Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment
HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Reason Aug. July Aug. Aug. Apr. May June July Aug. 2007 2008 2008 2007 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.............................. 3,472 4,562 4,735 3,632 4,014 4,282 4,370 4,407 4,824 On temporary layoff........................ 865 1,134 1,126 981 1,099 1,113 1,077 1,037 1,266 Not on temporary layoff.................... 2,606 3,428 3,609 2,652 2,915 3,169 3,292 3,370 3,559 Permanent job losers..................... 1,852 2,512 2,656 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Persons who completed temporary jobs..... 755 916 953 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Job leavers.................................. 870 904 1,105 794 850 870 833 861 999 Reentrants................................... 2,099 2,825 2,729 2,076 2,134 2,460 2,498 2,705 2,652 New entrants................................. 647 1,142 909 603 624 828 748 811 820 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Total unemployed............................. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs............................. 49.0 48.4 50.0 51.1 52.7 50.7 51.7 50.2 51.9 On temporary layoff....................... 12.2 12.0 11.9 13.8 14.4 13.2 12.7 11.8 13.6 Not on temporary layoff................... 36.8 36.3 38.1 37.3 38.2 37.5 39.0 38.4 38.3 Job leavers................................. 12.3 9.6 11.7 11.2 11.2 10.3 9.9 9.8 10.7 Reentrants.................................. 29.6 29.9 28.8 29.2 28.0 29.1 29.6 30.8 28.5 New entrants................................ 9.1 12.1 9.6 8.5 8.2 9.8 8.9 9.2 8.8 UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs............................. 2.3 2.9 3.0 2.4 2.6 2.8 2.8 2.9 3.1 Job leavers................................. .6 .6 .7 .5 .6 .6 .5 .6 .6 Reentrants.................................. 1.4 1.8 1.8 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 New entrants................................ .4 .7 .6 .4 .4 .5 .5 .5 .5 1 Data not available. NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
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