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 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Total unemployed............................... 6,509 10,648 1,788 2,606 285 522 1,678 2,706 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs............................................. 3,576 7,046 904 1,521 139 322 936 1,779 On temporary layoff............................. 969 1,388 141 157 19 38 257 329 Not on temporary layoff......................... 2,607 5,658 763 1,364 120 284 679 1,450 Permanent job losers.......................... 1,947 4,642 538 1,072 96 243 440 1,096 Persons who completed temporary jobs.......... 660 1,016 225 292 25 41 240 355 Job leavers....................................... 677 659 147 141 33 39 144 132 Reentrants........................................ 1,737 2,235 559 704 80 111 433 560 New entrants...................................... 519 708 177 241 33 50 164 234 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............................................ 54.9 66.2 50.6 58.4 48.9 61.7 55.8 65.8 On temporary layoff............................ 14.9 13.0 7.9 6.0 6.6 7.3 15.3 12.2 Not on temporary layoff........................ 40.1 53.1 42.7 52.3 42.3 54.4 40.5 53.6 Job leavers...................................... 10.4 6.2 8.2 5.4 11.7 7.5 8.6 4.9 Reentrants....................................... 26.7 21.0 31.2 27.0 27.9 21.2 25.8 20.7 New entrants..................................... 8.0 6.7 9.9 9.2 11.4 9.6 9.8 8.7 UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........................................... 2.8 5.6 5.1 8.6 1.9 4.5 4.3 8.0 Job leavers...................................... .5 .5 .8 .8 .5 .5 .7 .6 Reentrants....................................... 1.4 1.8 3.1 4.0 1.1 1.5 2.0 2.5 New entrants..................................... .4 .6 1.0 1.4 .5 .7 .7 1.0 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.