HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  ANNUAL AVERAGES                                                                                            ANNUAL AVERAGES
  
  27.  Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                           Total,             Men,             Women,         Both sexes,   
                                                          16 years          20 years          20 years          16 to 19    
                        Reason                            and over          and over          and over           years      
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       2007     2008     2007     2008     2007     2008     2007     2008  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
     Total unemployed...............................   7,078    8,924    3,259    4,297    2,718    3,342    1,101    1,285 
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
   jobs.....  ......................................   3,515    4,789    2,064    2,918    1,276    1,668      176      203 
    On temporary layoff.............................     976    1,176      580      751      333      352       63       72 
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   2,539    3,614    1,483    2,167      943    1,316      113      131 
      Permanent job losers..........................   1,781    2,670    1,013    1,574      696    1,013       72       83 
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     758      943      470      593      247      302       42       48 
  Job leavers.......................................     793      896      371      410      351      406       71       80 
  Reentrants........................................   2,142    2,472      723      856      984    1,126      435      490 
  New entrants......................................     627      766      101      113      107      143      419      511 
                                                                                                                            
                 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.....  ......................................    49.7     53.7     63.3     67.9     46.9     49.9     16.0     15.8 
     On temporary layoff............................    13.8     13.2     17.8     17.5     12.2     10.5      5.7      5.6 
     Not on temporary layoff........................    35.9     40.5     45.5     50.4     34.7     39.4     10.3     10.2 
  Job leavers.......................................    11.2     10.0     11.4      9.5     12.9     12.1      6.5      6.3 
  Reentrants........................................    30.3     27.7     22.2     19.9     36.2     33.7     39.5     38.1 
  New entrants......................................     8.9      8.6      3.1      2.6      3.9      4.3     38.0     39.8 
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
   jobs.....  ......................................     2.3      3.1      2.6      3.7      1.9      2.4      2.5      3.0 
  Job leavers.......................................      .5       .6       .5       .5       .5       .6      1.0      1.2 
  Reentrants........................................     1.4      1.6       .9      1.1      1.5      1.6      6.2      7.1 
  New entrants......................................      .4       .5       .1       .1       .2       .2      6.0      7.5 

     NOTE:  Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.