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. 2025	Aug. 2026	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2026	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2026	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2026
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	7,747	7,381	3,498	3,381	3,336	3,072	913	927
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,556	3,349	1,882	1,688	1,586	1,564	87	97
On temporary layoff	943	891	382	326	525	508	36	57
Not on temporary layoff	2,613	2,458	1,500	1,363	1,061	1,055	51	40
Permanent job losers	1,987	1,832	1,179	1,033	780	784	28	15
People who completed temporary jobs	626	626	322	330	281	272	23	25
Job leavers	855	997	411	516	402	408	42	72
Reentrants	2,412	2,231	1,005	1,000	1,158	935	250	296
New entrants	924	805	201	177	190	166	533	462

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	45.9	45.4	53.8	49.9	47.6	50.9	9.5	10.4
On temporary layoff	12.2	12.1	10.9	9.6	15.7	16.6	3.9	6.1
Not on temporary layoff	33.7	33.3	42.9	40.3	31.8	34.3	5.6	4.3
Job leavers	11.0	13.5	11.7	15.3	12.1	13.3	4.7	7.8
Reentrants	31.1	30.2	28.7	29.6	34.7	30.4	27.4	32.0
New entrants	11.9	10.9	5.7	5.2	5.7	5.4	58.4	49.9

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	2.1	2.0	2.1	2.0	2.1	2.0	1.3	1.4
Job leavers	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6	1.1
Reentrants	1.4	1.3	1.1	1.2	1.5	1.2	3.8	4.4
New entrants	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	8.1	6.9
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: September 04, 2026