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	Jan. 2025	Jan. 2026	Jan. 2025	Jan. 2026	Jan. 2025	Jan. 2026	Jan. 2025	Jan. 2026
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	5,051	5,273	1,427	1,668	467	554	1,884	1,900
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	2,680	2,845	753	851	178	236	1,036	945
On temporary layoff	1,064	1,078	139	153	19	43	446	430
Not on temporary layoff	1,615	1,767	614	698	159	193	590	515
Permanent job losers	1,087	1,347	404	441	128	139	361	342
People who completed temporary jobs	529	421	210	257	30	54	228	174
Job leavers	603	665	212	248	43	64	164	210
Reentrants	1,388	1,329	389	444	181	201	467	522
New entrants	380	434	74	126	67	53	217	223

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	53.0	54.0	52.7	51.0	38.0	42.5	55.0	49.7
On temporary layoff	21.1	20.4	9.7	9.2	4.0	7.7	23.7	22.6
Not on temporary layoff	32.0	33.5	43.0	41.8	34.0	34.8	31.3	27.1
Job leavers	11.9	12.6	14.8	14.8	9.1	11.6	8.7	11.1
Reentrants	27.5	25.2	27.2	26.6	38.6	36.3	24.8	27.5
New entrants	7.5	8.2	5.2	7.5	14.2	9.6	11.5	11.7

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	2.1	2.2	3.4	3.8	1.4	1.8	3.0	2.7
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.1	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.6
Reentrants	1.1	1.0	1.8	2.0	1.5	1.6	1.4	1.5
New entrants	0.3	0.3	0.3	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.

Last Modified Date: February 11, 2026