HOUSEHOLD DATA
                                                                                                                   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       
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                      1998      1999      1998      1999      1998      1999      1998      1999  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
               NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                  
     Total unemployed.............................    6,210     5,880     2,580     2,433     2,424     2,285     1,205     1,162 
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                  
     jobs.........................................    2,822     2,622     1,588     1,459     1,053       990       181       173 
    On temporary layoff...........................      866       848       483       475       322       310        61        63 
    Not on temporary layoff.......................    1,957     1,774     1,105       984       731       680       120       110 
      Permanent job losers........................    1,353     1,225       763       685       527       481        64        59 
      Persons who completed temporary jobs........      603       549       343       299       204       199        56        51 
  Job leavers.....................................      734       783       318       336       330       333        86       114 
  Reentrants......................................    2,132     2,005       611       592       944       866       577       547 
  New entrants....................................      520       469        63        46        97        96       361       328 
                                                                                                                                  
               PERCENT DISTRIBUTION                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                  
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                 
     jobs.........................................     45.5      44.6      61.5      60.0      43.4      43.3      15.0      14.9 
     On temporary layoff..........................     13.9      14.4      18.7      19.5      13.3      13.6       5.1       5.4 
     Not on temporary layoff......................     31.5      30.2      42.8      40.4      30.2      29.7      10.0       9.5 
   Job leavers....................................     11.8      13.3      12.3      13.8      13.6      14.6       7.2       9.8 
   Reentrants.....................................     34.3      34.1      23.7      24.3      39.0      37.9      47.9      47.1 
   New entrants...................................      8.4       8.0       2.4       1.9       4.0       4.2      30.0      28.2 
                                                                                                                                  
          UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                          
                 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                  
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                 
     jobs.........................................      2.1       1.9       2.3       2.1       1.8       1.6       2.2       2.1 
   Job leavers....................................       .5        .6        .5        .5        .6        .5       1.0       1.4 
   Reentrants.....................................      1.5       1.4        .9        .8       1.6       1.4       7.0       6.6 
   New entrants...................................       .4        .3        .1        .1        .2        .2       4.4       3.9 

   NOTE:  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.