HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

[Percent distribution]

Reason, sex, and age

2014

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,617 100.0 25.7 25.3 49.0 15.6 33.5

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . 4,878 100.0 27.3 25.0 47.7 15.5 32.2

On temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,007 100.0 54.1 30.4 15.4 10.4 5.1

Not on temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,871 100.0 20.4 23.6 56.0 16.8 39.3

Permanent job losers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,812 100.0 18.3 22.8 59.0 17.1 41.9

Persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,059 100.0 25.9 25.8 48.3 16.0 32.3

Job leavers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824 100.0 28.6 29.7 41.7 16.4 25.3

Reentrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,829 100.0 22.1 23.7 54.2 15.4 38.8

New entrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,086 100.0 25.5 27.3 47.2 15.8 31.4

Men, 20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,585 100.0 23.9 23.9 52.2 15.8 36.4

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . 2,839 100.0 26.4 24.9 48.7 16.1 32.5

On temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583 100.0 50.6 31.7 17.6 12.5 5.1

Not on temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,255 100.0 20.1 23.2 56.7 17.1 39.6

Permanent job losers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,617 100.0 18.2 22.4 59.4 17.2 42.2

Persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638 100.0 25.0 25.1 49.9 16.9 33.0

Job leavers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392 100.0 27.6 29.2 43.2 15.8 27.4

Reentrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,109 100.0 18.0 20.5 61.5 15.3 46.2

New entrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 100.0 15.9 19.1 65.1 13.8 51.3

Women, 20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,926 100.0 24.1 25.5 50.5 15.5 35.0

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . 1,899 100.0 26.6 25.0 48.3 14.8 33.5

On temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367 100.0 57.0 29.6 13.3 8.1 5.2

Not on temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,533 100.0 19.4 23.9 56.7 16.4 40.3

Permanent job losers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,147 100.0 17.3 23.0 59.7 17.0 42.7

Persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386 100.0 25.3 26.7 48.0 14.8 33.2

Job leavers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388 100.0 27.0 30.0 42.9 18.0 24.9

Reentrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,393 100.0 20.9 25.1 54.0 15.4 38.6

New entrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 100.0 17.9 23.7 58.4 16.7 41.7

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,106 100.0 38.8 30.3 30.9 15.0 15.9

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . 140 100.0 56.1 25.9 18.0 10.1 7.8

On temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 100.0 71.4 21.9 6.7 3.6 3.1

Not on temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 100.0 45.7 28.6 25.7 14.6 11.1

Permanent job losers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 100.0 44.4 28.4 27.1 16.6 10.5

Persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 100.0 47.3 28.9 23.7 11.9 11.9

Job leavers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 100.0 51.5 31.2 17.3 7.5 9.8

Reentrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327 100.0 40.9 28.8 30.3 15.6 14.7

New entrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595 100.0 32.6 32.1 35.2 16.3 18.9

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

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