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USDL 06-1235
For release: 10:00 A.M. EDT
Thursday, July 20, 2006
691-5902
MASS LAYOFFS IN JUNE 2006
In June 2006, employers took 1,097 mass layoff actions, seasonally adjusted, as measured by new filings
for unemployment insurance benefits during the month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department
of Labor reported today. Each action involved at least 50 persons from a single establishment, and the number of workers involved totaled 119,662, on a seasonally adjusted basis. The number of layoff events increased by 23, and the number of associated initial claims rose by 9,804 from May 2006. In the manufacturing sector, 311 mass layoff events were reported during June 2006, seasonally adjusted, resulting in
37,570 initial claims. The number of events in manufacturing was higher than a month earlier, while the number of initial claims decreased. (See table 1.)
Chart 2. Mass layoff initial claims, seasonally
adjusted, July 2001-June 2006
Chart 1. Mass layoff events, seasonally
adjusted, July 2001-June 2006
Events
Claims
3,000
300,000
2,500
250,000
2,000
150,000
1,500
1,000
Total
200,000
Total
Private nonfarm
100,000
Private nonfarm
50,000
500
Manufacturing
Manufacturing
0
0
2002
2003
2004
2005
Note: Shaded area represents recession period.
2006
2006
2002
2003
2004
2005
Note: Shaded area represents recession period.
In June 2006, the national unemployment rate was 4.6 percent, seasonally adjusted, unchanged from May
2006 and down from 5.0 percent in June 2005. Total nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, increased by 121,000 over the month and by about 1.9 million over the year.
Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
The 10 industries reporting the highest number of mass layoff initial claims, not seasonally adjusted, accounted for 73,842 initial claims in June, 45 percent of the total. (See table A.) The two industries with the
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Table A. Industries with the largest mass layoff initial claims in June 2006
June peak
Industry
Initial claims
School and employee bus transportation ................
Food service contractors .......................................
Elementary and secondary schools .........................
Child day care services ..........................................
Motion picture and video production .....................
Temporary help services ........................................
Automobile manufacturing ......................................
Other individual and family services .......................
Other social advocacy organizations ......................
Nonupholstered wood household furniture
mfg. ...................................................................
Year
Initial claims
18,267
11,707
11,029
7,973
7,261
5,607
4,525
2,744
2,555
2006
2006
2003
1995
2000
2000
1998
2006
2000
18,267
11,707
17,360
8,779
9,435
13,815
41,501
2,744
3,815
2,174
2006
2,174
highest number of initial claims were school and employee bus transportation with 18,267 and food service
contractors with 11,707. Together, these two industries accounted for 18 percent of all initial claims in June.
The manufacturing sector accounted for 21 percent of all mass layoff events and 25 percent of all initial
claims filed in June; a year earlier, manufacturing comprised 19 percent of events and 27 percent of initial
claims. In June 2006, the number of manufacturing claimants was highest in transportation equipment
manufacturing (15,822, mostly automotive-related), followed by food manufacturing (5,008). (See table 3.)
Transportation and warehousing accounted for 10 percent of events and 14 percent of initial claims filed
in June 2006, with layoffs mainly in school and employee bus transportation. Seven percent of all layoff
events and 9 percent of initial claims filed during the month were from accommodation and food services,
primarily in food service contractors. Heath care and social assistance accounted for 10 percent of events
and 8 percent of initial claims in June, mostly in child day care services.
Government establishments accounted for 14 percent of events and 12 percent of initial claims filed in
June, largely in educational services as the school year ended.
On a not seasonally adjusted basis, the number of layoff events in June 2006, at 1,489, was up by 332
from a year earlier, and the number of associated initial claims increased by 44,298 to 164,761. These were
the highest number of events reported for any June since 2003 and the highest initial claims totals since 2001.
This is likely due in part to a calendar effect; June 2006 contained 5 weeks for possible mass layoffs compared with 4 weeks in each June of the prior 4 years. (See Technical Note for an explanation of how the
number of weeks for data collection can vary from month to month. Also, note that adjustments are made
for the calendar effects in the previously mentioned seasonally adjusted series.) The largest over-the-year
increases in initial claims were reported in transit and ground passenger transportation (+7,710), food services and drinking places (+4,748), motion picture and sound recording industries (+4,626), and transportation equipment manufacturing (+3,554). The largest over-the-year decreases in initial claims were reported
in electrical equipment and appliance manufacturing (-3,049) and telecommunications (-869).
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Geographic Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Among the four census regions, the highest number of initial claims in June due to mass layoffs was in
the West, 46,445. (See table 5.) Motion picture and sound recording industries and educational services
accounted for 26 percent of all mass layoff initial claims in that region during the month. The Midwest had
the second largest number of initial claims, 44,200, followed by the Northeast, 37,376, and the South with
36,740.
The number of initial claimants in mass layoffs increased over the year in all four of the regions. The
largest increase was in the Northeast (+14,655), followed by the West (+13,367), the South (+11,061)
and the Midwest (+5,215). All nine geographic divisions had over-the-year increases in the number of initial claims associated with mass layoffs, with the largest increases in the Middle Atlantic (+12,004) and
Pacific (+11,974).
Among the states, California recorded the highest number of initial claims filed due to mass layoff events
in June (35,270), followed by Pennsylvania (13,932), New Jersey (13,182), Michigan (9,298), and Illinois
(9,144). These five states accounted for 48 percent of all mass layoff events and 49 percent of all initial
claims for unemployment insurance. (See table 6.)
California had the largest over-the-year increase in the number of initial claims (+10,618), largely due to
layoffs in motion picture and sound recording industries and professional and technical services. New Jersey
had the next largest increase in initial claims (+5,687), followed closely by Pennsylvania (+5,327). The largest over-the-year decrease in claims occurred in Ohio (-5,638).
From January to June, California reported 161,329 mass layoff initial claims, 24 percent of the national
total. The states with the next largest number of claims over this period were Pennsylvania (43,038), New
York (42,409), and Michigan (40,986).
Note
The monthly data series in this release cover mass layoffs of 50 or more workers beginning in a given
month, regardless of the duration of the layoffs. For private nonfarm establishments, information on the length
of the layoff is obtained later and issued in a quarterly release that reports on mass layoffs lasting more than
30 days (referred to as “extended mass layoffs”). The quarterly release provides more information on the
industry classification and location of the establishment and on the demographics of the laid-off workers. Because monthly figures include short-term layoffs of 30 days or less, the sum of the figures for the 3 months in
a quarter will be higher than the quarterly figure for mass layoffs of more than 30 days. (See table 4.) See
the Technical Note for more detailed definitions.
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The report on Extended Mass Layoffs in the Second Quarter of 2006 is scheduled to be released
on Thursday, August 10, 2006. The report on Mass Layoffs in July 2006 is scheduled to be released
on Wednesday, August 23, 2006.
Technical Note
The Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program is a federal-state
program that uses a standardized, automated approach to
identifying, describing, and tracking the effects of major job
cutbacks, using data from each state’s unemployment insurance
database. Each month, states report on establishments which
have at least 50 initial claims filed against them during a
consecutive 5-week period. These establishments then are
contacted by the state agency to determine whether these
separations lasted 31 days or longer, and, if so, other
information concerning the layoff is collected. States report on
layoffs lasting more than 1 month on a quarterly basis.
A given month contains an aggregation of the weekly
unemployment insurance claims filings for the Sunday through
Saturday weeks in that month. All weeks are included for the
particular month, except if the first day of the month falls on
Saturday. In this case, the week is included in the prior month’s
tabulations. This means that some months will contain 4 weeks
and others, 5 weeks, the number of weeks in a given month may
be different from year to year, and the number of weeks in a year
may vary. Therefore, analysis of over-the-month and over-theyear change in not seasonally adjusted series should take this
calendar effect into consideration.
The MLS program resumed operations in April 1995 after it
had been terminated in November 1992 due to lack of funding.
Prior to April 1995, monthly layoff statistics were not available.
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Definitions
Initial claimant. A person who files any notice of
unemployment to initiate a request either for a determination of
entitlement to and eligibility for compensation, or for a
subsequent period of unemployment within a benefit year or
period of eligibility.
Mass layoff event. Fifty or more initial claims for
unemployment insurance benefits filed against an
establishment during a 5-week period, regardless of duration.
Seasonal adjustment
Effective with the release of data for January 2005, BLS
began publishing six seasonally adjusted monthly MLS series.
The six series are the numbers of mass layoff events and mass
layoff initial claims for the total, private nonfarm, and
manufacturing sectors.
Seasonal adjustment is the process of estimating and
removing the effect on time series data of regularly recurring
seasonal events such as changes in the weather, holidays, and
the beginning and ending of the school year. The use of
seasonal adjustment makes it easier to observe fundamental
changes in time series, particularly those associated with
general economic expansions and contractions.
The MLS data are seasonally adjusted using the X-12ARIMA seasonal adjustment method on a concurrent basis.
Concurrent seasonal adjustment uses all available monthly
estimates, including those for the current month, in developing
seasonal adjustment factors. Revisions to the most recent
5 years of seasonally adjusted data will be made once a
year with the issuance of December data. Before the data are
seasonally adjusted, prior adjustments are made to the
original data to adjust them for differences in the number of
weeks used to calculate the monthly data. Because weekly
unemployment insurance claims are aggregated to form
monthly data, a particular month’s value could be calculated
with 5 weeks of data in one year and 4 weeks in another. The effects of these differences could seriously distort
the seasonal factors if they were ignored in the seasonal
adjustment process. These effects are modeled in the X-12ARIMA program and are permanently removed from the final
seasonally adjusted series.
Table 1. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, July 2002 to June 2006,
seasonally adjusted
Total
Date
Events
Private nonfarm
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
Manufacturing
Events
Initial
claimants
2002
July .........................................................................
August .....................................................................
September ..............................................................
October ...................................................................
November ...............................................................
December ...............................................................
1,635
1,478
1,911
1,774
1,652
1,841
179,806
162,040
218,875
186,940
178,402
198,678
1,460
1,324
1,747
1,582
1,507
1,659
164,944
150,118
203,849
169,660
167,335
184,368
564
569
617
625
613
661
74,834
67,779
80,528
73,904
71,693
84,048
2003
January ...................................................................
February .................................................................
March ......................................................................
April .........................................................................
May .........................................................................
June ........................................................................
July .........................................................................
August .....................................................................
September ..............................................................
October ...................................................................
November ...............................................................
December ...............................................................
1,358
1,825
1,782
1,722
1,719
1,716
1,642
1,517
1,562
1,558
1,393
1,426
131,963
190,928
175,671
174,608
184,003
164,299
163,179
171,861
147,383
156,814
141,383
144,456
1,168
1,647
1,595
1,564
1,542
1,524
1,442
1,367
1,374
1,336
1,244
1,265
117,636
178,363
160,170
163,607
170,961
148,542
148,299
158,049
133,383
138,691
129,231
132,324
387
646
617
640
625
636
580
551
484
427
401
434
48,685
78,819
72,409
83,303
86,535
68,143
74,070
74,602
56,472
52,009
50,460
50,994
2004
January ...................................................................
February .................................................................
March ......................................................................
April .........................................................................
May .........................................................................
June ........................................................................
July .........................................................................
August .....................................................................
September ..............................................................
October ...................................................................
November ...............................................................
December ...............................................................
1,421
1,293
1,364
1,381
1,189
1,390
1,329
1,436
1,283
1,302
1,350
1,188
142,704
132,640
140,957
141,909
111,173
141,948
137,724
131,807
125,344
129,237
135,036
120,602
1,223
1,145
1,234
1,207
1,030
1,226
1,185
1,243
1,155
1,181
1,202
1,038
124,192
120,811
132,152
126,106
98,230
129,344
126,945
116,672
115,499
119,653
122,954
109,508
395
362
407
341
314
360
371
342
344
369
407
293
48,519
39,360
60,296
37,686
37,405
45,398
53,248
38,192
45,691
47,888
47,517
33,123
2005
January ...................................................................
February .................................................................
March ......................................................................
April .........................................................................
May .........................................................................
June ........................................................................
July .........................................................................
August .....................................................................
September ..............................................................
October ...................................................................
November ...............................................................
December ...............................................................
1,465
1,135
1,204
1,278
1,194
1,184
1,248
1,145
2,219
1,114
1,205
1,308
153,676
120,190
133,935
139,575
129,214
128,430
131,136
127,592
283,772
104,584
120,783
149,565
1,330
1,010
1,071
1,145
1,059
1,065
1,107
1,006
1,975
986
1,074
1,185
143,295
109,964
124,273
128,478
117,660
119,271
118,994
116,011
237,831
94,798
109,680
138,234
380
350
384
390
359
349
356
334
438
328
359
365
58,778
43,966
56,253
60,726
52,055
53,930
49,070
48,904
53,399
45,475
45,069
49,641
2006
January ...................................................................
February .................................................................
March ......................................................................
April .........................................................................
May .........................................................................
June ........................................................................
1,113
1,073
1,082
1,148
1,074
1,097
108,378
111,468
118,555
118,504
109,858
119,662
985
973
984
1,023
963
974
97,832
103,268
110,275
109,150
101,080
109,041
274
321
328
358
293
311
29,541
45,073
49,023
48,086
42,006
37,570
Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, July 2002 to June 2006,
not seasonally adjusted
Total
Date
Events
Private nonfarm
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
Manufacturing
Events
Initial
claimants
2002
July .........................................................................
August .....................................................................
September ..............................................................
October ...................................................................
November ...............................................................
December ...............................................................
2,042
1,248
1,062
1,497
2,153
2,474
245,294
128,103
124,522
171,100
240,171
264,158
1,819
1,151
957
1,270
1,860
2,324
226,892
119,874
114,736
149,327
216,237
252,807
907
427
352
493
719
984
135,271
48,668
43,755
64,655
92,712
126,826
2003
January ...................................................................
February .................................................................
March ......................................................................
April .........................................................................
May .........................................................................
June ........................................................................
July .........................................................................
August .....................................................................
September ..............................................................
October ...................................................................
November ...............................................................
December ...............................................................
2,315
1,363
1,207
1,581
1,703
1,691
2,087
1,258
868
1,523
1,438
1,929
225,430
124,965
113,026
161,412
174,204
157,552
226,435
133,839
82,647
158,240
138,543
192,633
2,130
1,222
1,099
1,470
1,538
1,336
1,815
1,163
756
1,265
1,234
1,793
210,918
116,264
104,468
152,937
160,729
127,743
206,901
124,131
73,914
137,706
123,524
182,750
822
435
390
499
499
389
946
405
271
438
408
648
90,244
48,161
41,063
62,349
61,278
40,845
136,410
52,620
31,428
53,741
48,419
77,915
2004
January ...................................................................
February .................................................................
March ......................................................................
April .........................................................................
May .........................................................................
June ........................................................................
July .........................................................................
August .....................................................................
September ..............................................................
October ...................................................................
November ...............................................................
December ...............................................................
2,428
941
920
1,458
988
1,379
2,094
809
708
1,242
1,399
1,614
239,454
84,201
92,554
157,314
87,501
134,588
253,929
69,033
68,972
127,918
130,423
161,271
2,226
832
847
1,316
878
1,077
1,860
745
637
1,101
1,201
1,487
220,687
76,577
87,782
142,657
78,786
110,804
234,877
63,876
63,102
117,375
115,549
152,092
848
240
258
343
219
222
885
194
189
372
412
436
89,551
23,043
34,686
36,172
22,141
27,307
145,895
17,698
25,808
48,265
44,243
50,726
2005
January ...................................................................
February .................................................................
March ......................................................................
April .........................................................................
May .........................................................................
June ........................................................................
July .........................................................................
August .....................................................................
September ..............................................................
October ...................................................................
November ...............................................................
December ...............................................................
2,564
810
806
1,373
986
1,157
1,981
645
1,662
905
1,254
2,323
263,952
74,644
88,937
158,582
101,358
120,463
244,216
67,582
213,281
91,941
116,127
254,258
2,421
722
733
1,263
891
941
1,745
598
1,505
757
1,079
2,168
253,409
68,372
83,793
148,133
93,332
103,307
222,377
63,484
179,042
80,694
102,182
242,753
823
230
246
395
249
216
856
188
318
249
363
706
108,985
24,931
33,030
59,129
30,424
32,783
136,210
22,531
47,497
37,276
41,442
96,382
2006
January ...................................................................
February .................................................................
March ......................................................................
April .........................................................................
May .........................................................................
June ........................................................................
1,245
719
921
1,140
872
1,489
117,946
66,555
111,838
121,589
84,809
164,761
1,123
658
856
1,038
794
1,224
108,701
62,208
106,177
112,964
78,663
140,687
331
210
285
296
192
319
35,097
24,892
44,688
39,538
23,570
41,095
Table 3. Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance
Initial claimants for
unemployment insurance
Mass layoff events
Industry
June
April
May
June
June
April
May
June
2005
2006
2006
2006
2005
2006
2006
2006
Seasonally adjusted
Total .....................................................................
1,184
1,148
1,074
1,097
128,430
118,504
109,858
119,662
Total, private nonfarm ..............................................
Manufacturing ........................................................
1,065
349
1,023
358
963
293
974
311
119,271
53,930
109,150
48,086
101,080
42,006
109,041
37,570
Total ....................................................................
1,157
1,140
872
1,489
120,463
121,589
84,809
164,761
Total, private ..............................................................
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting ................
990
49
1,098
60
813
19
1,286
62
106,219
2,912
118,236
5,272
79,738
1,075
145,567
4,880
Total, private nonfarm ..............................................
Mining .....................................................................
Utilities ....................................................................
Construction ...........................................................
Manufacturing ........................................................
Food ...................................................................
Beverage and tobacco products ........................
Textile mills ........................................................
Textile product mills ...........................................
Apparel ...............................................................
Leather and allied products ................................
Wood products ...................................................
Paper ..................................................................
Printing and related support activities ................
Petroleum and coal products .............................
941
–
1,038
5
794
3
1,224
4
103,307
–
112,964
385
78,663
213
140,687
347
(2)
61
216
43
(2)
98
296
80
(2)
90
192
39
(2)
75
319
55
(2)
4,304
32,783
4,245
(2)
6,324
39,538
8,192
(2)
6,116
23,570
3,335
(2)
6,089
41,095
5,008
(2)
8
4
7
(2)
14
9
12
(2)
8
(2)
12
(2)
1,432
(2)
11
(2)
2,935
773
1,724
(2)
780
(2)
6
(2)
1,089
486
789
(2)
525
(2)
1,340
(2)
(2)
7
7
–
(2)
24
5
9
–
(2)
12
7
10
(2)
17
10
4
(2)
1,562
725
382
(2)
(2)
2,342
333
804
–
(2)
853
527
860
(2)
(2)
(2)
633
569
–
(2)
(2)
(2)
464
341
526
448
508
2,432
557
2,526
(2)
997
1,506
3,194
Not seasonally adjusted
1
2
( )
(2)
11
12
18
4
12
14
11
16
10
8
5
5
4
8
9
(2)
11
17
23
(2)
1,478
963
2,365
272
912
914
731
1,083
1,387
Computer and electronic products .....................
Electrical equipment and appliances ..................
Transportation equipment ..................................
Furniture and related products ...........................
Miscellaneous manufacturing .............................
13
16
41
9
(2)
13
7
39
8
5
11
6
35
8
5
13
10
79
15
6
1,074
4,010
12,268
1,084
(2)
946
762
14,093
709
394
1,058
1,449
7,657
709
615
1,278
961
15,822
2,742
552
Wholesale trade .....................................................
Retail trade .............................................................
Transportation and warehousing ............................
Information .............................................................
Finance and insurance ...........................................
Real estate and rental and leasing .........................
Professional and technical services .......................
Management of companies and enterprises ..........
Administrative and waste services .........................
Educational services ..............................................
Health care and social assistance ..........................
Arts, entertainment, and recreation ........................
Accommodation and food services ........................
Other services, except public administration ..........
Unclassified ...........................................................
12
58
126
41
23
5
17
2
( )
102
10
133
25
71
35
–
19
86
152
30
26
2
( )
41
2
( )
134
5
21
25
74
17
4
11
77
30
33
24
6
35
2
( )
122
5
49
21
69
23
1
9
78
155
25
38
6
28
2
( )
135
16
152
30
104
44
2
1,340
4,656
15,593
4,687
1,637
239
1,978
2
( )
9,051
551
11,354
1,338
10,150
3,079
–
1,933
7,780
19,558
4,570
1,670
2
( )
5,776
2
( )
10,725
572
1,676
1,895
7,937
2,000
240
847
7,570
2,270
4,360
1,864
424
3,019
2
( )
12,323
384
4,598
1,257
7,535
2,078
39
591
8,353
23,033
8,398
2,900
392
4,107
2
( )
10,992
1,057
12,932
1,735
14,670
3,577
102
Government ...............................................................
Federal ...................................................................
State .......................................................................
Local .......................................................................
167
10
15
142
42
9
10
23
59
9
6
44
203
14
17
172
14,244
964
1,009
12,271
3,353
796
909
1,648
5,071
767
308
3,996
19,194
1,521
1,758
15,915
Chemicals ..........................................................
Plastics and rubber products ..............................
Nonmetallic mineral products .............................
Primary metals ...................................................
Fabricated metal products ..................................
Machinery ...........................................................
6
1
Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia.
2
Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
4
25
544
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
Table 4. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, April 2004 to June 2006,
not seasonally adjusted
Private nonfarm
Total mass layoffs
Mass layoffs
Date
Events
2004
April ....................................................
May ....................................................
June ...................................................
1,458
988
1,379
Initial
claimants
157,314
87,501
134,588
Events
1,316
878
1,077
Initial
claimants
Extended mass layoffs
lasting more than 30 days
Events
Initial
claimants
Realization rates 1
Events
Initial
claimants
142,657
78,786
110,804
Second Quarter .................................
3,825
379,403
3,271
332,247
July .....................................................
August ................................................
September .........................................
2,094
809
708
253,929
69,033
68,972
1,860
745
637
234,877
63,876
63,102
Third Quarter .....................................
3,611
391,934
3,242
361,855
October ..............................................
November ..........................................
December ..........................................
1,242
1,399
1,614
127,918
130,423
161,271
1,101
1,201
1,487
117,375
115,549
152,092
Fourth Quarter ...................................
4,255
419,612
3,789
385,016
January ..............................................
February ............................................
March .................................................
2,564
810
806
263,952
74,644
88,937
2,421
722
733
253,409
68,372
83,793
First Quarter .......................................
4,180
427,533
3,876
405,574
April ....................................................
May ....................................................
June ...................................................
1,373
986
1,157
158,582
101,358
120,463
1,263
891
941
148,133
93,332
103,307
1,358
254,063
41.5
76.5
886
148,575
27.3
41.1
1,427
262,049
37.7
68.1
1,142
185,486
29.5
45.7
1,203
212,452
38.9
61.6
1,136
190,119
29.5
40.9
1,400
244,943
35.0
57.5
2005
Second Quarter .................................
3,516
380,403
3,095
344,772
July .....................................................
August ................................................
September .........................................
1,981
645
1,662
244,216
67,582
213,281
1,745
598
1,505
222,377
63,484
179,042
Third Quarter .....................................
4,288
525,079
3,848
464,903
October ..............................................
November ..........................................
December ..........................................
905
1,254
2,323
91,941
116,127
254,258
757
1,079
2,168
80,694
102,182
242,753
Fourth Quarter ...................................
4,482
462,326
4,004
425,629
January ..............................................
February ............................................
March .................................................
1,245
719
921
117,946
66,555
111,838
1,123
658
856
108,701
62,208
106,177
First Quarter .......................................
2,885
296,339
2,637
277,086
April ....................................................
May ....................................................
June ...................................................
1,140
872
1,489
121,589
84,809
164,761
1,038
794
1,224
112,964
78,663
140,687
Second Quarter .................................
3,501
371,159
3,056
332,314
2006
1
The event realization rate is the percentage of all private nonfarm
2,p
892
2,p
129,607
p
33.8
p
46.8
data on these layoffs become available. Experience suggests that the
mass layoff events lasting more than 30 days. The initial claimant realization
number of extended mass layoff events is generally revised upwards
rate is the percentage of all private nonfarm mass layoff initial claimants
by less than 10 percent and the number of initial claimants associated
associated with layoffs lasting more than 30 days.
2
These quarterly numbers are provisional and will be revised as more
with such events increases by 25-40 percent.
p
= preliminary.
Table 5. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance by census region and division,
not seasonally adjusted
Initial claimants for
unemployment insurance
Mass layoff events
Census region and division
June
2005
April
2006
May
2006
June
2006
June
2005
April
2006
May
2006
June
2006
United States 1 ....................................................
1,157
1,140
872
1,489
120,463
121,589
84,809
164,761
Northeast ....................................................................
183
308
134
296
22,721
34,615
12,744
37,376
New England ..........................................................
Middle Atlantic ........................................................
26
157
52
256
30
104
48
248
3,158
19,563
6,268
28,347
3,083
9,661
5,809
31,567
South ..........................................................................
269
177
204
344
25,679
18,283
18,518
36,740
South Atlantic .........................................................
East South Central .................................................
West South Central ................................................
164
41
64
98
41
38
100
51
53
190
80
74
15,133
3,656
6,890
10,728
4,108
3,447
8,321
5,259
4,938
20,426
8,564
7,750
Midwest ......................................................................
299
243
220
378
38,985
34,494
26,538
44,200
East North Central ..................................................
West North Central .................................................
246
53
203
40
157
63
292
86
33,393
5,592
30,704
3,790
17,516
9,022
36,225
7,975
West ...........................................................................
406
412
314
471
33,078
34,197
27,009
46,445
Mountain .................................................................
Pacific .....................................................................
44
362
47
365
28
286
55
416
4,003
29,075
5,769
28,428
2,637
24,372
5,396
41,049
1
See footnote 1, table 3.
Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas,
NOTE: The States (including the District of Columbia) that comprise
Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,
the census divisions are: New England: Connecticut, Maine,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle
Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic:
Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central:
Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri,
Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho,
Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska,
California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.
Table 6. State distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance,
not seasonally adjusted
Initial claimants for
unemployment insurance
Mass layoff events
State
June
2005
April
2006
May
2006
June
2006
June
2005
April
2006
May
2006
June
2006
Total1 .......................................................................
1,157
1,140
872
1,489
120,463
121,589
84,809
164,761
Alabama .....................................................................
Alaska .........................................................................
Arizona .......................................................................
Arkansas ....................................................................
California ....................................................................
Colorado .....................................................................
Connecticut ................................................................
Delaware ....................................................................
District of Columbia ....................................................
Florida ........................................................................
Georgia .......................................................................
Hawaii .........................................................................
Idaho ..........................................................................
