HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

28. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

(Numbers in thousands)

Reason

White 1 Black or African

American 1 Asian 1 Hispanic or Latinoethnicity

2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

 Total unemployed .................................................................. 6,137 6,311 1,693 1,787 389 366 1,353 1,441

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs .......... 3,491 3,613 840 876 202 195 736 807

 On temporary layoff ................................................................ 921 924 148 138 34 27 216 224

 Not on temporary layoff .......................................................... 2,570 2,689 691 738 168 169 520 583

 Permanent job losers ............................................................ 2,029 2,085 488 530 146 144 350 393

 Persons who completed temporary jobs .............................. 541 604 203 208 22 25 171 190

Job leavers ............................................................................... 684 619 135 132 37 37 117 103

Reentrants ................................................................................ 1,619 1,676 576 614 112 88 384 398

New entrants ............................................................................ 342 403 142 165 39 46 117 133

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 ......... 56.9 57.3 49.6 49.0 51.8 53.4 54.4 56.0

 On temporary layoff ............................................................... 15.0 14.6 8.8 7.7 8.7 7.2 15.9 15.6

 Not on temporary layoff ......................................................... 41.9 42.6 40.8 41.3 43.2 46.1 38.4 40.5

 Job leavers .............................................................................. 11.2 9.8 8.0 7.4 9.5 10.1 8.6 7.1

 Reentrants ............................................................................... 26.4 26.6 34.0 34.4 28.7 23.9 28.4 27.6

 New entrants ........................................................................... 5.6 6.4 8.4 9.2 10.0 12.6 8.6 9.2

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ......... 2.9 3.0 5.1 5.3 3.1 3.2 4.1 4.3

 Job leavers .............................................................................. .6 .5 .8 .8 .6 .6 .7 .5

 Reentrants ............................................................................... 1.3 1.4 3.5 3.7 1.7 1.4 2.1 2.1

 New entrants ........................................................................... .3 .3 .9 1.0 .6 .8 .7 .7

1 Beginning in 2003, persons who selected this race group only; persons

who selected more than one race group are not included. Prior to 2003,

persons who reported more than one race group were included in the group

they identified as the main race. For more information, see the "Explanatory

Notes and Estimates of Error" section of this publication.

 NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (white, black or African

American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for

all races. In addition, persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or

Latino may be of any race and, therefore, are classified by ethnicity as well as

by race. Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls

used in the household survey.

239