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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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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
20192020201920202019202020192020

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Total unemployed

4,1599,0901,2512,3042808941,2483,018

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

2,0056,9685411,6341166955882,324

On temporary layoff

6674,62497942244932101,547

Not on temporary layoff

1,3382,34344469192202378777

Permanent job losers

9461,86928151165152231580

Persons who completed temporary jobs

3924741631802750147197

Job leavers

5694761651264139140124

Reentrants

1,2051,30641444579115373417

New entrants

3803411311004445147153

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Total unemployed

100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

48.276.643.270.941.377.747.177.0

On temporary layoff

16.050.97.740.98.655.216.851.3

Not on temporary layoff

32.225.835.530.032.822.630.325.8

Job leavers

13.75.213.25.514.74.411.24.1

Reentrants

29.014.433.119.328.212.829.913.8

New entrants

9.13.710.54.315.85.011.85.1

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

1.65.62.68.11.16.72.08.0

Job leavers

0.40.40.80.60.40.40.50.4

Reentrants

1.01.02.02.20.81.11.31.4

New entrants

0.30.30.60.50.40.40.50.5

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: January 22, 2021