Table 3. Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance
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.
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