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 2023	1st 2024	1st 2023	1st 2024	1st 2023	1st 2024	1st 2023	1st 2024	1st 2023	1st 2024
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	6,295	6,784	4,402	4,689	1,205	1,303	349	343	1,700	1,721
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	3,211	3,555	2,284	2,559	579	653	169	144	912	1,011
On temporary layoff	1,106	1,135	912	938	111	112	40	31	356	399
Not on temporary layoff	2,106	2,420	1,372	1,620	469	541	129	113	556	612
Permanent job losers	1,471	1,717	952	1,177	311	359	97	87	351	395
Persons who completed temporary jobs	635	703	420	443	158	182	32	25	204	217
Job leavers	867	771	615	537	178	125	39	45	170	142
Reentrants	1,780	1,919	1,182	1,222	376	434	119	109	462	385
New entrants	437	538	321	372	72	91	22	45	157	182

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	51.0	52.4	51.9	54.6	48.1	50.1	48.5	42.1	53.6	58.8
On temporary layoff	17.6	16.7	20.7	20.0	9.2	8.6	11.4	9.2	20.9	23.2
Not on temporary layoff	33.5	35.7	31.2	34.6	38.9	41.5	37.1	32.9	32.7	35.6
Job leavers	13.8	11.4	14.0	11.5	14.8	9.6	11.2	13.1	10.0	8.3
Reentrants	28.3	28.3	26.9	26.1	31.2	33.3	34.0	31.7	27.2	22.4
New entrants	6.9	7.9	7.3	7.9	6.0	7.0	6.3	13.2	9.2	10.6

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1.9	2.1	1.8	2.0	2.7	3.0	1.5	1.3	2.9	3.1
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.8	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.4
Reentrants	1.1	1.1	0.9	1.0	1.7	2.0	1.0	0.9	1.5	1.2
New entrants	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.4	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. 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 05, 2024