A-33. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

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
Reason	July 2017	July 2018	July 2017	July 2018	July 2017	July 2018	July 2017	July 2018
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	5,017	4,595	1,590	1,453	398	338	1,473	1,322
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2,533	2,226	642	696	174	124	670	604
On temporary layoff	973	878	131	150	51	16	246	189
Not on temporary layoff	1,560	1,348	511	546	123	109	424	415
Permanent job losers	1,139	948	366	348	105	90	314	256
Persons who completed temporary jobs	421	401	145	198	18	19	110	159
Job leavers	561	613	133	164	34	58	133	151
Reentrants	1,366	1,288	583	377	112	94	473	336
New entrants	557	467	231	216	78	61	196	231

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	50.5	48.4	40.4	47.9	43.8	36.8	45.5	45.7
On temporary layoff	19.4	19.1	8.2	10.3	12.9	4.6	16.7	14.3
Not on temporary layoff	31.1	29.3	32.2	37.6	30.9	32.2	28.8	31.4
Job leavers	11.2	13.3	8.4	11.3	8.6	17.2	9.0	11.4
Reentrants	27.2	28.0	36.7	26.0	28.2	27.8	32.1	25.5
New entrants	11.1	10.2	14.5	14.9	19.5	18.2	13.3	17.5

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2.0	1.8	3.2	3.4	1.8	1.2	2.4	2.1
Job leavers	0.4	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.3	0.6	0.5	0.5
Reentrants	1.1	1.0	2.9	1.8	1.1	0.9	1.7	1.2
New entrants	0.4	0.4	1.1	1.0	0.8	0.6	0.7	0.8
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 18, 2023