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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