Table 1. Industry distribution: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance,
private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2010 and 2011
Initial claimants for
Layoff events Separations unemployment insurance
Industry
IV III IV IV III IV IV III IV
2010 2011r 2011p 2010r 2011r 2011p 2010r 2011r 2011p
Total, private nonfarm(1) .................. 1,999 1,393 1,638 338,643 235,247 266,971 390,584 289,330 249,692
Mining ....................................... 31 (2) 21 3,723 (2) 2,710 4,491 (2) 2,664
Utilities .................................... (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Construction ................................. 685 216 528 89,037 27,496 66,110 108,428 33,806 63,335
Manufacturing ................................ 382 262 320 66,428 45,380 53,843 77,401 49,956 48,727
Food .................................... 86 70 83 22,752 14,718 16,842 19,628 14,830 14,947
Beverage and tobacco products ........... 12 9 9 1,830 1,353 812 2,239 1,964 918
Textile mills ........................... 3 4 8 759 541 1,691 1,031 2,458 1,954
Textile product mills ................... (2) 3 3 (2) 368 577 (2) 441 608
Apparel ................................. 12 5 6 2,245 1,246 943 2,617 1,611 1,100
Leather and allied products ............. (2) - (2) (2) - (2) (2) - (2)
Wood products ........................... 18 9 12 2,181 1,392 2,163 4,708 1,268 2,118
Paper ................................... 10 4 14 1,434 682 3,004 1,312 518 1,826
Printing and related support activities . 11 11 9 2,090 1,089 870 1,991 1,401 1,125
Petroleum and coal products ............. 17 - 13 2,463 - 1,603 2,805 - 1,844
Chemicals ............................... 5 9 5 464 889 549 531 1,008 540
Plastics and rubber products ............ 14 9 9 1,697 2,678 1,940 1,922 1,299 1,830
Nonmetallic mineral products ............ 50 6 39 6,367 811 5,427 7,452 717 4,505
Primary metals .......................... 13 4 10 2,125 804 1,216 2,125 498 1,147
Fabricated metal products ............... 19 8 16 2,858 1,341 1,737 3,601 1,471 1,795
Machinery ............................... 18 16 15 3,023 2,594 3,324 4,800 3,677 2,734
Computer and electronic products ........ 15 15 22 2,029 2,617 4,095 2,524 2,380 2,251
Electrical equipment and appliances ..... 6 11 (2) 1,138 2,445 (2) 2,441 2,483 (2)
Transportation equipment ................ 51 49 26 8,062 7,531 4,772 11,590 9,726 5,005
Furniture and related products .......... 8 12 7 1,246 1,461 588 1,689 1,441 654
Miscellaneous manufacturing ............. 10 8 10 1,272 820 1,067 1,227 765 1,058
Wholesale trade .............................. 33 25 22 3,769 2,951 3,177 4,092 2,832 2,384
Retail trade ................................. 88 70 67 22,420 18,136 12,188 26,413 15,050 10,528
Transportation and warehousing ............... 52 101 31 9,352 13,476 4,473 12,921 14,573 3,138
Information .................................. 55 98 64 15,753 23,669 19,942 26,220 42,811 24,433
Finance and insurance ........................ 50 43 31 9,827 8,085 6,238 9,831 9,467 5,649
Real estate and rental and leasing ........... 15 7 10 1,740 904 1,784 1,812 1,686 1,785
Professional and technical services .......... 69 72 83 11,295 11,799 15,680 14,611 16,190 15,996
Management of companies and enterprises ...... (2) 6 (2) (2) 510 (2) (2) 1,260 (2)
Administrative and waste services ............ 230 221 241 40,868 44,278 42,810 50,010 63,517 39,907
Educational services ......................... 9 22 10 2,655 2,666 771 1,457 2,810 1,050
Health care and social assistance ............ 48 95 35 6,478 9,305 5,748 6,888 9,306 4,494
Arts, entertainment, and recreation .......... 59 45 61 12,372 8,309 10,027 8,913 7,698 7,644
Accommodation and food services .............. 161 85 95 38,800 15,860 18,387 31,830 15,486 14,893
Other services, except public administration . 22 21 15 2,794 2,034 2,097 3,471 2,378 2,252
Unclassified ................................. - 1 - - 114 - - 114 -
1 For the fourth quarter of 2011, 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.
