A line chart shows the combined total of unemployed new entrants and re-entrants to the U.S. job market over time, with y-axis labels ranging from 1 million to 5 million people. The X-axis represents years, with labels ranging from 1995 to 2025 in five-year increments.
From 1995 to 2007, the line fluctuates between 2 million and 3.5 million. There is a sharp increase between 2008 and 2010, peaking at just under 5 million. Modest fluctuations then occur between 2010 and 2012, followed by a fairly steady decline between 2013 and 2020 that bottoms out at about 1.9 million. The line then fluctuates before trending higher from early 2023 to end at about 2.9 million in June 2025.