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.