diff --git a/homeassistant/components/logbook/helpers.py b/homeassistant/components/logbook/helpers.py
index 6bfd88c976a0a1..839a742224f485 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/logbook/helpers.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/logbook/helpers.py
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ def async_filter_entities(hass: HomeAssistant, entity_ids: list[str]) -> list[st
     return [
         entity_id
         for entity_id in entity_ids
-        if not _is_entity_id_filtered(hass, ent_reg, entity_id)
+        if split_entity_id(entity_id)[0] not in ALWAYS_CONTINUOUS_DOMAINS
+        and not is_sensor_continuous(hass, ent_reg, entity_id)
     ]
 
 
@@ -216,18 +217,37 @@ def _forward_state_events_filtered(event: EventType[EventStateChangedData]) -> N
     )
 
 
-def is_sensor_continuous(ent_reg: er.EntityRegistry, entity_id: str) -> bool:
-    """Determine if a sensor is continuous by checking its state class.
+def is_sensor_continuous(
+    hass: HomeAssistant, ent_reg: er.EntityRegistry, entity_id: str
+) -> bool:
+    """Determine if a sensor is continuous.
+
+    Sensors with a unit_of_measurement or state_class are considered continuous.
+
+    The unit_of_measurement check will already happen if this is
+    called for historical data because the SQL query generated by _get_events
+    will filter out any sensors with a unit_of_measurement.
 
-    Sensors with a unit_of_measurement are also considered continuous, but are filtered
-    already by the SQL query generated by _get_events
+    If the state still exists in the state machine, this function still
+    checks for ATTR_UNIT_OF_MEASUREMENT since the live mode is not filtered
+    by the SQL query.
     """
-    if not (entry := ent_reg.async_get(entity_id)):
-        # Entity not registered, so can't have a state class
-        return False
-    return (
-        entry.capabilities is not None
-        and entry.capabilities.get(ATTR_STATE_CLASS) is not None
+    # If it is in the state machine we can quick check if it
+    # has a unit_of_measurement or state_class, and filter if
+    # it does
+    if (state := hass.states.get(entity_id)) and (attributes := state.attributes):
+        return ATTR_UNIT_OF_MEASUREMENT in attributes or ATTR_STATE_CLASS in attributes
+    # If its not in the state machine, we need to check
+    # the entity registry to see if its a sensor
+    # filter with a state class. We do not check
+    # for unit_of_measurement since the SQL query
+    # will filter out any sensors with a unit_of_measurement
+    # and we should never get here in live mode because
+    # the state machine will always have the state.
+    return bool(
+        (entry := ent_reg.async_get(entity_id))
+        and entry.capabilities
+        and entry.capabilities.get(ATTR_STATE_CLASS)
     )
 
 
@@ -239,24 +259,8 @@ def _is_state_filtered(new_state: State, old_state: State) -> bool:
     """
     return bool(
         new_state.state == old_state.state
-        or split_entity_id(new_state.entity_id)[0] in ALWAYS_CONTINUOUS_DOMAINS
         or new_state.last_changed != new_state.last_updated
+        or new_state.domain in ALWAYS_CONTINUOUS_DOMAINS
         or ATTR_UNIT_OF_MEASUREMENT in new_state.attributes
         or ATTR_STATE_CLASS in new_state.attributes
     )
-
-
-def _is_entity_id_filtered(
-    hass: HomeAssistant, ent_reg: er.EntityRegistry, entity_id: str
-) -> bool:
-    """Check if the logbook should filter an entity.
-
-    Used to setup listeners and which entities to select
-    from the database when a list of entities is requested.
-    """
-    return bool(
-        split_entity_id(entity_id)[0] in ALWAYS_CONTINUOUS_DOMAINS
-        or (state := hass.states.get(entity_id))
-        and (ATTR_UNIT_OF_MEASUREMENT in state.attributes)
-        or is_sensor_continuous(ent_reg, entity_id)
-    )
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/logbook/processor.py b/homeassistant/components/logbook/processor.py
index a36c887b5993c0..02a6dae3ce680a 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/logbook/processor.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/logbook/processor.py
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ def humanify(
         """Humanify rows."""
         return list(
             _humanify(
+                self.hass,
                 rows,
                 self.ent_reg,
                 self.logbook_run,
@@ -184,6 +185,7 @@ def humanify(
 
 
 def _humanify(
+    hass: HomeAssistant,
     rows: Generator[EventAsRow, None, None] | Sequence[Row] | Result,
     ent_reg: er.EntityRegistry,
     logbook_run: LogbookRun,
@@ -219,7 +221,7 @@ def _humanify(
             if (
                 is_continuous := continuous_sensors.get(entity_id)
             ) is None and split_entity_id(entity_id)[0] == SENSOR_DOMAIN:
-                is_continuous = is_sensor_continuous(ent_reg, entity_id)
+                is_continuous = is_sensor_continuous(hass, ent_reg, entity_id)
                 continuous_sensors[entity_id] = is_continuous
             if is_continuous:
                 continue
diff --git a/tests/components/logbook/common.py b/tests/components/logbook/common.py
index 9fe6c2b60a8a1d..824bbbde21dbfb 100644
--- a/tests/components/logbook/common.py
+++ b/tests/components/logbook/common.py
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ def mock_humanify(hass_, rows):
     context_augmenter = processor.ContextAugmenter(logbook_run)
     return list(
         processor._humanify(
+            hass_,
             rows,
             ent_reg,
             logbook_run,