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Table 8. Total displaced workers(1) by selected characteristics and employment status in January 2010 Percent distribution by employment status Total Characteristic (thousands) Total Employed Unemployed Not in the labor force Workers who lost jobs Total, 20 years and over...................... 15,429 100.0 48.8 36.4 14.8 20 to 24 years.................................... 1,528 100.0 48.6 33.8 17.6 25 to 54 years.................................... 11,178 100.0 51.7 36.6 11.7 55 to 64 years.................................... 2,148 100.0 41.4 38.1 20.5 65 years and over................................. 575 100.0 20.8 32.6 46.7 Men, 20 years and over........................ 9,380 100.0 49.1 39.3 11.6 20 to 24 years.................................... 960 100.0 47.0 39.3 13.7 25 to 54 years.................................... 6,892 100.0 52.3 39.0 8.8 55 to 64 years.................................... 1,240 100.0 39.5 40.9 19.6 65 years and over................................. 287 100.0 21.3 40.6 38.1 Women, 20 years and over...................... 6,050 100.0 48.3 32.0 19.7 20 to 24 years.................................... 567 100.0 51.3 24.5 24.2 25 to 54 years.................................... 4,287 100.0 50.7 32.9 16.3 55 to 64 years.................................... 908 100.0 43.9 34.3 21.8 65 years and over................................. 288 100.0 20.3 24.5 55.2 White............................................. 12,227 100.0 51.0 34.7 14.3 Black or African American......................... 2,112 100.0 38.6 46.6 14.8 Asian............................................. 652 100.0 43.6 39.2 17.2 Hispanic or Latino ethnicity...................... 2,546 100.0 49.7 36.6 13.7 Reason for job loss Plant or company closed down or moved............. 4,178 100.0 53.8 30.7 15.5 Insufficient work................................. 7,765 100.0 44.3 41.2 14.5 Position or shift abolished....................... 3,487 100.0 52.9 32.6 14.5 Occupation of lost job (2) Management, professional, and related occupations 3,962 100.0 59.6 29.9 10.5 Management, business, and financial operations occupations.................................... 1,997 100.0 58.6 30.8 10.6 Professional and related occupations........... 1,964 100.0 60.7 28.9 10.4 Service occupations.............................. 1,747 100.0 49.0 35.1 16.0 Sales and office occupations..................... 3,818 100.0 46.2 35.9 17.9 Sales and related occupations.................. 1,688 100.0 50.4 30.9 18.8 Office and administrative support occupations.. 2,130 100.0 42.9 39.8 17.2 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations.................................... 2,498 100.0 47.5 39.7 12.7 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations..... 86 100.0 45.0 38.1 16.8 Construction and extraction occupations........ 1,766 100.0 47.5 40.6 12.0 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations.................................... 646 100.0 48.0 37.7 14.3 Production, transportation, and material moving occupations.................................... 2,908 100.0 40.3 42.7 17.0 Production occupations......................... 1,668 100.0 40.1 43.2 16.8 Transportation and material moving occupations 1,240 100.0 40.7 42.0 17.3 Industry and class of worker of lost job (2) Agriculture and related industries wage and salary workers........................................ 99 100.0 44.4 41.9 13.7 Nonagricultural industries wage and salary workers 14,806 100.0 49.2 36.2 14.5 Private nonagricultural wage and salary workers 14,256 100.0 49.2 36.3 14.4 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction..................................... 140 100.0 60.5 32.0 7.5 Construction.............................. 2,066 100.0 48.4 39.5 12.1 Manufacturing............................. 2,829 100.0 42.2 43.3 14.5 Durable goods........................ 2,016 100.0 38.9 47.2 13.9 Nondurable goods..................... 814 100.0 50.4 33.5 16.1 Wholesale and retail trade................ 2,263 100.0 46.9 34.8 18.3 Transportation and utilities.............. 691 100.0 46.2 39.2 14.6 Information............................... 379 100.0 43.4 39.8 16.8 Financial activities...................... 1,112 100.0 55.1 30.5 14.4 Professional and business services........ 2,034 100.0 53.6 33.7 12.6 Education and health services............. 1,156 100.0 58.2 27.7 14.1 Leisure and hospitality................... 1,098 100.0 51.0 35.3 13.7 Other services............................ 480 100.0 53.8 30.3 15.9 Government wage and salary workers.............. 550 100.0 49.5 33.4 17.1 1 Data refer to all persons (regardless of years of tenure on lost job) who had lost or left a job 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 occupation, industry, or class of worker. 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.