HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

[Percent distribution]

Reason, sex, and age

2011

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,747 100.0 19.5 21.8 58.8 15.0 43.8

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . 8,106 100.0 19.5 20.5 59.9 14.7 45.2

On temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,230 100.0 52.3 30.3 17.4 10.6 6.8

Not on temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,876 100.0 13.6 18.8 67.6 15.4 52.1

Permanent job losers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,486 100.0 11.9 17.2 70.9 15.0 55.9

Persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,390 100.0 20.6 25.2 54.2 17.1 37.1

Job leavers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 956 100.0 22.4 25.0 52.7 16.6 36.1

Reentrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,401 100.0 18.0 22.2 59.9 14.9 45.0

New entrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,284 100.0 21.1 26.1 52.8 15.9 37.0

Men, 20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,898 100.0 18.2 20.3 61.5 15.0 46.5

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . 4,856 100.0 19.3 20.2 60.6 14.9 45.7

On temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 782 100.0 49.7 31.2 19.1 12.0 7.1

Not on temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,074 100.0 13.4 18.0 68.6 15.5 53.1

Permanent job losers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,197 100.0 11.5 16.3 72.1 15.1 57.0

Persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 877 100.0 20.3 24.3 55.4 16.7 38.7

Job leavers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464 100.0 19.8 23.7 56.5 17.0 39.4

Reentrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,312 100.0 14.6 20.2 65.2 14.8 50.5

New entrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 100.0 13.7 17.9 68.4 14.3 54.1

Women, 20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,450 100.0 18.2 21.3 60.5 14.8 45.7

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . 3,070 100.0 18.5 20.7 60.8 14.6 46.1

On temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 100.0 55.1 29.7 15.3 8.4 6.9

Not on temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,673 100.0 13.1 19.4 67.5 15.5 52.0

Permanent job losers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,202 100.0 11.7 17.9 70.4 15.0 55.4

Persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471 100.0 19.6 26.4 54.1 18.1 35.9

Job leavers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441 100.0 22.4 25.1 52.6 16.5 36.0

Reentrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,661 100.0 17.0 21.4 61.7 15.0 46.7

New entrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 100.0 16.4 20.9 62.7 12.9 49.8

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,400 100.0 30.6 30.9 38.5 15.7 22.8

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . 181 100.0 43.9 27.3 28.8 10.9 18.0

On temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 100.0 70.8 22.0 7.2 5.8 1.4

Not on temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 100.0 33.2 29.4 37.4 12.8 24.5

Permanent job losers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 100.0 30.9 28.5 40.6 13.0 27.6

Persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 100.0 38.0 31.2 30.8 12.6 18.2

Job leavers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 100.0 44.8 35.9 19.3 12.9 6.4

Reentrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429 100.0 32.2 31.4 36.3 15.1 21.3

New entrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739 100.0 25.5 31.1 43.4 17.5 25.9

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

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