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	Aug. 2024	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2024	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2024	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2024	Aug. 2025
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	7,415	7,747	3,264	3,498	3,202	3,336	949	913
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,431	3,556	1,812	1,882	1,496	1,586	123	87
On temporary layoff	922	943	418	382	455	525	49	36
Not on temporary layoff	2,510	2,613	1,394	1,500	1,041	1,061	75	51
Permanent job losers	1,743	1,987	973	1,179	740	780	30	28
People who completed temporary jobs	766	626	421	322	300	281	45	23
Job leavers	923	855	385	411	461	402	77	42
Reentrants	2,239	2,412	802	1,005	1,125	1,158	312	250
New entrants	821	924	264	201	121	190	436	533

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	46.3	45.9	55.5	53.8	46.7	47.6	13.0	9.5
On temporary layoff	12.4	12.2	12.8	10.9	14.2	15.7	5.1	3.9
Not on temporary layoff	33.8	33.7	42.7	42.9	32.5	31.8	7.9	5.6
Job leavers	12.4	11.0	11.8	11.7	14.4	12.1	8.2	4.7
Reentrants	30.2	31.1	24.6	28.7	35.1	34.7	32.9	27.4
New entrants	11.1	11.9	8.1	5.7	3.8	5.7	46.0	58.4

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.1	1.8	1.3
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.5	1.1	0.6
Reentrants	1.3	1.4	0.9	1.1	1.5	1.5	4.6	3.8
New entrants	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	6.5	8.1
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: September 05, 2025