HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                      HOUSEHOLD DATA
     ANNUAL AVERAGES                                                                                                    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                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                       
                                                           2009      2010      2009      2010      2009      2010      2009      2010  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                       
                    NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                       
        Total unemployed...............................   10,648    10,916     2,606     2,852       522       543     2,706     2,843 
     Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                    
      jobs.............................................    7,046     7,026     1,521     1,613       322       331     1,779     1,768 
       On temporary layoff.............................    1,388     1,203       157       154        38        32       329       309 
       Not on temporary layoff.........................    5,658     5,823     1,364     1,460       284       299     1,450     1,459 
         Permanent job losers..........................    4,642     4,796     1,072     1,157       243       260     1,096     1,091 
         Persons who completed temporary jobs..........    1,016     1,027       292       303        41        39       355       368 
     Job leavers.......................................      659       672       141       149        39        35       132       140 
     Reentrants........................................    2,235     2,394       704       803       111       122       560       649 
     New entrants......................................      708       823       241       287        50        56       234       285 
                                                                                                                                       
                    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............................................     66.2      64.4      58.4      56.6      61.7      60.9      65.8      62.2 
        On temporary layoff............................     13.0      11.0       6.0       5.4       7.3       5.9      12.2      10.9 
        Not on temporary layoff........................     53.1      53.3      52.3      51.2      54.4      55.0      53.6      51.3 
      Job leavers......................................      6.2       6.2       5.4       5.2       7.5       6.4       4.9       4.9 
      Reentrants.......................................     21.0      21.9      27.0      28.1      21.2      22.4      20.7      22.8 
      New entrants.....................................      6.7       7.5       9.2      10.1       9.6      10.3       8.7      10.0 
                                                                                                                                       
               UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                          
                      CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                       
      Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                   
       jobs............................................      5.6       5.6       8.6       9.0       4.5       4.6       8.0       7.8 
      Job leavers......................................       .5        .5        .8        .8        .5        .5        .6        .6 
      Reentrants.......................................      1.8       1.9       4.0       4.5       1.5       1.7       2.5       2.9 
      New entrants.....................................       .6        .7       1.4       1.6        .7        .8       1.0       1.3 

       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.  Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.  Updated population
     controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.