Table 8. Total displaced workers (1) by selected characteristics and employment status in January 2022

Table 8. Total displaced workers(1) by selected characteristics and employment status in January 2022
(Numbers in thousands)
Characteristic	Total	Percent distribution by employment status
Characteristic	Total	Total	Employed	Unemployed	Not in labor force
Workers who lost jobs
Total, 20 years and over	8,589	100.0	67.0	13.8	19.2
20 to 24 years	775	100.0	64.1	21.6	14.3
25 to 54 years	5,791	100.0	72.2	12.5	15.3
55 to 64 years	1,439	100.0	62.3	15.2	22.5
65 years and over	584	100.0	31.3	13.0	55.7
Men, 20 years and over	4,674	100.0	71.4	13.8	14.8
20 to 24 years	427	100.0	58.9	27.0	14.1
25 to 54 years	3,176	100.0	78.1	11.5	10.4
55 to 64 years	779	100.0	65.3	16.8	17.9
65 years and over	291	100.0	32.9	11.9	55.3
Women, 20 years and over	3,916	100.0	61.8	13.8	24.4
20 to 24 years	348	100.0	70.4	15.0	14.6
25 to 54 years	2,615	100.0	65.0	13.8	21.2
55 to 64 years	660	100.0	58.7	13.3	28.0
65 years and over	293	100.0	29.8	14.1	56.1
White	6,367	100.0	66.8	13.3	19.9
Black or African American	1,245	100.0	64.8	16.9	18.3
Asian	586	100.0	71.2	12.1	16.7
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	1,771	100.0	70.2	15.0	14.9
Reason for job loss
Plant or company closed down or moved	3,071	100.0	66.6	11.2	22.2
Insufficient work	3,365	100.0	66.7	16.6	16.7
Position or shift abolished	2,153	100.0	68.1	13.2	18.7
Occupation of lost job(2)
Management, professional, and related occupations	2,762	100.0	72.4	13.1	14.6
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	1,348	100.0	75.3	12.7	12.0
Professional and related occupations	1,414	100.0	69.5	13.5	17.0
Service occupations	1,866	100.0	62.0	15.7	22.3
Sales and office occupations	1,860	100.0	62.5	13.3	24.2
Sales and related occupations	834	100.0	62.8	12.9	24.3
Office and administrative support occupations	1,025	100.0	62.2	13.6	24.2
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	712	100.0	69.6	14.5	15.9
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	31	100.0	-	-	-
Construction and extraction occupations	501	100.0	71.8	16.9	11.3
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	179	100.0	68.3	6.3	25.4
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	1,014	100.0	70.4	13.3	16.3
Production occupations	421	100.0	65.3	14.6	20.1
Transportation and material moving occupations	593	100.0	74.1	12.3	13.6
Industry and class of worker of lost job(2)
Agriculture and related industries wage and salary workers	37	100.0	-	-	-
Nonagricultural industries wage and salary workers	8,205	100.0	67.4	13.8	18.8
Private nonagricultural wage and salary workers	7,862	100.0	67.6	13.9	18.5
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	111	100.0	50.3	12.0	37.7
Construction	618	100.0	68.7	18.4	12.9
Manufacturing	905	100.0	68.6	15.1	16.3
Durable goods manufacturing	545	100.0	69.5	14.7	15.8
Nondurable goods manufacturing	359	100.0	67.2	15.6	17.2
Wholesale and retail trade	1,058	100.0	72.0	12.7	15.4
Transportation and utilities	443	100.0	71.3	11.4	17.3
Information	208	100.0	68.5	20.4	11.1
Financial activities	459	100.0	71.4	12.3	16.3
Professional and business services	1,193	100.0	70.1	15.1	14.8
Education and health services	881	100.0	66.3	11.5	22.2
Leisure and hospitality	1,628	100.0	65.4	13.6	21.1
Other services	358	100.0	51.1	13.0	35.9
Government wage and salary workers	342	100.0	62.4	10.4	27.2
(1) Data refer to all persons (regardless of years of tenure on lost job) who had lost or left a job 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 occupation, industry or class of worker of lost job, not shown separately.
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. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000).

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