Table 6. Long-tenured displaced workers (1) by selected characteristics and area of residence in January 2022

Table 6. Long-tenured displaced workers(1) by selected characteristics and area of residence in January 2022
(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	3,596	182	493	554	247	574	158	351	194	843
Men	1,889	108	240	241	138	363	82	225	93	401
Women	1,708	74	253	313	110	212	77	127	101	442
Reason for job loss
Plant or company closed down or moved	1,369	78	234	241	72	202	67	111	68	296
Insufficient work	1,113	49	144	114	81	169	54	149	57	295
Position or shift abolished	1,114	55	115	199	94	203	37	91	69	252
Industry and class of worker of lost job(2)
Agriculture and related industries wage and salary workers	10	-	-	-	1	-	-	4	1	4
Nonagricultural industries wage and salary workers	3,507	182	480	554	242	558	149	339	193	809
Private nonagricultural wage and salary workers	3,403	173	470	548	232	550	139	323	182	786
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	50	-	-	6	7	-	2	23	4	7
Construction	213	8	21	7	15	50	6	33	22	52
Manufacturing	465	27	42	137	50	32	36	53	17	71
Durable goods manufacturing	297	19	30	92	27	19	27	26	11	45
Nondurable goods manufacturing	168	8	12	45	23	13	9	27	5	26
Wholesale and retail trade	429	26	32	75	23	94	21	44	29	85
Transportation and utilities	172	8	33	5	17	46	2	18	6	37
Information	120	3	15	4	7	22	4	16	12	37
Financial activities	253	20	54	28	11	44	6	33	11	47
Professional and business services	506	14	82	88	25	88	30	32	28	121
Education and health services	433	25	56	122	26	51	24	25	15	89
Leisure and hospitality	574	35	95	57	49	88	8	32	21	189
Other services	187	7	41	20	2	34	-	14	18	51
Government wage and salary workers	104	9	10	6	10	8	9	16	12	24
Employment status in January 2022
Employed	2,346	132	278	404	191	342	114	196	129	560
Unemployed	447	13	80	39	23	75	13	56	21	128
Not in labor force	804	37	135	111	33	158	31	99	44	155
(1) Data refer to persons who had 3 or more years of tenure on a job they had lost or left 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 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: September 22, 2022