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	Apr. 2023	Apr. 2024	Apr. 2023	Apr. 2024	Apr. 2023	Apr. 2024	Apr. 2023	Apr. 2024
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	5,146	5,894	2,653	2,923	1,994	2,322	499	649
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2,391	2,973	1,420	1,760	871	1,089	100	125
On temporary layoff	568	688	318	413	210	226	40	48
Not on temporary layoff	1,824	2,286	1,102	1,347	662	862	60	77
Permanent job losers	1,391	1,728	840	1,022	507	643	44	64
Persons who completed temporary jobs	433	558	262	325	155	220	15	13
Job leavers	746	744	370	347	340	355	36	42
Reentrants	1,581	1,723	718	709	693	776	170	238
New entrants	428	453	145	107	90	102	193	244

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	46.5	50.5	53.5	60.2	43.7	46.9	20.0	19.2
On temporary layoff	11.0	11.7	12.0	14.1	10.5	9.8	8.0	7.4
Not on temporary layoff	35.4	38.8	41.5	46.1	33.2	37.1	12.0	11.8
Job leavers	14.5	12.6	13.9	11.9	17.0	15.3	7.3	6.5
Reentrants	30.7	29.2	27.1	24.2	34.8	33.4	34.1	36.7
New entrants	8.3	7.7	5.5	3.7	4.5	4.4	38.7	37.6

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1.4	1.8	1.7	2.1	1.2	1.4	1.7	2.0
Job leavers	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.7
Reentrants	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.8	0.9	1.0	2.8	3.8
New entrants	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	3.2	3.9
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: May 03, 2024