Economic News Release

  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-8.  Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted                    
                                                                                                                                         
                     Reason                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   July      June      July      July      Mar.      Apr.      May       June      July  
                                                   2007      2008      2008      2007      2008      2008      2008      2008      2008  
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
              NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                         
  Job losers and persons who completed                                                                                                   
   temporary jobs..............................    3,730     4,201     4,562     3,629     4,154     4,014     4,282     4,370     4,407 
    On temporary layoff........................    1,090       949     1,134       983     1,056     1,099     1,113     1,077     1,037 
    Not on temporary layoff....................    2,640     3,252     3,428     2,646     3,098     2,915     3,169     3,292     3,370 
      Permanent job losers.....................    1,861     2,341     2,512      (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs.....      779       912       916      (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)  
  Job leavers..................................      856       818       904       823       781       850       870       833       861 
  Reentrants...................................    2,141     2,778     2,825     2,082     2,117     2,134     2,460     2,498     2,705 
  New entrants.................................      829     1,136     1,142       602       681       624       828       748       811 
                                                                                                                                         
              PERCENT DISTRIBUTION                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                         
  Total unemployed.............................    100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0 
   Job losers and persons who completed                                                                                                  
    temporary jobs.............................     49.4      47.0      48.4      50.8      53.7      52.7      50.7      51.7      50.2 
     On temporary layoff.......................     14.4      10.6      12.0      13.8      13.7      14.4      13.2      12.7      11.8 
     Not on temporary layoff...................     34.9      36.4      36.3      37.1      40.1      38.2      37.5      39.0      38.4 
   Job leavers.................................     11.3       9.2       9.6      11.5      10.1      11.2      10.3       9.9       9.8 
   Reentrants..................................     28.3      31.1      29.9      29.2      27.4      28.0      29.1      29.6      30.8 
   New entrants................................     11.0      12.7      12.1       8.4       8.8       8.2       9.8       8.9       9.2 
                                                                                                                                         
         UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                                  
              CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                         
   Job losers and persons who completed                                                                                                  
    temporary jobs.............................      2.4       2.7       2.9       2.4       2.7       2.6       2.8       2.8       2.9 
   Job leavers.................................       .6        .5        .6        .5        .5        .6        .6        .5        .6 
   Reentrants..................................      1.4       1.8       1.8       1.4       1.4       1.4       1.6       1.6       1.7 
   New entrants................................       .5        .7        .7        .4        .4        .4        .5        .5        .5 

   1 Data not available.
   NOTE:  Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.