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	Feb. 2025	Feb. 2026	Feb. 2025	Feb. 2026	Feb. 2025	Feb. 2026	Feb. 2025	Feb. 2026
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	7,572	8,052	3,796	3,907	2,956	3,263	820	883
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,794	4,090	2,219	2,336	1,432	1,609	142	144
On temporary layoff	1,113	1,221	740	777	308	374	65	71
Not on temporary layoff	2,680	2,869	1,479	1,560	1,124	1,235	78	74
Permanent job losers	1,831	2,110	1,005	1,133	780	926	47	52
People who completed temporary jobs	849	759	474	427	344	309	31	22
Job leavers	918	870	499	440	402	390	17	40
Reentrants	2,255	2,363	930	943	983	1,104	341	316
New entrants	605	729	148	187	139	159	319	383

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	50.1	50.8	58.5	59.8	48.4	49.3	17.4	16.4
On temporary layoff	14.7	15.2	19.5	19.9	10.4	11.5	7.9	8.0
Not on temporary layoff	35.4	35.6	39.0	39.9	38.0	37.9	9.5	8.4
Job leavers	12.1	10.8	13.1	11.3	13.6	12.0	2.1	4.5
Reentrants	29.8	29.4	24.5	24.1	33.3	33.8	41.6	35.8
New entrants	8.0	9.0	3.9	4.8	4.7	4.9	38.9	43.3

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	2.2	2.4	2.6	2.7	1.9	2.1	2.3	2.5
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.7
Reentrants	1.3	1.4	1.1	1.1	1.3	1.4	5.5	5.4
New entrants	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	5.1	6.5
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: March 06, 2026