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 2025	May 2026	May 2025	May 2026	May 2025	May 2026	May 2025	May 2026
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	6,815	6,904	3,196	3,281	2,787	2,734	831	889
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,094	2,997	1,746	1,764	1,257	1,182	91	50
On temporary layoff	602	478	275	268	260	196	68	14
Not on temporary layoff	2,492	2,519	1,471	1,496	997	987	24	36
Permanent job losers	1,890	1,902	1,145	1,106	726	766	19	30
People who completed temporary jobs	602	616	327	390	271	221	4	5
Job leavers	652	847	315	507	302	318	35	22
Reentrants	2,355	2,259	938	852	1,057	1,057	359	350
New entrants	713	801	197	157	171	177	346	466

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	45.4	43.4	54.6	53.8	45.1	43.2	11.0	5.6
On temporary layoff	8.8	6.9	8.6	8.2	9.3	7.2	8.2	1.6
Not on temporary layoff	36.6	36.5	46.0	45.6	35.8	36.1	2.8	4.0
Job leavers	9.6	12.3	9.9	15.4	10.8	11.6	4.2	2.5
Reentrants	34.6	32.7	29.4	26.0	37.9	38.7	43.2	39.4
New entrants	10.5	11.6	6.2	4.8	6.1	6.5	41.6	52.5

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1.8	1.8	2.0	2.1	1.6	1.5	1.4	0.8
Job leavers	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.4
Reentrants	1.4	1.3	1.1	1.0	1.4	1.4	5.7	5.7
New entrants	0.4	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	5.5	7.6
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: June 05, 2026