Table 6. Long-tenured displaced workers (1) by selected characteristics and area of residence in January 2024

Table 6. Long-tenured displaced workers(1) by selected characteristics and area of residence in January 2024
(In thousands)
Characteristic	Total	New England	Middle Atlantic	East North Central	West North Central	South Atlantic	East South Central	West South Central	Mountain	Pacific
Workers who lost jobs
Total, 20 years and over	2,578	159	424	393	156	364	97	238	230	517
Men	1,428	101	220	194	81	218	61	123	127	303
Women	1,151	58	204	200	74	146	36	116	103	214
Reason for job loss
Plant or company closed down or moved	941	55	151	179	49	91	36	97	94	189
Insufficient work	670	42	128	88	27	151	14	57	64	99
Position or shift abolished	967	62	145	127	80	122	46	85	72	228
Industry and class of worker of lost job(2)
Agriculture and related industries wage and salary workers	26	4	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	18
Nonagricultural industries wage and salary workers	2,482	154	413	390	156	352	97	213	220	488
Private nonagricultural wage and salary workers	2,358	146	398	373	149	342	93	206	201	450
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	6	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	4	-
Construction	157	13	11	4	15	19	3	16	32	45
Manufacturing	427	22	100	127	16	51	10	43	21	37
Durable goods manufacturing	265	21	62	83	11	29	3	23	10	23
Nondurable goods manufacturing	163	1	38	44	5	21	7	21	11	14
Wholesale and retail trade	348	20	58	54	29	47	20	28	33	59
Transportation and utilities	124	13	13	10	5	38	5	16	6	19
Information	111	6	24	11	3	21	-	2	9	34
Financial activities	175	12	18	32	32	12	4	24	14	27
Professional and business services	390	22	32	34	16	78	27	37	36	107
Education and health services	308	29	61	56	18	35	13	21	20	54
Leisure and hospitality	186	5	55	20	5	12	4	9	13	63
Other services	126	3	26	25	10	29	7	9	13	5
Government wage and salary workers	124	8	15	16	6	10	3	7	20	38
Employment status in January 2024
Employed	1,693	107	276	265	106	225	74	147	158	335
Unemployed	415	14	60	60	20	83	16	49	38	75
Not in labor force	470	38	88	68	30	57	7	42	34	107
(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. (2) Total includes a small number of unpaid family workers and persons who did not report industry or class of worker of lost job, not shown separately.
NOTE: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont compose the New England Division; New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania compose the Middle Atlantic Division; Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin compose the East North Central Division; Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota compose the West North Central Division; Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia compose the South Atlantic Division; Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee compose the East South Central Division; Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas compose the West South Central Division; Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming compose the Mountain Division; Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington compose the Pacific Division. 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