Table 3. Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance
Initial claimants for
Mass layoff events unemployment insurance
Industry
October August September October October August September October
2008 2009 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009 2009
Seasonally adjusted
Total ..................................... 2,204 2,690 2,561 2,127 230,330 259,307 248,006 217,182
Total, private nonfarm ........................ 2,042 2,428 2,324 1,918 216,095 237,302 229,371 198,453
Manufacturing ............................... 687 900 856 619 92,256 93,892 97,066 70,572
Not seasonally adjusted
Total (1) ................................. 2,125 1,428 1,371 1,934 221,784 125,024 123,177 193,904
Total, private .................................. 2,034 1,356 1,285 1,806 213,602 118,920 116,813 181,476
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting .. 117 22 27 128 8,049 1,727 1,672 8,593
Total, private nonfarm ........................ 1,917 1,334 1,258 1,678 205,553 117,193 115,141 172,883
Mining ...................................... 6 9 10 15 449 603 918 1,038
Utilities ................................... (2) (2) 6 6 (2) (2) 448 550
Construction ................................ 206 160 167 205 14,864 11,904 10,637 15,258
Manufacturing ............................... 689 436 448 566 100,457 41,151 51,126 69,655
Food .................................... 75 41 50 91 11,144 3,632 5,044 8,999
Beverage and tobacco products ........... 7 5 5 12 488 937 306 1,001
Textile mills ........................... 20 (2) 12 9 2,925 (2) 1,197 1,407
Textile product mills ................... 10 5 (2) 3 792 557 (2) 419
Apparel ................................. 9 15 7 7 914 1,317 572 438
Leather and allied products ............. (2) (2) (2) - (2) (2) (2) -
Wood products ........................... 68 19 36 41 6,932 1,423 2,653 4,326
Paper ................................... 17 8 15 14 1,392 576 1,287 1,216
Printing and related support activities . 10 9 10 17 1,042 714 828 1,337
Petroleum and coal products ............. (2) - - 3 (2) - - 312
Chemicals ............................... 13 10 9 8 1,394 843 540 533
Plastics and rubber products ............ 47 17 13 35 4,903 1,532 1,195 2,672
Nonmetallic mineral products ............ 21 18 12 16 1,755 1,147 763 1,172
Primary metals .......................... 48 31 30 44 6,038 2,742 3,330 4,703
Fabricated metal products ............... 47 43 44 49 4,632 3,501 3,856 4,702
Machinery ............................... 43 74 63 51 7,897 6,608 12,389 10,892
Computer and electronic products ........ 36 30 28 29 3,705 2,535 1,986 2,169
Electrical equipment and appliances ..... 21 18 23 29 3,873 1,853 2,740 3,394
Transportation equipment ................ 149 68 53 72 36,110 9,076 7,331 17,069
Furniture and related products .......... 32 13 22 22 2,902 941 3,481 1,865
Miscellaneous manufacturing ............. 13 6 11 14 1,210 577 1,117 1,029
Wholesale trade ............................. 38 34 32 50 2,573 2,714 2,422 4,645
Retail trade ................................ 161 111 139 124 15,328 10,173 13,094 12,914
Transportation and warehousing .............. 75 101 47 61 6,007 9,131 4,807 5,541
Information ................................. 49 46 45 57 7,820 6,067 4,572 9,567
Finance and insurance ....................... 63 47 43 49 5,025 4,434 3,308 3,716
Real estate and rental and leasing .......... 15 7 (2) 13 1,014 404 (2) 870
Professional and technical services ......... 46 32 31 57 3,022 2,302 1,998 5,974
Management of companies and enterprises ..... 4 (2) 5 6 337 (2) 495 812
Administrative and waste services ........... 334 195 142 260 30,945 15,604 11,525 25,694
Educational services ........................ 5 13 7 3 292 1,796 371 226
Health care and social assistance ........... 39 31 23 37 2,823 1,947 1,573 2,165
Arts, entertainment, and recreation ......... 42 19 29 34 3,106 1,403 2,209 2,435
Accommodation and food services ............. 125 74 73 126 10,278 6,034 4,981 11,346
Other services, except public administration 16 13 7 9 962 1,076 409 477
Unclassified ................................ (2) - (2) - (2) - (2) -
Government ...................................... 91 72 86 128 8,182 6,104 6,364 12,428
Federal ..................................... 19 14 8 28 1,746 1,381 603 2,550
State ....................................... 30 19 28 32 2,985 1,717 2,082 3,433
Local ....................................... 42 39 50 68 3,451 3,006 3,679 6,445
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.
