HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                          Total               White               Black          Hispanic origin  
             Reason for unemployment                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                  
                                                      1997      1998      1997      1998      1997      1998      1997      1998  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
               NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                  
     Total, 16 years and over.....................    6,739     6,210     4,836     4,484     1,560     1,426     1,069     1,026 
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                  
     jobs.........................................    3,037     2,822     2,284     2,116       616       585       500       471 
    On temporary layoff...........................      931       866       778       716       121       116       158       146 
    Not on temporary layoff.......................    2,106     1,957     1,506     1,399       495       469       343       325 
      Permanent job losers........................    1,436     1,353     1,063       988       298       300       207       206 
      Persons who completed temporary jobs........      670       603       443       412       197       170       135       119 
  Job leavers.....................................      795       734       623       568       138       133        96        95 
  Reentrants......................................    2,338     2,132     1,576     1,467       634       558       350       346 
  New entrants....................................      569       520       354       333       172       151       122       113 
                                                                                                                                  
               PERCENT DISTRIBUTION                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                  
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                 
     jobs.........................................     45.1      45.5      47.2      47.2      39.5      41.0      46.8      46.0 
     On temporary layoff..........................     13.8      13.9      16.1      16.0       7.8       8.1      14.8      14.3 
     Not on temporary layoff......................     31.3      31.5      31.1      31.2      31.7      32.9      32.0      31.7 
   Job leavers....................................     11.8      11.8      12.9      12.7       8.8       9.3       9.0       9.3 
   Reentrants.....................................     34.7      34.3      32.6      32.7      40.7      39.1      32.7      33.7 
   New entrants...................................      8.4       8.4       7.3       7.4      11.0      10.6      11.4      11.0 
                                                                                                                                  
          UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                          
                 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                  
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                 
     jobs.........................................      2.2       2.1       2.0       1.8       4.0       3.7       3.6       3.3 
   Job leavers....................................       .6        .5        .5        .5        .9        .8        .7        .7 
   Reentrants.....................................      1.7       1.5       1.4       1.3       4.1       3.5       2.5       2.4 
   New entrants...................................       .4        .4        .3        .3       1.1        .9        .9        .8 

   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.  Beginning in January 1998, data reflect
new composite estimation procedures and revised population controls used in the household survey.