HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
QUARTERLY AVERAGES
E-17. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
[Numbers in thousands]
Reason Total White Black or African
American		 Asian Hispanic or Latino
1st
2012		 1st
2013		 1st
2012		 1st
2013		 1st
2012		 1st
2013		 1st
2012		 1st
2013		 1st
2012		 1st
2013

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Total unemployed

 13,292 12,498 9,643 8,919 2,546 2,530 521 499 2,707 2,464

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 7,838 7,114 5,901 5,232 1,343 1,351 279 252 1,566 1,412

On temporary layoff

 1,591 1,503 1,341 1,278 147 152 45 20 376 324

Not on temporary layoff

 6,248 5,611 4,560 3,954 1,197 1,199 233 232 1,191 1,088

Permanent job losers

 4,871 4,213 3,569 3,023 893 852 201 178 875 786

Persons who completed temporary jobs

 1,377 1,398 991 931 304 347 32 54 316 302

Job leavers

 1,018 971 799 739 140 134 38 42 186 146

Reentrants

 3,267 3,288 2,191 2,193 764 780 149 145 670 631

New entrants

 1,168 1,125 752 755 299 264 55 61 284 276

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Total unemployed

 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 59.0 56.9 61.2 58.7 52.8 53.4 53.5 50.4 57.9 57.3

On temporary layoff

 12.0 12.0 13.9 14.3 5.8 6.0 8.7 4.0 13.9 13.1

Not on temporary layoff

 47.0 44.9 47.3 44.3 47.0 47.4 44.8 46.4 44.0 44.2

Job leavers

 7.7 7.8 8.3 8.3 5.5 5.3 7.4 8.4 6.9 5.9

Reentrants

 24.6 26.3 22.7 24.6 30.0 30.8 28.5 29.0 24.8 25.6

New entrants

 8.8 9.0 7.8 8.5 11.7 10.5 10.6 12.2 10.5 11.2

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 5.1 4.6 4.8 4.3 7.4 7.3 3.4 3.0 6.5 5.8

Job leavers

 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.6

Reentrants

 2.1 2.1 1.8 1.8 4.2 4.2 1.8 1.7 2.8 2.6

New entrants

 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 1.6 1.4 0.7 0.7 1.2 1.1

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: April 05, 2013