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

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
QUARTERLY AVERAGES
E-17. Unemployed persons 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	2nd 2017	2nd 2018	2nd 2017	2nd 2018	2nd 2017	2nd 2018	2nd 2017	2nd 2018	2nd 2017	2nd 2018
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	6,792	6,166	4,603	4,298	1,468	1,239	339	273	1,293	1,262
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	3,248	2,774	2,281	1,977	679	559	134	108	621	599
On temporary layoff	765	733	607	571	99	100	17	18	175	162
Not on temporary layoff	2,483	2,041	1,674	1,406	580	459	117	90	446	438
Permanent job losers	1,731	1,406	1,188	982	362	292	101	74	306	279
Persons who completed temporary jobs	752	635	486	424	217	167	16	16	139	159
Job leavers	749	779	539	570	133	120	41	43	150	128
Reentrants	2,059	1,985	1,342	1,369	457	402	110	90	387	384
New entrants	737	629	441	383	199	159	54	32	136	150

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 persons who completed temporary jobs	47.8	45.0	49.5	46.0	46.2	45.1	39.5	39.5	48.0	47.5
On temporary layoff	11.3	11.9	13.2	13.3	6.7	8.1	5.0	6.5	13.5	12.8
Not on temporary layoff	36.6	33.1	36.4	32.7	39.5	37.0	34.4	33.1	34.4	34.7
Job leavers	11.0	12.6	11.7	13.2	9.1	9.7	12.2	15.8	11.6	10.1
Reentrants	30.3	32.2	29.2	31.8	31.1	32.4	32.5	32.9	30.0	30.5
New entrants	10.8	10.2	9.6	8.9	13.6	12.8	15.8	11.8	10.5	11.9

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2.0	1.7	1.8	1.6	3.4	2.7	1.4	1.1	2.3	2.1
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5
Reentrants	1.3	1.2	1.1	1.1	2.3	2.0	1.1	0.9	1.4	1.4
New entrants	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.3	1.0	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.5
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: July 06, 2018

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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