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 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Total unemployed............................... 5,350 5,002 1,700 1,549 259 205 1,191 1,081 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs............................................. 2,681 2,479 770 660 104 83 585 522 On temporary layoff............................. 755 764 137 115 14 13 151 159 Not on temporary layoff......................... 1,926 1,715 634 545 90 70 434 363 Permanent job losers.......................... 1,405 1,236 422 351 70 54 273 216 Persons who completed temporary jobs.......... 521 479 212 194 20 16 161 147 Job leavers....................................... 654 608 147 161 35 22 113 107 Reentrants........................................ 1,589 1,514 596 564 92 75 355 331 New entrants...................................... 425 401 186 164 28 25 139 121 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............................................ 50.1 49.6 45.3 42.6 40.2 40.4 49.1 48.3 On temporary layoff............................ 14.1 15.3 8.0 7.4 5.4 6.4 12.7 14.7 Not on temporary layoff........................ 36.0 34.3 37.3 35.2 34.7 34.1 36.5 33.6 Job leavers...................................... 12.2 12.2 8.7 10.4 13.6 10.9 9.5 9.9 Reentrants....................................... 29.7 30.3 35.1 36.4 35.6 36.6 29.8 30.7 New entrants..................................... 8.0 8.0 11.0 10.6 10.7 12.1 11.6 11.2 UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs............................................ 2.2 2.0 4.5 3.8 1.6 1.2 3.0 2.5 Job leavers...................................... .5 .5 .9 .9 .5 .3 .6 .5 Reentrants....................................... 1.3 1.2 3.5 3.3 1.4 1.1 1.8 1.6 New entrants..................................... .3 .3 1.1 .9 .4 .4 .7 .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. In addition, persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race and, therefore, are classified by ethnicity as well as by race. Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.