Table 8. Total displaced workers (1) by selected characteristics and employment status in January 2024

Table 8. Total displaced workers(1) by selected characteristics 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
Workers who lost jobs
Total, 20 years and over	6,272	100.0	68.7	16.4	14.9
20 to 24 years	567	100.0	69.9	15.3	14.9
25 to 54 years	4,212	100.0	73.6	16.5	9.9
55 to 64 years	1,081	100.0	59.6	16.3	24.1
65 years and over	412	100.0	40.5	17.0	42.5
Men, 20 years and over	3,537	100.0	69.6	15.0	15.4
20 to 24 years	308	100.0	64.5	19.8	15.7
25 to 54 years	2,451	100.0	76.6	14.0	9.4
55 to 64 years	575	100.0	53.4	16.5	30.1
65 years and over	203	100.0	39.5	16.1	44.4
Women, 20 years and over	2,736	100.0	67.5	18.2	14.4
20 to 24 years	258	100.0	76.4	9.8	13.8
25 to 54 years	1,762	100.0	69.5	20.1	10.5
55 to 64 years	507	100.0	66.7	16.0	17.3
65 years and over	209	100.0	41.4	17.9	40.8
White	4,808	100.0	68.7	16.7	14.6
Black or African American	866	100.0	67.5	16.3	16.2
Asian	322	100.0	66.4	20.7	12.9
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	1,182	100.0	68.3	19.2	12.4
Reason for job loss
Plant or company closed down or moved	1,939	100.0	73.0	12.8	14.2
Insufficient work	2,236	100.0	69.7	16.7	13.6
Position or shift abolished	2,098	100.0	63.5	19.4	17.1
Occupation of lost job(2)
Management, professional, and related occupations	2,281	100.0	68.9	17.7	13.4
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	1,115	100.0	63.4	24.0	12.6
Professional and related occupations	1,166	100.0	74.2	11.6	14.2
Service occupations	896	100.0	70.3	14.6	15.1
Sales and office occupations	1,420	100.0	66.6	17.8	15.6
Sales and related occupations	621	100.0	61.3	21.2	17.5
Office and administrative support occupations	798	100.0	70.8	15.1	14.1
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	624	100.0	70.6	10.8	18.7
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	43	100.0	-	-	-
Construction and extraction occupations	392	100.0	73.2	11.9	14.9
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	189	100.0	67.8	7.7	24.5
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	870	100.0	70.4	16.2	13.4
Production occupations	426	100.0	71.3	12.9	15.8
Transportation and material moving occupations	444	100.0	69.5	19.4	11.1
Industry and class of worker of lost job(2)
Agriculture and related industries wage and salary workers	39	100.0	-	-	-
Nonagricultural industries wage and salary workers	6,004	100.0	69.0	16.3	14.7
Private nonagricultural wage and salary workers	5,752	100.0	68.5	16.8	14.6
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	17	100.0	-	-	-
Construction	514	100.0	74.4	11.9	13.7
Manufacturing	938	100.0	68.2	16.4	15.4
Durable goods manufacturing	593	100.0	69.3	16.5	14.2
Nondurable goods manufacturing	345	100.0	66.3	16.2	17.5
Wholesale and retail trade	778	100.0	69.7	17.4	13.0
Transportation and utilities	302	100.0	74.3	20.3	5.4
Information	220	100.0	60.4	12.0	27.6
Financial activities	380	100.0	72.3	16.6	11.1
Professional and business services	1,181	100.0	62.3	19.5	18.2
Education and health services	652	100.0	69.9	18.1	12.0
Leisure and hospitality	548	100.0	69.1	16.3	14.7
Other services	221	100.0	74.6	10.4	15.0
Government wage and salary workers	252	100.0	79.0	4.7	16.3
(1) Data refer to all persons (regardless of years of tenure on lost job) who had lost or left a job 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 occupation, industry or class of worker of lost job, not shown separately.
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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