Women in the Labor Force: A Databook (2009 Edition)

Table 32. Displaced workers (1) by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and employment status in January 2008
Age, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity Total (in thousands) Percent distribution by employment status
Total Employed Unemployed Not in labor force
Total

Total, 20 years and over

 3,641 100.0 67.1 18.0 15.0

20 to 24 years

 127 100.0 67.5 22.8 9.7

25 to 54 years

 2,602 100.0 72.6 17.4 10.0

55 to 64 years

 708 100.0 60.8 20.7 18.5

65 years and over

 204 100.0 18.4 12.6 69.0

Women, 20 years and over

 1,617 100.0 63.5 16.9 19.6

20 to 24 years

 53 100.0 (2) (2) (2)

25 to 54 years

 1,112 100.0 70.1 15.1 14.8

55 to 64 years

 352 100.0 53.4 23.6 23.0

65 years and over

 101 100.0 22.4 9.8 67.8

Men, 20 years and over

 2,024 100.0 69.9 18.8 11.2

20 to 24 years

 75 100.0 66.4 22.5 11.1

25 to 54 years

 1,490 100.0 74.4 19.1 6.5

55 to 64 years

 356 100.0 68.0 17.9 14.0

65 years and over

 103 100.0 14.4 15.4 70.2
White

Total, 20 years and over

 3,032 100.0 67.9 16.8 15.3

Women

 1,348 100.0 64.4 14.9 20.7

Men

 1,684 100.0 70.8 18.2 11.0
Black or African American

Total, 20 years and over

 408 100.0 58.6 28.2 13.3

Women

 187 100.0 56.3 31.1 12.6

Men

 221 100.0 60.5 25.7 13.8
Asian

Total, 20 years and over

 122 100.0 67.3 11.7 21.0

Women

 57 100.0 (2) (2) (2)

Men

 65 100.0 (2) (2) (2)
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Total, 20 years and over

 423 100.0 68.4 17.4 14.1

Women

 153 100.0 65.5 6.9 27.6

Men

 270 100.0 70.1 23.4 6.6

Footnotes:
(1) Data refer to persons who had 3 or more years of tenure on a job they had lost or left between January 2005 and December 2007 because of plant or company closings or moves, insufficient work, or the abolishment of their positions or shifts.
(2) 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.

 

SOURCE: January 2008 Displaced Worker supplement to the Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.