HOUSEHOLD DATA
                                                                                                                        ANNUAL AVERAGES
     
     28.  Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                                                             White (1)        Black or African       Asian (1)       Hispanic or Latino
                                                                                American (1)                             ethnicity     
                           Reason                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                       
                                                            2002      2003      2002      2003      2002      2003      2002      2003  
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                    NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                       
        Total unemployed...............................    6,137     6,311     1,693     1,787       389       366     1,353     1,441 
     Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                    
      jobs.............................................    3,491     3,613       840       876       202       195       736       807 
       On temporary layoff.............................      921       924       148       138        34        27       216       224 
       Not on temporary layoff.........................    2,570     2,689       691       738       168       169       520       583 
         Permanent job losers..........................    2,029     2,085       488       530       146       144       350       393 
         Persons who completed temporary jobs..........      541       604       203       208        22        25       171       190 
     Job leavers.......................................      684       619       135       132        37        37       117       103 
     Reentrants........................................    1,619     1,676       576       614       112        88       384       398 
     New entrants......................................      342       403       142       165        39        46       117       133 
                                                                                                                                       
                    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............................................     56.9      57.3      49.6      49.0      51.8      53.4      54.4      56.0 
        On temporary layoff............................     15.0      14.6       8.8       7.7       8.7       7.2      15.9      15.6 
        Not on temporary layoff........................     41.9      42.6      40.8      41.3      43.2      46.1      38.4      40.5 
      Job leavers......................................     11.2       9.8       8.0       7.4       9.5      10.1       8.6       7.1 
      Reentrants.......................................     26.4      26.6      34.0      34.4      28.7      23.9      28.4      27.6 
      New entrants.....................................      5.6       6.4       8.4       9.2      10.0      12.6       8.6       9.2 
                                                                                                                                       
               UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                          
                      CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                       
      Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                   
       jobs............................................      2.9       3.0       5.1       5.3       3.1       3.2       4.1       4.3 
      Job leavers......................................       .6        .5        .8        .8        .6        .6        .7        .5 
      Reentrants.......................................      1.3       1.4       3.5       3.7       1.7       1.4       2.1       2.1 
      New entrants.....................................       .3        .3        .9       1.0        .6        .8        .7        .7 

       1 Beginning in 2003, persons who selected this race group only; persons who selected more than one race group are not included. 
     Prior to 2003, persons who reported more than one race group were included in the group they identified as the main race.  For
     more information, see the "Explanatory Notes and Estimates of Error" section of this publication.
       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.  In addition, persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race and,
     therefore, are classified by ethnicity as well as by race.  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls
     used in the household survey.