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Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

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	2011	2012	2011	2012	2011	2012	2011	2012
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	9,889	8,915	2,831	2,544	518	483	2,629	2,514
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	6,004	5,094	1,564	1,270	275	246	1,569	1,390
On temporary layoff	1,014	977	144	138	33	28	259	272
Not on temporary layoff	4,989	4,117	1,419	1,131	243	218	1,310	1,118
Permanent job losers	4,011	3,255	1,095	835	209	186	982	814
Persons who completed temporary jobs	979	862	324	296	34	32	328	304
Job leavers	727	729	152	156	38	34	141	164
Reentrants	2,313	2,247	800	789	139	137	635	649
New entrants	844	845	315	329	66	67	284	312

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	60.7	57.1	55.2	49.9	53.1	50.9	59.7	55.3
On temporary layoff	10.3	11.0	5.1	5.4	6.3	5.7	9.9	10.8
Not on temporary layoff	50.5	46.2	50.1	44.5	46.8	45.1	49.8	44.5
Job leavers	7.4	8.2	5.4	6.1	7.4	7.0	5.4	6.5
Reentrants	23.4	25.2	28.3	31.0	26.8	28.3	24.2	25.8
New entrants	8.5	9.5	11.1	12.9	12.7	13.9	10.8	12.4

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	4.8	4.1	8.7	6.9	3.7	3.0	6.9	5.7
Job leavers	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.4	0.6	0.7
Reentrants	1.9	1.8	4.5	4.3	1.9	1.7	2.8	2.7
New entrants	0.7	0.7	1.8	1.8	0.9	0.8	1.2	1.3
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: February 5, 2013