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

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A-34. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, age, and duration of unemployment [Percent distribution]
Reason, sex, and age	February 2025
	Total unemployed		Duration of unemployment
	Thousands of persons	Percent	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	15 weeks and over
	Thousands of persons	Percent	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	Total	15 to 26 weeks	27 weeks and over
Total, 16 years and over	7,572	100.0	29.3	35.0	35.7	15.5	20.2
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	3,794	100.0	29.0	39.4	31.6	15.1	16.4
On temporary layoff	1,113	100.0	42.9	44.5	12.6	9.8	2.8
Not on temporary layoff	2,680	100.0	23.3	37.3	39.4	17.4	22.1
Permanent job losers	1,831	100.0	25.7	34.2	40.1	16.9	23.2
Persons who completed temporary jobs	849	100.0	18.1	43.9	38.0	18.3	19.6
Job leavers	918	100.0	31.2	34.6	34.1	15.0	19.2
Reentrants	2,255	100.0	29.8	30.5	39.7	14.2	25.6
New entrants	605	100.0	26.0	24.9	49.1	23.4	25.7

Men, 20 years and over	3,796	100.0	26.7	36.8	36.4	15.7	20.7
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2,219	100.0	28.7	40.3	31.0	14.8	16.2
On temporary layoff	740	100.0	37.6	47.7	14.7	11.2	3.4
Not on temporary layoff	1,479	100.0	24.2	36.5	39.2	16.6	22.7
Permanent job losers	1,005	100.0	24.5	34.6	40.9	16.5	24.4
Persons who completed temporary jobs	474	100.0	23.6	40.7	35.7	16.7	19.0
Job leavers	499	100.0	25.3	35.2	39.6	16.4	23.2
Reentrants	930	100.0	23.7	31.9	44.4	16.6	27.8
New entrants	148	100.0	21.9	22.1	55.9	21.5	34.4

Women, 20 years and over	2,956	100.0	31.2	32.7	36.1	13.8	22.3
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1,432	100.0	29.4	37.2	33.4	15.8	17.7
On temporary layoff	308	100.0	54.4	36.7	8.9	6.9	2.0
Not on temporary layoff	1,124	100.0	22.5	37.3	40.2	18.2	22.0
Permanent job losers	780	100.0	27.0	33.8	39.1	17.4	21.8
Persons who completed temporary jobs	344	100.0	12.3	45.3	42.4	20.1	22.3
Job leavers	402	100.0	37.7	33.9	28.4	13.3	15.1
Reentrants	983	100.0	33.1	26.6	40.3	10.9	29.4
New entrants	139	100.0	17.1	26.1	56.7	14.8	41.9

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	820	100.0	34.1	35.0	30.9	20.6	10.3
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	142	100.0	30.6	48.4	20.9	14.1	6.9
On temporary layoff	65	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Not on temporary layoff	78	100.0	16.5	50.9	32.6	20.0	12.6
Permanent job losers	47	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Persons who completed temporary jobs	31	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Job leavers	17	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Reentrants	341	100.0	36.7	38.1	25.2	16.8	8.4
New entrants	319	100.0	31.7	25.7	42.6	28.0	14.6
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: March 07, 2025