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	July 2025	July 2026	July 2025	July 2026	July 2025	July 2026	July 2025	July 2026
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	7,847	7,435	3,372	3,263	3,268	3,243	1,207	929
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,534	3,450	1,811	1,763	1,597	1,603	126	84
On temporary layoff	1,118	1,123	463	479	579	605	75	39
Not on temporary layoff	2,415	2,326	1,347	1,284	1,017	998	51	44
Permanent job losers	1,871	1,687	986	904	848	745	37	39
People who completed temporary jobs	544	639	361	380	169	253	14	6
Job leavers	818	825	372	417	399	326	47	82
Reentrants	2,346	2,249	974	915	1,047	1,095	326	240
New entrants	1,149	911	215	168	225	220	709	524

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	45.0	46.4	53.7	54.0	48.9	49.4	10.4	9.0
On temporary layoff	14.3	15.1	13.7	14.7	17.7	18.7	6.2	4.2
Not on temporary layoff	30.8	31.3	40.0	39.3	31.1	30.8	4.2	4.8
Job leavers	10.4	11.1	11.0	12.8	12.2	10.0	3.9	8.8
Reentrants	29.9	30.2	28.9	28.0	32.0	33.8	27.0	25.8
New entrants	14.6	12.3	6.4	5.1	6.9	6.8	58.7	56.4

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	2.1	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	1.7	1.1
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.6	1.1
Reentrants	1.4	1.3	1.1	1.1	1.4	1.4	4.3	3.3
New entrants	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	9.5	7.2
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: August 07, 2026