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	May 2025	May 2026	May 2025	May 2026	May 2025	May 2026	May 2025	May 2026
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	4,627	4,451	1,313	1,400	435	486	1,632	1,636
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	2,097	1,907	636	627	161	222	809	591
On temporary layoff	427	390	85	48	19	18	211	116
Not on temporary layoff	1,670	1,517	551	580	142	204	598	475
Permanent job losers	1,313	1,128	408	415	108	173	411	364
People who completed temporary jobs	357	389	143	165	34	31	188	111
Job leavers	492	585	82	180	45	21	114	175
Reentrants	1,554	1,455	488	451	158	167	480	550
New entrants	484	503	106	142	71	76	229	320

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	45.3	42.9	48.5	44.8	37.0	45.7	49.6	36.1
On temporary layoff	9.2	8.8	6.5	3.4	4.4	3.8	12.9	7.1
Not on temporary layoff	36.1	34.1	41.9	41.4	32.6	41.9	36.7	29.0
Job leavers	10.6	13.1	6.2	12.8	10.4	4.3	7.0	10.7
Reentrants	33.6	32.7	37.2	32.2	36.3	34.4	29.4	33.6
New entrants	10.5	11.3	8.1	10.1	16.3	15.6	14.0	19.6

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1.6	1.5	2.9	2.9	1.3	1.6	2.4	1.7
Job leavers	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.5
Reentrants	1.2	1.2	2.2	2.1	1.2	1.2	1.4	1.6
New entrants	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	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. 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: June 05, 2026