Table 8. Total displaced workers (1) by selected characteristics and employment status in January 2012
(Numbers in thousands)
Percent distribution by employment status
Characteristic Total
Total Employed Unemployed Not in the
labor force
Workers who lost jobs
Total, 20 years and over...................... 12,854 100.0 56.9 27.5 15.7
20 to 24 years.................................... 1,118 100.0 54.4 27.2 18.4
25 to 54 years.................................... 9,220 100.0 60.7 27.4 11.9
55 to 64 years.................................... 2,006 100.0 49.2 28.3 22.5
65 years and over................................. 509 100.0 22.3 27.2 50.5
Men, 20 years and over........................ 7,485 100.0 60.5 26.7 12.8
20 to 24 years.................................... 668 100.0 55.1 30.9 13.9
25 to 54 years.................................... 5,457 100.0 64.5 26.1 9.4
55 to 64 years.................................... 1,092 100.0 53.2 26.6 20.2
65 years and over................................. 268 100.0 23.0 26.4 50.6
Women, 20 years and over...................... 5,368 100.0 51.7 28.6 19.6
20 to 24 years.................................... 450 100.0 53.3 21.7 25.0
25 to 54 years.................................... 3,763 100.0 55.2 29.1 15.7
55 to 64 years.................................... 915 100.0 44.5 30.3 25.2
65 years and over................................. 241 100.0 21.5 28.1 50.4
White............................................. 10,166 100.0 58.8 26.6 14.6
Black or African American......................... 1,686 100.0 47.3 31.8 20.9
Asian............................................. 493 100.0 54.1 29.7 16.2
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity...................... 2,304 100.0 54.8 30.5 14.7
Reason for job loss
Plant or company closed down or moved............. 3,424 100.0 59.7 23.1 17.2
Insufficient work................................. 6,119 100.0 54.2 29.9 16.0
Position or shift abolished....................... 3,311 100.0 58.9 27.5 13.5
Occupation of lost job (2)
Management, professional, and related occupations 3,492 100.0 64.7 23.2 12.1
Management, business, and financial operations
occupations................................... 1,764 100.0 64.0 24.9 11.1
Professional and related occupations........... 1,728 100.0 65.5 21.4 13.1
Service occupations.............................. 1,752 100.0 50.6 30.8 18.7
Sales and office occupations..................... 3,179 100.0 52.4 29.5 18.1
Sales and related occupations.................. 1,424 100.0 54.5 26.9 18.6
Office and administrative support occupations.. 1,755 100.0 50.7 31.6 17.7
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
occupations..................................... 1,904 100.0 58.3 29.3 12.4
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations..... 61 100.0 (3) (3) (3)
Construction and extraction occupations........ 1,297 100.0 55.5 31.5 12.9
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations................................... 546 100.0 64.4 24.4 11.2
Production, transportation, and material moving
occupations..................................... 2,159 100.0 55.4 26.7 17.9
Production occupations......................... 1,228 100.0 53.3 26.9 19.9
Transportation and material moving occupations 931 100.0 58.3 26.5 15.2
Industry and class of worker of lost job (2)
Agriculture and related industries wage and salary
workers.......................................... 90 100.0 53.5 35.3 11.1
Nonagricultural industries wage and salary workers 12,403 100.0 57.0 27.4 15.6
Private nonagricultural wage and salary workers 11,733 100.0 57.1 27.4 15.5
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas
extraction............................... 85 100.0 62.0 22.6 15.5
Construction.............................. 1,579 100.0 57.8 29.6 12.6
Manufacturing............................. 2,024 100.0 58.7 25.4 15.8
Durable goods........................ 1,437 100.0 57.3 26.3 16.4
Nondurable goods..................... 586 100.0 62.3 23.2 14.5
Wholesale and retail trade................ 1,835 100.0 52.6 29.0 18.4
Transportation and utilities.............. 559 100.0 62.5 24.5 13.0
Information............................... 314 100.0 56.6 28.8 14.6
Financial activities...................... 792 100.0 57.6 26.5 15.9
Professional and business services........ 1,676 100.0 57.6 27.6 14.7
Education and health services............. 1,193 100.0 58.4 26.1 15.5
Leisure and hospitality................... 1,144 100.0 57.6 27.1 15.3
Other services............................ 512 100.0 54.1 29.5 16.5
Government wage and salary workers.............. 670 100.0 55.8 27.3 16.8
1 Data refer to all persons (regardless of years of tenure on lost job) who had lost or left a job
between January 2009 and December 2011 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, not shown separately.
3 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.
Beginning with displacement data for January 2012, occupations reflect the introduction of the 2010
Census occupational classification system into the Current Population Survey. This classification system
is derived from the 2010 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). No historical data have been
revised. Data for 2012 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.
