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
Apr.
2012		 Apr.
2013		 Apr.
2012		 Apr.
2013		 Apr.
2012		 Apr.
2013		 Apr.
2012		 Apr.
2013

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Total unemployed

 8,684 7,817 2,286 2,292 412 431 2,362 2,063

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 4,939 4,435 1,107 1,168 249 229 1,356 1,107

On temporary layoff

 860 901 99 101 16 25 283 251

Not on temporary layoff

 4,080 3,534 1,007 1,067 233 205 1,073 855

Permanent job losers

 3,317 2,757 738 766 190 171 795 609

Persons who completed temporary jobs

 762 777 269 301 43 34 278 247

Job leavers

 744 618 145 137 29 34 169 137

Reentrants

 2,200 2,011 718 702 102 121 575 544

New entrants

 801 752 317 285 32 47 262 275

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

 56.9 56.7 48.4 51.0 60.5 53.2 57.4 53.6

On temporary layoff

 9.9 11.5 4.3 4.4 4.0 5.7 12.0 12.2

Not on temporary layoff

 47.0 45.2 44.1 46.6 56.5 47.4 45.4 41.5

Job leavers

 8.6 7.9 6.3 6.0 6.9 7.8 7.2 6.6

Reentrants

 25.3 25.7 31.4 30.6 24.8 28.0 24.3 26.4

New entrants

 9.2 9.6 13.9 12.4 7.7 11.0 11.1 13.4

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 4.0 3.6 6.1 6.3 3.1 2.7 5.6 4.5

Job leavers

 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.6

Reentrants

 1.8 1.6 3.9 3.8 1.3 1.4 2.4 2.2

New entrants

 0.7 0.6 1.7 1.5 0.4 0.6 1.1 1.1

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: May 03, 2013