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	April 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	6,768	100.0	31.3	23.1	45.6	18.2	27.4
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,281	100.0	32.6	25.4	42.0	20.2	21.9
On temporary layoff	750	100.0	64.4	15.7	19.9	15.6	4.3
Not on temporary layoff	2,531	100.0	23.2	28.2	48.6	21.5	27.1
Permanent job losers	1,900	100.0	22.2	26.4	51.4	22.2	29.2
People who completed temporary jobs	631	100.0	26.4	33.6	40.0	19.4	20.7
Job leavers	800	100.0	32.7	22.7	44.7	12.8	31.8
Reentrants	2,019	100.0	28.2	19.2	52.7	15.7	37.0
New entrants	668	100.0	32.7	24.1	43.2	22.9	20.3

Men, 20 years and over	3,320	100.0	25.8	23.5	50.7	19.2	31.5
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1,893	100.0	28.3	27.0	44.7	21.2	23.4
On temporary layoff	407	100.0	60.3	14.4	25.2	19.4	5.8
Not on temporary layoff	1,486	100.0	19.5	30.5	50.0	21.7	28.3
Permanent job losers	1,080	100.0	20.5	27.7	51.8	22.4	29.5
People who completed temporary jobs	406	100.0	16.9	37.9	45.2	20.0	25.2
Job leavers	430	100.0	23.9	21.8	54.3	17.1	37.2
Reentrants	856	100.0	23.9	17.8	58.3	15.9	42.4
New entrants	141	100.0	9.9	15.8	74.2	17.8	56.4

Women, 20 years and over	2,686	100.0	33.7	22.6	43.6	16.6	27.0
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1,302	100.0	36.3	24.2	39.5	19.5	20.0
On temporary layoff	277	100.0	64.0	20.2	15.8	13.8	2.0
Not on temporary layoff	1,025	100.0	28.8	25.3	46.0	21.1	24.8
Permanent job losers	801	100.0	24.7	25.2	50.1	21.9	28.2
People who completed temporary jobs	223	100.0	43.4	25.6	31.0	18.3	12.7
Job leavers	330	100.0	42.4	20.8	36.7	8.3	28.5
Reentrants	906	100.0	26.4	20.8	52.8	15.6	37.2
New entrants	147	100.0	37.1	24.2	38.7	16.5	22.2

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	762	100.0	46.7	22.7	30.7	19.6	11.0
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	86	100.0	72.6	6.2	21.2	5.6	15.7
On temporary layoff	65	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Not on temporary layoff	21	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Permanent job losers	19	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
People who completed temporary jobs	1	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Job leavers	40	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Reentrants	257	100.0	48.5	17.9	33.6	15.4	18.2
New entrants	380	100.0	39.5	27.1	33.4	27.3	6.1
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: May 08, 2026