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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]
Reason White Black or African
American		 Asian Hispanic or Latino
ethnicity
2023 2024 2023 2024 2023 2024 2023 2024

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Total unemployed

 4,162 4,599 1,212 1,318 344 410 1,475 1,663

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 2,011 2,267 555 619 147 183 726 838

On temporary layoff

 652 678 97 105 26 30 241 257

Not on temporary layoff

 1,359 1,589 458 514 121 153 485 581

Permanent job losers

 991 1,154 312 350 95 121 325 373

Persons who completed temporary jobs

 368 435 146 164 26 32 159 208

Job leavers

 576 570 149 145 44 48 155 155

Reentrants

 1,200 1,337 405 440 109 120 412 441

New entrants

 375 426 103 115 44 59 181 229

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

 48.3 49.3 45.8 47.0 42.7 44.7 49.2 50.4

On temporary layoff

 15.7 14.7 8.0 8.0 7.4 7.4 16.4 15.5

Not on temporary layoff

 32.7 34.5 37.8 39.0 35.2 37.2 32.9 34.9

Job leavers

 13.8 12.4 12.3 11.0 12.9 11.7 10.5 9.3

Reentrants

 28.8 29.1 33.5 33.4 31.6 29.2 27.9 26.5

New entrants

 9.0 9.3 8.5 8.7 12.9 14.4 12.3 13.8

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 1.6 1.8 2.5 2.8 1.3 1.6 2.3 2.5

Job leavers

 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5

Reentrants

 0.9 1.0 1.9 2.0 0.9 1.0 1.3 1.3

New entrants

 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7

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 29, 2025