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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	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