Table 3. Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance
Initial claimants for
Mass layoff events unemployment insurance
Industry
March January February March March January February March
2008 2009 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009 2009
Seasonally adjusted
Total ..................................... 1,585 2,227 2,769 2,933 161,497 237,902 295,477 299,388
Total, private nonfarm ........................ 1,471 2,070 2,628 2,751 151,550 225,490 281,500 283,989
Manufacturing ............................... 483 738 1,235 1,259 65,252 102,577 152,618 155,909
Not seasonally adjusted
Total (1) ................................. 1,089 3,806 2,262 2,191 114,541 388,813 218,438 228,387
Total, private .................................. 1,063 3,709 2,215 2,140 111,984 380,158 213,548 223,981
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting .. 24 76 42 33 1,837 4,865 2,793 2,584
Total, private nonfarm ........................ 1,039 3,633 2,173 2,107 110,147 375,293 210,755 221,397
Mining ...................................... (2) 50 35 31 (2) 4,538 3,379 3,751
Utilities ................................... (2) (2) (2) 3 (2) (2) (2) 234
Construction ................................ 119 388 199 166 7,891 27,762 14,040 11,612
Manufacturing ............................... 333 1,461 945 940 43,740 172,757 103,588 114,747
Food .................................... 58 84 57 63 7,705 8,083 5,379 6,077
Beverage and tobacco products ........... 6 6 8 9 540 511 606 1,305
Textile mills ........................... 14 35 19 29 2,745 4,322 1,833 3,108
Textile product mills ................... (2) 19 8 6 (2) 2,811 769 554
Apparel ................................. 8 33 16 9 544 3,189 1,545 883
Leather and allied products ............. - 6 (2) (2) - 504 (2) (2)
Wood products ........................... 30 104 57 62 2,419 9,870 5,348 5,799
Paper ................................... 9 38 34 27 827 3,977 3,129 2,749
Printing and related support activities . 9 38 21 23 736 4,187 1,758 2,124
Petroleum and coal products ............. (2) 8 (2) (2) (2) 515 (2) (2)
Chemicals ............................... 3 26 20 21 140 1,883 1,806 1,746
Plastics and rubber products ............ 27 110 48 60 2,201 11,156 4,878 6,151
Nonmetallic mineral products ............ 15 56 40 46 1,224 4,441 2,788 4,095
Primary metals .......................... 10 98 59 71 873 9,660 6,523 8,681
Fabricated metal products ............... 20 151 99 88 1,878 13,746 8,735 8,186
Machinery ............................... 15 121 106 110 2,447 14,120 14,921 18,081
Computer and electronic products ........ 10 76 78 68 917 6,747 7,439 8,130
Electrical equipment and appliances ..... 9 53 35 47 2,692 5,807 5,399 6,476
Transportation equipment ................ 72 316 171 155 14,318 57,173 22,440 26,012
Furniture and related products .......... 11 48 44 24 842 6,928 6,333 3,020
Miscellaneous manufacturing ............. 4 35 20 19 301 3,127 1,607 1,354
Wholesale trade ............................. 22 86 62 59 1,624 7,612 4,243 4,696
Retail trade ................................ 94 329 193 178 9,788 33,622 17,538 19,491
Transportation and warehousing .............. 92 236 80 91 10,629 25,081 7,864 8,809
Information ................................. 35 69 72 75 4,316 9,405 8,476 8,559
Finance and insurance ....................... 46 88 74 57 3,692 7,683 5,685 4,469
Real estate and rental and leasing .......... 5 26 17 16 552 1,870 1,083 980
Professional and technical services ......... 24 87 82 81 3,225 7,032 7,895 7,191
Management of companies and enterprises ..... (2) (2) 14 10 (2) (2) 990 923
Administrative and waste services ........... 130 473 235 227 10,076 46,646 23,566 18,762
Educational services ........................ 6 14 (2) 8 1,191 1,952 (2) 467
Health care and social assistance ........... 20 41 33 24 1,347 4,279 2,032 1,820
Arts, entertainment, and recreation ......... 8 49 10 17 492 4,421 655 1,259
Accommodation and food services ............. 90 197 95 115 10,328 17,360 8,080 13,090
Other services, except public administration 10 25 18 9 906 2,155 1,083 537
Unclassified ................................ - 1 - - - 49 - -
Government ...................................... 26 97 47 51 2,557 8,655 4,890 4,406
Federal ..................................... 7 13 7 5 569 1,302 533 470
State ....................................... 7 25 17 11 618 2,155 1,804 1,066
Local ....................................... 12 59 23 35 1,370 5,198 2,553 2,870
1 Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia.
2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
