HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES


28. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, race, and Hispanic origin

(Numbers in thousands)

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                                                   |       Total       |       White       |       Black       |  Hispanic origin
              Reason for unemployment              |                   |                   |                   |
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                                                   |  1996   |  1997   |  1996   |  1997   |  1996   |  1997   |  1996   |  1997
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               NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
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   Total, 16 years and over........................|   7,236 |   6,739 |   5,300 |   4,836 |   1,592 |   1,560 |   1,132 |   1,069
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs|   3,370 |   3,037 |   2,580 |   2,284 |     652 |     616 |     547 |     500
  On temporary layoff..............................|   1,021 |     931 |     859 |     778 |     125 |     121 |     166 |     158
  Not on temporary layoff..........................|   2,349 |   2,106 |   1,722 |   1,506 |     527 |     495 |     381 |     343
    Permanent job losers...........................|   1,660 |   1,436 |   1,253 |   1,063 |     341 |     298 |     254 |     207
    Persons who completed temporary jobs...........|     689 |     670 |     469 |     443 |     186 |     197 |     127 |     135
Job leavers........................................|     774 |     795 |     602 |     623 |     137 |     138 |      91 |      96
Reentrants.........................................|   2,512 |   2,338 |   1,740 |   1,576 |     648 |     634 |     368 |     350
New entrants.......................................|     580 |     569 |     378 |     354 |     155 |     172 |     127 |     122
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               PERCENT DISTRIBUTION                |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
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   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...............................................|    46.6 |    45.1 |    48.7 |    47.2 |    41.0 |    39.5 |    48.3 |    46.8
   On temporary layoff.............................|    14.1 |    13.8 |    16.2 |    16.1 |     7.8 |     7.8 |    14.7 |    14.8
   Not on temporary layoff.........................|    32.5 |    31.3 |    32.5 |    31.1 |    33.1 |    31.7 |    33.6 |    32.0
 Job leavers.......................................|    10.7 |    11.8 |    11.4 |    12.9 |     8.6 |     8.8 |     8.0 |     9.0
 Reentrants........................................|    34.7 |    34.7 |    32.8 |    32.6 |    40.7 |    40.7 |    32.5 |    32.7
 New entrants......................................|     8.0 |     8.4 |     7.1 |     7.3 |     9.7 |    11.0 |    11.2 |    11.4
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          UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE           |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
                  CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE             |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
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 Job losers and persons who completed temporary    |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
jobs...............................................|     2.5 |     2.2 |     2.3 |     2.0 |     4.3 |     4.0 |     4.3 |     3.6
 Job leavers.......................................|      .6 |      .6 |      .5 |      .5 |      .9 |      .9 |      .7 |      .7
 Reentrants........................................|     1.9 |     1.7 |     1.5 |     1.4 |     4.3 |     4.1 |     2.9 |     2.5
 New entrants......................................|      .4 |      .4 |      .3 |      .3 |     1.0 |     1.1 |     1.0 |      .9
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   NOTE:  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races" group are
not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups.  Beginning in January 1997, data reflect
revised population controls used in the household survey.