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Table 4. Long-tenured displaced workers(1) by industry and class of worker of lost job and employment status in January 2010 Percent distribution by employment status Total Industry and class of worker of lost job (thousands) Total Employed Unemployed Not in the labor force Total, 20 years and over (2)........................ 6,938 100.0 48.8 36.1 15.2 Agriculture and related industries wage and salary workers................................................. 36 100.0 (3) (3) (3) Nonagricultural industries wage and salary workers....... 6,811 100.0 49.1 36.0 15.0 Private nonagricultural wage and salary workers........ 6,546 100.0 48.8 36.2 15.0 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction.... 73 100.0 (3) (3) (3) Construction..................................... 919 100.0 49.1 39.2 11.6 Manufacturing.................................... 1,568 100.0 38.7 44.6 16.7 Durable goods manufacturing ................ 1,134 100.0 33.4 49.1 17.5 Primary metals and fabricated metal products............................... 149 100.0 36.5 53.5 10.0 Machinery manufacturing................. 154 100.0 30.7 52.4 16.9 Computers and electronic products....... 184 100.0 38.0 47.4 14.6 Electrical equipment and appliances..... 50 100.0 (3) (3) (3) Transportation equipment................ 276 100.0 35.9 42.4 21.8 Miscellaneous manufacturing............. 130 100.0 30.7 47.3 22.0 Other durable goods industries.......... 191 100.0 27.4 53.7 18.8 Nondurable goods manufacturing ............. 435 100.0 52.6 32.7 14.7 Food manufacturing...................... 39 100.0 (3) (3) (3) Textiles, apparel, and leather.......... 81 100.0 48.1 32.4 19.5 Paper and printing...................... 105 100.0 29.8 47.2 23.0 Other nondurable goods industries....... 209 100.0 60.1 29.4 10.4 Wholesale and retail trade....................... 995 100.0 48.8 32.6 18.6 Wholesale trade............................. 294 100.0 50.4 36.7 12.9 Retail trade................................ 701 100.0 48.1 30.9 21.0 Transportation and utilities (4)................. 312 100.0 44.5 38.8 16.7 Transportation and warehousing.............. 297 100.0 44.6 39.2 16.2 Information (4).................................. 195 100.0 41.3 43.5 15.2 Telecommunications.......................... 68 100.0 (3) (3) (3) Financial activities............................. 607 100.0 58.4 28.7 12.8 Finance and insurance....................... 463 100.0 57.6 29.1 13.3 Finance................................. 331 100.0 58.0 28.7 13.3 Insurance............................... 132 100.0 56.7 30.1 13.2 Real estate and rental and leasing.......... 144 100.0 61.1 27.4 11.5 Professional and business services............... 778 100.0 52.0 35.2 12.8 Professional and technical services......... 507 100.0 56.5 33.7 9.8 Management, administrative, and waste services................................... 271 100.0 43.5 38.1 18.3 Education and health services.................... 543 100.0 56.9 28.5 14.6 Educational services........................ 105 100.0 49.3 28.6 22.1 Health care and social assistance (4)....... 438 100.0 58.7 28.4 12.8 Hospitals............................... 121 100.0 64.0 27.6 8.4 Health services, except hospitals....... 233 100.0 55.6 31.6 12.8 Leisure and hospitality (4)...................... 326 100.0 52.2 32.5 15.3 Accommodation and food services (4)......... 223 100.0 62.5 26.0 11.4 Food services and drinking places....... 181 100.0 67.2 20.5 12.2 Other services................................... 231 100.0 64.0 20.4 15.6 Government wage and salary workers..................... 265 100.0 55.3 30.2 14.5 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. 2 Total includes a small number of unpaid family workers and persons who did not report industry or class of worker. 3 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000. 4 Includes other industries, not shown separately. NOTE: Beginning with data for January 2010, industries reflect the introduction of the 2007 census industry classification system into the Current Population Survey. This industry classification system is derived from the 2007 North American Industry Classification System. No historical data have been revised.