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	Sept. 2023	Sept. 2024	Sept. 2023	Sept. 2024	Sept. 2023	Sept. 2024	Sept. 2023	Sept. 2024
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	4,160	4,490	1,186	1,194	323	476	1,393	1,602
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1,783	1,987	474	563	121	206	543	711
On temporary layoff	354	403	94	105	19	13	133	151
Not on temporary layoff	1,429	1,584	380	459	102	193	410	560
Permanent job losers	1,026	1,139	210	326	73	152	252	358
Persons who completed temporary jobs	403	445	169	133	29	41	157	202
Job leavers	620	637	139	145	41	76	185	158
Reentrants	1,392	1,413	483	421	109	131	481	437
New entrants	365	453	90	65	53	62	184	296

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	42.9	44.3	39.9	47.2	37.4	43.3	39.0	44.4
On temporary layoff	8.5	9.0	7.9	8.8	5.9	2.7	9.6	9.4
Not on temporary layoff	34.4	35.3	32.0	38.4	31.5	40.5	29.4	35.0
Job leavers	14.9	14.2	11.7	12.1	12.6	16.0	13.3	9.9
Reentrants	33.5	31.5	40.7	35.3	33.6	27.6	34.5	27.3
New entrants	8.8	10.1	7.6	5.4	16.4	13.1	13.2	18.5

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1.4	1.6	2.2	2.6	1.0	1.8	1.7	2.1
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.3	0.7	0.6	0.5
Reentrants	1.1	1.1	2.2	1.9	0.9	1.1	1.5	1.3
New entrants	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.6	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: October 04, 2024