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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-34. Unemployed people by reason for unemployment, sex, age, and duration of unemployment
[Percent distribution]
Reason, sex, and age July 2025
Total unemployed Duration of unemployment
Thousands of
people
Percent Less than
5 weeks
5 to 14
weeks
15 weeks and over
Total 15 to 26
weeks
27 weeks
and over

Total, 16 years and over

7,847 100.0 33.0 30.3 36.7 13.1 23.6

Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs

3,534 100.0 37.3 29.7 33.0 12.2 20.8

On temporary layoff

1,118 100.0 59.5 31.7 8.8 5.9 2.9

Not on temporary layoff

2,415 100.0 27.0 28.8 44.2 15.1 29.0

Permanent job losers

1,871 100.0 27.0 27.1 45.8 15.6 30.2

People who completed temporary jobs

544 100.0 26.8 34.7 38.5 13.5 25.0

Job leavers

818 100.0 43.1 25.6 31.3 15.8 15.5

Reentrants

2,346 100.0 24.0 29.0 47.0 13.0 34.0

New entrants

1,149 100.0 31.0 37.9 31.1 14.0 17.1

Men, 20 years and over

3,372 100.0 30.9 25.9 43.2 13.2 30.0

Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs

1,811 100.0 34.8 26.9 38.3 13.0 25.2

On temporary layoff

463 100.0 63.1 21.5 15.5 9.8 5.7

Not on temporary layoff

1,347 100.0 25.1 28.8 46.1 14.1 32.0

Permanent job losers

986 100.0 24.5 25.4 50.1 15.7 34.4

People who completed temporary jobs

361 100.0 26.7 38.1 35.2 10.0 25.2

Job leavers

372 100.0 45.3 20.4 34.3 18.2 16.1

Reentrants

974 100.0 21.0 24.9 54.1 13.2 40.9

New entrants

215 100.0 17.6 31.9 50.5 6.0 44.5

Women, 20 years and over

3,268 100.0 34.2 30.1 35.7 13.7 22.0

Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs

1,597 100.0 38.4 32.8 28.8 12.1 16.7

On temporary layoff

579 100.0 55.7 40.5 3.8 3.6 0.2

Not on temporary layoff

1,017 100.0 28.5 28.4 43.1 16.9 26.2

Permanent job losers

848 100.0 28.7 29.4 42.0 15.9 26.1

People who completed temporary jobs

169 100.0 27.8 23.7 48.6 22.1 26.5

Job leavers

399 100.0 41.9 26.5 31.6 15.4 16.2

Reentrants

1,047 100.0 26.2 28.4 45.3 13.5 31.8

New entrants

225 100.0 27.6 25.7 46.7 23.3 23.4

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

1,207 100.0 35.6 42.9 21.5 11.1 10.4

Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs

126 100.0 58.2 31.8 10.0 2.5 7.5

On temporary layoff

75 100.0 66.5 27.0 6.5 0.0 6.5

Not on temporary layoff

51 100.0 - - - - -

Permanent job losers

37 100.0 - - - - -

People who completed temporary jobs

14 100.0 - - - - -

Job leavers

47 100.0 - - - - -

Reentrants

326 100.0 25.7 43.3 31.0 10.9 20.1

New entrants

709 100.0 36.1 43.7 20.3 13.4 6.8

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 01, 2025