E-17. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
QUARTERLY AVERAGES
E-17. Unemployed people by reason for unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity [Numbers in thousands]
Reason	Total		White		Black or African American		Asian		Hispanic or Latino
Reason	3rd 2024	3rd 2025	3rd 2024	3rd 2025	3rd 2024	3rd 2025	3rd 2024	3rd 2025	3rd 2024	3rd 2025
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	7,208	7,639	4,931	4,935	1,382	1,741	481	520	1,754	1,832
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,320	3,418	2,327	2,262	625	769	200	214	812	785
On temporary layoff	915	852	713	669	130	120	28	30	223	200
Not on temporary layoff	2,405	2,566	1,614	1,593	495	648	172	184	589	584
Permanent job losers	1,693	1,954	1,171	1,224	329	496	129	145	374	413
People who completed temporary jobs	712	612	443	369	166	152	43	39	216	171
Job leavers	900	868	645	587	149	162	65	53	174	181
Reentrants	2,233	2,394	1,464	1,486	486	593	135	186	478	545
New entrants	755	960	495	600	122	218	81	66	290	322

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Total unemployed	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	46.1	44.7	47.2	45.8	45.2	44.1	41.6	41.2	46.3	42.8
On temporary layoff	12.7	11.2	14.5	13.6	9.4	6.9	5.9	5.8	12.7	10.9
Not on temporary layoff	33.4	33.6	32.7	32.3	35.8	37.2	35.7	35.5	33.6	31.9
Job leavers	12.5	11.4	13.1	11.9	10.8	9.3	13.5	10.3	9.9	9.9
Reentrants	31.0	31.3	29.7	30.1	35.2	34.1	28.1	35.8	27.2	29.7
New entrants	10.5	12.6	10.0	12.2	8.8	12.5	16.8	12.6	16.5	17.6

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	2.0	2.0	1.8	1.8	2.8	3.4	1.7	1.7	2.5	2.3
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.5
Reentrants	1.3	1.4	1.1	1.2	2.2	2.6	1.1	1.5	1.4	1.6
New entrants	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.7	0.5	0.9	0.9
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. People 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: November 20, 2025