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	1st 2025	1st 2026	1st 2025	1st 2026	1st 2025	1st 2026	1st 2025	1st 2026	1st 2025	1st 2026
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	7,427	7,777	5,068	4,870	1,391	1,645	432	594	1,870	1,910
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,744	3,942	2,609	2,578	712	809	174	297	1,017	905
On temporary layoff	1,130	1,178	927	899	118	173	20	44	367	365
Not on temporary layoff	2,613	2,764	1,683	1,679	595	636	154	254	650	540
Permanent job losers	1,820	2,030	1,165	1,259	392	432	123	200	422	364
People who completed temporary jobs	793	734	517	420	203	204	31	54	228	177
Job leavers	895	932	604	590	171	178	45	70	169	196
Reentrants	2,178	2,236	1,457	1,295	407	523	140	179	499	578
New entrants	610	667	397	408	101	134	74	48	185	230

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	50.4	50.7	51.5	52.9	51.2	49.2	40.2	50.0	54.4	47.4
On temporary layoff	15.2	15.1	18.3	18.5	8.5	10.5	4.5	7.4	19.6	19.1
Not on temporary layoff	35.2	35.5	33.2	34.5	42.8	38.7	35.7	42.7	34.8	28.3
Job leavers	12.1	12.0	11.9	12.1	12.3	10.8	10.3	11.8	9.0	10.3
Reentrants	29.3	28.8	28.8	26.6	29.3	31.8	32.4	30.2	26.7	30.3
New entrants	8.2	8.6	7.8	8.4	7.3	8.2	17.0	8.0	9.9	12.1

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	2.2	2.3	2.0	2.1	3.2	3.7	1.4	2.1	3.0	2.6
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.8	0.8	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.6
Reentrants	1.3	1.3	1.1	1.0	1.8	2.4	1.1	1.3	1.5	1.6
New entrants	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.3	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. 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 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: April 03, 2026