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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	2012	2013	2012	2013	2012	2013	2012	2013
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	8,915	8,033	2,544	2,429	483	448	2,514	2,257
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	5,094	4,412	1,270	1,189	246	209	1,390	1,205
On temporary layoff	977	925	138	144	28	24	272	243
Not on temporary layoff	4,117	3,488	1,131	1,045	218	186	1,118	962
Permanent job losers	3,255	2,662	835	748	186	150	814	681
Persons who completed temporary jobs	862	826	296	296	32	36	304	281
Job leavers	729	701	156	151	34	30	164	148
Reentrants	2,247	2,124	789	772	137	142	649	609
New entrants	845	796	329	317	67	66	312	295

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	57.1	54.9	49.9	49.0	50.9	46.8	55.3	53.4
On temporary layoff	11.0	11.5	5.4	5.9	5.7	5.3	10.8	10.8
Not on temporary layoff	46.2	43.4	44.5	43.0	45.1	41.5	44.5	42.6
Job leavers	8.2	8.7	6.1	6.2	7.0	6.8	6.5	6.6
Reentrants	25.2	26.4	31.0	31.8	28.3	31.6	25.8	27.0
New entrants	9.5	9.9	12.9	13.0	13.9	14.8	12.4	13.1

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	4.1	3.6	6.9	6.4	3.0	2.4	5.7	4.9
Job leavers	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.7	0.6
Reentrants	1.8	1.7	4.3	4.2	1.7	1.7	2.7	2.5
New entrants	0.7	0.6	1.8	1.7	0.8	0.8	1.3	1.2
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 26, 2014