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 July June July July Mar. Apr. May June July 2008 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.............................. 4,562 9,194 9,447 4,595 8,243 8,814 9,546 9,649 9,560 On temporary layoff........................ 1,134 1,503 1,804 1,041 1,557 1,625 1,832 1,762 1,680 Not on temporary layoff.................... 3,428 7,691 7,643 3,554 6,686 7,189 7,714 7,886 7,880 Permanent job losers..................... 2,512 6,294 6,320 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Persons who completed temporary jobs..... 916 1,397 1,323 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Job leavers.................................. 904 778 917 875 887 890 910 822 885 Reentrants................................... 2,825 3,697 3,464 2,668 2,974 3,087 3,180 3,335 3,312 New entrants................................. 1,142 1,425 1,373 818 868 900 956 947 967 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............................. 48.4 60.9 62.1 51.3 63.5 64.4 65.4 65.4 64.9 On temporary layoff....................... 12.0 10.0 11.9 11.6 12.0 11.9 12.6 11.9 11.4 Not on temporary layoff................... 36.3 51.0 50.3 39.7 51.5 52.5 52.9 53.5 53.5 Job leavers................................. 9.6 5.2 6.0 9.8 6.8 6.5 6.2 5.6 6.0 Reentrants.................................. 29.9 24.5 22.8 29.8 22.9 22.5 21.8 22.6 22.5 New entrants................................ 12.1 9.4 9.0 9.1 6.7 6.6 6.6 6.4 6.6 UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs............................. 2.9 5.9 6.0 3.0 5.4 5.7 6.2 6.2 6.2 Job leavers................................. .6 .5 .6 .6 .6 .6 .6 .5 .6 Reentrants.................................. 1.8 2.4 2.2 1.7 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.1 New entrants................................ .7 .9 .9 .5 .6 .6 .6 .6 .6 1 Data not available. NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
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