A-33. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

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
Reason	Mar. 2023	Mar. 2024	Mar. 2023	Mar. 2024	Mar. 2023	Mar. 2024	Mar. 2023	Mar. 2024
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	4,278	4,465	1,124	1,435	317	285	1,534	1,510
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2,248	2,300	583	664	164	130	824	832
On temporary layoff	776	781	101	98	46	21	257	297
Not on temporary layoff	1,472	1,519	482	566	117	108	567	535
Permanent job losers	1,047	1,155	359	383	78	83	385	354
Persons who completed temporary jobs	426	364	123	184	39	25	182	181
Job leavers	600	607	162	148	26	28	126	149
Reentrants	1,157	1,158	312	515	106	78	458	379
New entrants	272	400	67	109	21	49	126	152

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	52.6	51.5	51.9	46.3	51.7	45.5	53.7	55.1
On temporary layoff	18.1	17.5	9.0	6.8	14.6	7.5	16.7	19.6
Not on temporary layoff	34.4	34.0	42.9	39.5	37.1	38.0	37.0	35.4
Job leavers	14.0	13.6	14.4	10.3	8.3	9.9	8.2	9.8
Reentrants	27.0	25.9	27.8	35.9	33.5	27.4	29.9	25.1
New entrants	6.4	9.0	6.0	7.6	6.5	17.2	8.2	10.0

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1.8	1.8	2.6	3.0	1.4	1.1	2.6	2.6
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.5
Reentrants	0.9	0.9	1.4	2.3	0.9	0.7	1.5	1.2
New entrants	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.4	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: April 05, 2024