A-32. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, and age

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-32. Unemployed people by reason for unemployment, sex, and age [Numbers in thousands]
Reason	Total, 16 years and over		Men, 20 years and over		Women, 20 years and over		Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Reason	May 2024	May 2025	May 2024	May 2025	May 2024	May 2025	May 2024	May 2025
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	6,235	6,815	3,057	3,196	2,385	2,787	793	831
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	2,836	3,094	1,687	1,746	1,055	1,257	94	91
On temporary layoff	556	602	366	275	163	260	27	68
Not on temporary layoff	2,279	2,492	1,321	1,471	892	997	66	24
Permanent job losers	1,724	1,890	1,012	1,145	664	726	48	19
People who completed temporary jobs	555	602	309	327	228	271	18	4
Job leavers	670	652	349	315	283	302	38	35
Reentrants	2,105	2,355	863	938	908	1,057	334	359
New entrants	624	713	158	197	139	171	327	346

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Total unemployed	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	45.5	45.4	55.2	54.6	44.2	45.1	11.8	11.0
On temporary layoff	8.9	8.8	12.0	8.6	6.8	9.3	3.5	8.2
Not on temporary layoff	36.6	36.6	43.2	46.0	37.4	35.8	8.4	2.8
Job leavers	10.7	9.6	11.4	9.9	11.9	10.8	4.7	4.2
Reentrants	33.8	34.6	28.2	29.4	38.1	37.9	42.1	43.2
New entrants	10.0	10.5	5.2	6.2	5.8	6.1	41.3	41.6

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1.7	1.8	2.0	2.0	1.4	1.6	1.4	1.4
Job leavers	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.6
Reentrants	1.3	1.4	1.0	1.1	1.2	1.4	5.1	5.7
New entrants	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	5.0	5.5
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: June 06, 2025