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If there are 10 job losers, 12 job leavers, 13 reentrants, and 12 new entrants, then there are __________ unemployed persons.

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Each of these categories adds to the overall unemployment total. In this case, we would add all four values to find the total number of unemployed persons. (10+12+13+12) gives a total of 47 unemployed persons in the pool. Re-entrants and new entrants might sound like they are not unemployed, but these terms, per BLS definitions, are not yet employed so they do not leave the "unemployed" ranks.
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