Economic News Release

     Table 2.  Displaced workers (1) by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and reason for job loss,
     January 2008
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
                                                                       Percent distribution by reason for job loss     
                                                                                                                       
             Age, sex, race, and Hispanic             Total                                                            
                 or Latino ethnicity               (thousands)                   Plant or                  Position or 
                                                                    Total        company     Insufficient     shift    
                                                                               closed down       work       abolished  
                                                                                 or moved                              
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
                        TOTAL                                                                                          
                                                                                                                       
         Total, 20 years and over................      3,641        100.0          45.3          23.9          30.8    
     20 to 24 years..............................        127        100.0          42.4          39.8          17.7    
     25 to 54 years..............................      2,602        100.0          44.8          25.2          30.0    
     55 to 64 years..............................        708        100.0          45.7          17.6          36.7    
     65 years and over...........................        204        100.0          52.2          19.2          28.5    
                                                                                                                       
                         Men                                                                                           
                                                                                                                       
         Total, 20 years and over................      2,024        100.0          43.6          27.9          28.5    
     20 to 24 years..............................         75        100.0          34.2          52.6          13.2    
     25 to 54 years..............................      1,490        100.0          42.0          29.1          28.9    
     55 to 64 years..............................        356        100.0          49.7          18.7          31.6    
     65 years and over...........................        103        100.0          52.3          24.3          23.4    
                                                                                                                       
                        Women                                                                                          
                                                                                                                       
         Total, 20 years and over................      1,617        100.0          47.4          19.0          33.6    
     20 to 24 years..............................         53        100.0          (2)           (2)           (2)     
     25 to 54 years..............................      1,112        100.0          48.5          20.1          31.4    
     55 to 64 years..............................        352        100.0          41.6          16.5          41.9    
     65 years and over...........................        101        100.0          52.2          14.1          33.8    
                                                                                                                       
                        White                                                                                          
                                                                                                                       
         Total, 20 years and over................      3,032        100.0          45.4          23.5          31.1    
     Men.........................................      1,684        100.0          43.5          27.8          28.7    
     Women.......................................      1,348        100.0          47.9          18.1          34.1    
                                                                                                                       
              Black or African American                                                                                
                                                                                                                       
         Total, 20 years and over................        408        100.0          46.6          26.9          26.4    
     Men.........................................        221        100.0          41.8          31.0          27.2    
     Women.......................................        187        100.0          52.4          22.1          25.5    
                                                                                                                       
                        Asian                                                                                          
                                                                                                                       
         Total, 20 years and over................        122        100.0          44.7          15.7          39.5    
     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          43.5          39.5          17.0    
     Men.........................................        270        100.0          41.0          47.5          11.5    
     Women.......................................        153        100.0          47.9          25.4          26.6    
     
        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.