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	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2026
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	6,582	6,768	3,340	3,320	2,531	2,686	711	762
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,219	3,281	1,958	1,893	1,181	1,302	80	86
On temporary layoff	704	750	444	407	216	277	44	65
Not on temporary layoff	2,515	2,531	1,514	1,486	965	1,025	36	21
Permanent job losers	1,903	1,900	1,152	1,080	727	801	24	19
People who completed temporary jobs	612	631	361	406	238	223	12	1
Job leavers	809	800	369	430	378	330	63	40
Reentrants	1,985	2,019	856	856	857	906	272	257
New entrants	568	668	157	141	115	147	296	380

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	48.9	48.5	58.6	57.0	46.7	48.5	11.2	11.3
On temporary layoff	10.7	11.1	13.3	12.3	8.5	10.3	6.2	8.6
Not on temporary layoff	38.2	37.4	45.3	44.7	38.1	38.2	5.1	2.7
Job leavers	12.3	11.8	11.0	13.0	14.9	12.3	8.9	5.2
Reentrants	30.2	29.8	25.6	25.8	33.9	33.7	38.2	33.7
New entrants	8.6	9.9	4.7	4.3	4.5	5.5	41.7	49.8

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1.9	1.9	2.2	2.2	1.5	1.7	1.3	1.4
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.4	1.0	0.7
Reentrants	1.2	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.2	4.4	4.3
New entrants	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	4.8	6.4
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: May 08, 2026