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	Nov. 2024	Nov. 2025	Nov. 2024	Nov. 2025	Nov. 2024	Nov. 2025	Nov. 2024	Nov. 2025
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	4,500	4,609	1,350	1,832	436	459	1,662	1,680
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	2,079	2,172	656	754	230	194	803	799
On temporary layoff	459	632	46	116	49	36	159	247
Not on temporary layoff	1,620	1,540	610	638	181	159	645	552
Permanent job losers	1,172	1,186	413	443	160	126	413	377
People who completed temporary jobs	448	354	197	196	21	32	231	176
Job leavers	562	518	160	211	58	51	155	97
Reentrants	1,384	1,444	427	684	114	171	470	587
New entrants	474	476	107	182	34	42	233	197

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	46.2	47.1	48.6	41.2	52.8	42.3	48.3	47.6
On temporary layoff	10.2	13.7	3.4	6.3	11.3	7.7	9.6	14.7
Not on temporary layoff	36.0	33.4	45.2	34.9	41.5	34.6	38.8	32.9
Job leavers	12.5	11.2	11.8	11.5	13.4	11.1	9.3	5.7
Reentrants	30.8	31.3	31.6	37.4	26.1	37.3	28.3	34.9
New entrants	10.5	10.3	7.9	9.9	7.7	9.2	14.0	11.7

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1.6	1.7	3.0	3.3	2.0	1.5	2.4	2.3
Job leavers	0.4	0.4	0.7	0.9	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.3
Reentrants	1.1	1.1	1.9	3.0	1.0	1.3	1.4	1.7
New entrants	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.7	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. 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: December 16, 2025