HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

[Percent distribution]

Reason, sex, and age

2021

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,623 100.0 24.8 23.0 52.2 13.5 38.7

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . 5,099 100.0 22.2 21.0 56.8 13.3 43.6

On temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,582 100.0 33.7 22.4 43.9 10.5 33.4

Not on temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,516 100.0 17.1 20.3 62.6 14.5 48.1

Permanent job losers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,799 100.0 14.7 18.9 66.4 14.5 51.9

Persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717 100.0 26.4 25.8 47.8 14.6 33.2

Job leavers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803 100.0 35.5 28.8 35.7 12.8 22.9

Reentrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,204 100.0 24.6 24.5 50.8 14.4 36.5

New entrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518 100.0 34.7 27.0 38.3 13.4 24.9

Men, 20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,302 100.0 22.1 22.1 55.9 14.2 41.7

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . 2,827 100.0 21.3 20.6 58.0 13.6 44.4

On temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 837 100.0 33.4 22.3 44.2 12.0 32.2

Not on temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,990 100.0 16.2 19.9 63.8 14.3 49.6

Permanent job losers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,554 100.0 13.9 18.4 67.6 14.2 53.4

Persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436 100.0 24.5 25.3 50.2 14.5 35.8

Job leavers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383 100.0 31.8 28.8 39.4 14.6 24.8

Reentrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 956 100.0 20.1 23.3 56.7 15.9 40.7

New entrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 100.0 23.4 23.7 52.8 14.5 38.4

Women, 20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,625 100.0 24.0 22.9 53.2 13.2 39.9

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . 2,130 100.0 21.6 20.9 57.6 13.1 44.4

On temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680 100.0 31.7 22.1 46.2 9.1 37.1

Not on temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,450 100.0 16.9 20.3 62.9 15.0 47.9

Permanent job losers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,190 100.0 14.4 19.0 66.5 14.8 51.7

Persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 100.0 28.0 25.9 46.1 15.5 30.5

Job leavers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 100.0 36.8 28.4 34.8 12.0 22.8

Reentrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,007 100.0 24.4 24.8 50.8 13.6 37.2

New entrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 100.0 22.4 25.4 52.2 16.5 35.7

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696 100.0 46.3 29.3 24.4 10.3 14.0

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . 142 100.0 49.0 29.3 21.6 8.7 12.9

On temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 100.0 56.5 26.4 17.0 5.8 11.2

Not on temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 100.0 42.6 31.8 25.6 11.2 14.3

Permanent job losers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 100.0 40.6 30.5 28.9 14.0 14.9

Persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 100.0 – – – – –

Job leavers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 100.0 55.4 31.9 12.7 4.6 8.1

Reentrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 100.0 43.6 28.6 27.8 11.3 16.5

New entrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 100.0 45.8 29.4 24.8 11.4 13.4

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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