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2015 Annual Averages ‐ 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	2014	2015	2014	2015	2014	2015	2014	2015
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	6,540	5,662	2,141	1,846	436	347	1,878	1,726
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	3,451	2,911	1,005	844	200	144	938	870
On temporary layoff	808	783	127	118	23	28	205	230
Not on temporary layoff	2,643	2,128	878	726	178	116	734	641
Permanent job losers	1,946	1,540	606	474	141	89	494	419
Persons who completed temporary jobs	696	588	272	253	37	28	240	222
Job leavers	592	575	141	145	40	34	135	152
Reentrants	1,836	1,646	707	630	128	109	561	490
New entrants	660	530	287	226	67	61	243	214

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	52.8	51.4	46.9	45.7	46.0	41.5	50.0	50.4
On temporary layoff	12.4	13.8	6.0	6.4	5.2	8.0	10.9	13.3
Not on temporary layoff	40.4	37.6	41.0	39.4	40.8	33.5	39.1	37.1
Job leavers	9.1	10.2	6.6	7.9	9.2	9.7	7.2	8.8
Reentrants	28.1	29.1	33.0	34.1	29.5	31.3	29.9	28.4
New entrants	10.1	9.4	13.4	12.3	15.3	17.5	13.0	12.4

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2.8	2.4	5.3	4.4	2.3	1.6	3.7	3.3
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.6
Reentrants	1.5	1.3	3.7	3.3	1.5	1.2	2.2	1.9
New entrants	0.5	0.4	1.5	1.2	0.8	0.7	1.0	0.8
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 10, 2016