Permanent job losers .................................................................. 948 100.0 28.4 29.2 42.4 19.1 23.3

 Persons who completed temporary jobs .................................... 439 100.0 36.4 27.6 36.1 14.8 21.2

Job leavers ..................................................................................... 368 100.0 42.4 27.3 30.3 14.7 15.6

Reentrants ...................................................................................... 757 100.0 28.2 28.8 43.0 15.2 27.8

New entrants .................................................................................. 78 100.0 21.8 29.5 48.7 12.6 36.1

 Women, 20 years and over ........................................................ 2,751 100.0 35.8 30.5 33.7 15.7 18.1

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ................ 1,249 100.0 37.2 29.7 33.0 17.1 15.9

 On temporary layoff ...................................................................... 324 100.0 57.3 29.7 13.0 8.1 5.0

 Not on temporary layoff ................................................................ 925 100.0 30.2 29.7 40.0 20.3 19.7

 Permanent job losers .................................................................. 685 100.0 27.0 29.0 44.0 22.1 22.0

 Persons who completed temporary jobs .................................... 240 100.0 39.4 32.0 28.6 15.2 13.4

Job leavers ..................................................................................... 380 100.0 41.8 31.3 26.8 14.2 12.7

Reentrants ...................................................................................... 1,019 100.0 31.9 31.3 36.8 14.8 22.0

New entrants .................................................................................. 103 100.0 34.5 28.4 37.1 11.4 25.7

 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years ......................................................... 1,119 100.0 46.9 33.2 19.9 10.7 9.2

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ................ 145 100.0 60.3 26.4 13.2 6.9 6.3

 On temporary layoff ...................................................................... 57 100.0 70.9 24.3 4.7 2.9 1.9

 Not on temporary layoff ................................................................ 88 100.0 53.5 27.8 18.7 9.5 9.2

 Permanent job losers .................................................................. 53 100.0 57.4 25.7 16.9 10.3 6.6

 Persons who completed temporary jobs .................................... 35 100.0 47.7 31.0 21.3 8.3 13.1

Job leavers ..................................................................................... 78 100.0 58.2 31.7 10.1 7.9 2.2

Reentrants ...................................................................................... 461 100.0 46.3 34.0 19.7 11.9 7.9

New entrants .................................................................................. 435 100.0 41.0 34.8 24.1 11.3 12.8

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, 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

2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006

 Total, 16 years and over ..................................... 7,591 7,001 100.0 100.0 6,175 5,675 100.0 100.0

Less than 5 weeks ................................................ 2,667 2,614 35.1 37.3 1,981 1,950 32.1 34.4

5 to 14 weeks ....................................................... 2,304 2,121 30.4 30.3 1,871 1,719 30.3 30.3

 5 to 10 weeks ..................................................... 1,569 1,460 20.7 20.9 1,246 1,157 20.2 20.4

 11 to 14 weeks ................................................... 735 661 9.7 9.4 625 562 10.1 9.9

15 weeks and over ............................................... 2,619 2,266 34.5 32.4 2,323 2,005 37.6 35.3

 15 to 26 weeks ................................................... 1,130 1,031 14.9 14.7 993 907 16.1 16.0

 27 weeks and over ............................................. 1,490 1,235 19.6 17.6 1,330 1,098 21.5 19.3

 27 to 51 weeks ................................................. 599 535 7.9 7.6 537 485 8.7 8.6

 52 weeks and over ........................................... 891 700 11.7 10.0 793 613 12.8 10.8

Average (mean) duration, in weeks ...................... 18.4 16.8 – – 19.8 18.0 – –

Median duration, in weeks .................................... 8.9 8.3 – – 9.9 9.2 – –

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Dash indicates no data or data that do not

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