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 2025	3rd 2026	3rd 2025	3rd 2026	3rd 2025	3rd 2026	3rd 2025	3rd 2026	3rd 2025	3rd 2026
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	7,639	7,225	4,935	4,620	1,741	1,468	520	469	1,832	1,692
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,418	3,210	2,262	2,116	769	630	214	208	785	687
On temporary layoff	852	837	669	633	120	98	30	40	200	177
Not on temporary layoff	2,566	2,372	1,593	1,483	648	532	184	167	584	510
Permanent job losers	1,954	1,751	1,224	1,099	496	395	145	129	413	358
People who completed temporary jobs	612	622	369	384	152	138	39	39	171	152
Job leavers	868	873	587	562	162	197	53	54	181	234
Reentrants	2,394	2,291	1,486	1,440	593	498	186	131	545	507
New entrants	960	851	600	501	218	143	66	76	322	264

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	44.7	44.4	45.8	45.8	44.1	42.9	41.2	44.3	42.8	40.6
On temporary layoff	11.2	11.6	13.6	13.7	6.9	6.7	5.8	8.6	10.9	10.4
Not on temporary layoff	33.6	32.8	32.3	32.1	37.2	36.3	35.5	35.7	31.9	30.2
Job leavers	11.4	12.1	11.9	12.2	9.3	13.4	10.3	11.6	9.9	13.8
Reentrants	31.3	31.7	30.1	31.2	34.1	33.9	35.8	27.9	29.7	30.0
New entrants	12.6	11.8	12.2	10.9	12.5	9.7	12.6	16.2	17.6	15.6

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	2.0	1.9	1.8	1.7	3.4	2.9	1.7	1.5	2.3	1.9
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.9	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.7
Reentrants	1.4	1.3	1.2	1.2	2.6	2.3	1.5	1.0	1.6	1.4
New entrants	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.4	1.0	0.7	0.5	0.6	0.9	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. 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. Data for the fourth quarter of 2025 were not produced. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown; therefore, reliable estimates for the fourth quarter of 2025 could not be produced.

Last Modified Date: October 02, 2026