On temporary layoff ...................................................................... 557 100.0 53.3 31.0 15.6 11.0 4.6

 Not on temporary layoff ................................................................ 1,538 100.0 27.9 29.1 42.9 17.8 25.1

 Permanent job losers .................................................................. 1,068 100.0 25.8 28.4 45.8 18.2 27.6

 Persons who completed temporary jobs .................................... 470 100.0 32.7 30.8 36.5 17.0 19.4

Job leavers ..................................................................................... 405 100.0 37.6 30.0 32.4 13.4 19.0

Reentrants ...................................................................................... 793 100.0 26.6 28.3 45.1 15.4 29.7

New entrants .................................................................................. 99 100.0 18.0 27.7 54.3 15.3 39.0

 Women, 20 years and over ........................................................ 3,013 100.0 33.5 30.8 35.7 15.6 20.2

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ................ 1,417 100.0 33.2 30.9 35.8 17.2 18.6

 On temporary layoff ...................................................................... 317 100.0 54.6 31.0 14.4 9.7 4.7

 Not on temporary layoff ................................................................ 1,100 100.0 27.1 30.9 42.0 19.4 22.6

 Permanent job losers .................................................................. 831 100.0 24.9 30.8 44.3 19.9 24.4

 Persons who completed temporary jobs .................................... 269 100.0 33.8 31.3 34.9 17.6 17.3

Job leavers ..................................................................................... 391 100.0 41.0 31.1 27.9 12.9 15.0

Reentrants ...................................................................................... 1,103 100.0 31.4 30.7 37.9 14.5 23.3

New entrants .................................................................................. 101 100.0 30.4 28.3 41.4 14.4 26.9

 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years ......................................................... 1,186 100.0 46.4 32.2 21.3 11.2 10.1

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ................ 155 100.0 64.1 26.5 9.4 5.5 3.9

 On temporary layoff ...................................................................... 59 100.0 76.1 20.7 3.2 1.5 1.8

 Not on temporary layoff ................................................................ 96 100.0 56.8 30.1 13.2 8.0 5.2

 Permanent job losers .................................................................. 56 100.0 54.0 32.6 13.4 8.4 5.0

 Persons who completed temporary jobs .................................... 40 100.0 60.6 26.6 12.8 7.3 5.5

Job leavers ..................................................................................... 76 100.0 62.7 26.6 10.7 4.3 6.4

Reentrants ...................................................................................... 489 100.0 45.6 32.6 21.8 13.1 8.7

New entrants .................................................................................. 466 100.0 38.8 34.7 26.5 12.2 14.3

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

30. Unemployed total and full-time workers by duration of unemployment

Duration of unemployment

Total Full-time workers

Thousands of persons Percent distribution Thousands of persons Percent distribution

2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005

 Total, 16 years and over ..................................... 8,149 7,591 100.0 100.0 6,762 6,175 100.0 100.0

Less than 5 weeks ................................................ 2,696 2,667 33.1 35.1 2,030 1,981 30.0 32.1

5 to 14 weeks ....................................................... 2,382 2,304 29.2 30.4 1,972 1,871 29.2 30.3

 5 to 10 weeks ..................................................... 1,594 1,569 19.6 20.7 1,299 1,246 19.2 20.2

 11 to 14 weeks ................................................... 787 735 9.7 9.7 674 625 10.0 10.1

15 weeks and over ............................................... 3,072 2,619 37.7 34.5 2,759 2,323 40.8 37.6

 15 to 26 weeks ................................................... 1,293 1,130 15.9 14.9 1,136 993 16.8 16.1

 27 weeks and over ............................................. 1,779 1,490 21.8 19.6 1,623 1,330 24.0 21.5

 27 to 51 weeks ................................................. 747 599 9.2 7.9 684 537 10.1 8.7

 52 weeks and over ........................................... 1,031 891 12.7 11.7 939 793 13.9 12.8

Average (mean) duration, in weeks ...................... 19.6 18.4 – – 21.0 19.8 – –

Median duration, in weeks .................................... 9.8 8.9 – – 10.8 9.9 – –

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Dash indicates no data or data that do not

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