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	March 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	7,337	100.0	25.1	29.4	45.5	19.4	26.2
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,626	100.0	27.1	31.4	41.5	21.1	20.4
On temporary layoff	1,012	100.0	42.9	32.5	24.6	17.6	7.0
Not on temporary layoff	2,613	100.0	21.0	31.0	48.0	22.4	25.6
Permanent job losers	1,936	100.0	17.9	30.7	51.4	23.6	27.8
People who completed temporary jobs	678	100.0	30.0	31.7	38.3	19.2	19.1
Job leavers	887	100.0	28.6	29.3	42.1	16.1	26.0
Reentrants	2,215	100.0	21.9	25.8	52.3	18.4	33.9
New entrants	610	100.0	19.1	30.7	50.3	17.8	32.5

Men, 20 years and over	3,503	100.0	23.0	28.8	48.2	22.4	25.9
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	2,113	100.0	23.6	31.0	45.4	25.0	20.4
On temporary layoff	634	100.0	32.1	37.1	30.8	24.0	6.8
Not on temporary layoff	1,479	100.0	20.0	28.4	51.6	25.5	26.2
Permanent job losers	1,060	100.0	18.7	26.4	54.8	25.4	29.4
People who completed temporary jobs	419	100.0	23.2	33.3	43.5	25.5	18.0
Job leavers	434	100.0	27.0	31.0	42.0	16.9	25.1
Reentrants	842	100.0	18.6	23.5	57.9	19.5	38.4
New entrants	114	100.0	28.0	19.0	53.0	14.7	38.4

Women, 20 years and over	3,055	100.0	26.6	28.6	44.7	16.6	28.1
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1,384	100.0	31.9	31.3	36.7	16.1	20.6
On temporary layoff	331	100.0	62.4	25.2	12.4	6.1	6.4
Not on temporary layoff	1,052	100.0	22.3	33.3	44.4	19.3	25.1
Permanent job losers	806	100.0	17.3	34.3	48.4	22.3	26.1
People who completed temporary jobs	247	100.0	38.8	29.9	31.3	9.4	21.8
Job leavers	403	100.0	26.6	27.2	46.2	16.0	30.3
Reentrants	1,081	100.0	23.2	24.2	52.6	17.0	35.6
New entrants	187	100.0	7.1	37.8	55.1	19.2	35.9

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	779	100.0	28.2	35.0	36.7	17.0	19.7
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	129	100.0	33.0	38.9	28.0	9.6	18.4
On temporary layoff	47	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Not on temporary layoff	82	100.0	23.3	48.1	28.7	8.0	20.6
Permanent job losers	70	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
People who completed temporary jobs	12	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Job leavers	50	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Reentrants	292	100.0	26.4	38.7	35.0	20.4	14.6
New entrants	309	100.0	23.0	30.7	46.3	18.1	28.2
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: April 03, 2026