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

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	Apr. 2023	Apr. 2024	Apr. 2023	Apr. 2024	Apr. 2023	Apr. 2024	Apr. 2023	Apr. 2024
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	3,574	4,071	947	1,128	302	302	1,273	1,462
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1,730	2,062	380	533	127	172	609	754
On temporary layoff	480	514	40	81	13	24	175	228
Not on temporary layoff	1,250	1,548	340	452	114	148	434	526
Permanent job losers	955	1,156	253	344	83	118	307	349
Persons who completed temporary jobs	294	391	87	108	32	30	127	176
Job leavers	546	573	116	138	19	8	121	195
Reentrants	1,008	1,142	366	369	117	96	409	366
New entrants	291	294	85	89	39	26	134	147

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	48.4	50.6	40.2	47.2	42.1	57.0	47.8	51.6
On temporary layoff	13.4	12.6	4.3	7.1	4.3	8.1	13.8	15.6
Not on temporary layoff	35.0	38.0	35.9	40.1	37.8	48.9	34.1	36.0
Job leavers	15.3	14.1	12.2	12.2	6.1	2.6	9.5	13.3
Reentrants	28.2	28.1	38.6	32.7	38.7	31.6	32.1	25.0
New entrants	8.1	7.2	9.0	7.9	13.1	8.7	10.5	10.1

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1.4	1.6	1.7	2.4	1.1	1.5	1.9	2.3
Job leavers	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.6
Reentrants	0.8	0.9	1.7	1.7	1.0	0.8	1.3	1.1
New entrants	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.4
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, 2024