Table 6. Long-tenured displaced workers (1) by selected characteristics and area of residence in January 2016
Table 6. Long-tenured displaced workers (1) by selected characteristics and area of residence in January 2016
(In thousands)
New Middle East West South East West
Characteristic Total England Atlant- North North Atlant- South South Mountain Pacific
ic Central Central ic Central Central
Workers who lost jobs
Total, 20 years and over........ 3,191 154 392 519 267 640 145 299 275 501
Men................................. 1,773 94 202 284 139 327 62 164 186 313
Women............................... 1,419 59 190 235 128 313 83 135 88 188
Reason for job loss
Plant or company closed down or
moved.............................. 1,192 49 168 194 98 248 53 111 88 182
Insufficient work................... 816 43 110 144 47 154 36 99 62 121
Position or shift abolished......... 1,183 63 114 181 121 238 56 88 125 197
Industry and class of worker of lost
job (2)
Agriculture and related industries
wage and salary workers.......... 11 - - - 2 3 1 - 1 4
Nonagricultural industries wage and
salary workers................... 3,125 149 385 512 262 617 144 297 266 492
Private nonagricultural wage and
salary workers................... 2,960 140 368 491 244 588 130 278 257 463
Mining, quarrying, and oil
and gas extraction......... 76 - 3 - 3 8 7 26 21 7
Construction................ 217 11 32 50 17 35 7 5 16 43
Manufacturing............... 553 36 72 115 64 75 23 69 44 56
Durable goods.......... 332 25 40 81 34 31 7 41 34 38
Nondurable goods....... 221 12 31 33 30 44 16 28 10 18
Wholesale and retail trade.. 480 18 60 70 48 103 33 50 33 65
Transportation and utilities 112 10 14 10 2 22 6 15 1 32
Information................. 159 3 18 18 19 47 7 4 15 27
Financial activities........ 279 22 38 42 28 52 11 33 24 29
Professional and business
services................... 383 19 38 78 20 97 10 22 40 59
Education and health
services................... 384 14 62 60 19 75 25 38 36 54
Leisure and hospitality..... 207 2 13 33 14 43 2 16 17 69
Other services.............. 109 4 17 16 9 31 - - 8 22
Government wage and salary workers 165 9 17 22 18 29 13 20 9 29
Employment status
in January 2016
Employed............................ 2,089 84 221 319 191 432 77 203 206 356
Unemployed.......................... 509 26 81 92 29 106 27 35 31 82
Not in the labor force.............. 593 44 90 108 47 102 41 61 38 62
1 Data refer to persons who had 3 or more years of tenure on a job they had lost or left between January 2013 and
December 2015 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.
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 represents or
rounds to zero.