A-33. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

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
Reason	Feb. 2022	Feb. 2023	Feb. 2022	Feb. 2023	Feb. 2022	Feb. 2023	Feb. 2022	Feb. 2023
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	4,612	4,470	1,437	1,282	311	389	1,458	1,866
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2,413	2,257	725	609	139	206	773	952
On temporary layoff	965	916	122	112	35	43	285	340
Not on temporary layoff	1,449	1,341	603	497	104	163	488	611
Permanent job losers	1,062	953	376	306	83	125	341	394
Persons who completed temporary jobs	386	388	227	190	21	39	147	217
Job leavers	658	620	188	202	52	50	160	182
Reentrants	1,272	1,244	460	407	98	110	407	529
New entrants	268	348	65	64	22	23	118	203

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	52.3	50.5	50.4	47.5	44.7	52.9	53.0	51.0
On temporary layoff	20.9	20.5	8.5	8.7	11.4	11.0	19.6	18.2
Not on temporary layoff	31.4	30.0	42.0	38.7	33.3	41.9	33.5	32.8
Job leavers	14.3	13.9	13.1	15.8	16.6	12.9	10.9	9.8
Reentrants	27.6	27.8	32.0	31.7	31.7	28.4	27.9	28.4
New entrants	5.8	7.8	4.5	5.0	7.0	5.8	8.1	10.9

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1.9	1.8	3.5	2.8	1.3	1.8	2.5	3.0
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.9	0.9	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.6
Reentrants	1.0	1.0	2.2	1.9	0.9	1.0	1.3	1.7
New entrants	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.4	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. 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: March 10, 2023