Table 2. Long-tenured displaced workers(1) by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and reason for job loss, January 2010

Table 2. Long-tenured displaced workers(1) by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and reason for job
loss, January 2010
                                                                                                                  
                                                                  Percent distribution by reason for job loss     
                                                                                                                  
        Age, sex, race, and Hispanic             Total                                                            
            or Latino ethnicity               (thousands)                   Plant or                  Position or 
                                                               Total        company     Insufficient     shift    
                                                                          closed down       work       abolished  
                                                                            or moved                              
                                                                                                                  
                   TOTAL                                                                                          
                                                                                                                  
    Total, 20 years and over................      6,938        100.0          30.6          42.8          26.6    
20 to 24 years..............................        227        100.0          35.9          52.6          11.5    
25 to 54 years..............................      4,923        100.0          30.4          43.8          25.8    
55 to 64 years..............................      1,395        100.0          32.5          38.6          28.9    
65 years and over...........................        392        100.0          23.7          39.9          36.4    
                                                                                                                  
                    Men                                                                                           
                                                                                                                  
    Total, 20 years and over................      4,183        100.0          29.8          47.9          22.3    
20 to 24 years..............................        144        100.0          25.4          66.6           8.0    
25 to 54 years..............................      3,031        100.0          29.5          49.2          21.3    
55 to 64 years..............................        810        100.0          33.2          40.7          26.1    
65 years and over...........................        198        100.0          25.2          43.4          31.3    
                                                                                                                  
                   Women                                                                                          
                                                                                                                  
    Total, 20 years and over................      2,754        100.0          31.8          35.1          33.1    
20 to 24 years..............................         84        100.0          54.1          28.6          17.3    
25 to 54 years..............................      1,892        100.0          31.8          35.1          33.1    
55 to 64 years..............................        585        100.0          31.6          35.6          32.8    
65 years and over...........................        194        100.0          22.1          36.3          41.5    
                                                                                                                  
                   White                                                                                          
                                                                                                                  
    Total, 20 years and over................      5,716        100.0          29.7          42.9          27.3    
Men.........................................      3,518        100.0          28.4          48.2          23.4    
Women.......................................      2,198        100.0          31.9          34.5          33.7    
                                                                                                                  
         Black or African American                                                                                
                                                                                                                  
    Total, 20 years and over................        761        100.0          33.9          41.7          24.4    
Men.........................................        410        100.0          35.9          47.9          16.2    
Women.......................................        351        100.0          31.5          34.6          34.0    
                                                                                                                  
                   Asian                                                                                          
                                                                                                                  
    Total, 20 years and over................        294        100.0          34.0          44.4          21.6    
Men.........................................        160        100.0          36.4          42.2          21.4    
Women.......................................        135        100.0          31.2          47.0          21.8    
                                                                                                                  
        Hispanic or Latino ethnicity                                                                              
                                                                                                                  
    Total, 20 years and over................        993        100.0          32.4          57.0          10.6    
Men.........................................        696        100.0          31.8          59.8           8.4    
Women.......................................        297        100.0          33.8          50.4          15.8    

   1 Data refer to persons 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.
   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.