HOUSEHOLD DATA
                                                                                                                        ANNUAL AVERAGES
     
   28.  Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, race, and Hispanic origin

   (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                                                               Total               White               Black          Hispanic origin  
                  Reason for unemployment                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                       
                                                           2001      2002      2001      2002      2001      2002      2001      2002  
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                    NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                       
      Total unemployed.................................    6,801     8,378     4,969     6,137     1,416     1,693     1,138     1,353 
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                      
      jobs.............................................    3,476     4,607     2,620     3,491       657       840       585       736 
     On temporary layoff...............................    1,067     1,124       875       921       144       148       190       216 
     Not on temporary layoff...........................    2,409     3,483     1,745     2,570       513       691       395       520 
       Permanent job losers............................    1,764     2,701     1,294     2,029       355       488       255       350 
       Persons who completed temporary jobs............      645       783       451       541       158       203       140       171 
   Job leavers.........................................      835       866       637       684       151       135       116       117 
   Reentrants..........................................    2,031     2,368     1,408     1,619       492       576       325       384 
   New entrants........................................      459       536       304       342       115       142       112       117 
                                                                                                                                       
                    PERCENT DISTRIBUTION                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                       
    Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                     
      jobs.............................................     51.1      55.0      52.7      56.9      46.4      49.6      51.4      54.4 
      On temporary layoff..............................     15.7      13.4      17.6      15.0      10.1       8.8      16.7      15.9 
      Not on temporary layoff..........................     35.4      41.6      35.1      41.9      36.3      40.8      34.7      38.4 
    Job leavers........................................     12.3      10.3      12.8      11.2      10.7       8.0      10.2       8.6 
    Reentrants.........................................     29.9      28.3      28.3      26.4      34.8      34.0      28.6      28.4 
    New entrants.......................................      6.8       6.4       6.1       5.6       8.1       8.4       9.9       8.6 
                                                                                                                                       
               UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                          
                      CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                       
    Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                     
      jobs.............................................      2.4       3.2       2.2       2.9       4.0       5.1       3.4       4.1 
    Job leavers........................................       .6        .6        .5        .6        .9        .8        .7        .7 
    Reentrants.........................................      1.4       1.7       1.2       1.3       3.0       3.5       1.9       2.1 
    New entrants.......................................       .3        .4        .3        .3        .7        .9        .6        .7 

       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.