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

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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 2021	1st 2022	1st 2021	1st 2022	1st 2021	1st 2022	1st 2021	1st 2022	1st 2021	1st 2022
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	10,414	6,719	7,233	4,540	2,006	1,430	615	335	2,571	1,493
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	7,055	3,465	5,021	2,418	1,297	708	378	155	1,805	815
On temporary layoff	2,654	1,174	2,018	964	326	124	174	39	726	328
Not on temporary layoff	4,401	2,292	3,003	1,454	971	584	204	116	1,079	487
Permanent job losers	3,531	1,591	2,416	1,033	751	371	190	90	852	327
Persons who completed temporary jobs	870	700	586	421	220	213	14	26	227	160
Job leavers	704	895	500	610	135	184	39	45	109	148
Reentrants	2,172	1,990	1,399	1,271	490	452	154	109	504	418
New entrants	483	369	312	240	84	86	44	26	154	112

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	67.7	51.6	69.4	53.3	64.7	49.5	61.4	46.3	70.2	54.6
On temporary layoff	25.5	17.5	27.9	21.2	16.3	8.7	28.3	11.5	28.2	22.0
Not on temporary layoff	42.3	34.1	41.5	32.0	48.4	40.8	33.1	34.8	42.0	32.6
Job leavers	6.8	13.3	6.9	13.4	6.7	12.9	6.3	13.5	4.2	9.9
Reentrants	20.9	29.6	19.3	28.0	24.4	31.6	25.1	32.6	19.6	28.0
New entrants	4.6	5.5	4.3	5.3	4.2	6.0	7.2	7.6	6.0	7.5

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	4.4	2.1	4.1	1.9	6.4	3.4	3.6	1.4	6.2	2.7
Job leavers	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.7	0.9	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5
Reentrants	1.4	1.2	1.1	1.0	2.4	2.2	1.5	1.0	1.7	1.4
New entrants	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.5	0.4
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 01, 2022