Table 1. Long-tenured displaced workers (1) by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and employment status in January 2012
Table 1. Long-tenured displaced workers (1) by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and
employment status in January 2012
(Numbers in thousands)
Percent distribution by employment status
Age, sex, race, and Hispanic
or Latino ethnicity Total
Total Employed Unemployed Not in the
labor force
TOTAL
Total, 20 years and over....... 6,121 100.0 56.0 26.7 17.4
20 to 24 years..................... 128 100.0 61.7 22.4 15.9
25 to 54 years..................... 4,268 100.0 61.5 26.2 12.3
55 to 64 years..................... 1,338 100.0 47.4 28.1 24.5
65 years and over.................. 386 100.0 23.5 27.5 49.0
Men
Total, 20 years and over....... 3,440 100.0 60.9 23.4 15.7
20 to 24 years..................... 78 100.0 70.6 15.0 14.4
25 to 54 years..................... 2,438 100.0 66.7 22.7 10.6
55 to 64 years..................... 727 100.0 50.8 25.6 23.7
65 years and over.................. 197 100.0 23.5 27.3 49.2
Women
Total, 20 years and over....... 2,681 100.0 49.7 30.8 19.5
20 to 24 years..................... 50 100.0 (2) (2) (2)
25 to 54 years..................... 1,831 100.0 54.6 30.9 14.5
55 to 64 years..................... 611 100.0 43.3 31.1 25.6
65 years and over.................. 189 100.0 23.5 27.7 48.8
White
Total, 20 years and over....... 5,027 100.0 57.4 26.1 16.5
Men................................ 2,920 100.0 61.9 23.1 14.9
Women.............................. 2,107 100.0 51.2 30.2 18.7
Black or African American
Total, 20 years and over....... 662 100.0 46.1 31.2 22.7
Men................................ 284 100.0 52.7 24.8 22.4
Women.............................. 378 100.0 41.2 35.9 22.9
Asian
Total, 20 years and over....... 230 100.0 60.3 26.7 13.1
Men................................ 121 100.0 61.5 27.6 10.9
Women.............................. 109 100.0 58.9 25.6 15.5
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total, 20 years and over....... 901 100.0 54.9 27.7 17.4
Men................................ 594 100.0 60.3 25.7 14.0
Women.............................. 307 100.0 44.3 31.6 24.1
1 Data refer to persons who had 3 or more years of tenure on a job they had lost or left between
January 2009 and December 2011 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.