HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-33. 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
May
2012		 May
2013		 May
2012		 May
2013		 May
2012		 May
2013		 May
2012		 May
2013

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Total unemployed

 8,882 8,009 2,438 2,464 424 365 2,550 2,129

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 5,006 4,201 1,154 1,178 210 169 1,436 1,065

On temporary layoff

 754 609 115 118 17 18 257 137

Not on temporary layoff

 4,252 3,591 1,039 1,060 193 151 1,179 928

Permanent job losers

 3,414 2,746 747 737 151 119 870 667

Persons who completed temporary jobs

 838 846 291 324 42 32 309 261

Job leavers

 612 678 146 140 38 19 119 168

Reentrants

 2,393 2,333 850 857 103 123 661 622

New entrants

 872 797 287 289 73 54 334 275

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

 56.4 52.5 47.3 47.8 49.6 46.2 56.3 50.0

On temporary layoff

 8.5 7.6 4.7 4.8 4.1 4.9 10.1 6.5

Not on temporary layoff

 47.9 44.8 42.6 43.0 45.5 41.4 46.2 43.6

Job leavers

 6.9 8.5 6.0 5.7 8.9 5.3 4.7 7.9

Reentrants

 26.9 29.1 34.9 34.8 24.2 33.8 25.9 29.2

New entrants

 9.8 10.0 11.8 11.7 17.3 14.7 13.1 12.9

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 4.0 3.4 6.3 6.3 2.6 2.0 5.9 4.3

Job leavers

 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.5 0.7

Reentrants

 1.9 1.9 4.7 4.6 1.3 1.5 2.7 2.5

New entrants

 0.7 0.6 1.6 1.5 0.9 0.6 1.4 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: June 07, 2013