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 Mar. Feb. Mar. Mar. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. 2008 2009 2009 2008 2008 2008 2009 2009 2009 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.............................. 4,555 9,098 9,315 4,161 6,156 6,471 6,980 7,696 8,243 On temporary layoff........................ 1,341 2,052 1,990 1,064 1,413 1,524 1,441 1,488 1,557 Not on temporary layoff.................... 3,214 7,047 7,325 3,097 4,744 4,946 5,539 6,208 6,686 Permanent job losers..................... 2,276 5,466 5,880 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Persons who completed temporary jobs..... 938 1,581 1,445 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Job leavers.................................. 768 841 850 792 940 1,007 917 820 887 Reentrants................................... 2,103 2,929 2,984 2,126 2,655 2,777 2,751 2,834 2,974 New entrants................................. 601 830 747 695 760 829 780 1,005 868 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............................. 56.7 66.4 67.0 53.5 58.6 58.4 61.1 62.3 63.5 On temporary layoff....................... 16.7 15.0 14.3 13.7 13.4 13.8 12.6 12.0 12.0 Not on temporary layoff................... 40.0 51.4 52.7 39.8 45.1 44.6 48.5 50.2 51.5 Job leavers................................. 9.6 6.1 6.1 10.2 8.9 9.1 8.0 6.6 6.8 Reentrants.................................. 26.2 21.4 21.5 27.3 25.3 25.1 24.1 22.9 22.9 New entrants................................ 7.5 6.1 5.4 8.9 7.2 7.5 6.8 8.1 6.7 UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs............................. 3.0 5.9 6.1 2.7 4.0 4.2 4.5 5.0 5.4 Job leavers................................. .5 .5 .6 .5 .6 .7 .6 .5 .6 Reentrants.................................. 1.4 1.9 1.9 1.4 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.9 New entrants................................ .4 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .7 .6 1 Data not available. NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
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