Table 1. Industry distribution: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance,
private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2008 and 2009
Initial claimants for
Layoff events Separations unemployment insurance
Industry
II I II II I II II I II
2008r 2009r 2009p 2008r 2009r 2009p 2008r 2009r 2009p
Total, private nonfarm (1) ................. 1,756 3,979 2,994 354,713 704,618 534,881 339,629 830,028 506,533
Mining ....................................... 3 82 48 627 14,408 7,782 357 15,112 6,547
Utilities .................................... 4 3 3 758 480 765 738 799 764
Construction ................................. 243 526 352 27,477 63,072 39,800 35,492 76,153 42,751
Manufacturing ................................ 382 1,597 932 65,293 276,536 166,240 87,835 376,289 186,241
Food .................................... 61 85 76 11,597 13,924 14,633 9,020 16,214 13,557
Beverage and tobacco products ........... (2) 14 (2) (2) 2,141 (2) (2) 3,020 (2)
Textile mills ........................... (2) 27 12 (2) 3,137 2,050 (2) 6,188 4,040
Textile product mills ................... 6 9 6 728 1,315 659 805 2,356 737
Apparel ................................. 11 24 22 1,589 3,250 3,113 1,544 3,280 2,501
Leather and allied products ............. (2) 5 - (2) 680 - (2) 679 -
Wood products ........................... 37 91 34 5,003 11,039 3,556 5,571 14,604 3,742
Paper ................................... 12 41 27 1,426 5,309 3,103 1,284 6,045 2,927
Printing and related support activities . 12 43 27 1,548 5,580 2,747 1,954 6,232 4,221
Petroleum and coal products ............. 3 6 (2) 378 809 (2) 218 631 (2)
Chemicals ............................... 13 30 20 1,817 4,795 2,304 1,573 4,791 2,449
Plastics and rubber products ............ 20 82 52 3,272 8,913 6,765 3,290 10,226 6,446
Nonmetallic mineral products ............ 13 82 38 1,846 8,476 4,594 1,499 11,235 4,088
Primary metals .......................... 8 106 73 728 16,205 13,382 1,360 21,410 13,696
Fabricated metal products ............... 19 159 90 2,178 18,176 11,282 3,294 27,093 10,212
Machinery ............................... 25 157 92 4,356 28,061 18,096 5,998 38,182 28,691
Computer and electronic products ........ 20 147 79 2,783 25,482 11,289 2,712 30,494 10,795
Electrical equipment and appliances ..... 9 66 31 1,739 9,001 5,069 1,481 12,588 4,829
Transportation equipment ................ 84 322 197 19,381 95,238 57,136 40,401 142,052 64,665
Furniture and related products .......... 17 63 31 3,366 10,182 3,381 4,024 14,297 5,381
Miscellaneous manufacturing ............. 8 38 20 895 4,823 2,633 1,100 4,672 2,817
Wholesale trade .............................. 32 131 77 5,050 16,945 10,484 4,038 17,749 9,968
Retail trade ................................. 81 382 163 15,044 90,379 31,653 19,704 82,415 32,347
Transportation and warehousing ............... 191 157 233 44,637 28,741 45,612 44,000 28,355 37,320
Information .................................. 50 98 81 9,815 14,688 14,058 10,651 21,254 11,875
Finance and insurance ........................ 89 175 108 31,417 36,478 23,730 20,909 37,299 18,159
Real estate and rental and leasing ........... 8 39 18 723 4,325 3,010 883 4,445 2,303
Professional and technical services .......... 80 154 122 38,374 21,862 30,884 21,451 24,142 21,546
Management of companies and enterprises ...... 6 21 10 658 2,753 1,343 529 2,641 1,260
Administrative and waste services ............ 114 327 278 21,435 85,362 51,409 23,526 91,258 51,442
Educational services ......................... 16 10 24 1,644 1,288 3,059 1,986 1,194 2,314
Health care and social assistance ............ 186 44 187 23,803 6,937 24,923 21,613 7,478 19,813
Arts, entertainment, and recreation .......... 57 45 76 23,768 7,147 16,402 5,830 7,183 8,766
Accommodation and food services .............. 158 158 215 36,853 29,854 55,013 32,980 32,421 45,338
Other services, except public administration . 54 29 67 6,819 3,294 8,714 6,816 3,772 7,779
Unclassified ................................. 2 1 - 518 69 - 291 69 -
1 For the second quarter of 2009, data on layoffs were reported by employers in all states and the District of Columbia.
2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
r = revised.
p = preliminary.
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
