Table 4. Long-tenured displaced workers (1) by industry and class of worker of lost job and employment status in January 2012
Table 4. Long-tenured displaced workers (1) by industry and class of worker of lost job and employment status in
January 2012
(Numbers in thousands)
Percent distribution by employment status
Industry and class of worker of lost job Total
Total Employed Unemployed Not in the
labor force
Total, 20 years and over (2)........................ 6,121 100.0 56.0 26.7 17.4
Agriculture and related industries wage and salary
workers................................................. 43 100.0 (3) (3) (3)
Nonagricultural industries wage and salary workers....... 5,974 100.0 55.7 26.8 17.4
Private nonagricultural wage and salary workers........ 5,629 100.0 55.8 26.8 17.4
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction.... 29 100.0 (3) (3) (3)
Construction..................................... 691 100.0 58.7 24.9 16.4
Manufacturing.................................... 1,183 100.0 55.6 23.8 20.6
Durable goods manufacturing ................ 844 100.0 55.6 23.5 20.9
Primary metals and fabricated metal
products............................... 126 100.0 67.6 19.7 12.7
Machinery manufacturing................. 93 100.0 49.5 20.6 29.9
Computers and electronic products....... 151 100.0 52.9 25.8 21.3
Electrical equipment and appliances..... 24 100.0 (3) (3) (3)
Transportation equipment................ 169 100.0 50.1 22.0 27.9
Miscellaneous manufacturing............. 123 100.0 58.2 22.5 19.3
Other durable goods industries.......... 158 100.0 55.4 25.6 18.9
Nondurable goods manufacturing ............. 339 100.0 55.5 24.7 19.8
Food manufacturing...................... 52 100.0 (3) (3) (3)
Textiles, apparel, and leather.......... 55 100.0 (3) (3) (3)
Paper and printing...................... 75 100.0 55.7 31.5 12.7
Other nondurable goods industries....... 158 100.0 51.5 23.2 25.2
Wholesale and retail trade....................... 859 100.0 49.9 32.1 18.0
Wholesale trade............................. 197 100.0 49.9 30.2 19.9
Retail trade................................ 663 100.0 49.9 32.6 17.4
Transportation and utilities (4)................. 240 100.0 66.5 20.7 12.8
Transportation and warehousing.............. 207 100.0 71.7 15.8 12.5
Information (4).................................. 197 100.0 56.4 27.9 15.7
Telecommunications.......................... 81 100.0 70.6 15.2 14.2
Financial activities............................. 478 100.0 54.9 26.9 18.2
Finance and insurance....................... 352 100.0 63.6 21.1 15.3
Finance................................. 237 100.0 65.8 19.3 14.9
Insurance............................... 115 100.0 59.2 24.8 16.0
Real estate and rental and leasing.......... 127 100.0 30.8 42.9 26.3
Professional and business services............... 751 100.0 55.1 31.0 13.9
Professional and technical services......... 442 100.0 59.4 28.9 11.6
Management, administrative, and waste
services................................... 309 100.0 48.8 34.1 17.1
Education and health services.................... 605 100.0 56.5 28.0 15.6
Educational services........................ 111 100.0 64.8 16.4 18.7
Health care and social assistance (4)....... 494 100.0 54.6 30.6 14.8
Hospitals............................... 136 100.0 55.3 26.8 17.9
Health services, except hospitals....... 259 100.0 57.7 26.3 15.9
Leisure and hospitality (4)...................... 381 100.0 61.7 21.4 17.0
Accommodation and food services (4)......... 288 100.0 61.8 21.7 16.5
Food services and drinking places....... 235 100.0 57.7 23.4 18.9
Other services................................... 201 100.0 55.1 27.7 17.2
Government wage and salary workers..................... 345 100.0 54.3 26.9 18.8
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 Total includes a small number of unpaid family workers and persons who did not report industry or class of
worker, not shown separately.
3 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.
4 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
Last Modified Date: August 24, 2012
