Table 28. Displaced workers by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and employment status in January 2010

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Table 28. Displaced workers (1) by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and employment status in January 2010
Age, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	Total (in thousands)	Percent distribution by employment status
Age, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	Total (in thousands)	Total	Employed	Unemployed	Not in labor force
Total
Total, 20 years and over	6,938	100.0	48.8	36.1	15.2
20 to 24 years	227	100.0	54.8	29.8	15.4
25 to 54 years	4,923	100.0	53.4	35.6	11.0
55 to 64 years	1,395	100.0	38.7	39.9	21.4
65 years and over	392	100.0	22.5	32.4	45.1
Women, 20 years and over	2,754	100.0	48.5	31.4	20.1
20 to 24 years	84	100.0	55.8	14.6	29.7
25 to 54 years	1,892	100.0	53.9	31.0	15.1
55 to 64 years	585	100.0	39.2	37.8	23.0
65 years and over	194	100.0	20.7	23.3	56.0
Men, 20 years and over	4,183	100.0	49.0	39.1	11.9
20 to 24 years	144	100.0	54.2	38.7	7.1
25 to 54 years	3,031	100.0	53.1	38.4	8.4
55 to 64 years	810	100.0	38.4	41.4	20.2
65 years and over	198	100.0	24.3	41.2	34.5
White
Total, 20 years and over	5,716	100.0	50.3	35.0	14.8
Women	2,198	100.0	49.5	30.4	20.2
Men	3,518	100.0	50.8	37.8	11.4
Black or African American
Total, 20 years and over	761	100.0	42.9	41.2	15.9
Women	351	100.0	46.7	32.8	20.4
Men	410	100.0	39.7	48.4	12.0
Asian
Total, 20 years and over	294	100.0	37.8	47.8	14.3
Women	135	100.0	41.5	43.4	15.1
Men	160	100.0	34.8	51.5	13.7
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total, 20 years and over	993	100.0	48.7	38.0	13.4
Women	297	100.0	40.1	35.8	24.1
Men	696	100.0	52.3	38.9	8.8
Footnotes: (1) Data refer to persons who had 3 or more years of tenure on a job they had lost or left between January 2007 and December 2009 because of plant or company closings or moves, insufficient work, or the abolishment of their positions or shifts.
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 2010 Displaced Worker supplement to the Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Last Modified Date: March 16, 2011