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                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                    
                                                        2008      2009      2008      2009      2008      2009      2008      2009  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                    
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                    
     Total unemployed...............................    6,509    10,648     1,788     2,606       285       522     1,678     2,706 
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                    
   jobs.............................................    3,576     7,046       904     1,521       139       322       936     1,779 
    On temporary layoff.............................      969     1,388       141       157        19        38       257       329 
    Not on temporary layoff.........................    2,607     5,658       763     1,364       120       284       679     1,450 
      Permanent job losers..........................    1,947     4,642       538     1,072        96       243       440     1,096 
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........      660     1,016       225       292        25        41       240       355 
  Job leavers.......................................      677       659       147       141        33        39       144       132 
  Reentrants........................................    1,737     2,235       559       704        80       111       433       560 
  New entrants......................................      519       708       177       241        33        50       164       234 
                                                                                                                                    
                 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............................................     54.9      66.2      50.6      58.4      48.9      61.7      55.8      65.8 
     On temporary layoff............................     14.9      13.0       7.9       6.0       6.6       7.3      15.3      12.2 
     Not on temporary layoff........................     40.1      53.1      42.7      52.3      42.3      54.4      40.5      53.6 
   Job leavers......................................     10.4       6.2       8.2       5.4      11.7       7.5       8.6       4.9 
   Reentrants.......................................     26.7      21.0      31.2      27.0      27.9      21.2      25.8      20.7 
   New entrants.....................................      8.0       6.7       9.9       9.2      11.4       9.6       9.8       8.7 
                                                                                                                                    
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                          
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                    
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                   
     jobs...........................................      2.8       5.6       5.1       8.6       1.9       4.5       4.3       8.0 
   Job leavers......................................       .5        .5        .8        .8        .5        .5        .7        .6 
   Reentrants.......................................      1.4       1.8       3.1       4.0       1.1       1.5       2.0       2.5 
   New entrants.....................................       .4        .6       1.0       1.4        .5        .7        .7       1.0 

    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.