HOUSEHOLD DATA
                                                                                                                     ANNUAL AVERAGES
  
  27.  Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                            Total,               Men,               Women,           Both sexes,    
                                                           16 years            20 years            20 years            16 to 19     
                        Reason                             and over            and over            and over             years       
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                        2004      2005      2004      2005      2004      2005      2004      2005  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                    
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                    
     Total unemployed...............................    8,149     7,591     3,791     3,392     3,150     3,013     1,208     1,186 
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                    
     jobs...........................................    4,197     3,667     2,503     2,095     1,529     1,417       165       155 
    On temporary layoff.............................      998       933       613       557       326       317        59        59 
    Not on temporary layoff.........................    3,199     2,734     1,890     1,538     1,202     1,100       107        96 
      Permanent job losers..........................    2,386     1,955     1,366     1,068       949       831        71        56 
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........      813       779       524       470       253       269        36        40 
  Job leavers.......................................      858       872       398       405       384       391        76        76 
  Reentrants........................................    2,408     2,386       791       793     1,107     1,103       510       489 
  New entrants......................................      686       666        99        99       131       101       456       466 
                                                                                                                                    
                 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...........................................     51.5      48.3      66.0      61.8      48.5      47.0      13.7      13.1 
     On temporary layoff............................     12.2      12.3      16.2      16.4      10.4      10.5       4.9       5.0 
     Not on temporary layoff........................     39.3      36.0      49.8      45.3      38.2      36.5       8.8       8.1 
  Job leavers.......................................     10.5      11.5      10.5      11.9      12.2      13.0       6.3       6.4 
  Reentrants........................................     29.5      31.4      20.9      23.4      35.1      36.6      42.2      41.3 
  New entrants......................................      8.4       8.8       2.6       2.9       4.1       3.3      37.8      39.3 
                                                                                                                                    
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                          
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                    
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                    
     jobs...........................................      2.8       2.5       3.3       2.7       2.4       2.2       2.3       2.2 
  Job leavers.......................................       .6        .6        .5        .5        .6        .6       1.1       1.1 
  Reentrants........................................      1.6       1.6       1.0       1.0       1.7       1.7       7.2       6.8 
  New entrants......................................       .5        .4        .1        .1        .2        .2       6.4       6.5 

    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.