HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES 

28. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, race, and Hispanic origin

(Numbers in thousands)

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                                                   |       Total       |       White       |       Black       |  Hispanic origin
              Reason for unemployment              |                   |                   |                   |
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                                                   |  1994   |  1995   |  1994   |  1995   |  1994   |  1995   |  1994   |  1995
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               NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
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   Total, 16 years and over........................|   7,996 |   7,404 |   5,892 |   5,459 |   1,666 |   1,538 |   1,187 |   1,140
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs|   3,815 |   3,476 |   2,972 |   2,710 |     651 |     584 |     573 |     559
  On temporary layoff..............................|     977 |   1,030 |     800 |     856 |     134 |     117 |     139 |     163
  Not on temporary layoff..........................|   2,838 |   2,446 |   2,172 |   1,854 |     516 |     467 |     434 |     397
    Permanent job losers...........................|   2,090 |   1,730 |   1,625 |   1,352 |     354 |     290 |     310 |     271
    Persons who completed temporary jobs...........|     748 |     716 |     547 |     502 |     162 |     177 |     123 |     126
Job leavers........................................|     791 |     824 |     638 |     660 |     116 |     123 |      89 |      90
Reentrants.........................................|   2,786 |   2,525 |   1,898 |   1,728 |     729 |     657 |     402 |     369
New entrants.......................................|     604 |     579 |     385 |     361 |     172 |     174 |     124 |     122
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               PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
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   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...............................................|    47.7 |    46.9 |    50.4 |    49.6 |    39.0 |    38.0 |    48.2 |    49.1
   On temporary layoff.............................|    12.2 |    13.9 |    13.6 |    15.7 |     8.1 |     7.6 |    11.7 |    14.3
   Not on temporary layoff.........................|    35.5 |    33.0 |    36.9 |    34.0 |    31.0 |    30.4 |    36.5 |    34.8
 Job leavers.......................................|     9.9 |    11.1 |    10.8 |    12.1 |     6.9 |     8.0 |     7.5 |     7.9
 Reentrants........................................|    34.8 |    34.1 |    32.2 |    31.7 |    43.7 |    42.7 |    33.8 |    32.4
 New entrants......................................|     7.6 |     7.8 |     6.5 |     6.6 |    10.3 |    11.3 |    10.5 |    10.7
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          UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
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                  CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
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 Job losers and persons who completed temporary    |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
jobs...............................................|     2.9 |     2.6 |     2.7 |     2.4 |     4.5 |     3.9 |     4.8 |     4.6
 Job leavers.......................................|      .6 |      .6 |      .6 |      .6 |      .8 |      .8 |      .7 |      .7
 Reentrants........................................|     2.1 |     1.9 |     1.7 |     1.5 |     5.0 |     4.4 |     3.4 |     3.0
 New entrants......................................|      .5 |      .4 |      .3 |      .3 |     1.2 |     1.2 |     1.0 |     1.0
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   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.