HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES 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 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Total unemployed............................... 5,002 5,143 1,549 1,445 205 229 1,081 1,220 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs............................................. 2,479 2,667 660 637 83 95 522 635 On temporary layoff............................. 764 805 115 122 13 16 159 184 Not on temporary layoff......................... 1,715 1,861 545 515 70 79 363 451 Permanent job losers.......................... 1,236 1,328 351 337 54 56 216 276 Persons who completed temporary jobs.......... 479 533 194 178 16 23 147 175 Job leavers....................................... 608 595 161 139 22 25 107 111 Reentrants........................................ 1,514 1,474 564 500 75 79 331 346 New entrants...................................... 401 407 164 169 25 29 121 127 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............................................ 49.6 51.8 42.6 44.1 40.4 41.6 48.3 52.1 On temporary layoff............................ 15.3 15.7 7.4 8.4 6.4 7.1 14.7 15.1 Not on temporary layoff........................ 34.3 36.2 35.2 35.6 34.1 34.6 33.6 37.0 Job leavers...................................... 12.2 11.6 10.4 9.6 10.9 10.9 9.9 9.1 Reentrants....................................... 30.3 28.7 36.4 34.6 36.6 34.7 30.7 28.4 New entrants..................................... 8.0 7.9 10.6 11.7 12.1 12.7 11.2 10.4 UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs............................................ 2.0 2.1 3.8 3.6 1.2 1.3 2.5 2.9 Job leavers...................................... .5 .5 .9 .8 .3 .4 .5 .5 Reentrants....................................... 1.2 1.2 3.3 2.9 1.1 1.1 1.6 1.6 New entrants..................................... .3 .3 .9 1.0 .4 .4 .6 .6 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. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.