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       
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                        2005      2006      2005      2006      2005      2006      2005      2006  
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                    
     Total unemployed...............................    7,591     7,001     3,392     3,131     3,013     2,751     1,186     1,119 
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                    
   jobs.............................................    3,667     3,321     2,095     1,927     1,417     1,249       155       145 
    On temporary layoff.............................      933       921       557       540       317       324        59        57 
    Not on temporary layoff.........................    2,734     2,400     1,538     1,387     1,100       925        96        88 
      Permanent job losers..........................    1,955     1,686     1,068       948       831       685        56        53 
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........      779       714       470       439       269       240        40        35 
  Job leavers.......................................      872       827       405       368       391       380        76        78 
  Reentrants........................................    2,386     2,237       793       757     1,103     1,019       489       461 
  New entrants......................................      666       616        99        78       101       103       466       435 
                                                                                                                                    
                 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.............................................     48.3      47.4      61.8      61.6      47.0      45.4      13.1      13.0 
     On temporary layoff............................     12.3      13.2      16.4      17.3      10.5      11.8       5.0       5.1 
     Not on temporary layoff........................     36.0      34.3      45.3      44.3      36.5      33.6       8.1       7.9 
  Job leavers.......................................     11.5      11.8      11.9      11.7      13.0      13.8       6.4       7.0 
  Reentrants........................................     31.4      32.0      23.4      24.2      36.6      37.0      41.3      41.2 
  New entrants......................................      8.8       8.8       2.9       2.5       3.3       3.7      39.3      38.9 
                                                                                                                                    
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                          
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                    
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                    
   jobs.............................................      2.5       2.2       2.7       2.5       2.2       1.9       2.2       2.0 
  Job leavers.......................................       .6        .5        .5        .5        .6        .6       1.1       1.1 
  Reentrants........................................      1.6       1.5       1.0       1.0       1.7       1.5       6.8       6.3 
  New entrants......................................       .4        .4        .1        .1        .2        .2       6.5       6.0 

     NOTE:  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.