Table 2. Long-tenured displaced workers (1) by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and reason for job loss, January 2022

Table 2. Long-tenured displaced workers(1) by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and reason for job loss, January 2022
(Numbers in thousands)
Characteristic	Total	Percent distribution by reason for job loss
Characteristic	Total	Total	Plant or company closed down or moved	Insufficient work	Position or shift abolished
Total
Total, 20 years and over	3,596	100.0	38.1	30.9	31.0
20 to 24 years	119	100.0	39.1	39.2	21.7
25 to 54 years	2,227	100.0	37.9	31.2	30.8
55 to 64 years	852	100.0	35.7	32.8	31.5
65 years and over	398	100.0	43.5	23.0	33.5
Men
Total, 20 years and over	1,889	100.0	35.2	33.3	31.5
20 to 24 years	65	100.0	-	-	-
25 to 54 years	1,201	100.0	35.7	32.5	31.8
55 to 64 years	426	100.0	35.9	35.0	29.1
65 years and over	197	100.0	37.8	26.6	35.6
Women
Total, 20 years and over	1,708	100.0	41.3	28.3	30.4
20 to 24 years	54	100.0	-	-	-
25 to 54 years	1,027	100.0	40.5	29.7	29.8
55 to 64 years	426	100.0	35.5	30.6	33.8
65 years and over	201	100.0	49.1	19.5	31.4
White
Total, 20 years and over	2,819	100.0	37.1	30.2	32.7
Men	1,428	100.0	34.1	33.4	32.5
Women	1,391	100.0	40.2	27.0	32.9
Black or African American
Total, 20 years and over	357	100.0	44.4	28.4	27.2
Men	203	100.0	39.3	30.1	30.7
Women	154	100.0	51.2	26.2	22.6
Asian
Total, 20 years and over	278	100.0	29.7	42.0	28.3
Men	189	100.0	26.5	41.1	32.5
Women	89	100.0	36.4	44.1	19.5
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total, 20 years and over	597	100.0	46.3	35.2	18.5
Men	312	100.0	40.6	42.8	16.6
Women	285	100.0	52.5	26.9	20.6
(1) Data refer to persons who had 3 or more years of tenure on a job they had lost or left between January 2019 and December 2021 because of plant or company closings or moves, insufficient work, or the abolishment of their positions or shifts.
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. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000).

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Last Modified Date: September 22, 2022