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 | | | | ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ | | | | | | | | | 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED | | | | | | | | Total, 16 years and over........................| 7,404 | 7,236 | 5,459 | 5,300 | 1,538 | 1,592 | 1,140 | 1,132 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs| 3,476 | 3,370 | 2,710 | 2,580 | 584 | 652 | 559 | 547 On temporary layoff..............................| 1,030 | 1,021 | 856 | 859 | 117 | 125 | 163 | 166 Not on temporary layoff..........................| 2,446 | 2,349 | 1,854 | 1,722 | 467 | 527 | 397 | 381 Permanent job losers...........................| 1,730 | 1,660 | 1,352 | 1,253 | 290 | 341 | 271 | 254 Persons who completed temporary jobs...........| 716 | 689 | 502 | 469 | 177 | 186 | 126 | 127 Job leavers........................................| 824 | 774 | 660 | 602 | 123 | 137 | 90 | 91 Reentrants.........................................| 2,525 | 2,512 | 1,728 | 1,740 | 657 | 648 | 369 | 368 New entrants.......................................| 579 | 580 | 361 | 378 | 174 | 155 | 122 | 127 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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.............................................| 46.9 | 46.6 | 49.6 | 48.7 | 38.0 | 41.0 | 49.1 | 48.3 On temporary layoff.............................| 13.9 | 14.1 | 15.7 | 16.2 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 14.3 | 14.7 Not on temporary layoff.........................| 33.0 | 32.5 | 34.0 | 32.5 | 30.4 | 33.1 | 34.8 | 33.6 Job leavers.......................................| 11.1 | 10.7 | 12.1 | 11.4 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 8.0 Reentrants........................................| 34.1 | 34.7 | 31.7 | 32.8 | 42.7 | 40.7 | 32.4 | 32.5 New entrants......................................| 7.8 | 8.0 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 11.3 | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE | | | | | | | | CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE | | | | | | | | Job losers and persons who completed temporary | | | | | | | | jobs.............................................| 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.3 Job leavers.......................................| .6 | .6 | .6 | .5 | .8 | .9 | .7 | .7 Reentrants........................................| 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 2.9 New entrants......................................| .4 | .4 | .3 | .3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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.