Table 1. Long-tenured displaced workers (1) by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and employment status in January 2024

Table 1. Long-tenured displaced workers(1) by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and employment status in January 2024
(Numbers in thousands)
Characteristic	Total	Percent distribution by employment status
Characteristic	Total	Total	Employed	Unemployed	Not in labor force
Total
Total, 20 years and over	2,578	100.0	65.7	16.1	18.2
20 to 24 years	92	100.0	85.1	14.9	-
25 to 54 years	1,524	100.0	74.5	16.7	8.8
55 to 64 years	710	100.0	55.3	16.1	28.6
65 years and over	253	100.0	34.4	13.1	52.5
Men
Total, 20 years and over	1,428	100.0	65.2	14.9	19.9
20 to 24 years	60	100.0	-	-	-
25 to 54 years	860	100.0	75.8	15.4	8.8
55 to 64 years	390	100.0	46.0	17.3	36.6
65 years and over	118	100.0	40.7	3.9	55.4
Women
Total, 20 years and over	1,151	100.0	66.2	17.6	16.2
20 to 24 years	32	100.0	-	-	-
25 to 54 years	664	100.0	72.9	18.3	8.8
55 to 64 years	319	100.0	66.5	14.6	18.8
65 years and over	135	100.0	29.0	21.1	50.0
White
Total, 20 years and over	2,052	100.0	64.1	16.2	19.7
Men	1,131	100.0	59.9	17.2	22.9
Women	921	100.0	69.3	14.9	15.8
Black or African American
Total, 20 years and over	298	100.0	72.7	15.6	11.7
Men	175	100.0	92.5	0.7	6.8
Women	123	100.0	44.6	36.7	18.7
Asian
Total, 20 years and over	155	100.0	63.5	17.9	18.6
Men	83	100.0	76.7	10.1	13.3
Women	72	100.0	-	-	-
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total, 20 years and over	454	100.0	67.0	21.6	11.5
Men	239	100.0	73.6	21.2	5.2
Women	216	100.0	59.7	21.9	18.4
(1) Data refer to persons who had 3 or more years of tenure on a job they had lost or left between January 2021 and December 2023 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. 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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Last Modified Date: August 29, 2024