As of October 2024, the highest number of those unemployed in the United States were job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs. This demographic made up 3.4 million of those unemployed in the month of October 2024. As a comparison, in October 2022, this demographic was represented by 705,000 fewer people.
Reasons for unemployment in the United States from October 2022 to October 2024, by number of unemployed
(in 1,000 people)
Characteristic
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (October 31, 2024). Reasons for unemployment in the United States from October 2022 to October 2024, by number of unemployed (in 1,000 people) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1421886/unemployment-reasons-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Reasons for unemployment in the United States from October 2022 to October 2024, by number of unemployed (in 1,000 people)." Chart. October 31, 2024. Statista. Accessed January 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1421886/unemployment-reasons-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2024). Reasons for unemployment in the United States from October 2022 to October 2024, by number of unemployed (in 1,000 people). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1421886/unemployment-reasons-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Reasons for Unemployment in The United States from October 2022 to October 2024, by Number of Unemployed (in 1,000 People)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Oct 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1421886/unemployment-reasons-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Reasons for unemployment in the United States from October 2022 to October 2024, by number of unemployed (in 1,000 people) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1421886/unemployment-reasons-us/ (last visited January 08, 2025)
Reasons for unemployment in the United States from October 2022 to October 2024, by number of unemployed (in 1,000 people) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, October 31, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1421886/unemployment-reasons-us/
