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	July 2025	July 2026	July 2025	July 2026	July 2025	July 2026	July 2025	July 2026
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	5,149	4,766	1,771	1,495	524	560	1,778	1,659
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	2,373	2,300	835	671	174	243	743	732
On temporary layoff	886	812	147	152	43	76	191	222
Not on temporary layoff	1,488	1,488	688	519	130	167	553	509
Permanent job losers	1,160	1,066	529	385	109	134	414	331
People who completed temporary jobs	327	421	159	134	21	34	139	178
Job leavers	582	524	147	182	59	69	139	231
Reentrants	1,469	1,407	549	470	198	164	494	415
New entrants	725	535	240	173	93	84	401	281

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	46.1	48.3	47.2	44.9	33.1	43.4	41.8	44.1
On temporary layoff	17.2	17.0	8.3	10.1	8.3	13.6	10.7	13.4
Not on temporary layoff	28.9	31.2	38.8	34.7	24.9	29.8	31.1	30.7
Job leavers	11.3	11.0	8.3	12.2	11.3	12.2	7.8	13.9
Reentrants	28.5	29.5	31.0	31.4	37.9	29.3	27.8	25.0
New entrants	14.1	11.2	13.6	11.5	17.8	15.0	22.6	16.9

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1.8	1.9	3.7	3.1	1.4	1.8	2.1	2.1
Job leavers	0.4	0.4	0.7	0.8	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.7
Reentrants	1.1	1.1	2.5	2.1	1.6	1.2	1.4	1.2
New entrants	0.6	0.4	1.1	0.8	0.7	0.6	1.2	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: August 07, 2026