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                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                  
                                                      1998      1999      1998      1999      1998      1999      1998      1999  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
               NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                  
     Total, 16 years and over.....................    6,210     5,880     4,484     4,273     1,426     1,309     1,026       945 
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                  
     jobs.........................................    2,822     2,622     2,116     1,968       585       529       471       444 
    On temporary layoff...........................      866       848       716       702       116       111       146       155 
    Not on temporary layoff.......................    1,957     1,774     1,399     1,266       469       418       325       289 
      Permanent job losers........................    1,353     1,225       988       892       300       269       206       185 
      Persons who completed temporary jobs........      603       549       412       374       170       149       119       104 
  Job leavers.....................................      734       783       568       617       133       134        95        91 
  Reentrants......................................    2,132     2,005     1,467     1,385       558       516       346       317 
  New entrants....................................      520       469       333       303       151       131       113        93 
                                                                                                                                  
               PERCENT DISTRIBUTION                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                  
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                 
     jobs.........................................     45.5      44.6      47.2      46.1      41.0      40.4      46.0      47.0 
     On temporary layoff..........................     13.9      14.4      16.0      16.4       8.1       8.5      14.3      16.4 
     Not on temporary layoff......................     31.5      30.2      31.2      29.6      32.9      31.9      31.7      30.6 
   Job leavers....................................     11.8      13.3      12.7      14.4       9.3      10.2       9.3       9.7 
   Reentrants.....................................     34.3      34.1      32.7      32.4      39.1      39.4      33.7      33.5 
   New entrants...................................      8.4       8.0       7.4       7.1      10.6      10.0      11.0       9.8 
                                                                                                                                  
          UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                          
                 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                  
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                 
     jobs.........................................      2.1       1.9       1.8       1.7       3.7       3.2       3.3       3.0 
   Job leavers....................................       .5        .6        .5        .5        .8        .8        .7        .6 
   Reentrants.....................................      1.5       1.4       1.3       1.2       3.5       3.2       2.4       2.2 
   New entrants...................................       .4        .3        .3        .3        .9        .8        .8        .6 

   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.  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect
revised population controls used in the household survey.