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                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                       
                                                           2007      2008      2007      2008      2007      2008      2007      2008  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                       
                    NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                       
        Total unemployed...............................    5,143     6,509     1,445     1,788       229       285     1,220     1,678 
     Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                    
      jobs....  .......................................    2,667     3,576       637       904        95       139       635       936 
       On temporary layoff.............................      805       969       122       141        16        19       184       257 
       Not on temporary layoff.........................    1,861     2,607       515       763        79       120       451       679 
         Permanent job losers..........................    1,328     1,947       337       538        56        96       276       440 
         Persons who completed temporary jobs..........      533       660       178       225        23        25       175       240 
     Job leavers.......................................      595       677       139       147        25        33       111       144 
     Reentrants........................................    1,474     1,737       500       559        79        80       346       433 
     New entrants......................................      407       519       169       177        29        33       127       164 
                                                                                                                                       
                    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. ..........................................     51.8      54.9      44.1      50.6      41.6      48.9      52.1      55.8 
       On temporary layoff............ ................     15.7      14.9       8.4       7.9       7.1       6.6      15.1      15.3 
       Not on temporary layoff........ ................     36.2      40.1      35.6      42.7      34.6      42.3      37.0      40.5 
      Job leavers......................................     11.6      10.4       9.6       8.2      10.9      11.7       9.1       8.6 
      Reentrants.......................................     28.7      26.7      34.6      31.2      34.7      27.9      28.4      25.8 
      New entrants.....................................      7.9       8.0      11.7       9.9      12.7      11.4      10.4       9.8 
                                                                                                                                       
               UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                          
                      CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                       
      Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                   
       jobs..... ......................................      2.1       2.8       3.6       5.1       1.3       1.9       2.9       4.3 
      Job leavers......................................       .5        .5        .8        .8        .4        .5        .5        .7 
      Reentrants.......................................      1.2       1.4       2.9       3.1       1.1       1.1       1.6       2.0 
      New entrants.....................................       .3        .4       1.0       1.0        .4        .5        .6        .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.  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.