HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
  
27.  Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, and age

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                     Total,             Men,             Women,         Both sexes,   
                                                                    16 years          20 years          20 years          16 to 19    
                             Reason                                 and over          and over          and over           years      
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                 2001     2002     2001     2002     2001     2002     2001     2002  
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                      
                      NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                      
   Total unemployed...........................................   6,801    8,378    3,040    3,896    2,599    3,228    1,162    1,253 
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs...........   3,476    4,607    1,999    2,702    1,291    1,708      185      197 
  On temporary layoff.........................................   1,067    1,124      624      701      373      360       69       62 
  Not on temporary layoff.....................................   2,409    3,483    1,375    2,000      918    1,348      116      135
    Permanent job losers......................................   1,764    2,701    1,003    1,537      697    1,082       64       82 
    Persons who completed temporary jobs......................     645      783      372      464      221      265       52       54 
Job leavers...................................................     835      866      372      386      365      389       98       91 
Reentrants....................................................   2,031    2,368      612      743      850    1,028      568      597 
New entrants..................................................     459      536       56       65       92      102      311      368 
                                                                                                                                      
                      PERCENT DISTRIBUTION                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                      
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs...........    51.1     55.0     65.8     69.3     49.7     52.9     15.9     15.7 
   On temporary layoff........................................    15.7     13.4     20.5     18.0     14.4     11.2      6.0      4.9 
   Not on temporary layoff....................................    35.4     41.6     45.2     51.3     35.3     41.7     10.0     10.8 
Job leavers...................................................    12.3     10.3     12.3      9.9     14.0     12.1      8.4      7.3 
Reentrants....................................................    29.9     28.3     20.1     19.1     32.7     31.8     48.9     47.6 
New entrants..................................................     6.8      6.4      1.8      1.7      3.6      3.2     26.8     29.4 
                                                                                                                                      
                 UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                       
                        CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                      
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs...........     2.4      3.2      2.7      3.7      2.0      2.7      2.3      2.6 
Job leavers...................................................      .6       .6       .5       .5       .6       .6      1.2      1.2 
Reentrants....................................................     1.4      1.6       .8      1.0      1.3      1.6      7.2      7.9 
New entrants..................................................      .3       .4       .1       .1       .1       .2      3.9      4.9