HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  ANNUAL AVERAGES                                                                                            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      
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       2006     2007     2006     2007     2006     2007     2006     2007  
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
     Total unemployed...............................   7,001    7,078    3,131    3,259    2,751    2,718    1,119    1,101 
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
   jobs.............................................   3,321    3,515    1,927    2,064    1,249    1,276      145      176 
    On temporary layoff.............................     921      976      540      580      324      333       57       63 
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   2,400    2,539    1,387    1,483      925      943       88      113 
      Permanent job losers..........................   1,686    1,781      948    1,013      685      696       53       72 
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     714      758      439      470      240      247       35       42 
  Job leavers.......................................     827      793      368      371      380      351       78       71 
  Reentrants........................................   2,237    2,142      757      723    1,019      984      461      435 
  New entrants......................................     616      627       78      101      103      107      435      419 
                                                                                                                            
                 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.............................................    47.4     49.7     61.6     63.3     45.4     46.9     13.0     16.0 
     On temporary layoff............................    13.2     13.8     17.3     17.8     11.8     12.2      5.1      5.7 
     Not on temporary layoff........................    34.3     35.9     44.3     45.5     33.6     34.7      7.9     10.3 
  Job leavers.......................................    11.8     11.2     11.7     11.4     13.8     12.9      7.0      6.5 
  Reentrants........................................    32.0     30.3     24.2     22.2     37.0     36.2     41.2     39.5 
  New entrants......................................     8.8      8.9      2.5      3.1      3.7      3.9     38.9     38.0 
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
   jobs.............................................     2.2      2.3      2.5      2.6      1.9      1.9      2.0      2.5 
  Job leavers.......................................      .5       .5       .5       .5       .6       .5      1.1      1.0 
  Reentrants........................................     1.5      1.4      1.0       .9      1.5      1.5      6.3      6.2 
  New entrants......................................      .4       .4       .1       .1       .2       .2      6.0      6.0 

    NOTE:  Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.