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
2007 2008 2008 2008 2007 2008 2008 2008
Seasonally adjusted
Total ..................................... 1,277 1,438 1,672 1,571 130,981 144,111 177,374 157,156
Total, private nonfarm ........................ 1,169 1,317 1,539 1,460 122,488 134,347 166,782 147,537
Manufacturing ............................... 412 427 529 482 52,606 55,488 66,913 64,088
Not seasonally adjusted
Total (1) ................................. 1,082 1,647 1,269 1,089 123,974 154,503 119,508 114,541
Total, private .................................. 1,046 1,592 1,232 1,063 120,544 148,901 116,852 111,984
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting .. 31 72 54 24 2,113 4,710 3,265 1,837
Total, private nonfarm ........................ 1,015 1,520 1,178 1,039 118,431 144,191 113,587 110,147
Mining ...................................... (2) 8 5 (2) (2) 550 335 (2)
Utilities ................................... (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Construction ................................ 107 198 193 119 7,815 13,532 13,335 7,891
Manufacturing ............................... 367 488 361 333 49,886 54,418 42,527 43,740
Food .................................... 67 57 46 58 6,087 5,024 3,916 7,705
Beverage and tobacco products ........... 7 7 9 6 778 531 795 540
Textile mills ........................... 16 13 10 14 1,882 1,258 1,373 2,745
Textile product mills (3) ............... 4 8 5 (2) 350 950 615 (2)
Apparel (3) ............................. 15 17 (2) 8 1,355 1,630 (2) 544
Leather and allied products ............. - (2) - - - (2) - -
Wood products ........................... 30 46 50 30 2,674 4,780 5,576 2,419
Paper ................................... 10 6 7 9 779 469 711 827
Printing and related support activities . 8 11 11 9 637 766 714 736
Petroleum and coal products ............. - (2) (2) (2) - (2) (2) (2)
Chemicals ............................... 5 10 6 3 310 898 368 140
Plastics and rubber products (3) ........ 18 37 15 27 1,682 2,855 1,081 2,201
Nonmetallic mineral products ............ 16 38 25 15 1,483 2,602 1,836 1,224
Primary metals .......................... 17 16 13 10 1,976 1,491 1,480 873
Fabricated metal products ............... 14 40 17 20 1,567 3,144 1,155 1,878
Machinery (3) ........................... 11 23 15 15 2,013 2,901 1,129 2,447
Computer and electronic products ........ 26 18 15 10 2,562 1,222 1,204 917
Electrical equipment and appliances ..... 15 7 17 9 2,502 784 5,327 2,692
Transportation equipment (3) ............ 68 86 66 72 19,397 17,920 12,189 14,318
Furniture and related products (3) ...... 16 34 18 11 1,571 4,127 2,043 842
Miscellaneous manufacturing (3) ......... 4 9 10 4 281 721 638 301
Wholesale trade ............................. 17 30 17 22 1,828 2,848 1,248 1,624
Retail trade ................................ 93 119 123 94 11,407 12,839 11,662 9,788
Transportation and warehousing .............. 55 124 53 92 5,896 13,031 7,318 10,629
Information ................................. 30 43 28 35 4,843 4,668 4,229 4,316
Finance and insurance (3) ................... 39 50 46 46 2,883 4,285 3,397 3,692
Real estate and rental and leasing (3) ...... 7 8 5 5 400 462 261 552
Professional and technical services (3) ..... 29 41 34 24 4,391 3,829 2,756 3,225
Management of companies and enterprises ..... 5 (2) 3 (2) 324 (2) 181 (2)
Administrative and waste services (3) ....... 140 232 197 130 15,153 20,639 17,799 10,076
Educational services ........................ 4 7 5 6 192 851 374 1,191
Health care and social assistance ........... 16 27 19 20 1,160 1,767 1,407 1,347
Arts, entertainment, and recreation ......... 10 38 6 8 680 2,445 330 492
Accommodation and food services ............. 86 88 78 90 10,895 6,064 6,121 10,328
Other services, except public administration 6 13 (2) 10 364 1,381 (2) 906
Unclassified ................................ - - - - - - - -
Government ...................................... 36 55 37 26 3,430 5,602 2,656 2,557
Federal ..................................... 6 13 3 7 501 1,106 249 569
State ....................................... 11 9 11 7 820 804 819 618
Local ....................................... 19 33 23 12 2,109 3,692 1,588 1,370
1 Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia.
2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
3 Data beginning in 2008 are not strictly comparable to prior years due to a change in NAICS versions.
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
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