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	Nov. 2024	Nov. 2025	Nov. 2024	Nov. 2025	Nov. 2024	Nov. 2025	Nov. 2024	Nov. 2025
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	6,708	7,401	3,164	3,427	2,762	2,990	782	985
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,149	3,329	1,728	1,897	1,292	1,333	128	99
On temporary layoff	597	834	335	526	206	275	57	33
Not on temporary layoff	2,552	2,496	1,394	1,371	1,086	1,059	72	66
Permanent job losers	1,838	1,894	1,013	1,034	810	820	16	39
People who completed temporary jobs	714	602	381	337	277	238	56	27
Job leavers	844	853	421	372	376	411	47	70
Reentrants	2,048	2,488	843	1,003	921	1,099	285	387
New entrants	667	731	172	155	174	146	321	429

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	46.9	45.0	54.6	55.4	46.8	44.6	16.4	10.0
On temporary layoff	8.9	11.3	10.6	15.4	7.4	9.2	7.3	3.3
Not on temporary layoff	38.0	33.7	44.1	40.0	39.3	35.4	9.2	6.7
Job leavers	12.6	11.5	13.3	10.8	13.6	13.8	6.0	7.1
Reentrants	30.5	33.6	26.6	29.3	33.3	36.7	36.5	39.3
New entrants	9.9	9.9	5.4	4.5	6.3	4.9	41.1	43.6

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.2	1.7	1.7	2.1	1.6
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.8	1.1
Reentrants	1.2	1.5	1.0	1.1	1.2	1.4	4.7	6.3
New entrants	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	5.3	7.0
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: December 16, 2025