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 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Total unemployed............................... 5,847 5,350 1,729 1,700 277 259 1,342 1,191 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........................................... 3,105 2,681 828 770 139 104 693 585 On temporary layoff............................. 819 755 129 137 19 14 200 151 Not on temporary layoff......................... 2,286 1,926 699 634 120 90 493 434 Permanent job losers.......................... 1,744 1,405 484 422 95 70 321 273 Persons who completed temporary jobs.......... 542 521 215 212 24 20 172 161 Job leavers....................................... 654 654 142 147 28 35 121 113 Reentrants........................................ 1,638 1,589 590 596 73 92 377 355 New entrants...................................... 450 425 169 186 37 28 152 139 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........................................... 53.1 50.1 47.9 45.3 50.2 40.2 51.6 49.1 On temporary layoff............................ 14.0 14.1 7.5 8.0 7.0 5.4 14.9 12.7 Not on temporary layoff........................ 39.1 36.0 40.4 37.3 43.2 34.7 36.7 36.5 Job leavers...................................... 11.2 12.2 8.2 8.7 10.2 13.6 9.0 9.5 Reentrants....................................... 28.0 29.7 34.1 35.1 26.2 35.6 28.1 29.8 New entrants..................................... 7.7 8.0 9.8 11.0 13.4 10.7 11.3 11.6 UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........................................... 2.6 2.2 5.0 4.5 2.2 1.6 3.6 3.0 Job leavers...................................... .5 .5 .9 .9 .4 .5 .6 .6 Reentrants....................................... 1.4 1.3 3.5 3.5 1.2 1.4 2.0 1.8 New entrants..................................... .4 .3 1.0 1.1 .6 .4 .8 .7 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 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.