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 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Total unemployed............................... 5,143 6,509 1,445 1,788 229 285 1,220 1,678 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.... ....................................... 2,667 3,576 637 904 95 139 635 936 On temporary layoff............................. 805 969 122 141 16 19 184 257 Not on temporary layoff......................... 1,861 2,607 515 763 79 120 451 679 Permanent job losers.......................... 1,328 1,947 337 538 56 96 276 440 Persons who completed temporary jobs.......... 533 660 178 225 23 25 175 240 Job leavers....................................... 595 677 139 147 25 33 111 144 Reentrants........................................ 1,474 1,737 500 559 79 80 346 433 New entrants...................................... 407 519 169 177 29 33 127 164 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. .......................................... 51.8 54.9 44.1 50.6 41.6 48.9 52.1 55.8 On temporary layoff............ ................ 15.7 14.9 8.4 7.9 7.1 6.6 15.1 15.3 Not on temporary layoff........ ................ 36.2 40.1 35.6 42.7 34.6 42.3 37.0 40.5 Job leavers...................................... 11.6 10.4 9.6 8.2 10.9 11.7 9.1 8.6 Reentrants....................................... 28.7 26.7 34.6 31.2 34.7 27.9 28.4 25.8 New entrants..................................... 7.9 8.0 11.7 9.9 12.7 11.4 10.4 9.8 UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs..... ...................................... 2.1 2.8 3.6 5.1 1.3 1.9 2.9 4.3 Job leavers...................................... .5 .5 .8 .8 .4 .5 .5 .7 Reentrants....................................... 1.2 1.4 2.9 3.1 1.1 1.1 1.6 2.0 New entrants..................................... .3 .4 1.0 1.0 .4 .5 .6 .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. 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.