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Table 6. Long-tenured displaced workers (1) by selected characteristics and area of residence in January 2022

Table 6. Long-tenured displaced workers(1) by selected characteristics and area of residence in January 2022
(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

3,596 182 493 554 247 574 158 351 194 843

Men

1,889 108 240 241 138 363 82 225 93 401

Women

1,708 74 253 313 110 212 77 127 101 442

Reason for job loss

Plant or company closed down or moved

1,369 78 234 241 72 202 67 111 68 296

Insufficient work

1,113 49 144 114 81 169 54 149 57 295

Position or shift abolished

1,114 55 115 199 94 203 37 91 69 252

Industry and class of worker of lost job(2)

Agriculture and related industries wage and salary workers

10 - - - 1 - - 4 1 4

Nonagricultural industries wage and salary workers

3,507 182 480 554 242 558 149 339 193 809

Private nonagricultural wage and salary workers

3,403 173 470 548 232 550 139 323 182 786

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

50 - - 6 7 - 2 23 4 7

Construction

213 8 21 7 15 50 6 33 22 52

Manufacturing

465 27 42 137 50 32 36 53 17 71

Durable goods manufacturing

297 19 30 92 27 19 27 26 11 45

Nondurable goods manufacturing

168 8 12 45 23 13 9 27 5 26

Wholesale and retail trade

429 26 32 75 23 94 21 44 29 85

Transportation and utilities

172 8 33 5 17 46 2 18 6 37

Information

120 3 15 4 7 22 4 16 12 37

Financial activities

253 20 54 28 11 44 6 33 11 47

Professional and business services

506 14 82 88 25 88 30 32 28 121

Education and health services

433 25 56 122 26 51 24 25 15 89

Leisure and hospitality

574 35 95 57 49 88 8 32 21 189

Other services

187 7 41 20 2 34 - 14 18 51

Government wage and salary workers

104 9 10 6 10 8 9 16 12 24

Employment status in January 2022

Employed

2,346 132 278 404 191 342 114 196 129 560

Unemployed

447 13 80 39 23 75 13 56 21 128

Not in labor force

804 37 135 111 33 158 31 99 44 155

(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.
(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: September 22, 2022