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	3rd 2023	3rd 2024	3rd 2023	3rd 2024	3rd 2023	3rd 2024	3rd 2023	3rd 2024	3rd 2023	3rd 2024
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	6,348	7,208	4,329	4,931	1,268	1,382	331	481	1,473	1,754
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2,792	3,320	1,980	2,327	519	625	130	200	625	812
On temporary layoff	741	915	583	713	96	130	22	28	178	223
Not on temporary layoff	2,051	2,405	1,396	1,614	423	495	108	172	447	589
Permanent job losers	1,464	1,693	1,018	1,171	278	329	84	129	280	374
Persons who completed temporary jobs	588	712	379	443	146	166	24	43	167	216
Job leavers	875	900	604	645	155	149	51	65	156	174
Reentrants	2,039	2,233	1,332	1,464	466	486	99	135	488	478
New entrants	641	755	414	495	128	122	51	81	204	290

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	44.0	46.1	45.7	47.2	40.9	45.2	39.2	41.6	42.4	46.3
On temporary layoff	11.7	12.7	13.5	14.5	7.6	9.4	6.6	5.9	12.1	12.7
Not on temporary layoff	32.3	33.4	32.3	32.7	33.4	35.8	32.7	35.7	30.4	33.6
Job leavers	13.8	12.5	14.0	13.1	12.2	10.8	15.3	13.5	10.6	9.9
Reentrants	32.1	31.0	30.8	29.7	36.8	35.2	29.9	28.1	33.1	27.2
New entrants	10.1	10.5	9.6	10.0	10.1	8.8	15.5	16.8	13.9	16.5

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1.7	2.0	1.5	1.8	2.4	2.8	1.1	1.7	1.9	2.5
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.5
Reentrants	1.2	1.3	1.0	1.1	2.1	2.2	0.9	1.1	1.5	1.4
New entrants	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.7	0.6	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. 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: October 04, 2024