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	Sept. 2024	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2024	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2024	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2024	Sept. 2025
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	4,490	4,637	1,194	1,642	476	559	1,602	1,837
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1,987	2,079	563	658	206	257	711	764
On temporary layoff	403	409	105	57	13	13	151	143
Not on temporary layoff	1,584	1,670	459	601	193	243	560	622
Permanent job losers	1,139	1,253	326	460	152	194	358	432
People who completed temporary jobs	445	416	133	140	41	49	202	190
Job leavers	637	582	145	198	76	59	158	222
Reentrants	1,413	1,481	421	603	131	194	437	581
New entrants	453	496	65	183	62	49	296	270

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	44.3	44.8	47.2	40.1	43.3	45.9	44.4	41.6
On temporary layoff	9.0	8.8	8.8	3.5	2.7	2.4	9.4	7.8
Not on temporary layoff	35.3	36.0	38.4	36.6	40.5	43.5	35.0	33.8
Job leavers	14.2	12.6	12.1	12.0	16.0	10.6	9.9	12.1
Reentrants	31.5	31.9	35.3	36.7	27.6	34.8	27.3	31.6
New entrants	10.1	10.7	5.4	11.2	13.1	8.7	18.5	14.7

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1.6	1.6	2.6	2.9	1.8	2.0	2.1	2.2
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.9	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.6
Reentrants	1.1	1.2	1.9	2.7	1.1	1.5	1.3	1.7
New entrants	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.8	0.5	0.4	0.9	0.8
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: November 20, 2025