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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
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
Apr.
2024
Apr.
2025
Apr.
2024
Apr.
2025
Apr.
2024
Apr.
2025
Apr.
2024
Apr.
2025

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Total unemployed

5,894 6,580 2,923 3,339 2,322 2,531 649 711

Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs

2,973 3,216 1,760 1,955 1,089 1,181 125 80

On temporary layoff

688 702 413 443 226 215 48 44

Not on temporary layoff

2,286 2,514 1,347 1,513 862 966 77 36

Permanent job losers

1,728 1,900 1,022 1,149 643 727 64 24

People who completed temporary jobs

558 614 325 363 220 239 13 12

Job leavers

744 810 347 369 355 378 42 63

Reentrants

1,723 1,986 709 857 776 857 238 273

New entrants

453 567 107 157 102 115 244 295

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

50.5 48.9 60.2 58.6 46.9 46.7 19.2 11.3

On temporary layoff

11.7 10.7 14.1 13.3 9.8 8.5 7.4 6.2

Not on temporary layoff

38.8 38.2 46.1 45.3 37.1 38.2 11.8 5.1

Job leavers

12.6 12.3 11.9 11.1 15.3 14.9 6.5 8.8

Reentrants

29.2 30.2 24.2 25.7 33.4 33.8 36.7 38.4

New entrants

7.7 8.6 3.7 4.7 4.4 4.5 37.6 41.5

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs

1.8 1.9 2.1 2.2 1.4 1.5 2.0 1.3

Job leavers

0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.7 1.0

Reentrants

1.0 1.2 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.1 3.8 4.4

New entrants

0.3 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 3.9 4.8

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

 

Last Modified Date: May 02, 2025