As of October 2023, the highest number of those unemployed in the United States were job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs. This demographic made up 3.1 million of those unemployed in the month of October 2023. As a comparison, in October 2022, this demographic was represented by 364,000 fewer people.
Reasons for unemployment in the United States from October 2022 to October 2023, by number of unemployed (in 1,000 people)
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (October 31, 2023). Reasons for unemployment in the United States from October 2022 to October 2023, by number of unemployed (in 1,000 people) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 18, 2024, 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 2023, by number of unemployed (in 1,000 people)." Chart. October 31, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1421886/unemployment-reasons-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2023). Reasons for unemployment in the United States from October 2022 to October 2023, by number of unemployed (in 1,000 people). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 18, 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 2023, by Number of Unemployed (in 1,000 People)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Oct 2023, 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 2023, by number of unemployed (in 1,000 people) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1421886/unemployment-reasons-us/ (last visited May 18, 2024)
Reasons for unemployment in the United States from October 2022 to October 2023, by number of unemployed (in 1,000 people) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, October 31, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1421886/unemployment-reasons-us/