HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-34. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, age, and duration of unemployment
[Percent distribution]
Reason, sex, and age August 2012
Total unemployed Duration of unemployment
Thousands of
persons		 Percent Less than
5 weeks		 5 to 14
weeks		 15 weeks and over
Total 15 to 26
weeks		 27 weeks
and over

Total, 16 years and over

 12,696 100.0 22.1 25.3 52.5 12.9 39.6

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 6,820 100.0 21.6 24.7 53.7 12.4 41.3

On temporary layoff

 1,147 100.0 42.7 43.7 13.6 6.9 6.7

Not on temporary layoff

 5,673 100.0 17.3 20.8 61.9 13.6 48.3

Permanent job losers

 4,444 100.0 15.3 19.5 65.2 13.4 51.8

Persons who completed temporary jobs

 1,229 100.0 24.5 25.8 49.7 14.0 35.7

Job leavers

 1,018 100.0 32.8 20.0 47.2 15.5 31.7

Reentrants

 3,445 100.0 21.0 22.4 56.6 13.7 42.9

New entrants

 1,413 100.0 19.7 39.6 40.7 11.3 29.3

Men, 20 years and over

 5,700 100.0 21.7 20.3 58.0 13.2 44.8

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 3,621 100.0 21.6 21.7 56.7 13.1 43.6

On temporary layoff

 520 100.0 48.2 34.0 17.8 9.5 8.3

Not on temporary layoff

 3,102 100.0 17.2 19.6 63.2 13.8 49.5

Permanent job losers

 2,389 100.0 15.1 17.3 67.7 13.0 54.7

Persons who completed temporary jobs

 713 100.0 24.2 27.6 48.3 16.3 31.9

Job leavers

 515 100.0 33.0 18.1 48.9 14.5 34.4

Reentrants

 1,283 100.0 18.9 16.8 64.3 13.2 51.1

New entrants

 281 100.0 14.8 21.8 63.4 11.4 52.0

Women, 20 years and over

 5,480 100.0 19.2 26.9 53.9 13.0 40.9

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 3,046 100.0 19.6 28.7 51.7 11.8 39.9

On temporary layoff

 581 100.0 34.5 55.1 10.4 5.1 5.3

Not on temporary layoff

 2,465 100.0 16.1 22.5 61.4 13.4 48.0

Permanent job losers

 1,990 100.0 14.7 22.1 63.2 13.8 49.4

Persons who completed temporary jobs

 475 100.0 21.8 24.2 54.0 11.6 42.4

Job leavers

 465 100.0 29.6 21.8 48.6 17.8 30.8

Reentrants

 1,699 100.0 17.0 24.6 58.4 14.0 44.4

New entrants

 270 100.0 10.6 29.8 59.6 11.0 48.6

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 1,517 100.0 34.2 38.8 26.9 11.5 15.5

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 153 100.0 60.3 15.3 24.5 7.9 16.6

On temporary layoff

 46 100.0 - - - - -

Not on temporary layoff

 107 100.0 49.6 18.1 32.3 11.2 21.1

Permanent job losers

 65 100.0 - - - - -

Persons who completed temporary jobs

 42 100.0 - - - - -

Job leavers

 39 100.0 - - - - -

Reentrants

 463 100.0 41.7 29.6 28.6 13.8 14.9

New entrants

 862 100.0 24.1 48.6 27.3 11.4 15.9

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000).

 

Last Modified Date: September 07, 2012