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Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

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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
Reason	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023	2022	2023
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	4,049	4,162	1,300	1,212	306	344	1,302	1,475
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1,927	2,011	592	555	119	147	623	726
On temporary layoff	667	652	105	97	26	26	219	241
Not on temporary layoff	1,260	1,359	486	458	93	121	404	485
Permanent job losers	901	991	322	312	71	95	270	325
Persons who completed temporary jobs	359	368	164	146	22	26	134	159
Job leavers	596	576	173	149	40	44	155	155
Reentrants	1,229	1,200	425	405	104	109	385	412
New entrants	297	375	110	103	43	44	139	181

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	47.6	48.3	45.5	45.8	39.1	42.7	47.8	49.2
On temporary layoff	16.5	15.7	8.1	8.0	8.6	7.4	16.8	16.4
Not on temporary layoff	31.1	32.7	37.4	37.8	30.5	35.2	31.1	32.9
Job leavers	14.7	13.8	13.3	12.3	13.0	12.9	11.9	10.5
Reentrants	30.4	28.8	32.7	33.5	33.9	31.6	29.6	27.9
New entrants	7.3	9.0	8.5	8.5	14.0	12.9	10.6	12.3

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1.5	1.6	2.8	2.5	1.1	1.3	2.0	2.3
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5
Reentrants	1.0	0.9	2.0	1.9	0.9	0.9	1.3	1.3
New entrants	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.6
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 26, 2024