Displaced Workers, by Selected Characteristics statistics

[In percent, except total (4,553 represents 4,553,000). As of February. For persons 20 years old and over with tenure of 3 years or more who lost or left a job between January 1991 and December 1993 for 1994 data, January 1993 and December 1995 for 1996 data, January 1995 and December 1997 for 1998 data, and January 1997 and December 1999 for 2000 data because of plant closings or moves, slack work, or the abolishment of their positions. Data revised since originally published. Based on Current Population Survey and subject to sampling error; see source and Appendix III]


		EMPLOYMENT STATUS			REASON FOR JOB LOSS

CHARACTERISTIC					Plant or
	Total	Employed	Unemployed	Not in	company	Slack	Position
	(1,000)			the labor	closed down	work	or shift
				force	or moved		abolished

Total, 1994 ¹	4,553	67.8	19.1	13.1	42.3	29.9	27.7
20 to 24 years old	156	63.6	24.4	12.1	45.6	36.2	18.2
25 to 54 years old	3,602	72.8	18.7	8.5	41.4	30.5	28.1
55 to 64 years old	623	53.1	22.2	24.7	47.2	25.3	27.5
65 years old and over	172	20.0	12.2	67.8	40.9	29.4	29.7

Males	2,666	71.2	20.1	8.6	41.0	32.9	26.1
20 to 24 years old	79	58.8	35.5	5.7	43.9	42.0	14.1
25 to 54 years old	2,138	75.7	19.4	4.9	40.8	32.8	26.5
55 to 64 years old	390	56.7	21.4	21.9	42.9	30.9	26.1
65 years old and over	58	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)

Females	1,887	63.0	17.7	19.3	44.3	25.7	30.1
20 to 24 years old	77	68.4	12.9	18.6	47.3	30.2	22.4
25 to 54 years old	1,464	68.6	17.7	13.7	42.4	27.1	30.5
55 to 64 years old	233	47.1	23.4	29.5	54.4	15.9	29.7
65 years old and over	113	19.5	9.3	71.2	46.0	23.4	30.6

White	3,926	69.1	17.9	13.0	41.2	30.3	28.5
Male	2,336	73.1	18.5	8.4	40.2	33.2	26.6
Female	1,591	63.4	17.0	19.6	42.7	25.9	31.4

Black	437	60.7	26.4	12.9	52.0	24.3	23.7
Male	224	57.9	32.9	9.2	52.0	23.3	24.6
Female	213	63.7	19.6	16.7	52.0	25.3	22.7

Hispanic origin ³	367	55.4	30.4	14.2	49.1	35.5	15.4
Male	248	57.7	34.0	8.4	44.8	42.2	13.1
Female	119	50.8	23.1	26.1	58.0	21.7	20.2

Total, 1996 ¹	4,171	73.6	12.5	13.9	44.0	24.2	31.8
20 to 24 years old	149	71.3	17.9	10.7	52.9	30.0	17.1
25 to 54 years old	3,397	78.5	12.0	9.5	43.1	25.3	31.6
55 to 64 years old	487	52.1	16.6	31.3	45.3	15.1	39.7
65 years old and over	139	31.6	4.1	64.3	50.4	22.5	27.1

Males	2,358	77.8	13.1	9.1	42.8	27.3	29.9
20 to 24 years old	82	77.4	17.1	5.4	53.5	34.9	11.6
25 to 54 years old	1,929	82.0	13.2	4.8	42.4	28.6	28.9
55 to 64 years old	276	60.7	12.6	26.7	41.5	14.8	43.7
65 years old and over	71	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)

Females	1,813	68.2	11.8	20.0	45.5	20.2	34.4
20 to 24 years old	67	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)
25 to 54 years old	1,468	73.9	10.6	15.6	44.0	21.0	35.1
55 to 64 years old	211	40.8	21.9	37.3	50.1	15.5	34.4
65 years old and over	67	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)

White	3,632	74.1	12.0	13.9	43.0	24.7	32.4
Male	2,087	79.0	12.0	9.0	41.3	28.1	30.5
Female	1,545	67.5	11.9	20.6	45.2	20.0	34.8

Black	420	67.4	17.1	15.5	51.8	20.0	28.2
Male	230	67.3	21.3	11.3	52.2	19.6	28.1
Female	191	67.4	12.1	20.5	51.2	20.4	28.4

