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	2010	2011	2010	2011	2010	2011	2010	2011
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	10,916	9,889	2,852	2,831	543	518	2,843	2,629
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	7,026	6,004	1,613	1,564	331	275	1,768	1,569
On temporary layoff	1,203	1,014	154	144	32	33	309	259
Not on temporary layoff	5,823	4,989	1,460	1,419	299	243	1,459	1,310
Permanent job losers	4,796	4,011	1,157	1,095	260	209	1,091	982
Persons who completed temporary jobs	1,027	979	303	324	39	34	368	328
Job leavers	672	727	149	152	35	38	140	141
Reentrants	2,394	2,313	803	800	122	139	649	635
New entrants	823	844	287	315	56	66	285	284

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	64.4	60.7	56.6	55.2	60.9	53.1	62.2	59.7
On temporary layoff	11.0	10.3	5.4	5.1	5.9	6.3	10.9	9.9
Not on temporary layoff	53.3	50.5	51.2	50.1	55.0	46.8	51.3	49.8
Job leavers	6.2	7.4	5.2	5.4	6.4	7.4	4.9	5.4
Reentrants	21.9	23.4	28.1	28.3	22.4	26.8	22.8	24.2
New entrants	7.5	8.5	10.1	11.1	10.3	12.7	10.0	10.8

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	5.6	4.8	9.0	8.7	4.6	3.7	7.8	6.9
Job leavers	0.5	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6
Reentrants	1.9	1.9	4.5	4.5	1.7	1.9	2.9	2.8
New entrants	0.7	0.7	1.6	1.8	0.8	0.9	1.3	1.2
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: March 1, 2012