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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

Women in the Labor Force: A Databook (2009 Edition)

Table 32. Displaced workers (1) by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and employment status in January 2008
Age, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicityTotal (in thousands)Percent distribution by employment status
TotalEmployedUnemployedNot in labor force
Total

Total, 20 years and over

3,641100.067.118.015.0

20 to 24 years

127100.067.522.89.7

25 to 54 years

2,602100.072.617.410.0

55 to 64 years

708100.060.820.718.5

65 years and over

204100.018.412.669.0

Women, 20 years and over

1,617100.063.516.919.6

20 to 24 years

53100.0(2)(2)(2)

25 to 54 years

1,112100.070.115.114.8

55 to 64 years

352100.053.423.623.0

65 years and over

101100.022.49.867.8

Men, 20 years and over

2,024100.069.918.811.2

20 to 24 years

75100.066.422.511.1

25 to 54 years

1,490100.074.419.16.5

55 to 64 years

356100.068.017.914.0

65 years and over

103100.014.415.470.2
White

Total, 20 years and over

3,032100.067.916.815.3

Women

1,348100.064.414.920.7

Men

1,684100.070.818.211.0
Black or African American

Total, 20 years and over

408100.058.628.213.3

Women

187100.056.331.112.6

Men

221100.060.525.713.8
Asian

Total, 20 years and over

122100.067.311.721.0

Women

57100.0(2)(2)(2)

Men

65100.0(2)(2)(2)
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Total, 20 years and over

423100.068.417.414.1

Women

153100.065.56.927.6

Men

270100.070.123.46.6

Footnotes:
(1) Data refer to persons who had 3 or more years of tenure on a job they had lost or left between January 2005 and December 2007 because of plant or company closings or moves, insufficient work, or the abolishment of their positions or shifts.
(2) Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.

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.

 

SOURCE: January 2008 Displaced Worker supplement to the Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.