Table 1. Displaced workers (1) by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and employment status in January 2008
Table 1. Displaced workers (1) by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and employment status in January 2008 Percent distribution by employment status Age, sex, race, and Hispanic Total or Latino ethnicity (thousands) Total Employed Unemployed Not in the labor force TOTAL Total, 20 years and over....... 3,641 100.0 67.1 18.0 15.0 20 to 24 years..................... 127 100.0 67.5 22.8 9.7 25 to 54 years..................... 2,602 100.0 72.6 17.4 10.0 55 to 64 years..................... 708 100.0 60.8 20.7 18.5 65 years and over.................. 204 100.0 18.4 12.6 69.0 Men Total, 20 years and over....... 2,024 100.0 69.9 18.8 11.2 20 to 24 years..................... 75 100.0 66.4 22.5 11.1 25 to 54 years..................... 1,490 100.0 74.4 19.1 6.5 55 to 64 years..................... 356 100.0 68.0 17.9 14.0 65 years and over.................. 103 100.0 14.4 15.4 70.2 Women Total, 20 years and over....... 1,617 100.0 63.5 16.9 19.6 20 to 24 years..................... 53 100.0 (2) (2) (2) 25 to 54 years..................... 1,112 100.0 70.1 15.1 14.8 55 to 64 years..................... 352 100.0 53.4 23.6 23.0 65 years and over.................. 101 100.0 22.4 9.8 67.8 White Total, 20 years and over....... 3,032 100.0 67.9 16.8 15.3 Men................................ 1,684 100.0 70.8 18.2 11.0 Women.............................. 1,348 100.0 64.4 14.9 20.7 Black or African American Total, 20 years and over....... 408 100.0 58.6 28.2 13.3 Men................................ 221 100.0 60.5 25.7 13.8 Women.............................. 187 100.0 56.3 31.1 12.6 Asian Total, 20 years and over....... 122 100.0 67.3 11.7 21.0 Men................................ 65 100.0 (2) (2) (2) Women.............................. 57 100.0 (2) (2) (2) Hispanic or Latino ethnicity Total, 20 years and over....... 423 100.0 68.4 17.4 14.1 Men................................ 270 100.0 70.1 23.4 6.6 Women.............................. 153 100.0 65.5 6.9 27.6 1 Data refer to persons who had 3 or more years of tenure on a job they had lost or left between January 2005 and December 2007 because of plant or company closings or moves, insufficient work, or the abolishment of their positions or shifts. 2 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000. 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.
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