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	Apr. 2024	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2024	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2024	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2024	Apr. 2025
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	4,071	4,534	1,128	1,287	302	355	1,462	1,678
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	2,062	2,275	533	630	172	143	754	872
On temporary layoff	514	594	81	61	24	3	228	230
Not on temporary layoff	1,548	1,682	452	569	148	140	526	642
Permanent job losers	1,156	1,297	344	376	118	122	349	415
People who completed temporary jobs	391	385	108	193	30	18	176	227
Job leavers	573	548	138	141	8	68	195	150
Reentrants	1,142	1,344	369	404	96	100	366	497
New entrants	294	366	89	112	26	44	147	159

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	50.6	50.2	47.2	49.0	57.0	40.3	51.6	52.0
On temporary layoff	12.6	13.1	7.1	4.8	8.1	0.9	15.6	13.7
Not on temporary layoff	38.0	37.1	40.1	44.2	48.9	39.4	36.0	38.3
Job leavers	14.1	12.1	12.2	11.0	2.6	19.0	13.3	8.9
Reentrants	28.1	29.6	32.7	31.4	31.6	28.2	25.0	29.6
New entrants	7.2	8.1	7.9	8.7	8.7	12.4	10.1	9.5

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1.6	1.8	2.4	2.8	1.5	1.1	2.3	2.5
Job leavers	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.4
Reentrants	0.9	1.0	1.7	1.8	0.8	0.8	1.1	1.4
New entrants	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.4	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. 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: May 02, 2025