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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
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
Mar.
2024
Mar.
2025
Mar.
2024
Mar.
2025
Mar.
2024
Mar.
2025
Mar.
2024
Mar.
2025

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Total unemployed

4,465 4,908 1,435 1,380 285 430 1,510 1,806

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

2,300 2,435 664 692 130 180 832 1,005

On temporary layoff

781 775 98 107 21 25 297 271

Not on temporary layoff

1,519 1,660 566 585 108 155 535 733

Permanent job losers

1,155 1,200 383 407 83 121 354 482

Persons who completed temporary jobs

364 459 184 179 25 33 181 252

Job leavers

607 591 148 122 28 50 149 140

Reentrants

1,158 1,448 515 451 78 113 379 488

New entrants

400 434 109 114 49 87 152 173

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

51.5 49.6 46.3 50.2 45.5 41.9 55.1 55.6

On temporary layoff

17.5 15.8 6.8 7.8 7.5 5.9 19.6 15.0

Not on temporary layoff

34.0 33.8 39.5 42.4 38.0 35.9 35.4 40.6

Job leavers

13.6 12.0 10.3 8.9 9.9 11.6 9.8 7.8

Reentrants

25.9 29.5 35.9 32.7 27.4 26.3 25.1 27.0

New entrants

9.0 8.8 7.6 8.3 17.2 20.2 10.0 9.6

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

1.8 1.9 3.0 3.1 1.1 1.4 2.6 2.9

Job leavers

0.5 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.4

Reentrants

0.9 1.1 2.3 2.0 0.7 0.9 1.2 1.4

New entrants

0.3 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.5

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: April 04, 2025