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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
20202021202020212020202120202021

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Total unemployed

9,0905,8542,3041,7568945293,0181,995

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

6,9683,5461,6341,0056952942,3241,212

On temporary layoff

4,6241,1769422224931041,547411

Not on temporary layoff

2,3432,370691783202190777801

Permanent job losers

1,8691,902511601152164580622

Persons who completed temporary jobs

4744681801825026197179

Job leavers

4765601261513947124154

Reentrants

1,3061,415445500115143417467

New entrants

3413331001004544153162

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Total unemployed

100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

76.660.670.957.277.755.677.060.8

On temporary layoff

50.920.140.912.655.219.651.320.6

Not on temporary layoff

25.840.530.044.622.635.925.840.1

Job leavers

5.29.65.58.64.49.04.17.7

Reentrants

14.424.219.328.512.827.113.823.4

New entrants

3.75.74.35.75.08.45.18.1

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

5.62.98.14.96.72.88.04.1

Job leavers

0.40.50.60.70.40.40.40.5

Reentrants

1.01.12.22.41.11.41.41.6

New entrants

0.30.30.50.50.40.40.50.6

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 20, 2022