HOUSEHOLD DATA
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                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                  
                                                       2003      2004      2003      2004      2003      2004      2003      2004  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
               NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                  
   Total unemployed...............................    6,311     5,847     1,787     1,729       366       277     1,441     1,342 
Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                    
 jobs.............................................    3,613     3,105       876       828       195       139       807       693 
  On temporary layoff.............................      924       819       138       129        27        19       224       200 
  Not on temporary layoff.........................    2,689     2,286       738       699       169       120       583       493 
    Permanent job losers..........................    2,085     1,744       530       484       144        95       393       321 
    Persons who completed temporary jobs..........      604       542       208       215        25        24       190       172 
Job leavers.......................................      619       654       132       142        37        28       103       121 
Reentrants........................................    1,676     1,638       614       590        88        73       398       377 
New entrants......................................      403       450       165       169        46        37       133       152 
                                                                                                                                  
               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............................................     57.3      53.1      49.0      47.9      53.4      50.2      56.0      51.6 
   On temporary layoff............................     14.6      14.0       7.7       7.5       7.2       7.0      15.6      14.9 
   Not on temporary layoff........................     42.6      39.1      41.3      40.4      46.1      43.2      40.5      36.7 
 Job leavers......................................      9.8      11.2       7.4       8.2      10.1      10.2       7.1       9.0 
 Reentrants.......................................     26.6      28.0      34.4      34.1      23.9      26.2      27.6      28.1 
 New entrants.....................................      6.4       7.7       9.2       9.8      12.6      13.4       9.2      11.3 
                                                                                                                                  
          UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                          
                 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                  
 Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                   
  jobs............................................      3.0       2.6       5.3       5.0       3.2       2.2       4.3       3.6 
 Job leavers......................................       .5        .5        .8        .9        .6        .4        .5        .6 
 Reentrants.......................................      1.4       1.4       3.7       3.5       1.4       1.2       2.1       2.0 
 New entrants.....................................       .3        .4       1.0       1.0        .8        .6        .7        .8 

  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 2004, data reflect revised population controls
used in the household survey.