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	Dec. 2021	Nov. 2022	Dec. 2022	Dec. 2021	Aug. 2022	Sept. 2022	Oct. 2022	Nov. 2022	Dec. 2022
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	3,044	2,487	2,583	3,089	2,693	2,530	2,695	2,761	2,629
On temporary layoff	834	608	848	801	796	772	853	806	814
Not on temporary layoff	2,210	1,879	1,735	2,288	1,898	1,758	1,842	1,956	1,815
Permanent job losers	1,622	1,293	1,255	1,705	1,314	1,202	1,267	1,351	1,339
Persons who completed temporary jobs	588	585	480	584	584	555	575	605	476
Job leavers	676	818	768	725	897	904	861	829	825
Reentrants	1,849	1,688	1,613	2,024	1,833	1,834	1,873	1,798	1,767
New entrants	395	530	388	508	451	460	494	558	497

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	51.0	45.0	48.3	48.7	45.8	44.2	45.5	46.4	46.0
On temporary layoff	14.0	11.0	15.8	12.6	13.5	13.5	14.4	13.5	14.2
Not on temporary layoff	37.1	34.0	32.4	36.1	32.3	30.7	31.1	32.9	31.7
Job leavers	11.3	14.8	14.4	11.4	15.3	15.8	14.5	13.9	14.4
Reentrants	31.0	30.6	30.1	31.9	31.2	32.0	31.6	30.2	30.9
New entrants	6.6	9.6	7.3	8.0	7.7	8.0	8.3	9.4	8.7

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1.9	1.5	1.6	1.9	1.6	1.5	1.6	1.7	1.6
Job leavers	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Reentrants	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1
New entrants	0.2	0.3	0.2	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: January 06, 2023