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	Oct. 2025	Oct. 2026	Oct. 2025	Oct. 2026	Oct. 2025	Oct. 2026	Oct. 2025	Oct. 2026
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	-	6,724	-	3,128	-	2,743	-	853
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	-	2,807	-	1,541	-	1,152	-	115
On temporary layoff	-	441	-	194	-	201	-	46
Not on temporary layoff	-	2,367	-	1,347	-	951	-	69
Permanent job losers	-	1,727	-	958	-	737	-	32
People who completed temporary jobs	-	640	-	389	-	214	-	36
Job leavers	-	786	-	352	-	364	-	70
Reentrants	-	2,361	-	1,014	-	1,084	-	263
New entrants	-	769	-	221	-	142	-	405

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Total unemployed	-	100.0	-	100.0	-	100.0	-	100.0
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	-	41.8	-	49.3	-	42.0	-	13.4
On temporary layoff	-	6.6	-	6.2	-	7.3	-	5.4
Not on temporary layoff	-	35.2	-	43.1	-	34.7	-	8.0
Job leavers	-	11.7	-	11.2	-	13.3	-	8.2
Reentrants	-	35.1	-	32.4	-	39.5	-	30.8
New entrants	-	11.4	-	7.1	-	5.2	-	47.5

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	-	1.6	-	1.8	-	1.5	-	1.9
Job leavers	-	0.5	-	0.4	-	0.5	-	1.1
Reentrants	-	1.4	-	1.2	-	1.4	-	4.3
New entrants	-	0.4	-	0.3	-	0.2	-	6.5
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.

Last Modified Date: November 06, 2026