Hispanic origin ³	383	66.5	22.8	10.7	49.5	37.0	13.4
Male	248	74.6	19.5	5.8	48.1	43.2	8.6
Female	135	51.7	28.6	19.7	52.1	25.6	22.3

Total, 1998	3,578	75.9	10.0	14.1	47.2	21.2	31.6
20 to 24 years old	108	61.2	11.8	27.0	43.1	38.7	18.2
25 to 54 years old	2,835	81.5	9.9	8.5	47.1	20.9	32.0
55 to 64 years old	471	59.6	9.9	30.4	46.0	17.7	36.4
65 years old and over	163	34.7	10.6	54.8	54.0	25.7	20.3

Males	1,898	78.8	12.0	9.3	44.0	26.0	30.0
20 to 24 years old	49	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)
25 to 54 years old	1,488	84.3	11.3	4.4	45.3	25.5	29.2
55 to 64 years old	280	61.9	12.6	25.4	42.8	16.4	40.8
65 years old and over	81	42.0	16.8	41.3	40.3	40.6	19.1

Females	1,680	72.6	7.8	19.5	50.7	15.8	33.5
20 to 24 years old	59	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)
25 to 54 years old	1,347	78.4	8.5	13.1	49.2	15.7	35.1
55 to 64 years old	191	56.2	6.0	37.8	50.7	19.5	29.8
65 years old and over	82	27.4	4.3	68.2	67.7	10.9	21.5

White	3,063	76.0	9.4	14.6	46.0	21.3	32.7
Male	1,653	78.7	11.9	9.4	42.6	26.2	31.2
Female	1,410	72.7	6.6	20.7	50.0	15.5	34.6

Black	366	73.1	16.3	10.6	53.1	17.7	29.2
Male	160	76.6	16.7	6.7	55.0	19.6	25.4
Female	206	70.4	16.0	13.6	51.6	16.2	32.2

Hispanic origin ³	354	71.6	15.4	13.0	57.8	26.0	16.2
Male	188	78.4	16.6	5.0	46.5	40.7	12.8
Female	166	63.7	14.1	22.1	70.6	9.4	20.0

Total, 2000	3,275	73.5	10.4	16.1	49.4	21.6	29.0
20 to 24 years old	100	87.7	3.7	8.7	49.8	29.5	20.7
25 to 54 years old	2,503	79.5	10.3	10.2	48.3	22.1	29.6
55 to 64 years old	517	56.0	13.6	30.4	56.6	15.3	28.1
65 years old and over	155	26.3	5.2	68.6	43.1	29.0	27.9

Males	1,765	78.9	9.6	11.5	47.1	24.0	28.9
20 to 24 years old	75	86.6	4.9	8.4	43.4	36.1	20.5
25 to 54 years old	1,331	85.1	9.1	5.8	46.2	24.0	29.8
55 to 64 years old	279	62.9	13.3	23.8	56.3	17.4	26.3
65 years old and over	80	23.6	10.0	66.4	33.5	34.6	31.9

Females	1,511	67.3	11.3	21.4	52.1	18.7	29.1
20 to 24 years old	25	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)
25 to 54 years old	1,172	73.2	11.7	15.1	50.7	19.9	29.4
55 to 64 years old	238	47.9	14.0	38.1	57.0	12.8	30.2
65 years old and over	75	29.1	0	70.9	53.4	23.0	23.6

White	2,778	74.4	9.9	15.7	48.9	20.9	30.3
Male	1,522	79.0	10.0	11.0	46.5	23.4	30.1
Female	1,256	68.8	9.8	21.4	51.7	17.8	30.4

Black	363	72.2	12.8	15.0	53.2	26.5	20.3
Male	188	82.0	4.7	13.4	53.3	26.4	20.2
Female	175	61.8	21.5	16.7	53.0	26.6	20.5

Hispanic origin ³	346	69.7	13.0	17.3	50.4	32.1	17.5
Male	181	84.6	9.1	6.2	44.6	41.1	14.3
Female	165	53.4	17.2	29.5	56.7	22.2	21.1

1 Includes other races, not shown separately.
2 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.
3 Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, News, USDL 96-446, October 25, 1996; USDL 98-347, August 19, 1998 USDL 00-223, August 9,2000; and unpublished data.

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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