Seven States Account for Half of Manufacturing Jobs Lost in April

Close up of part of an industrial facility.  Manufacturing jobs were lost in 2020, but overall fared better than other sectors.
April saw more job contraction in the manufacturing sector than any time in the last 74 years.

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the national unemployment rate increased by 10.3 percentage points over the month of April. Manufacturing jobs experienced a 10.4% decline over that time with a cumulative job loss of just over 1.3 million. The industry has not felt such a contraction in employment in almost 75 years, the last time being September of 1945.

Labor Statistics on Manufacturing Jobs

Below is data pulled from the Bureau of Labor Statistics April report, broken down by state and compared to March 2020 employment numbers. The states posting the highest numbers of lost jobs have been highlighted.

March 2020 job numbersStateApril 2020 job numbersChange% change
272600Alabama248,400-24,200-8.88%
10,700Alaska9,200-1,500-14.02%
176,600Arizona172,700-3,900-2.21%
158100Arkansas150,500-7,600-4.81%
1,299,500California1,180,500-119,000-9.16%
149,500Colorado139,200-10,300-6.89%
161,900Connecticut149,400-12,500-7.72%
26,700Delaware24,300-2,400-8.99%
1,300D.C.1,200-100-7.69%
389,600Florida358,000-31,600-8.11%
399,200Georgia359,800-39,400-9.87%
13,900Hawaii10,700-3,200-23.02%
67,500Idaho66,400-1,100-1.63%
571,600Illinois521,700-49,900-8.73%
526,700Indiana448,400-78,300-14.87%
221,800Iowa211,400-10,400-4.69%
168,200Kansas157,200-11,000-6.54%
251,200Kentucky197,000-54,200-21.58%
135,100Louisiana125,000-10,100-7.48%
52,400Maine44,000-8,400-16.03%
112,800Maryland98,700-14,100-12.50%
242,000Massachusetts221,000-21,000-8.68%
615,900Michigan442,900-173,000-28.09%
317,200Minnesota295,900-21,300-6.72%
147,500Mississippi136,000-11,500-7.80%
274,700Missouri240,000-34,700-12.63%
19,900Montana17,900-2,000-10.05%
98,900Nebraska95,800-3,100-3.13%
58,500Nevada54,300-4,200-7.18%
70,600New Hampshire65,200-5,400-7.65%
251,700New Jersey218,500-33,200-13.19%
28,300New Mexico23,400-4,900-17.31%
435,900New York355,300-80,600-18.49%
470,800North Carolina419,800-51,000-10.83%
25,600North Dakota24,700-900-3.52%
697,700Ohio600,100-97,600-13.99%
135,400Oklahoma130,600-4,800-3.55%
192,500Oregon181,700-10,800-5.61%
571,100Pennsylvania497,300-73,800-12.92%
39,500Rhode Island37,200-2,300-5.82%
258,400South Carolina245,200-13,200-5.11%
43,600South Dakota42,700-900-2.06%
350,600Tennessee301,900-48,700-13.89%
904,100Texas858,800-45,300-5.01%
135,500Utah134,100-1,400-1.03%
29,000Vermont24,500-4,500-15.52%
239,900Virginia233,200-6,700-2.79%
289,600Washington261,500-28,100-9.70%
46,200West Virginia43,600-2,600-5.63%
478,000Wisconsin438,100-39,900-8.35%
9,900Wyoming9,700-200-2.02%
74,800Puerto Rico70,600-4,200-5.61%
800Virgin Islands80000.00%
1272100011,396,000-1,325,000-10.42%

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