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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
28. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

[Numbers in thousands]
ReasonWhiteBlack or African
American
AsianHispanic or Latino
ethnicity
20152016201520162015201620152016

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Total unemployed

5,6625,3451,8461,6553473491,7261,548

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

2,9112,684844738144146870763

On temporary layoff

7837721181222826230234

Not on temporary layoff

2,1281,912726615116120641530

Permanent job losers

1,5401,3944743978989419331

Persons who completed temporary jobs

5885182532182831222198

Job leavers

5756151451543443152139

Reentrants

1,6461,537630544109109490440

New entrants

5305092262206151214205

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Total unemployed

100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

51.450.245.744.641.541.850.449.3

On temporary layoff

13.814.46.47.48.07.413.315.1

Not on temporary layoff

37.635.839.437.233.534.437.134.2

Job leavers

10.211.57.99.39.712.38.89.0

Reentrants

29.128.834.132.931.331.128.428.5

New entrants

9.49.512.313.317.514.712.413.2

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

2.42.24.43.81.61.53.32.8

Job leavers

0.50.50.80.80.40.40.60.5

Reentrants

1.31.23.32.81.21.11.91.6

New entrants

0.40.41.21.10.70.50.80.8

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 8, 2017