A-34. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, age, and duration of unemployment

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A-34. Unemployed people by reason for unemployment, sex, age, and duration of unemployment [Percent distribution]
Reason, sex, and age	July 2026
	Total unemployed		Duration of unemployment
	Thousands of people	Percent	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	15 weeks and over
	Thousands of people	Percent	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	Total	15 to 26 weeks	27 weeks and over
Total, 16 years and over	7,435	100.0	29.8	32.2	37.9	13.7	24.2
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,450	100.0	32.2	31.3	36.5	15.1	21.4
On temporary layoff	1,123	100.0	51.4	42.9	5.7	4.0	1.7
Not on temporary layoff	2,326	100.0	22.9	25.8	51.4	20.4	31.0
Permanent job losers	1,687	100.0	21.8	26.4	51.9	20.9	31.0
People who completed temporary jobs	639	100.0	25.8	24.2	50.0	19.1	30.9
Job leavers	825	100.0	36.1	36.3	27.6	11.7	15.9
Reentrants	2,249	100.0	24.1	30.3	45.7	13.9	31.8
New entrants	911	100.0	29.5	36.8	33.7	9.9	23.8

Men, 20 years and over	3,263	100.0	28.1	28.1	43.8	16.9	26.9
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1,763	100.0	30.9	27.2	41.9	19.1	22.7
On temporary layoff	479	100.0	55.6	33.5	10.8	7.7	3.1
Not on temporary layoff	1,284	100.0	21.7	24.8	53.5	23.4	30.1
Permanent job losers	904	100.0	21.6	25.8	52.6	24.7	27.8
People who completed temporary jobs	380	100.0	21.9	22.5	55.6	20.2	35.3
Job leavers	417	100.0	33.5	32.3	34.1	14.7	19.4
Reentrants	915	100.0	22.8	27.6	49.7	15.5	34.1
New entrants	168	100.0	13.7	29.8	56.5	6.1	50.4

Women, 20 years and over	3,243	100.0	27.6	34.2	38.2	11.7	26.5
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1,603	100.0	32.3	36.3	31.4	11.4	20.0
On temporary layoff	605	100.0	46.4	51.6	2.0	1.4	0.7
Not on temporary layoff	998	100.0	23.8	27.0	49.2	17.5	31.8
Permanent job losers	745	100.0	21.2	27.4	51.5	17.3	34.1
People who completed temporary jobs	253	100.0	31.5	25.8	42.8	17.8	25.0
Job leavers	326	100.0	29.7	44.0	26.3	10.8	15.4
Reentrants	1,095	100.0	21.3	29.7	49.0	14.2	34.7
New entrants	220	100.0	21.2	26.8	52.0	3.0	49.0

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	929	100.0	43.7	40.0	16.4	9.5	6.9
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	84	100.0	54.8	24.8	20.4	0.0	20.4
On temporary layoff	39	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Not on temporary layoff	44	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Permanent job losers	39	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
People who completed temporary jobs	6	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Job leavers	82	100.0	74.3	25.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
Reentrants	240	100.0	41.5	43.2	15.3	6.1	9.2
New entrants	524	100.0	38.1	43.1	18.8	14.0	4.7
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000).

Last Modified Date: August 07, 2026