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                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                       
                                                           2006      2007      2006      2007      2006      2007      2006      2007  
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                    NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                       
        Total unemployed...............................    5,002     5,143     1,549     1,445       205       229     1,081     1,220 
     Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                    
      jobs.............................................    2,479     2,667       660       637        83        95       522       635 
       On temporary layoff.............................      764       805       115       122        13        16       159       184 
       Not on temporary layoff.........................    1,715     1,861       545       515        70        79       363       451 
         Permanent job losers..........................    1,236     1,328       351       337        54        56       216       276 
         Persons who completed temporary jobs..........      479       533       194       178        16        23       147       175 
     Job leavers.......................................      608       595       161       139        22        25       107       111 
     Reentrants........................................    1,514     1,474       564       500        75        79       331       346 
     New entrants......................................      401       407       164       169        25        29       121       127 
                                                                                                                                       
                    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............................................     49.6      51.8      42.6      44.1      40.4      41.6      48.3      52.1 
        On temporary layoff............................     15.3      15.7       7.4       8.4       6.4       7.1      14.7      15.1 
        Not on temporary layoff........................     34.3      36.2      35.2      35.6      34.1      34.6      33.6      37.0 
      Job leavers......................................     12.2      11.6      10.4       9.6      10.9      10.9       9.9       9.1 
      Reentrants.......................................     30.3      28.7      36.4      34.6      36.6      34.7      30.7      28.4 
      New entrants.....................................      8.0       7.9      10.6      11.7      12.1      12.7      11.2      10.4 
                                                                                                                                       
               UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                          
                      CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                       
      Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                   
       jobs............................................      2.0       2.1       3.8       3.6       1.2       1.3       2.5       2.9 
      Job leavers......................................       .5        .5        .9        .8        .3        .4        .5        .5 
      Reentrants.......................................      1.2       1.2       3.3       2.9       1.1       1.1       1.6       1.6 
      New entrants.....................................       .3        .3        .9       1.0        .4        .4        .6        .6 

       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.