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 2009 2010 2009 2010 2009 2010 2009 2010 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Total unemployed............................... 10,648 10,916 2,606 2,852 522 543 2,706 2,843 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs............................................. 7,046 7,026 1,521 1,613 322 331 1,779 1,768 On temporary layoff............................. 1,388 1,203 157 154 38 32 329 309 Not on temporary layoff......................... 5,658 5,823 1,364 1,460 284 299 1,450 1,459 Permanent job losers.......................... 4,642 4,796 1,072 1,157 243 260 1,096 1,091 Persons who completed temporary jobs.......... 1,016 1,027 292 303 41 39 355 368 Job leavers....................................... 659 672 141 149 39 35 132 140 Reentrants........................................ 2,235 2,394 704 803 111 122 560 649 New entrants...................................... 708 823 241 287 50 56 234 285 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............................................ 66.2 64.4 58.4 56.6 61.7 60.9 65.8 62.2 On temporary layoff............................ 13.0 11.0 6.0 5.4 7.3 5.9 12.2 10.9 Not on temporary layoff........................ 53.1 53.3 52.3 51.2 54.4 55.0 53.6 51.3 Job leavers...................................... 6.2 6.2 5.4 5.2 7.5 6.4 4.9 4.9 Reentrants....................................... 21.0 21.9 27.0 28.1 21.2 22.4 20.7 22.8 New entrants..................................... 6.7 7.5 9.2 10.1 9.6 10.3 8.7 10.0 UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs............................................ 5.6 5.6 8.6 9.0 4.5 4.6 8.0 7.8 Job leavers...................................... .5 .5 .8 .8 .5 .5 .6 .6 Reentrants....................................... 1.8 1.9 4.0 4.5 1.5 1.7 2.5 2.9 New entrants..................................... .6 .7 1.4 1.6 .7 .8 1.0 1.3 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.