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	March 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	7,242	100.0	28.8	32.3	38.9	16.9	22.1
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	3,552	100.0	30.5	34.4	35.1	17.5	17.5
On temporary layoff	960	100.0	40.8	32.3	27.0	19.7	7.3
Not on temporary layoff	2,593	100.0	26.7	35.2	38.1	16.8	21.3
Permanent job losers	1,870	100.0	25.9	36.2	37.9	15.5	22.4
Persons who completed temporary jobs	723	100.0	28.6	32.9	38.6	19.9	18.7
Job leavers	858	100.0	29.2	31.8	39.0	15.8	23.2
Reentrants	2,155	100.0	25.3	30.8	43.9	16.1	27.8
New entrants	677	100.0	30.8	26.1	43.1	16.9	26.2

Men, 20 years and over	3,650	100.0	27.6	30.6	41.8	19.1	22.7
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2,182	100.0	31.7	33.5	34.8	18.1	16.7
On temporary layoff	644	100.0	35.7	35.7	28.6	24.8	3.8
Not on temporary layoff	1,538	100.0	30.0	32.6	37.4	15.3	22.1
Permanent job losers	1,129	100.0	28.4	34.1	37.6	13.5	24.0
Persons who completed temporary jobs	409	100.0	34.6	28.4	37.0	20.2	16.8
Job leavers	396	100.0	19.7	29.2	51.2	22.5	28.7
Reentrants	904	100.0	21.9	27.0	51.1	18.9	32.2
New entrants	169	100.0	24.2	15.3	60.4	24.6	35.9

Women, 20 years and over	2,754	100.0	28.9	33.0	38.1	14.7	23.4
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1,252	100.0	28.6	34.7	36.7	16.7	20.0
On temporary layoff	282	100.0	51.4	23.8	24.8	8.5	16.2
Not on temporary layoff	970	100.0	21.9	37.9	40.2	19.1	21.0
Permanent job losers	695	100.0	21.6	39.9	38.5	18.7	19.8
Persons who completed temporary jobs	274	100.0	22.7	32.9	44.4	20.2	24.3
Job leavers	425	100.0	35.0	34.4	30.5	11.0	19.5
Reentrants	928	100.0	26.9	33.0	40.0	13.2	26.8
New entrants	150	100.0	27.1	13.3	59.6	18.1	41.5

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	837	100.0	33.5	37.4	29.1	14.1	15.0
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	118	100.0	28.5	48.3	23.2	15.5	7.6
On temporary layoff	34	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Not on temporary layoff	85	100.0	20.4	52.8	26.8	16.1	10.7
Permanent job losers	45	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Persons who completed temporary jobs	40	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Job leavers	37	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Reentrants	324	100.0	29.8	35.2	34.9	16.7	18.2
New entrants	358	100.0	35.4	36.5	28.0	12.8	15.2
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 04, 2025