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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	2013	2014	2013	2014	2013	2014	2013	2014
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	8,033	6,540	2,429	2,141	448	436	2,257	1,878
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	4,412	3,451	1,189	1,005	209	200	1,205	938
On temporary layoff	925	808	144	127	24	23	243	205
Not on temporary layoff	3,488	2,643	1,045	878	186	178	962	734
Permanent job losers	2,662	1,946	748	606	150	141	681	494
Persons who completed temporary jobs	826	696	296	272	36	37	281	240
Job leavers	701	592	151	141	30	40	148	135
Reentrants	2,124	1,836	772	707	142	128	609	561
New entrants	796	660	317	287	66	67	295	243

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	54.9	52.8	49.0	46.9	46.8	46.0	53.4	50.0
On temporary layoff	11.5	12.4	5.9	6.0	5.3	5.2	10.8	10.9
Not on temporary layoff	43.4	40.4	43.0	41.0	41.5	40.8	42.6	39.1
Job leavers	8.7	9.1	6.2	6.6	6.8	9.2	6.6	7.2
Reentrants	26.4	28.1	31.8	33.0	31.6	29.5	27.0	29.9
New entrants	9.9	10.1	13.0	13.4	14.8	15.3	13.1	13.0

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	3.6	2.8	6.4	5.3	2.4	2.3	4.9	3.7
Job leavers	0.6	0.5	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.5
Reentrants	1.7	1.5	4.2	3.7	1.7	1.5	2.5	2.2
New entrants	0.6	0.5	1.7	1.5	0.8	0.8	1.2	1.0
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 12, 2015