Table 8. Total displaced workers (1) by selected characteristics and employment status in January 2016
(Numbers in thousands)
Percent distribution by employment status
Characteristic Total
Total Employed Unemployed Not in the
labor force
Workers who lost jobs
Total, 20 years and over...................... 7,440 100.0 66.5 16.9 16.5
20 to 24 years.................................... 708 100.0 62.5 20.2 17.3
25 to 54 years.................................... 4,972 100.0 71.3 17.1 11.5
55 to 64 years.................................... 1,386 100.0 61.0 16.6 22.5
65 years and over................................. 374 100.0 30.8 9.7 59.4
Men, 20 years and over........................ 4,242 100.0 68.4 16.7 14.8
20 to 24 years.................................... 441 100.0 62.4 20.5 17.1
25 to 54 years.................................... 2,833 100.0 73.2 17.2 9.6
55 to 64 years.................................... 761 100.0 64.6 14.7 20.6
65 years and over................................. 206 100.0 29.4 9.3 61.3
Women, 20 years and over...................... 3,199 100.0 64.0 17.2 18.7
20 to 24 years.................................... 267 100.0 62.7 19.6 17.6
25 to 54 years.................................... 2,139 100.0 68.9 17.0 14.1
55 to 64 years.................................... 625 100.0 56.5 18.8 24.7
65 years and over................................. 168 100.0 32.5 10.3 57.2
White............................................. 5,673 100.0 68.1 15.3 16.6
Black or African American......................... 1,155 100.0 59.9 25.3 14.8
Asian............................................. 309 100.0 63.4 19.6 17.0
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity...................... 1,219 100.0 68.0 15.9 16.1
Reason for job loss
Plant or company closed down or moved............. 2,350 100.0 67.0 15.5 17.5
Insufficient work................................. 2,839 100.0 66.1 18.4 15.6
Position or shift abolished....................... 2,252 100.0 66.7 16.7 16.6
Occupation of lost job (2)
Management, professional, and related occupations 2,470 100.0 71.5 13.6 14.9
Management, business, and financial operations
occupations................................... 1,149 100.0 71.0 16.0 13.0
Professional and related occupations........... 1,320 100.0 71.9 11.6 16.6
Service occupations.............................. 949 100.0 65.8 15.7 18.5
Sales and office occupations..................... 1,794 100.0 64.7 16.2 19.1
Sales and related occupations.................. 759 100.0 66.2 15.9 17.9
Office and administrative support occupations.. 1,035 100.0 63.6 16.4 19.9
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
occupations..................................... 878 100.0 67.3 21.3 11.4
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations..... 22 100.0 (3) (3) (3)
Construction and extraction occupations........ 567 100.0 68.8 20.5 10.8
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations................................... 289 100.0 66.3 22.7 11.1
Production, transportation, and material moving
occupations..................................... 1,082 100.0 63.1 20.0 16.9
Production occupations......................... 567 100.0 63.6 20.4 16.0
Transportation and material moving occupations 515 100.0 62.5 19.7 17.8
Industry and class of worker of lost job (2)
Agriculture and related industries wage and salary
workers.......................................... 26 100.0 (3) (3) (3)
Nonagricultural industries wage and salary workers 7,107 100.0 67.2 16.5 16.4
Private nonagricultural wage and salary workers 6,771 100.0 67.1 16.5 16.4
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas
extraction..................................... 190 100.0 62.5 24.4 13.0
Construction.............................. 605 100.0 72.7 16.4 10.9
Manufacturing............................. 1,055 100.0 65.6 16.4 18.0
Durable goods........................ 665 100.0 65.6 15.7 18.7
Nondurable goods..................... 390 100.0 65.6 17.6 16.8
Wholesale and retail trade................ 1,081 100.0 62.7 17.1 20.2
Transportation and utilities.............. 292 100.0 62.7 14.7 22.6
Information............................... 260 100.0 68.4 20.4 11.2
Financial activities...................... 555 100.0 67.6 18.6 13.8
Professional and business services........ 1,005 100.0 73.0 12.2 14.9
Education and health services............. 800 100.0 68.6 17.2 14.2
Leisure and hospitality................... 614 100.0 62.5 17.9 19.6
Other services............................ 308 100.0 66.9 15.4 17.7
Government wage and salary workers.............. 337 100.0 68.5 14.8 16.6
1 Data refer to all persons (regardless of years of tenure on lost job) who had lost or left a job
between January 2013 and December 2015 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, not shown separately.
3 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.
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.
