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	1st 2024	1st 2025	1st 2024	1st 2025	1st 2024	1st 2025	1st 2024	1st 2025	1st 2024	1st 2025
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	6,784	7,427	4,689	5,068	1,303	1,391	343	432	1,721	1,870
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	3,555	3,744	2,559	2,609	653	712	144	174	1,011	1,017
On temporary layoff	1,135	1,130	938	927	112	118	31	20	399	367
Not on temporary layoff	2,420	2,613	1,620	1,683	541	595	113	154	612	650
Permanent job losers	1,717	1,820	1,177	1,165	359	392	87	123	395	422
Persons who completed temporary jobs	703	793	443	517	182	203	25	31	217	228
Job leavers	771	895	537	604	125	171	45	45	142	169
Reentrants	1,919	2,178	1,222	1,457	434	407	109	140	385	499
New entrants	538	610	372	397	91	101	45	74	182	185

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	52.4	50.4	54.6	51.5	50.1	51.2	42.1	40.2	58.8	54.4
On temporary layoff	16.7	15.2	20.0	18.3	8.6	8.5	9.2	4.5	23.2	19.6
Not on temporary layoff	35.7	35.2	34.6	33.2	41.5	42.8	32.9	35.7	35.6	34.8
Job leavers	11.4	12.1	11.5	11.9	9.6	12.3	13.1	10.3	8.3	9.0
Reentrants	28.3	29.3	26.1	28.8	33.3	29.3	31.7	32.4	22.4	26.7
New entrants	7.9	8.2	7.9	7.8	7.0	7.3	13.2	17.0	10.6	9.9

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2.1	2.2	2.0	2.0	3.0	3.2	1.3	1.4	3.1	3.0
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5
Reentrants	1.1	1.3	1.0	1.1	2.0	1.8	0.9	1.1	1.2	1.5
New entrants	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.6	0.6	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: April 04, 2025