Table 6. Long-tenured displaced workers (1) by selected characteristics and area of residence in January 2020

Table 6. Long-tenured displaced workers (1) by selected characteristics and area of residence in January 2020

Table 6. Long-tenured displaced workers(1) by selected characteristics and area of residence in January 2020
(In thousands)
Characteristic	Total	New England	Middle Atlantic	East North Central	West North Central	South Atlantic	East South Central	West South Central	Mountain	Pacific
Workers who lost jobs
Total, 20 years and over	2,672	147	326	408	177	445	108	404	215	442
Men	1,466	78	189	215	109	236	59	199	127	255
Women	1,206	69	137	193	68	210	49	206	88	187
Reason for job loss
Plant or company closed down or moved	1,084	48	114	184	66	185	52	152	85	198
Insufficient work	621	45	82	84	41	112	28	91	45	93
Position or shift abolished	967	54	130	140	70	148	27	162	84	151
Industry and class of worker of lost job(2)
Agriculture and related industries wage and salary workers	26	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	3	13
Nonagricultural industries wage and salary workers	2,621	143	326	398	172	440	108	395	211	429
Private nonagricultural wage and salary workers	2,481	134	316	376	161	409	103	379	201	401
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	31	-	-	-	-	-	1	25	1	4
Construction	189	12	25	13	4	53	15	15	27	27
Manufacturing	461	24	54	92	44	70	18	41	25	94
Durable goods manufacturing	279	21	29	59	20	45	12	21	21	51
Nondurable goods manufacturing	182	3	25	32	23	25	6	19	4	43
Wholesale and retail trade	435	18	51	65	24	79	17	87	34	60
Transportation and utilities	85	4	11	23	5	4	2	19	6	12
Information	126	9	19	21	13	6	12	22	3	20
Financial activities	256	9	40	55	15	30	14	56	4	33
Professional and business services	393	25	52	34	29	74	16	58	38	67
Education and health services	278	22	36	46	14	51	4	30	38	36
Leisure and hospitality	140	6	19	9	9	34	5	15	17	27
Other services	86	5	10	18	3	9	-	12	7	21
Government wage and salary workers	140	8	10	21	11	31	4	16	10	28
Employment status in January 2020
Employed	1,872	103	206	300	137	301	56	292	176	301
Unemployed	331	19	41	47	17	68	13	35	15	75
Not in labor force	469	25	79	61	23	77	38	77	24	65
(1) Data refer to persons who had 3 or more years of tenure on a job they had lost or left between January 2017 and December 2019 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 of lost job, not shown separately.
NOTE: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont compose the New England Division; New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania compose the Middle Atlantic Division; Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin compose the East North Central Division; Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota compose the West North Central Division; Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia compose the South Atlantic Division; Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee compose the East South Central Division; Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas compose the West South Central Division; Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming compose the Mountain Division; Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington compose the Pacific Division. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000).

Last Modified Date: August 27, 2020

Table 6. Long-tenured displaced workers (1) by selected characteristics and area of residence in January 2020

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