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

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                                                               White          Black or African         Asian         Hispanic or Latino
                                                                                 American                                ethnicity     
                           Reason                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                       
                                                           2004      2005      2004      2005       2004      2005      2004      2005  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                       
                    NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                       
        Total unemployed...............................    5,847     5,350     1,729     1,700       277       259     1,342     1,191 
     Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                    
        jobs...........................................    3,105     2,681       828       770       139       104       693       585 
       On temporary layoff.............................      819       755       129       137        19        14       200       151 
       Not on temporary layoff.........................    2,286     1,926       699       634       120        90       493       434 
         Permanent job losers..........................    1,744     1,405       484       422        95        70       321       273 
         Persons who completed temporary jobs..........      542       521       215       212        24        20       172       161 
     Job leavers.......................................      654       654       142       147        28        35       121       113 
     Reentrants........................................    1,638     1,589       590       596        73        92       377       355 
     New entrants......................................      450       425       169       186        37        28       152       139 
                                                                                                                                       
                    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...........................................     53.1      50.1      47.9      45.3      50.2      40.2      51.6      49.1 
        On temporary layoff............................     14.0      14.1       7.5       8.0       7.0       5.4      14.9      12.7 
        Not on temporary layoff........................     39.1      36.0      40.4      37.3      43.2      34.7      36.7      36.5 
      Job leavers......................................     11.2      12.2       8.2       8.7      10.2      13.6       9.0       9.5 
      Reentrants.......................................     28.0      29.7      34.1      35.1      26.2      35.6      28.1      29.8 
      New entrants.....................................      7.7       8.0       9.8      11.0      13.4      10.7      11.3      11.6 
                                                                                                                                       
               UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                          
                      CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                       
      Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                   
        jobs...........................................      2.6       2.2       5.0       4.5       2.2       1.6       3.6       3.0 
      Job leavers......................................       .5        .5        .9        .9        .4        .5        .6        .6 
      Reentrants.......................................      1.4       1.3       3.5       3.5       1.2       1.4       2.0       1.8 
      New entrants.....................................       .4        .3       1.0       1.1        .6        .4        .8        .7 

       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 2005, data reflect revised population controls
     used in the household survey.