Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
28. 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	2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	5,854	4,049	1,756	1,300	529	306	1,995	1,302
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	3,546	1,927	1,005	592	294	119	1,212	623
On temporary layoff	1,176	667	222	105	104	26	411	219
Not on temporary layoff	2,370	1,260	783	486	190	93	801	404
Permanent job losers	1,902	901	601	322	164	71	622	270
Persons who completed temporary jobs	468	359	182	164	26	22	179	134
Job leavers	560	596	151	173	47	40	154	155
Reentrants	1,415	1,229	500	425	143	104	467	385
New entrants	333	297	100	110	44	43	162	139

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	60.6	47.6	57.2	45.5	55.6	39.1	60.8	47.8
On temporary layoff	20.1	16.5	12.6	8.1	19.6	8.6	20.6	16.8
Not on temporary layoff	40.5	31.1	44.6	37.4	35.9	30.5	40.1	31.1
Job leavers	9.6	14.7	8.6	13.3	9.0	13.0	7.7	11.9
Reentrants	24.2	30.4	28.5	32.7	27.1	33.9	23.4	29.6
New entrants	5.7	7.3	5.7	8.5	8.4	14.0	8.1	10.6

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2.9	1.5	4.9	2.8	2.8	1.1	4.1	2.0
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5
Reentrants	1.1	1.0	2.4	2.0	1.4	0.9	1.6	1.3
New entrants	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.6	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. 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 25, 2023