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Employment in Apparel Manufacturing

Employment in apparel manufacturing and component industries, 1990–2011
Year	Apparel manufacturing, total	Cut and sew apparel contractors	Men's and boys' cut and sew apparel	Women's and all other cut and sew apparel	All other apparel manufacturing
1990	902,800	268,600	234,400	246,700	153,200
1991	876,900	262,600	228,400	237,400	148,500
1992	879,300	262,400	230,700	233,200	153,000
1993	857,300	253,000	226,700	223,800	153,900
1994	831,900	245,300	219,700	214,400	152,500
1995	791,100	233,300	207,100	202,400	148,200
1996	722,300	214,500	185,200	184,200	138,500
1997	680,800	204,100	171,200	173,300	132,200
1998	621,400	186,800	155,100	156,100	123,300
1999	540,500	163,500	129,300	136,400	111,300
2000	483,500	146,600	111,600	122,000	103,300
2001	415,200	123,400	95,200	104,800	91,800
2002	350,000	106,400	74,200	92,600	76,800
2003	303,900	94,200	61,200	79,300	69,300
2004	278,000	88,300	54,600	70,600	64,500
2005	250,500	79,500	48,700	65,200	57,100
2006	232,400	74,600	43,100	60,700	54,000
2007	214,600	66,300	39,400	59,900	49,000
2008	199,000	60,700	37,400	57,300	43,600
2009	167,500	49,900	31,300	50,800	35,500
2010	156,600	46,200	29,000	48,700	32,600
2011	151,800	45,300	29,500	48,700	28,300