Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
28. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity [Numbers in thousands]
Reason	White		Black or African American		Asian		Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Reason	2017	2018	2017	2018	2017	2018	2017	2018
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	4,765	4,354	1,501	1,322	333	304	1,401	1,323
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2,418	2,128	705	610	141	117	694	642
On temporary layoff	763	681	113	108	27	24	221	207
Not on temporary layoff	1,656	1,447	592	502	114	93	473	435
Permanent job losers	1,198	1,007	398	316	94	73	315	273
Persons who completed temporary jobs	457	439	194	186	20	20	158	162
Job leavers	557	560	145	143	38	46	147	148
Reentrants	1,368	1,301	481	423	103	93	408	379
New entrants	422	364	169	146	51	49	152	154

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	50.8	48.9	47.0	46.1	42.4	38.4	49.6	48.5
On temporary layoff	16.0	15.6	7.5	8.2	8.2	7.8	15.8	15.6
Not on temporary layoff	34.7	33.2	39.4	37.9	34.1	30.6	33.8	32.9
Job leavers	11.7	12.9	9.7	10.8	11.5	15.1	10.5	11.2
Reentrants	28.7	29.9	32.1	32.0	31.0	30.4	29.1	28.6
New entrants	8.9	8.4	11.3	11.1	15.2	16.1	10.8	11.7

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1.9	1.7	3.5	3.0	1.4	1.2	2.5	2.3
Job leavers	0.4	0.4	0.7	0.7	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5
Reentrants	1.1	1.0	2.4	2.1	1.1	0.9	1.5	1.3
New entrants	0.3	0.3	0.8	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5
NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: January 18, 2019