Table 21. Annual quits levels by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

Table 21. Annual quits levels by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1) [in thousands]
Industry and region	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Total	42,159	35,941	47,566	50,507	44,379
INDUSTRY
Total private	39,919	33,603	45,201	47,785	42,015
Mining and logging	180	106	118	154	175
Construction	2,082	1,602	2,124	2,215	1,979
Manufacturing	2,488	2,345	3,487	3,559	3,006
Durable goods	1,396	1,274	1,895	1,896	1,560
Nondurable goods	1,091	1,068	1,594	1,662	1,446
Trade, transportation, and utilities	8,906	8,323	11,119	11,207	9,592
Wholesale trade	1,030	1,003	1,321	1,252	1,178
Retail trade	6,229	5,657	7,745	7,338	6,179
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	1,647	1,663	2,054	2,618	2,235
Information	553	442	614	612	476
Financial activities	1,549	1,316	1,581	1,815	1,554
Finance and insurance	1,003	903	1,046	1,187	998
Real estate and rental and leasing	545	412	535	627	559
Professional and business services	7,768	6,632	8,595	9,022	7,266
Private education and health services	5,540	5,380	6,719	7,147	7,018
Private educational services	650	491	603	732	672
Health care and social assistance	4,891	4,891	6,114	6,414	6,348
Leisure and hospitality	9,222	6,414	9,309	10,340	9,444
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	942	543	839	903	997
Accommodation and food services	8,279	5,872	8,469	9,436	8,447
Other services	1,628	1,044	1,531	1,716	1,503
Government	2,240	2,338	2,366	2,721	2,364
Federal	210	238	258	254	212
State and local	2,029	2,102	2,106	2,466	2,151
State and local education	1,099	1,194	1,002	1,238	1,144
State and local, excluding education	930	907	1,103	1,228	1,010

REGION(2)
Northeast	5,700	4,804	6,378	6,871	5,956
South	17,261	15,245	19,996	21,858	19,669
Midwest	9,193	8,022	10,355	10,179	9,140
West	10,005	7,872	10,839	11,597	9,617
Footnotes (1) The annual quits level is the sum of the 12 monthly quits levels. (2) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
NOTE: Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.

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