Table 28. Displaced workers1 by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and
employment status in January 2010
Age, sex, race, and Hispanic
or Latino ethnicity
Percent distribution by employment status
Total
(in
thousands)
Total
Employed
Unemployed
Not in labor
force
Total, 20 years and over…………...………..
6,938
20 to 24 years…………………...…………. 227
25 to 54 years……………...……………….4,923
55 to 64 years…………...………………….1,395
65 years and over…………...…………….. 392
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
48.8
54.8
53.4
38.7
22.5
36.1
29.8
35.6
39.9
32.4
15.2
15.4
11.0
21.4
45.1
Women, 20 years and over…………..……..
2,754
20 to 24 years……………………...………. 84
25 to 54 years………………..…………….1,892
55 to 64 years…………………..…………. 585
65 years and over………………..……….. 194
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
48.5
55.8
53.9
39.2
20.7
31.4
14.6
31.0
37.8
23.3
20.1
29.7
15.1
23.0
56.0
Men, 20 years and over……………..………
4,183
20 to 24 years……………………..………. 144
25 to 54 years……………..……………….3,031
55 to 64 years…………..…………………. 810
65 years and over…………..…………….. 198
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
49.0
54.2
53.1
38.4
24.3
39.1
38.7
38.4
41.4
41.2
11.9
7.1
8.4
20.2
34.5
100.0
100.0
100.0
50.3
49.5
50.8
35.0
30.4
37.8
14.8
20.2
11.4
100.0
100.0
100.0
42.9
46.7
39.7
41.2
32.8
48.4
15.9
20.4
12.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
37.8
41.5
34.8
47.8
43.4
51.5
14.3
15.1
13.7
Total
White
Total, 20 years and over…………..………..5,716
Women…………………………………………...
2,198
Men……………………………….……… 3,518
Black or African American
Total, 20 years and over………………….…..761
Women…………………………….……………..
351
Men…………………………….……………..410
Asian
Total, 20 years and over………………….…..294
Women…………………………….……………..
135
Men………………………………..……… 160
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total, 20 years and over………….…………..993
Women………………………………..………297
Men…………………………..…………… 696
100.0
100.0
100.0
48.7
40.1
52.3
38.0
35.8
38.9
13.4
24.1
8.8
Data refer to people who had 3 or more years of tenure on a job they had lost or left between January
2007 and December 2009 because of plant or company closings or moves, insufficient work, or the
abolishment of their positions or shifts.
1
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. People whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic
or Latino may be of any race.
SOURCE: January 2010 Displaced Worker Supplement to the Current Population Survey, U.S. Bureau
of Labor Statistics
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