Table 6. Long-tenured displaced workers (1) by selected characteristics and area of residence in January 2018

Table 6. Long-tenured displaced workers(1) by selected characteristics and area of residence in January 2018
(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	2,981	183	362	470	209	541	184	377	206	449
Men	1,681	82	242	241	131	298	103	236	117	231
Women	1,301	100	121	229	78	244	81	141	89	217
Reason for job loss
Plant or company closed down or moved	1,093	74	85	162	63	211	98	146	67	186
Insufficient work	786	36	128	111	58	108	50	124	50	122
Position or shift abolished	1,103	73	149	197	87	222	36	108	89	141
Industry and class of worker of lost job(2)
Agriculture and related industries wage and salary workers	35	8	-	-	3	4	-	1	1	19
Nonagricultural industries wage and salary workers	2,893	165	362	458	206	517	184	372	206	423
Private nonagricultural wage and salary workers	2,772	152	353	428	191	498	177	367	195	411
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	96	-	4	-	3	8	8	44	28	1
Construction	165	4	18	17	13	37	12	22	18	25
Manufacturing	479	39	60	128	27	63	31	43	28	60
Durable goods manufacturing	313	23	48	68	15	46	11	43	21	38
Nondurable goods manufacturing	166	16	12	60	12	17	20	-	7	22
Wholesale and retail trade	479	28	43	80	44	63	61	61	21	78
Transportation and utilities	88	0	16	10	8	28	2	3	6	15
Information	98	1	32	18	10	9	-	12	5	11
Financial activities	205	17	10	37	17	63	16	25	1	18
Professional and business services	439	27	56	50	31	87	7	95	36	51
Education and health services	368	29	54	44	28	67	12	25	22	88
Leisure and hospitality	234	5	48	24	8	42	18	26	15	47
Other services	108	1	14	21	2	23	10	10	10	16
Government wage and salary workers	120	13	9	29	15	19	7	5	11	12
Employment status in January 2018
Employed	1,978	122	247	295	139	358	134	244	128	312
Unemployed	429	31	59	72	19	73	13	53	33	77
Not in the labor force	574	30	56	103	51	110	38	80	45	60
(1) Data refer to persons who had 3 or more years of tenure on a job they had lost or left between January 2015 and December 2017 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 represents or rounds to zero.

Last Modified Date: August 28, 2018

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

Table 6. Long-tenured displaced workers (1) by selected characteristics and area of residence in January 2018

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