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

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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	Jan. 2025	Jan. 2026	Jan. 2025	Jan. 2026	Jan. 2025	Jan. 2026	Jan. 2025	Jan. 2026
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	7,467	7,941	3,854	3,895	2,884	3,223	728	823
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,885	4,130	2,366	2,385	1,356	1,618	163	127
On temporary layoff	1,318	1,309	865	806	358	436	94	66
Not on temporary layoff	2,567	2,821	1,500	1,579	998	1,182	69	61
Permanent job losers	1,759	2,043	1,024	1,169	704	844	31	30
People who completed temporary jobs	808	779	476	410	294	338	38	31
Job leavers	910	1,035	461	473	419	512	31	50
Reentrants	2,123	2,118	876	886	976	954	271	278
New entrants	549	659	152	152	134	139	263	367

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	52.0	52.0	61.4	61.2	47.0	50.2	22.4	15.4
On temporary layoff	17.6	16.5	22.4	20.7	12.4	13.5	12.9	8.1
Not on temporary layoff	34.4	35.5	38.9	40.5	34.6	36.7	9.5	7.4
Job leavers	12.2	13.0	12.0	12.1	14.5	15.9	4.2	6.1
Reentrants	28.4	26.7	22.7	22.7	33.8	29.6	37.3	33.8
New entrants	7.4	8.3	3.9	3.9	4.6	4.3	36.1	44.7

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	2.3	2.4	2.7	2.7	1.8	2.1	2.7	2.2
Job leavers	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.9
Reentrants	1.3	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.3	1.2	4.5	4.8
New entrants	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	4.4	6.3

Last Modified Date: February 11, 2026