2019 Annual Averages ‐ 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	2018	2019	2018	2019	2018	2019	2018	2019
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	4,354	4,159	1,322	1,251	304	280	1,323	1,248
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2,128	2,005	610	541	117	116	642	588
On temporary layoff	681	667	108	97	24	24	207	210
Not on temporary layoff	1,447	1,338	502	444	93	92	435	378
Permanent job losers	1,007	946	316	281	73	65	273	231
Persons who completed temporary jobs	439	392	186	163	20	27	162	147
Job leavers	560	569	143	165	46	41	148	140
Reentrants	1,301	1,205	423	414	93	79	379	373
New entrants	364	380	146	131	49	44	154	147

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	48.9	48.2	46.1	43.2	38.4	41.3	48.5	47.1
On temporary layoff	15.6	16.0	8.2	7.7	7.8	8.6	15.6	16.8
Not on temporary layoff	33.2	32.2	37.9	35.5	30.6	32.8	32.9	30.3
Job leavers	12.9	13.7	10.8	13.2	15.1	14.7	11.2	11.2
Reentrants	29.9	29.0	32.0	33.1	30.4	28.2	28.6	29.9
New entrants	8.4	9.1	11.1	10.5	16.1	15.8	11.7	11.8

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1.7	1.6	3.0	2.6	1.2	1.1	2.3	2.0
Job leavers	0.4	0.4	0.7	0.8	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.5
Reentrants	1.0	1.0	2.1	2.0	0.9	0.8	1.3	1.3
New entrants	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.5	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 22, 2020