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 2017	3rd 2018	3rd 2017	3rd 2018	3rd 2017	3rd 2018	3rd 2017	3rd 2018	3rd 2017	3rd 2018
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	7,094	6,289	4,798	4,310	1,525	1,327	383	335	1,405	1,285
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	3,349	2,841	2,313	1,980	680	624	188	120	650	566
On temporary layoff	948	827	743	665	117	112	41	20	188	181
Not on temporary layoff	2,401	2,014	1,570	1,315	563	512	147	100	462	385
Permanent job losers	1,732	1,338	1,134	889	391	313	124	82	311	243
Persons who completed temporary jobs	668	677	436	426	172	199	23	18	151	142
Job leavers	818	877	606	620	138	157	37	59	152	167
Reentrants	2,161	1,901	1,400	1,307	530	388	108	95	440	376
New entrants	766	670	479	402	177	157	49	62	162	177

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	47.2	45.2	48.2	46.0	44.6	47.0	49.0	35.7	46.3	44.0
On temporary layoff	13.4	13.1	15.5	15.4	7.7	8.4	10.7	5.9	13.4	14.1
Not on temporary layoff	33.8	32.0	32.7	30.5	36.9	38.6	38.3	29.8	32.9	30.0
Job leavers	11.5	13.9	12.6	14.4	9.1	11.8	9.8	17.6	10.8	13.0
Reentrants	30.5	30.2	29.2	30.3	34.8	29.3	28.3	28.2	31.4	29.3
New entrants	10.8	10.7	10.0	9.3	11.6	11.9	12.9	18.5	11.5	13.7

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2.1	1.7	1.8	1.6	3.4	3.0	1.9	1.2	2.4	2.0
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.6
Reentrants	1.3	1.2	1.1	1.0	2.6	1.9	1.1	0.9	1.6	1.3
New entrants	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.9	0.8	0.5	0.6	0.6	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: October 05, 2018

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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