HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

[Percent distribution]

Reason, sex, and age

2017

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,982 100.0 32.5 28.8 38.7 14.6 24.2

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . 3,434 100.0 34.8 29.6 35.6 14.8 20.8

On temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 956 100.0 55.9 31.5 12.6 8.5 4.1

Not on temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,479 100.0 26.6 28.9 44.5 17.2 27.2

Permanent job losers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,768 100.0 24.3 28.3 47.4 17.8 29.6

Persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711 100.0 32.4 30.4 37.2 15.8 21.4

Job leavers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 778 100.0 36.7 29.9 33.4 13.2 20.2

Reentrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,079 100.0 27.1 26.8 46.2 14.8 31.4

New entrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690 100.0 32.9 29.1 38.0 14.2 23.7

Men, 20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,287 100.0 30.0 28.4 41.5 15.3 26.3

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . 1,970 100.0 33.0 29.9 37.1 15.4 21.7

On temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531 100.0 53.5 33.2 13.3 9.4 4.0

Not on temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,439 100.0 25.4 28.7 45.9 17.7 28.2

Permanent job losers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,013 100.0 23.3 27.9 48.8 18.3 30.5

Persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426 100.0 30.5 30.6 38.9 16.2 22.7

Job leavers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359 100.0 35.4 28.0 36.6 13.1 23.5

Reentrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815 100.0 22.1 25.5 52.4 16.3 36.2

New entrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 100.0 21.2 25.8 53.0 13.6 39.4

Women, 20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,868 100.0 31.7 28.5 39.8 14.3 25.5

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . 1,348 100.0 35.0 29.7 35.3 14.3 20.9

On temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378 100.0 56.2 31.4 12.4 7.6 4.8

Not on temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 970 100.0 26.7 29.1 44.2 17.0 27.2

Permanent job losers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715 100.0 24.7 28.5 46.8 17.4 29.4

Persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 100.0 32.5 30.5 37.0 15.8 21.2

Job leavers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375 100.0 36.1 31.5 32.3 13.7 18.6

Reentrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 996 100.0 26.3 26.2 47.5 14.5 33.1

New entrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 100.0 26.2 25.9 47.9 14.3 33.7

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827 100.0 45.3 30.9 23.8 12.6 11.2

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . 116 100.0 62.7 23.5 13.8 9.7 4.1

On temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 100.0 81.4 12.6 6.0 5.8 0.2

Not on temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 100.0 50.1 30.9 19.0 12.3 6.7

Permanent job losers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 100.0 42.8 33.8 23.3 14.2 9.2

Persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 100.0 – – – – –

Job leavers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 100.0 52.6 31.5 15.9 9.5 6.3

Reentrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 100.0 45.2 33.0 21.8 11.6 10.3

New entrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399 100.0 39.6 31.5 28.9 14.4 14.4

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 35,000).

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