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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
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
Apr.
2024
Apr.
2025
Apr.
2024
Apr.
2025
Apr.
2024
Apr.
2025
Apr.
2024
Apr.
2025

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Total unemployed

4,071 4,534 1,128 1,287 302 355 1,462 1,678

Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs

2,062 2,275 533 630 172 143 754 872

On temporary layoff

514 594 81 61 24 3 228 230

Not on temporary layoff

1,548 1,682 452 569 148 140 526 642

Permanent job losers

1,156 1,297 344 376 118 122 349 415

People who completed temporary jobs

391 385 108 193 30 18 176 227

Job leavers

573 548 138 141 8 68 195 150

Reentrants

1,142 1,344 369 404 96 100 366 497

New entrants

294 366 89 112 26 44 147 159

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

50.6 50.2 47.2 49.0 57.0 40.3 51.6 52.0

On temporary layoff

12.6 13.1 7.1 4.8 8.1 0.9 15.6 13.7

Not on temporary layoff

38.0 37.1 40.1 44.2 48.9 39.4 36.0 38.3

Job leavers

14.1 12.1 12.2 11.0 2.6 19.0 13.3 8.9

Reentrants

28.1 29.6 32.7 31.4 31.6 28.2 25.0 29.6

New entrants

7.2 8.1 7.9 8.7 8.7 12.4 10.1 9.5

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs

1.6 1.8 2.4 2.8 1.5 1.1 2.3 2.5

Job leavers

0.4 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.4

Reentrants

0.9 1.0 1.7 1.8 0.8 0.8 1.1 1.4

New entrants

0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5

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: May 02, 2025