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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
28. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
[Numbers in thousands]
ReasonWhiteBlack or African
American
AsianHispanic or Latino
ethnicity
20182019201820192018201920182019

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Total unemployed

4,3544,1591,3221,2513042801,3231,248

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

2,1282,005610541117116642588

On temporary layoff

681667108972424207210

Not on temporary layoff

1,4471,3385024449392435378

Permanent job losers

1,0079463162817365273231

Persons who completed temporary jobs

4393921861632027162147

Job leavers

5605691431654641148140

Reentrants

1,3011,2054234149379379373

New entrants

3643801461314944154147

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Total unemployed

100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

48.948.246.143.238.441.348.547.1

On temporary layoff

15.616.08.27.77.88.615.616.8

Not on temporary layoff

33.232.237.935.530.632.832.930.3

Job leavers

12.913.710.813.215.114.711.211.2

Reentrants

29.929.032.033.130.428.228.629.9

New entrants

8.49.111.110.516.115.811.711.8

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

1.71.63.02.61.21.12.32.0

Job leavers

0.40.40.70.80.50.40.50.5

Reentrants

1.01.02.12.00.90.81.31.3

New entrants

0.30.30.70.60.50.40.50.5

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: January 22, 2020