A-32. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, and age

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-32. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, and age [Numbers in thousands]
Reason	Total, 16 years and over		Men, 20 years and over		Women, 20 years and over		Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Reason	May 2023	May 2024	May 2023	May 2024	May 2023	May 2024	May 2023	May 2024
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	5,700	6,235	2,765	3,057	2,307	2,385	628	793
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2,610	2,836	1,518	1,687	990	1,055	102	94
On temporary layoff	503	556	288	366	174	163	42	27
Not on temporary layoff	2,107	2,279	1,230	1,321	816	892	61	66
Permanent job losers	1,567	1,724	914	1,012	616	664	36	48
Persons who completed temporary jobs	540	555	316	309	201	228	24	18
Job leavers	715	670	348	349	337	283	30	38
Reentrants	1,880	2,105	748	863	880	908	252	334
New entrants	495	624	151	158	100	139	244	327

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Total unemployed	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	45.8	45.5	54.9	55.2	42.9	44.2	16.3	11.8
On temporary layoff	8.8	8.9	10.4	12.0	7.5	6.8	6.7	3.5
Not on temporary layoff	37.0	36.6	44.5	43.2	35.4	37.4	9.6	8.4
Job leavers	12.5	10.7	12.6	11.4	14.6	11.9	4.7	4.7
Reentrants	33.0	33.8	27.1	28.2	38.1	38.1	40.1	42.1
New entrants	8.7	10.0	5.5	5.2	4.3	5.8	38.8	41.3

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1.6	1.7	1.8	2.0	1.3	1.4	1.7	1.4
Job leavers	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.6
Reentrants	1.1	1.3	0.9	1.0	1.2	1.2	4.1	5.1
New entrants	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	3.9	5.0
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: June 07, 2024