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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-33. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
[Numbers in thousands]
Reason White Black or
African
American
Asian Hispanic
or Latino
ethnicity
June
2023
June
2024
June
2023
June
2024
June
2023
June
2024
June
2023
June
2024

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Total unemployed

4,182 4,747 1,392 1,472 391 527 1,379 1,642

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

1,920 2,151 596 654 138 212 616 722

On temporary layoff

654 658 130 144 29 35 205 192

Not on temporary layoff

1,266 1,493 466 510 109 177 411 529

Permanent job losers

956 1,067 314 340 97 142 317 309

Persons who completed temporary jobs

310 426 152 170 12 35 94 220

Job leavers

535 540 137 121 44 37 146 120

Reentrants

1,190 1,434 511 498 115 187 404 489

New entrants

536 622 148 199 93 92 212 311

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Total unemployed

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

45.9 45.3 42.8 44.4 35.4 40.2 44.7 44.0

On temporary layoff

15.6 13.9 9.3 9.8 7.5 6.6 14.9 11.7

Not on temporary layoff

30.3 31.4 33.5 34.7 27.9 33.6 29.8 32.2

Job leavers

12.8 11.4 9.8 8.2 11.4 6.9 10.6 7.3

Reentrants

28.5 30.2 36.7 33.8 29.4 35.4 29.3 29.8

New entrants

12.8 13.1 10.7 13.5 23.9 17.4 15.4 19.0

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

1.5 1.7 2.7 3.0 1.2 1.8 1.9 2.2

Job leavers

0.4 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.4

Reentrants

0.9 1.1 2.3 2.3 1.0 1.6 1.3 1.5

New entrants

0.4 0.5 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.9

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: July 05, 2024