A-32. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, and age

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-32. 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	Apr. 2021	Apr. 2022	Apr. 2021	Apr. 2022	Apr. 2021	Apr. 2022	Apr. 2021	Apr. 2022
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	9,220	5,458	4,828	2,834	3,773	2,069	618	555
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	6,092	2,650	3,485	1,572	2,461	970	145	108
On temporary layoff	1,944	731	1,122	402	765	278	56	51
Not on temporary layoff	4,148	1,919	2,363	1,170	1,696	693	89	57
Permanent job losers	3,438	1,373	1,961	815	1,406	520	71	37
Persons who completed temporary jobs	710	546	401	354	290	172	18	19
Job leavers	775	752	379	376	362	311	34	65
Reentrants	1,896	1,654	811	718	842	725	243	210
New entrants	457	402	154	167	107	63	196	173

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	66.1	48.6	72.2	55.5	65.2	46.9	23.5	19.4
On temporary layoff	21.1	13.4	23.2	14.2	20.3	13.4	9.1	9.2
Not on temporary layoff	45.0	35.2	48.9	41.3	44.9	33.5	14.4	10.3
Job leavers	8.4	13.8	7.8	13.3	9.6	15.0	5.5	11.6
Reentrants	20.6	30.3	16.8	25.4	22.3	35.0	39.3	37.8
New entrants	5.0	7.4	3.2	5.9	2.8	3.1	31.7	31.1

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	3.8	1.6	4.2	1.9	3.4	1.3	2.5	1.8
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.6	1.1
Reentrants	1.2	1.0	1.0	0.9	1.2	1.0	4.2	3.6
New entrants	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	3.4	2.9
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: May 06, 2022