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	Dec. 2024	Dec. 2025	Dec. 2024	Dec. 2025	Dec. 2024	Dec. 2025	Dec. 2024	Dec. 2025
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	6,452	7,003	3,179	3,377	2,602	2,787	671	839
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,227	3,439	1,891	2,050	1,219	1,264	117	125
On temporary layoff	936	1,000	586	621	287	312	64	67
Not on temporary layoff	2,291	2,439	1,305	1,429	933	952	53	58
Permanent job losers	1,611	1,866	918	1,109	681	728	12	29
People who completed temporary jobs	680	572	387	319	252	224	41	29
Job leavers	887	781	402	314	435	419	50	48
Reentrants	1,798	2,047	761	826	797	947	240	274
New entrants	540	736	126	188	150	157	264	391

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	50.0	49.1	59.5	60.7	46.9	45.4	17.4	14.9
On temporary layoff	14.5	14.3	18.4	18.4	11.0	11.2	9.5	8.0
Not on temporary layoff	35.5	34.8	41.0	42.3	35.8	34.2	8.0	6.9
Job leavers	13.8	11.2	12.6	9.3	16.7	15.0	7.5	5.7
Reentrants	27.9	29.2	23.9	24.4	30.6	34.0	35.7	32.7
New entrants	8.4	10.5	4.0	5.6	5.8	5.6	39.3	46.7

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1.9	2.0	2.2	2.3	1.6	1.6	1.9	2.0
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.8	0.8
Reentrants	1.1	1.2	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.2	3.8	4.5
New entrants	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	4.2	6.4
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: January 09, 2026