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                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Aug.      July      Aug.      Aug.      Apr.      May       June      July      Aug.  
                                                   2007      2008      2008      2007      2008      2008      2008      2008      2008  
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
              NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                         
  Job losers and persons who completed                                                                                                   
   temporary jobs..............................    3,472     4,562     4,735     3,632     4,014     4,282     4,370     4,407     4,824 
    On temporary layoff........................      865     1,134     1,126       981     1,099     1,113     1,077     1,037     1,266 
    Not on temporary layoff....................    2,606     3,428     3,609     2,652     2,915     3,169     3,292     3,370     3,559 
      Permanent job losers.....................    1,852     2,512     2,656     (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)   
      Persons who completed temporary jobs.....      755       916       953     (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)   
  Job leavers..................................      870       904     1,105       794       850       870       833       861       999 
  Reentrants...................................    2,099     2,825     2,729     2,076     2,134     2,460     2,498     2,705     2,652 
  New entrants.................................      647     1,142       909       603       624       828       748       811       820 
                                                                                                                                         
              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.............................     49.0      48.4      50.0      51.1      52.7      50.7      51.7      50.2      51.9 
     On temporary layoff.......................     12.2      12.0      11.9      13.8      14.4      13.2      12.7      11.8      13.6 
     Not on temporary layoff...................     36.8      36.3      38.1      37.3      38.2      37.5      39.0      38.4      38.3 
   Job leavers.................................     12.3       9.6      11.7      11.2      11.2      10.3       9.9       9.8      10.7 
   Reentrants..................................     29.6      29.9      28.8      29.2      28.0      29.1      29.6      30.8      28.5 
   New entrants................................      9.1      12.1       9.6       8.5       8.2       9.8       8.9       9.2       8.8 
                                                                                                                                         
         UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                                  
                 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                         
   Job losers and persons who completed                                                                                                  
    temporary jobs.............................      2.3       2.9       3.0       2.4       2.6       2.8       2.8       2.9       3.1 
   Job leavers.................................       .6        .6        .7        .5        .6        .6        .5        .6        .6 
   Reentrants..................................      1.4       1.8       1.8       1.4       1.4       1.6       1.6       1.7       1.7 
   New entrants................................       .4        .7        .6        .4        .4        .5        .5        .5        .5 

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