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NCTO Washington - Office
910 17th Street, NW, Suite 1020
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: (202) 822-8028
Fax: (202) 822-8029
NCTO North Carolina -  Office
469 Hospital Drive, Suite C
Gastonia, NC 28054
Phone: (704) 824-3522
Fax: (704) 671-2366

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Textile and Apparel Job Losses Over the Past 5 Years

(Thousands of  jobs, not seasonally adjusted)

 

Latest Employment Figures

Change Since:

 

Since 2005 Quota Phase-out

Dec 04-Oct 09

Over 12 Month Period (Nov 08)

Over 5 Year Period (Nov 04)

 

October 2009

Jobs Lost

Percent

Jobs Lost

Percent

Jobs Lost

Percent

United States Textile & Apparel Workers:

411.2

-259.3

-38.6%

-61.7

-13.0%

-267.0

-39.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Textile Job Losses Over the Past 5 Years

(Thousands of  jobs, not seasonally adjusted)

 

Latest Employment Figures

Change Since:

 

Since 2005 Quota Phase-out

Dec 04-Oct 09

Over 12 Month Period (Nov 08)

Over 5 Year Period (Nov 04)

 

October 2009

Jobs Lost

Percent

Jobs Lost

Percent

Jobs Lost

Percent

United States Textile Workers:

247.0

-159.9

-39.3%

-302.0

-13.4%

-163.9

-39.9%

Alabama

7.8

-15.4

-66.4%

-3.5

-31.0%

-15.3

-66.2%

Georgia

51.5

-21.1

-29.1%

-5.6

-10.0%

-21.7

-29.6%

North Carolina

38.5

-33.3

-46.4%

-6.0

-13.5%

-33.7

-46.7%

South Carolina*

21.7

-25.3

-53.8%

-3.9

-15.2%

-25.4

-53.9%

Source:  Bureau of Labor Statistics

 

*Includes Apparel

 

 

 

 

 

 

Questions: Contact Mike Hubbard at mhubbard@ncto.org

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