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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
28. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

[Numbers in thousands]
ReasonWhiteBlack or African
American
AsianHispanic or Latino
ethnicity
20162017201620172016201720162017

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Total unemployed

5,3454,7651,6551,5013493331,5481,401

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

2,6842,418738705146141763694

On temporary layoff

7727631221132627234221

Not on temporary layoff

1,9121,656615592120114530473

Permanent job losers

1,3941,1983973988994331315

Persons who completed temporary jobs

5184572181943120198158

Job leavers

6155571541454338139147

Reentrants

1,5371,368544481109103440408

New entrants

5094222201695151205152

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Total unemployed

100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

50.250.844.647.041.842.449.349.6

On temporary layoff

14.416.07.47.57.48.215.115.8

Not on temporary layoff

35.834.737.239.434.434.134.233.8

Job leavers

11.511.79.39.712.311.59.010.5

Reentrants

28.828.732.932.131.131.028.529.1

New entrants

9.58.913.311.314.715.213.210.8

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

2.21.93.83.51.51.42.82.5

Job leavers

0.50.40.80.70.40.40.50.5

Reentrants

1.21.12.82.41.11.11.61.5

New entrants

0.40.31.10.80.50.50.80.6

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 16, 2019