A-33. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-33. Unemployed people by reason for unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity [Numbers in thousands]
Reason	White		Black or African American		Asian		Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Reason	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2026	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2026	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2026	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2026
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	4,637	4,246	1,642	1,513	559	395	1,837	1,634
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	2,079	1,772	658	614	257	186	764	604
On temporary layoff	409	381	57	61	13	32	143	133
Not on temporary layoff	1,670	1,392	601	553	243	153	622	472
Permanent job losers	1,253	1,020	460	406	194	129	432	335
People who completed temporary jobs	416	372	140	147	49	24	190	137
Job leavers	582	493	198	193	59	43	222	200
Reentrants	1,481	1,491	603	563	194	99	581	577
New entrants	496	489	183	143	49	68	270	253

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Total unemployed	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	44.8	41.7	40.1	40.6	45.9	47.0	41.6	37.0
On temporary layoff	8.8	9.0	3.5	4.0	2.4	8.2	7.8	8.1
Not on temporary layoff	36.0	32.8	36.6	36.6	43.5	38.8	33.8	28.9
Job leavers	12.6	11.6	12.0	12.8	10.6	10.8	12.1	12.2
Reentrants	31.9	35.1	36.7	37.2	34.8	25.0	31.6	35.3
New entrants	10.7	11.5	11.2	9.5	8.7	17.2	14.7	15.5

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1.6	1.4	2.9	2.8	2.0	1.3	2.2	1.7
Job leavers	0.5	0.4	0.9	0.9	0.5	0.3	0.6	0.6
Reentrants	1.2	1.2	2.7	2.5	1.5	0.7	1.7	1.6
New entrants	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.8	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: October 02, 2026