HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

29. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, age, and duration of unemployment

[Percent distribution]

Reason, sex, and age

2012

Total unemployed Duration of unemployment

Thousands

of persons Percent Less than5 weeks

5 to 14

weeks

15 weeks and over

Total 15 to 26

weeks

27 weeks

and over

Total, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,506 100.0 21.1 22.9 55.9 14.9 41.1

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . 6,877 100.0 21.7 22.1 56.2 14.5 41.7

On temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,183 100.0 50.7 30.5 18.8 11.7 7.2

Not on temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,694 100.0 15.7 20.3 64.0 15.1 48.9

Permanent job losers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,447 100.0 13.3 19.1 67.6 15.2 52.4

Persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,247 100.0 24.2 24.8 51.0 14.7 36.3

Job leavers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 967 100.0 24.0 26.2 49.7 16.1 33.6

Reentrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,345 100.0 18.5 22.5 59.0 14.8 44.2

New entrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,316 100.0 22.9 25.9 51.2 15.9 35.3

Men, 20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,984 100.0 19.9 21.5 58.6 14.3 44.3

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . 3,996 100.0 21.3 21.9 56.7 14.5 42.3

On temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726 100.0 48.0 30.7 21.2 13.1 8.1

Not on temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,270 100.0 15.4 20.0 64.6 14.8 49.8

Permanent job losers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,515 100.0 13.0 18.6 68.5 15.1 53.4

Persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754 100.0 23.5 24.7 51.8 13.7 38.1

Job leavers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464 100.0 22.6 25.0 52.4 15.2 37.2

Reentrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,250 100.0 15.9 19.5 64.6 13.6 51.0

New entrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 100.0 12.7 18.3 69.1 13.7 55.4

Women, 20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,125 100.0 19.3 22.4 58.3 15.3 43.0

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . 2,705 100.0 20.5 21.8 57.7 14.8 42.8

On temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399 100.0 51.5 31.9 16.5 10.5 6.1

Not on temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,307 100.0 15.1 20.1 64.8 15.6 49.2

Permanent job losers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,863 100.0 12.9 19.2 67.9 15.4 52.5

Persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444 100.0 24.4 23.6 51.9 16.5 35.4

Job leavers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460 100.0 22.7 26.9 50.4 17.7 32.6

Reentrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,676 100.0 16.8 22.2 60.9 15.5 45.4

New entrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 100.0 16.3 21.9 61.8 15.2 46.5

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,397 100.0 33.4 30.8 35.8 15.5 20.3

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . 176 100.0 48.8 28.9 22.2 9.9 12.4

On temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 100.0 77.8 17.6 4.6 2.0 2.6

Not on temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 100.0 34.3 34.6 31.1 13.8 17.3

Permanent job losers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 100.0 35.4 32.5 32.1 13.0 19.1

Persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 100.0 32.8 37.6 29.6 14.9 14.7

Job leavers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 100.0 53.4 32.1 14.4 8.7 5.7

Reentrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419 100.0 32.6 32.6 34.7 15.8 18.9

New entrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758 100.0 29.1 30.2 40.7 16.9 23.8

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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