. 2017	Feb. 2017	Mar. 2017	Apr. 2017
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	3,716	3,812	3,369	3,864	3,639	3,713	3,709	3,519	3,538
On temporary layoff	748	1,125	794	847	1,033	1,062	979	953	934
Not on temporary layoff	2,968	2,686	2,576	3,017	2,606	2,651	2,730	2,567	2,604
Permanent job losers	2,065	1,880	1,795	2,066	1,902	1,981	2,042	1,819	1,806
Persons who completed temporary jobs	903	806	781	951	704	670	688	748	799
Job leavers	810	778	726	864	905	862	802	798	789
Reentrants	2,163	2,004	1,858	2,337	2,219	2,170	2,197	2,066	2,032
New entrants	724	691	602	847	783	813	773	790	712

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	50.1	52.3	51.4	48.8	48.2	49.1	49.6	49.1	50.0
On temporary layoff	10.1	15.5	12.1	10.7	13.7	14.0	13.1	13.3	13.2
Not on temporary layoff	40.0	36.9	39.3	38.1	34.5	35.1	36.5	35.8	36.8
Job leavers	10.9	10.7	11.1	10.9	12.0	11.4	10.7	11.1	11.2
Reentrants	29.2	27.5	28.4	29.5	29.4	28.7	29.4	28.8	28.7
New entrants	9.8	9.5	9.2	10.7	10.4	10.8	10.3	11.0	10.1

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2.3	2.4	2.1	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Reentrants	1.4	1.3	1.2	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3
New entrants	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: May 05, 2017

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey