A Quarter Century of Declines in Textile and Apparel Employment

Data on number of employees by industry in the U.S. is published by the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. Below are three tables showing employment, in thousands of jobs, for three industry sectors than may be of interest the readers of Agathon Associates' Textiles and Trade Blog.

Textile Mill Employment (NAICS 313) which covers fiber, yarn, and thread mills and all types of fabric formation and fabric dyeing printing and finishing.

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1990	503.3	500.1	497.7	495.8	491.1	491.3	487.2	488.3	489.3	485.3	483
1991	482.9	477.6	478.3	477.4	478.2	478.8	479.8	480.2	483.6	481	480.5
1992	479.2	479.9	480.3	479.5	478.9	478.7	478.8	479.1	478.3	477.6	478.9
1993	479.1	480.2	479.6	481.2	481.1	479.9	478.6	477.9	477.2	475.9	477.3
1994	477.6	475.8	476.1	475.2	475.6	476.9	477.7	478.8	480	480.2	480.4
1995	480.9	480.9	479.5	479.6	474.1	470.9	464.6	461.9	457.8	456.6	453.2
1996	449.3	448.4	446.1	442.8	444.1	443.7	442.8	440.3	441.3	438.9	437.9
1997	438.3	436.7	438.7	436.6	436.1	436.3	435.8	434.4	435.3	434.5	435.6
1998	433.9	433.5	432.2	431.4	429.9	426.7	422.4	420.1	417.2	414.5	412
1999	409.6	406.9	404	401.5	398.7	396.6	395.8	391.9	390.9	388.5	387.1
2000	384.9	384.4	383.2	381.7	380.5	380	379.5	376.2	373.1	370.9	367.5
2001	364.7	353	352.2	346.5	341.7	335.8	330.4	318.7	314.2	308.7	306.3
2002	302	298.5	297	295.2	293.4	291.8	291.4	286.5	283.8	282.4	280.4
2003	279.4	276.9	274.1	271.2	267	264.8	256.9	251.7	249.3	247.2	243.4
2004	241.6	239.8	240.7	240.4	239.1	237.6	236.6	235.1	233.5	231.4	230.1
2005	227	225.1	223.6	221	220.4	219.7	217.6	214.2	212.5	209.2	207.9
2006	207.8	206	202.7	201.7	199.1	196.2	194.6	187.8	186.2	184.3	184
2007	180	177.3	175.8	173.2	171.2	170.7	167.8	164.5	164.4	163.9	162.6
2008	161.7	161.3	159	156.1	154.5	151	148.9	148.2	146.2	140.7	136.8
2009	133.5	130.4	128.3	126.5	125.2	123	120.6	120.3	119.9	121	121.1
2010	117.1	119.9	119.2	119.4	119.3	119.4	119.2	118.4	119	118.8	119.5
2011	119.2	120.2	120.6	121.2	121	120.9	121.4	120.1	118.9	118.1	118.6
2012	119.4	119	119	118.9	118.6	118.4	118.6	119.4	118.1	118.2	117.5
2013	117.3	117.3	117	117	116.3	117.1	117	116.5	117.6	116.6	118
2014	116.1	117.4	117	117.2	116.7	116.7	116.7(P)

Textile Product Mills (NAICS 314) which covers carpet mills; bed, bath, and kitchen linen manufacturing; curtain and draperies; textile bag manufacturing; and cord, twin, and rope manufacturing.

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1990	243.5	242.5	241.3	239.8	238	236	233.7	232.9	231	228.3	226.9
1991	227.3	224.9	224	223.3	222.7	223.9	224	225.8	226.6	226.9	227
1992	226.4	226.8	226.8	227.6	228.2	228.2	228.3	227.8	228.5	229.6	229.6
1993	229.8	230.4	230.9	231.2	231.9	231.7	231.8	233.9	234.5	235.4	236.6
1994	238	238.8	239.9	241	241.6	243.3	244.5	246.2	245.9	245.6	246.6
1995	248.3	247.3	246.6	244.9	243.2	241.3	240.4	239	239.3	238.3	237.8
1996	236.7	237.6	236.7	236.8	237	237.4	237.2	237.1	237.2	237.1	237
1997	237.8	237.8	237.5	236.5	236.5	236.1	236.2	235.7	235.6	235.4	235.2
1998	235.5	235.7	235.6	235.9	235.7	235.1	232	234.7	233.9	232.3	233.8
1999	233.7	232.5	232.6	232.2	232.5	232.7	232	231.9	232	232.1	232
2000	230.9	232.1	232.2	231.6	230.6	229.7	229.3	227.9	227.8	227.3	227.2
2001	224.9	224.9	222.7	221.7	219.4	219.1	217.9	213.9	211.1	207.6	208.3
2002	208.6	207	206.6	206.1	205.9	204.9	204.2	202.3	201.9	200.9	199.2
2003	195.8	196.9	195.1	192.3	190.5	189.5	186.1	182.2	181.3	181.6	181.6
2004	182.8	182.3	184.6	186.3	187.7	185.4	183.8	182.2	181.2	180.3	179.6
2005	177.6	177.3	178.3	178.6	179.7	176.9	176.2	175.7	175.2	173.9	173
2006	173.1	172.2	169.2	166.1	166.5	166.6	167.3	165.2	163.6	162	161
2007	161.7	161.6	160.3	160.2	158.4	158.1	157	154.3	153.8	154.4	153.3
2008	151.6	151.1	152.1	151.7	150.4	146.9	146.3	144.8	143.6	142.3	140.4
2009	137.7	134	128.5	126.1	124.9	124	122.8	123.4	122.4	121.5	120.3
2010	119.8	119.6	118.7	119.5	120.2	119.9	120.1	120	118.3	116.8	117.2
2011	117	117.8	118.3	118.6	118.8	119	119.1	116.8	116.1	116.5	115.7
2012	114.6	116	116.5	117.3	117.5	116.8	116.2	115.3	116	116.2	116.6
2013	116.4	115.7	115	113.5	112.7	112.9	112.6	112.8	112.1	113	111.8
2014	111	111	111.1	110.8	111.1	110.4	112.7(P)

Apparel Manufacturing. (NAICS 316).

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1990	938.6	924.9	918.9	915.7	908.5	902.7	892.6	891.5	886	879.4	877
1991	880.4	874.1	872.8	865.9	868.3	871	874.2	875.7	884.2	886.8	891.1
1992	887	886.2	884	883.2	881.5	881.2	881.5	869.8	871.1	871.4	872.5
1993	871.2	873.3	871.2	866.8	865.4	861.6	854	849.3	843.4	842	836.5
1994	834.9	831.9	831.9	832.6	834	832.1	831.9	833.1	834.6	831.7	830.5
1995	826.2	818.4	812.9	810.2	804.2	796.3	789.6	778.7	765.9	757.7	749.4
1996	741.4	746.3	736.5	731	725.9	720.5	718.2	711.7	710.7	706.9	704.6
1997	701.1	702	694.4	691.4	687.3	682.6	673.4	670.3	667.8	664.1	660.5
1998	656.3	650.2	643.6	635.8	629.2	623.9	619.2	609.5	598.3	589.7	585.7
1999	581.4	569.6	560.8	554.8	549	541.4	532.7	523.2	518	514.7	509.5
2000	504	501.5	499.6	495.3	490.3	486.5	483.1	472.4	468.7	464.4	459.9
2001	456.6	451	447.2	438.6	429.5	420.4	415.7	392.1	385.2	376	371.3
2002	365.6	361.3	357	353.3	352.3	353.2	351.4	345.6	341	338	333.1
2003	327	321.2	317.9	311.7	309.5	304.8	295.5	291.2	291.8	290.5	288.6
2004	287	286.6	285.7	283.5	282.5	279	276.9	274.8	271.1	267.5	266
2005	264.2	262.2	258.5	257.3	253.4	251.2	248.8	244.5	240.2	240.6	239.6
2006	239.3	239.3	237.6	237.2	234.9	234.4	233.1	228.2	227.4	225.1	224.6
2007	222.4	220.2	219.7	217.9	216.8	214.6	214.4	210.6	209.9	209.6	208.5
2008	206.7	205.2	203.8	202.5	201.1	200.4	200.5	198.6	193.4	189.4	183.9
2009	177.2	177.2	174.6	170.1	170	164.2	166.6	163.6	161.2	158.6	160.1
2010	160.9	161.4	158.9	157.3	156.4	156.2	156.1	153.7	154	153.7	155.2
2011	154.3	152.7	151.7	152.6	152.3	152	149.7	152.2	152.1	151.1	149.6
2012	148.6	148.5	149.5	149.9	149.8	148	147.8	146.9	146.8	146.8	147.2
2013	147.4	148.1	145.2	142.4	142.5	141.6	141	140.2	140.3	139.7	138.7
2014	137.6	136.7	135.3	134.1	132.2	132.1	131.3(P)