HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES

28. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, race, and Hispanic origin
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                   |       Total       |       White       |       Black       |  Hispanic origin
              Reason for unemployment              |                   |                   |                   |
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                                                   |  1995   |  1996   |  1995   |  1996   |  1995   |  1996   |  1995   |  1996
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               NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
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   Total, 16 years and over........................|   7,404 |   7,236 |   5,459 |   5,300 |   1,538 |   1,592 |   1,140 |   1,132
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs|   3,476 |   3,370 |   2,710 |   2,580 |     584 |     652 |     559 |     547
  On temporary layoff..............................|   1,030 |   1,021 |     856 |     859 |     117 |     125 |     163 |     166
  Not on temporary layoff..........................|   2,446 |   2,349 |   1,854 |   1,722 |     467 |     527 |     397 |     381
    Permanent job losers...........................|   1,730 |   1,660 |   1,352 |   1,253 |     290 |     341 |     271 |     254
    Persons who completed temporary jobs...........|     716 |     689 |     502 |     469 |     177 |     186 |     126 |     127
Job leavers........................................|     824 |     774 |     660 |     602 |     123 |     137 |      90 |      91
Reentrants.........................................|   2,525 |   2,512 |   1,728 |   1,740 |     657 |     648 |     369 |     368
New entrants.......................................|     579 |     580 |     361 |     378 |     174 |     155 |     122 |     127
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               PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
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   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.............................................|    46.9 |    46.6 |    49.6 |    48.7 |    38.0 |    41.0 |    49.1 |    48.3
   On temporary layoff.............................|    13.9 |    14.1 |    15.7 |    16.2 |     7.6 |     7.8 |    14.3 |    14.7
   Not on temporary layoff.........................|    33.0 |    32.5 |    34.0 |    32.5 |    30.4 |    33.1 |    34.8 |    33.6
 Job leavers.......................................|    11.1 |    10.7 |    12.1 |    11.4 |     8.0 |     8.6 |     7.9 |     8.0
 Reentrants........................................|    34.1 |    34.7 |    31.7 |    32.8 |    42.7 |    40.7 |    32.4 |    32.5
 New entrants......................................|     7.8 |     8.0 |     6.6 |     7.1 |    11.3 |     9.7 |    10.7 |    11.2
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          UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE           |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
                  CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
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 Job losers and persons who completed temporary    |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  jobs.............................................|     2.6 |     2.5 |     2.4 |     2.3 |     3.9 |     4.3 |     4.6 |     4.3
 Job leavers.......................................|      .6 |      .6 |      .6 |      .5 |      .8 |      .9 |      .7 |      .7
 Reentrants........................................|     1.9 |     1.9 |     1.5 |     1.5 |     4.4 |     4.3 |     3.0 |     2.9
 New entrants......................................|      .4 |      .4 |      .3 |      .3 |     1.2 |     1.0 |     1.0 |     1.0
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   NOTE:  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races" group are
not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups.