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	Dec. 2024	Dec. 2025	Dec. 2024	Dec. 2025	Dec. 2024	Dec. 2025	Dec. 2024	Dec. 2025
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	4,366	4,548	1,229	1,562	383	441	1,687	1,690
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	2,270	2,298	582	770	179	196	909	793
On temporary layoff	731	812	122	127	38	30	307	304
Not on temporary layoff	1,539	1,486	460	644	141	166	602	490
Permanent job losers	1,075	1,151	313	456	113	138	376	345
People who completed temporary jobs	464	335	147	188	28	28	226	145
Job leavers	558	513	216	169	57	40	155	159
Reentrants	1,202	1,231	327	483	95	149	430	517
New entrants	336	506	103	139	53	56	194	220

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	52.0	50.5	47.4	49.3	46.6	44.4	53.8	47.0
On temporary layoff	16.7	17.9	9.9	8.1	9.8	6.8	18.2	18.0
Not on temporary layoff	35.2	32.7	37.5	41.2	36.8	37.6	35.7	29.0
Job leavers	12.8	11.3	17.6	10.9	14.8	9.2	9.2	9.4
Reentrants	27.5	27.1	26.6	30.9	24.8	33.8	25.5	30.6
New entrants	7.7	11.1	8.4	8.9	13.8	12.6	11.5	13.0

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1.8	1.8	2.7	3.4	1.5	1.5	2.7	2.3
Job leavers	0.4	0.4	1.0	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.5
Reentrants	0.9	1.0	1.5	2.1	0.8	1.1	1.3	1.5
New entrants	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.4	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. 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: January 09, 2026