Table 8. Total displaced workers (1) by selected characteristics and employment status in January 2008
Percent distribution by employment status
Total
Characteristic (thousands)
Total Employed Unemployed Not in the
labor force
Workers who lost jobs
Total, 20 years and over...................... 8,250 100.0 66.6 19.2 14.2
20 to 24 years.................................... 956 100.0 69.9 16.8 13.3
25 to 54 years.................................... 5,893 100.0 69.7 19.3 11.0
55 to 64 years.................................... 1,117 100.0 59.2 22.1 18.6
65 years and over................................. 285 100.0 18.8 14.5 66.7
Men........................................... 4,720 100.0 69.4 20.4 10.2
20 to 24 years.................................... 600 100.0 72.4 20.1 7.5
25 to 54 years.................................... 3,398 100.0 72.2 20.6 7.2
55 to 64 years.................................... 582 100.0 62.7 20.1 17.1
65 years and over................................. 140 100.0 17.5 16.9 65.6
Women......................................... 3,531 100.0 62.7 17.6 19.7
20 to 24 years.................................... 356 100.0 65.6 11.3 23.2
25 to 54 years.................................... 2,495 100.0 66.4 17.4 16.2
55 to 64 years.................................... 534 100.0 55.5 24.3 20.3
65 years and over................................. 145 100.0 20.1 12.2 67.8
White............................................. 6,510 100.0 68.0 17.6 14.3
Black or African American......................... 1,183 100.0 58.4 28.1 13.5
Asian............................................. 285 100.0 62.9 14.4 22.7
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity...................... 1,257 100.0 67.0 19.6 13.4
Reason for job loss
Plant or company closed down or moved............. 3,064 100.0 69.4 14.9 15.7
Insufficient work................................. 3,028 100.0 61.5 25.1 13.4
Position or shift abolished....................... 2,158 100.0 69.7 17.0 13.4
Occupation of lost job (2)
Management, professional, and related occupations 2,156 100.0 72.1 17.6 10.4
Management, business, and financial operations
occupations................................... 1,026 100.0 69.2 20.4 10.4
Professional and related occupations........... 1,130 100.0 74.7 15.0 10.3
Service occupations.............................. 905 100.0 61.9 18.7 19.4
Sales and office occupations..................... 2,107 100.0 66.1 16.1 17.8
Sales and related occupations.................. 885 100.0 69.8 15.1 15.2
Office and administrative support occupations.. 1,221 100.0 63.4 16.9 19.7
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
occupations..................................... 1,291 100.0 68.7 22.6 8.8
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations..... 40 100.0 (3) (3) (3)
Construction and extraction occupations........ 840 100.0 65.3 26.2 8.6
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations................................... 412 100.0 73.9 16.8 9.3
Production, transportation, and material moving
occupations..................................... 1,552 100.0 62.3 22.1 15.6
Production occupations......................... 950 100.0 63.3 22.5 14.2
Transportation and material moving occupations 603 100.0 60.7 21.5 17.8
Industry and class of worker of lost job (2)
Agriculture and related industries wage and salary
workers.......................................... 37 100.0 (3) (3) (3)
Nonagricultural industries wage and salary workers 7,985 100.0 66.8 19.1 14.2
Private nonagricultural wage and salary workers 7,735 100.0 66.7 19.1 14.2
Mining.................................... 28 100.0 (3) (3) (3)
Construction.............................. 1,016 100.0 69.7 22.6 7.7
Manufacturing............................. 1,549 100.0 65.0 20.3 14.6
Durable goods........................ 1,004 100.0 67.3 18.7 14.0
Nondurable goods..................... 546 100.0 61.0 23.3 15.7
Wholesale and retail trade................ 1,206 100.0 61.8 20.9 17.3
Transportation and utilities.............. 343 100.0 69.5 13.6 16.9
Information............................... 277 100.0 70.8 16.1 13.1
Financial activities...................... 694 100.0 69.5 19.0 11.5
Professional and business services........ 920 100.0 66.5 19.9 13.6
Education and health services............. 687 100.0 70.1 13.9 16.0
Leisure and hospitality................... 635 100.0 65.2 18.9 16.0
Other services............................ 368 100.0 68.3 13.8 17.9
Government workers.............................. 250 100.0 70.3 17.2 12.5
1 Data refer to all persons (regardless of years of tenure on lost job) who had lost or left a job
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 Total includes a small number of unpaid family workers and persons who did not report occupation,
industry, or class of worker.
3 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.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
