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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
July
2024
July
2025
July
2024
July
2025
July
2024
July
2025
July
2024
July
2025

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Total unemployed

7,685 7,847 3,362 3,372 3,309 3,268 1,014 1,207

Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs

3,649 3,534 1,909 1,811 1,637 1,597 103 126

On temporary layoff

1,266 1,118 510 463 702 579 54 75

Not on temporary layoff

2,382 2,415 1,398 1,347 935 1,017 49 51

Permanent job losers

1,669 1,871 986 986 655 848 28 37

People who completed temporary jobs

714 544 412 361 280 169 21 14

Job leavers

894 818 409 372 421 399 64 47

Reentrants

2,329 2,346 852 974 1,080 1,047 397 326

New entrants

814 1,149 193 215 170 225 451 709

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

47.5 45.0 56.8 53.7 49.5 48.9 10.1 10.4

On temporary layoff

16.5 14.3 15.2 13.7 21.2 17.7 5.3 6.2

Not on temporary layoff

31.0 30.8 41.6 40.0 28.3 31.1 4.8 4.2

Job leavers

11.6 10.4 12.2 11.0 12.7 12.2 6.3 3.9

Reentrants

30.3 29.9 25.3 28.9 32.6 32.0 39.1 27.0

New entrants

10.6 14.6 5.7 6.4 5.2 6.9 44.4 58.7

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs

2.1 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.1 1.3 1.7

Job leavers

0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.6

Reentrants

1.4 1.4 1.0 1.1 1.4 1.4 5.2 4.3

New entrants

0.5 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 5.9 9.5

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

 

Last Modified Date: August 01, 2025