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 2024	July 2025	July 2024	July 2025	July 2024	July 2025	July 2024	July 2025
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	5,209	5,149	1,526	1,771	459	524	1,805	1,778
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	2,556	2,373	689	835	187	174	849	743
On temporary layoff	1,002	886	177	147	46	43	282	191
Not on temporary layoff	1,554	1,488	512	688	141	130	567	553
Permanent job losers	1,144	1,160	325	529	103	109	357	414
People who completed temporary jobs	410	327	187	159	38	21	210	139
Job leavers	631	582	149	147	47	59	189	139
Reentrants	1,507	1,469	547	549	129	198	507	494
New entrants	514	725	141	240	95	93	259	401

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	49.1	46.1	45.2	47.2	40.9	33.1	47.0	41.8
On temporary layoff	19.2	17.2	11.6	8.3	10.0	8.3	15.6	10.7
Not on temporary layoff	29.8	28.9	33.6	38.8	30.8	24.9	31.4	31.1
Job leavers	12.1	11.3	9.8	8.3	10.3	11.3	10.5	7.8
Reentrants	28.9	28.5	35.8	31.0	28.2	37.9	28.1	27.8
New entrants	9.9	14.1	9.3	13.6	20.7	17.8	14.4	22.6

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	2.0	1.8	3.1	3.7	1.6	1.4	2.6	2.1
Job leavers	0.5	0.4	0.7	0.7	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.4
Reentrants	1.2	1.1	2.4	2.5	1.1	1.6	1.5	1.4
New entrants	0.4	0.6	0.6	1.1	0.8	0.7	0.8	1.2
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 01, 2025