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Table 2. Displaced workers(1) by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and reason for job loss, January 2006

     Table 2.  Displaced workers (1) by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and reason for job loss, 
     January 2006
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
                                                                       Percent distribution by reason for job loss     
                                                                                                                       
             Age, sex, race, and Hispanic             Total                                                            
                 or Latino ethnicity               (thousands)                   Plant or                  Position or 
                                                                    Total        company     Insufficient     shift    
                                                                               closed down       work       abolished  
                                                                                 or moved                              
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
                        TOTAL                                                                                          
                                                                                                                       
         Total, 20 years and over................      3,815        100.0          49.0          22.2          28.8    
     20 to 24 years..............................        111        100.0          39.1          42.8          18.1    
     25 to 54 years..............................      2,841        100.0          48.5          22.6          28.9    
     55 to 64 years..............................        728        100.0          53.2          16.5          30.2    
     65 years and over...........................        135        100.0          44.1          28.8          27.1    
                                                                                                                       
                         Men                                                                                           
                                                                                                                       
         Total, 20 years and over................      2,076        100.0          48.8          24.8          26.5    
     20 to 24 years..............................         67        100.0          29.7          61.6           8.7    
     25 to 54 years..............................      1,552        100.0          48.2          24.5          27.3    
     55 to 64 years..............................        378        100.0          53.9          17.5          28.6    
     65 years and over...........................         80        100.0          51.9          32.9          15.2    
                                                                                                                       
                        Women                                                                                          
                                                                                                                       
         Total, 20 years and over................      1,739        100.0          49.2          19.2          31.6    
     20 to 24 years..............................         44        100.0          (2)           (2)           (2)     
     25 to 54 years..............................      1,289        100.0          48.9          20.3          30.8    
     55 to 64 years..............................        350        100.0          52.5          15.5          32.0    
     65 years and over...........................         55        100.0          (2)           (2)           (2)     
                                                                                                                       
                        White                                                                                          
                                                                                                                       
         Total, 20 years and over................      3,169        100.0          49.5          22.1          28.4    
     Men.........................................      1,784        100.0          49.6          23.9          26.6    
     Women.......................................      1,386        100.0          49.5          19.8          30.7    
                                                                                                                       
              Black or African American                                                                                
                                                                                                                       
         Total, 20 years and over................        452        100.0          42.5          19.7          37.8    
     Men.........................................        181        100.0          37.3          29.2          33.5    
     Women.......................................        271        100.0          45.9          13.4          40.7    
                                                                                                                       
                        Asian                                                                                          
                                                                                                                       
         Total, 20 years and over................        113        100.0          52.3          25.9          21.8    
     Men.........................................         65        100.0          (2)           (2)           (2)     
     Women.......................................         48        100.0          (2)           (2)           (2)     
                                                                                                                       
             Hispanic or Latino ethnicity                                                                              
                                                                                                                       
         Total, 20 years and over................        416        100.0          59.6          26.1          14.3    
     Men.........................................        230        100.0          63.0          29.9           7.2    
     Women.......................................        187        100.0          55.5          21.4          23.1    

       1 Data refer to persons who had 3 or more years of tenure on a job they had lost or left between January 2003
     and December 2005 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.  In addition, persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or
     Latino may be of any race and, therefore, are classified by ethnicity as well as by race.

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