Table 3. Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance
Initial claimants for
Mass layoff events unemployment insurance
Industry
May March April May May March April May
2008 2009 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009 2009
Seasonally adjusted
Total ..................................... 1,701 2,933 2,712 2,933 180,558 299,388 271,226 312,880
Total, private nonfarm ........................ 1,563 2,751 2,519 2,736 170,538 283,989 256,111 296,108
Manufacturing ............................... 538 1,259 1,111 1,331 75,520 155,909 135,252 165,802
Not seasonally adjusted
Total (1) ................................. 1,552 2,191 2,547 2,738 159,471 228,387 256,930 289,628
Total, private .................................. 1,467 2,140 2,464 2,599 152,510 223,981 250,548 276,113
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting .. 29 33 79 27 2,048 2,584 7,227 2,066
Total, private nonfarm ........................ 1,438 2,107 2,385 2,572 150,462 221,397 243,321 274,047
Mining ...................................... 5 31 39 32 458 3,751 3,267 3,057
Utilities ................................... 4 3 (2) 4 475 234 (2) 466
Construction ................................ 167 166 194 255 12,411 11,612 13,490 19,684
Manufacturing ............................... 388 940 887 1,005 51,698 114,747 100,872 123,683
Food .................................... 48 63 81 65 4,800 6,077 8,371 7,211
Beverage and tobacco products ........... 5 9 (2) 7 273 1,305 (2) 607
Textile mills ........................... 6 29 16 13 520 3,108 2,409 1,059
Textile product mills ................... 8 6 9 8 580 554 765 775
Apparel ................................. 14 9 19 17 1,171 883 1,610 1,360
Leather and allied products ............. (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Wood products ........................... 24 62 39 43 2,455 5,799 3,437 4,219
Paper ................................... 11 27 26 30 1,091 2,749 2,584 3,854
Printing and related support activities . 9 23 25 34 833 2,124 2,275 3,521
Petroleum and coal products ............. (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Chemicals ............................... 9 21 21 23 696 1,746 1,453 2,146
Plastics and rubber products ............ 21 60 51 52 1,793 6,151 6,393 5,187
Nonmetallic mineral products ............ 14 46 34 35 1,175 4,095 3,192 2,388
Primary metals .......................... 9 71 70 77 1,217 8,681 8,636 8,785
Fabricated metal products ............... 29 88 97 100 2,596 8,186 7,698 9,483
Machinery ............................... 25 110 100 118 3,758 18,081 18,614 12,472
Computer and electronic products ........ 14 68 69 60 1,250 8,130 5,770 5,732
Electrical equipment and appliances ..... 13 47 43 37 1,845 6,476 5,169 3,506
Transportation equipment ................ 101 155 148 238 21,667 26,012 19,246 46,816
Furniture and related products .......... 20 24 21 24 3,285 3,020 1,783 2,568
Miscellaneous manufacturing ............. 5 19 14 17 445 1,354 1,118 1,402
Wholesale trade ............................. 21 59 55 64 1,513 4,696 4,343 6,022
Retail trade ................................ 109 178 153 202 10,090 19,491 16,211 18,360
Transportation and warehousing .............. 99 91 231 89 11,176 8,809 28,962 7,835
Information ................................. 56 75 75 67 9,251 8,559 7,934 9,132
Finance and insurance ....................... 38 57 67 71 2,666 4,469 6,220 6,374
Real estate and rental and leasing .......... 6 16 13 14 407 980 1,078 985
Professional and technical services ......... 66 81 97 83 6,924 7,191 10,085 7,030
Management of companies and enterprises ..... 4 10 10 12 383 923 854 1,329
Administrative and waste services ........... 192 227 300 310 16,175 18,762 25,498 32,973
Educational services ........................ 6 8 (2) 10 383 467 (2) 758
Health care and social assistance ........... 85 24 49 87 7,643 1,820 3,343 8,402
Arts, entertainment, and recreation ......... 32 17 47 37 1,993 1,259 4,074 2,676
Accommodation and food services ............. 122 115 134 189 13,212 13,090 13,168 21,484
Other services, except public administration 38 9 23 41 3,604 537 2,168 3,797
Unclassified ................................ - - 1 - - - 86 -
Government ...................................... 85 51 83 139 6,961 4,406 6,382 13,515
Federal ..................................... 16 5 6 37 1,656 470 461 4,585
State ....................................... 14 11 20 25 867 1,066 1,631 2,185
Local ....................................... 55 35 57 77 4,438 2,870 4,290 6,745
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.
