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	February 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	8,052	100.0	27.3	31.5	41.1	16.7	24.5
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	4,090	100.0	29.7	36.6	33.7	15.0	18.7
On temporary layoff	1,221	100.0	40.1	43.5	16.4	14.7	1.8
Not on temporary layoff	2,869	100.0	25.3	33.7	41.1	15.1	26.0
Permanent job losers	2,110	100.0	27.4	33.7	39.0	14.8	24.1
People who completed temporary jobs	759	100.0	19.4	33.6	47.0	15.9	31.0
Job leavers	870	100.0	27.0	24.7	48.4	23.8	24.6
Reentrants	2,363	100.0	23.8	27.5	48.6	15.9	32.8
New entrants	729	100.0	25.6	24.4	50.0	20.5	29.5

Men, 20 years and over	3,907	100.0	26.1	31.2	42.7	15.6	27.0
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	2,336	100.0	27.7	38.8	33.5	14.6	18.9
On temporary layoff	777	100.0	34.5	47.8	17.6	14.9	2.8
Not on temporary layoff	1,560	100.0	24.3	34.4	41.4	14.5	26.9
Permanent job losers	1,133	100.0	24.6	35.1	40.4	13.5	26.9
People who completed temporary jobs	427	100.0	23.5	32.5	44.0	17.0	27.0
Job leavers	440	100.0	23.5	20.9	55.6	21.3	34.3
Reentrants	943	100.0	25.8	21.4	52.8	14.2	38.6
New entrants	187	100.0	13.5	10.2	76.4	22.9	53.4

Women, 20 years and over	3,263	100.0	27.2	30.8	42.0	17.2	24.8
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1,609	100.0	31.6	33.8	34.6	15.7	18.9
On temporary layoff	374	100.0	45.8	39.8	14.5	14.5	0.0
Not on temporary layoff	1,235	100.0	27.3	32.0	40.7	16.1	24.6
Permanent job losers	926	100.0	31.3	31.5	37.1	17.3	19.9
People who completed temporary jobs	309	100.0	15.1	33.4	51.5	12.7	38.8
Job leavers	390	100.0	27.8	27.6	44.5	29.1	15.5
Reentrants	1,104	100.0	21.9	26.6	51.4	15.9	35.6
New entrants	159	100.0	17.5	37.5	45.0	12.0	33.0

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	883	100.0	33.2	35.6	31.2	19.5	11.7
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	144	100.0	41.5	31.4	27.1	12.7	14.4
On temporary layoff	71	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Not on temporary layoff	74	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Permanent job losers	52	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
People who completed temporary jobs	22	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Job leavers	40	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Reentrants	316	100.0	24.4	49.0	26.6	20.9	5.7
New entrants	383	100.0	34.9	25.9	39.2	22.9	16.3
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 06, 2026