8
3
7
9
5
17
5
321
6
8
–
–
34
20
6
3
13
833
238
475
741
694
2,709
432
24,551
768
673
–
–
2,363
4,191
422
349
1,347
( )
48
17
4
4
15
4
12
4
361
4
14
5
–
92
40
6
5
( )
3,165
1,734
359
255
1,636
375
1,262
819
35,270
355
1,735
1,671
–
7,581
4,456
408
393
43
22
12
9
17
12
4
5
13
40
11
7
25
61
40
12
10
26
22
4
16
10
88
21
13
33
5,273
5,771
847
822
962
1,965
6,641
1,815
3,239
685
2,065
973
314
414
1,692
4,028
2,678
495
1,957
9,144
6,786
813
880
3,246
2,361
287
1,455
795
9,298
1,971
1,023
3,017
3
4
7
6
14
4
85
10
44
14
378
556
1,713
661
7,495
623
3,463
1,127
182
324
559
615
1,597
625
13,182
891
4,453
1,332
(2)
59
4
26
119
Illinois .........................................................................
Indiana ........................................................................
Iowa ............................................................................
Kansas .......................................................................
Kentucky .....................................................................
Louisiana ....................................................................
Maine ..........................................................................
Maryland .....................................................................
Massachusetts ...........................................................
Michigan .....................................................................
Minnesota ...................................................................
Mississippi ..................................................................
Missouri ......................................................................
Montana .....................................................................
Nebraska ....................................................................
Nevada .......................................................................
New Hampshire ..........................................................
New Jersey .................................................................
New Mexico ................................................................
New York ....................................................................
North Carolina ............................................................
North Dakota ..............................................................
Ohio ............................................................................
Oklahoma ...................................................................
Oregon .......................................................................
Pennsylvania ..............................................................
Rhode Island ..............................................................
South Carolina ............................................................
South Dakota ..............................................................
Tennessee ..................................................................
Texas ..........................................................................
Utah ............................................................................
Vermont ......................................................................
Virginia .......................................................................
Washington ................................................................
West Virginia ..............................................................
Wisconsin ...................................................................
Wyoming ....................................................................
Puerto Rico .................................................................
2
( )
319
(2)
6
4
–
93
19
3
4
56
34
7
6
11
21
(2)
4
7
55
14
7
16
6
7
12
3
39
8
37
13
2
( )
5
2
( )
259
5
6
–
2
29
22
7
(2)
17
(2)
(2)
15
17
41
12
6
13
3
4
11
5
53
(2)
102
7
(2)
(2)
16
4
40
12
(2)
62
4
20
81
(2)
53
(2)
30
7
17
7
11
(2)
15
37
5
(2)
9
30
4
13
9
17
2
( )
11
17
3
39
–
12
1
See footnote 1, table 3.
2
Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
2
( )
16
101
2
( )
58
2
( )
8
2
( )
24,652
(2)
734
1,674
–
6,661
1,924
210
301
(2)
478
592
6,580
1,314
391
1,719
3,380
2,260
987
(2)
2,174
(2)
(2)
1,277
2,001
7,191
814
430
1,008
220
495
1,053
504
6,259
2
( )
625
2
( )
22,138
443
461
–
2
(2)
13,386
568
(2)
(2)
1,591
570
4,570
1,355
(2)
11,541
296
2,253
8,605
(2)
12,182
(2)
3,102
2
( )
1,242
3,500
11
11
948
1,564
1,528
1,314
(2)
14
37
5
4
7
6
–
22
–
(2)
26
44
(2)
1,470
3,329
338
( )
44
–
( )
1,495
1,722
210
4,228
–
(2)
763
2,354
381
1,311
830
1,465
60
19
2,023
2
( )
16
48
(2)
10
(2)
5
9
19
2
2
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
( )
1,296
8,702
2
( )
5,691
2
( )
767
2
(2)
988
(2)
5,903
288
3,275
13,932
1,825
1,190
(2)
1,352
3,688
447
404
593
570
–
1,930
–
(2)
2,659
4,282
( )
5,094
–
14,229
2,071
(2)
542
2,480
1,721
2