Table 8. Total displaced workers(1) by selected characteristics and employment status in January 2006
Table 8. Total displaced workers (1) by selected characteristics and employment status in January 2006
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...................... 8,149 100.0 68.4 15.8 15.8
20 to 24 years.................................... 865 100.0 63.8 19.7 16.5
25 to 54 years.................................... 5,953 100.0 72.3 15.5 12.2
55 to 64 years.................................... 1,091 100.0 58.8 15.1 26.1
65 years and over................................. 241 100.0 31.1 13.1 55.8
Men........................................... 4,540 100.0 72.3 15.6 12.1
20 to 24 years.................................... 510 100.0 67.6 21.5 10.8
25 to 54 years.................................... 3,319 100.0 76.8 14.3 8.9
55 to 64 years.................................... 568 100.0 59.9 17.7 22.4
65 years and over................................. 143 100.0 34.6 16.0 49.4
Women......................................... 3,608 100.0 63.4 16.1 20.5
20 to 24 years.................................... 354 100.0 58.3 17.0 24.7
25 to 54 years.................................... 2,633 100.0 66.7 17.0 16.3
55 to 64 years.................................... 523 100.0 57.7 12.2 30.2
65 years and over................................. 98 100.0 26.0 8.8 65.2
White............................................. 6,557 100.0 69.7 14.8 15.5
Black or African American......................... 1,108 100.0 61.0 21.7 17.4
Asian............................................. 258 100.0 69.0 16.2 14.8
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity...................... 1,121 100.0 65.6 20.7 13.6
Reason for job loss
Plant or company closed down or moved............. 3,543 100.0 69.8 14.5 15.7
Insufficient work................................. 2,607 100.0 64.4 19.8 15.8
Position or shift abolished....................... 1,999 100.0 71.1 12.8 16.0
Occupation of lost job (2)
Management, professional, and related
occupations..................................... 2,237 100.0 75.3 11.7 13.0
Management, business, and financial operations
occupations................................... 1,085 100.0 74.0 14.0 12.0
Professional and related occupations........... 1,152 100.0 76.5 9.6 13.9
Service occupations.............................. 1,024 100.0 64.8 15.0 20.2
Sales and office occupations..................... 2,042 100.0 66.3 15.8 17.9
Sales and related occupations.................. 819 100.0 70.6 15.7 13.7
Office and administrative support
occupations................................... 1,223 100.0 63.4 15.8 20.8
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
occupations..................................... 1,029 100.0 69.5 19.0 11.6
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations..... 31 100.0 (3) (3) (3)
Construction and extraction occupations........ 674 100.0 66.7 20.8 12.6
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations................................... 325 100.0 76.9 14.5 8.6
Production, transportation, and material moving
occupations..................................... 1,597 100.0 64.1 18.7 17.2
Production occupations......................... 1,028 100.0 65.1 18.2 16.7
Transportation and material moving
occupations................................... 569 100.0 62.3 19.7 18.0
Industry and class of worker of lost job (2)
Agriculture and related industries wage and salary
workers.......................................... 39 100.0 (3) (3) (3)
Nonagricultural industries wage and salary
workers.......................................... 7,835 100.0 68.6 15.4 16.0
Private nonagricultural wage and salary
workers........................................ 7,466 100.0 68.5 15.7 15.8
Mining.................................... 34 100.0 (3) (3) (3)
Construction.............................. 804 100.0 69.9 17.6 12.6
Manufacturing............................. 1,822 100.0 66.3 16.2 17.5
Durable goods........................ 1,144 100.0 67.0 14.0 18.9
Nondurable goods..................... 678 100.0 65.1 19.7 15.2
Wholesale and retail trade................ 1,172 100.0 64.3 17.7 18.0
Transportation and utilities.............. 333 100.0 77.2 15.8 7.0
Information............................... 304 100.0 74.9 9.1 16.1
Financial activities...................... 595 100.0 76.3 11.8 11.9
Professional and business services........ 938 100.0 68.8 16.5 14.7
Education and health services............. 607 100.0 69.8 11.6 18.6
Leisure and hospitality................... 597 100.0 67.4 16.8 15.8
Other services............................ 258 100.0 60.3 19.4 20.3
Government workers.............................. 370 100.0 71.0 9.0 20.0
1 Data refer to all persons (regardless of years of tenure on lost job) who had lost or left a job
between January 2003 and December 2005 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. In addition, persons whose ethnicity is
identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race and, therefore, are classified by ethnicity as well
as by race.
Last Modified Date: September 15, 2006
Bureau of Labor Statistics
