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	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2026	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2026	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2026	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2026
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	7,242	7,337	3,650	3,503	2,754	3,055	837	779
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,552	3,626	2,182	2,113	1,252	1,384	118	129
On temporary layoff	960	1,012	644	634	282	331	34	47
Not on temporary layoff	2,593	2,613	1,538	1,479	970	1,052	85	82
Permanent job losers	1,870	1,936	1,129	1,060	695	806	45	70
People who completed temporary jobs	723	678	409	419	274	247	40	12
Job leavers	858	887	396	434	425	403	37	50
Reentrants	2,155	2,215	904	842	928	1,081	324	292
New entrants	677	610	169	114	150	187	358	309

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	49.1	49.4	59.8	60.3	45.4	45.3	14.1	16.5
On temporary layoff	13.3	13.8	17.6	18.1	10.2	10.8	4.0	6.0
Not on temporary layoff	35.8	35.6	42.1	42.2	35.2	34.4	10.1	10.5
Job leavers	11.8	12.1	10.8	12.4	15.4	13.2	4.4	6.5
Reentrants	29.8	30.2	24.8	24.0	33.7	35.4	38.7	37.4
New entrants	9.3	8.3	4.6	3.2	5.4	6.1	42.8	39.6

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	2.1	2.1	2.5	2.5	1.6	1.8	1.9	2.1
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.8
Reentrants	1.3	1.3	1.0	1.0	1.2	1.4	5.1	4.9
New entrants	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	5.6	5.2
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: April 03, 2026