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

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
QUARTERLY AVERAGES
E-17. Unemployed people 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 2024	2nd 2025	2nd 2024	2nd 2025	2nd 2024	2nd 2025	2nd 2024	2nd 2025	2nd 2024	2nd 2025
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	6,454	6,952	4,321	4,690	1,309	1,403	390	427	1,532	1,649
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,003	3,208	2,039	2,224	579	659	184	153	717	824
On temporary layoff	706	742	531	582	101	84	23	19	204	216
Not on temporary layoff	2,297	2,467	1,508	1,642	478	575	161	134	513	607
Permanent job losers	1,698	1,893	1,114	1,278	338	426	131	115	335	421
People who completed temporary jobs	599	574	394	363	139	149	31	19	179	186
Job leavers	715	753	536	528	134	128	20	59	153	125
Reentrants	2,045	2,228	1,318	1,447	454	480	119	142	446	471
New entrants	691	763	428	490	143	136	67	73	216	229

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 people who completed temporary jobs	46.5	46.1	47.2	47.4	44.2	47.0	47.3	35.8	46.8	49.9
On temporary layoff	10.9	10.7	12.3	12.4	7.7	6.0	5.9	4.4	13.3	13.1
Not on temporary layoff	35.6	35.5	34.9	35.0	36.5	41.0	41.4	31.4	33.5	36.8
Job leavers	11.1	10.8	12.4	11.3	10.3	9.1	5.0	13.8	10.0	7.6
Reentrants	31.7	32.0	30.5	30.9	34.6	34.2	30.5	33.2	29.1	28.6
New entrants	10.7	11.0	9.9	10.5	10.9	9.7	17.1	17.1	14.1	13.9

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1.8	1.9	1.6	1.7	2.6	3.0	1.6	1.2	2.2	2.4
Job leavers	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.5	0.5	0.4
Reentrants	1.2	1.3	1.0	1.1	2.1	2.2	1.0	1.1	1.4	1.4
New entrants	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7
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. People 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 03, 2025