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USDL 09-0980
For release: 10:00 A.M. (EDT)
Friday, August 21, 2009
MASS LAYOFFS IN JULY 2009
Employers took 2,157 mass layoff actions in July that resulted in the separation of 206,791 workers,
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 employer. The number of mass layoff events in July decreased by 606
from the prior month, and the number of associated initial claims decreased by 72,440. Over the year,
the number of mass layoff events increased by 622, and associated initial claims increased by 54,292. In
July, 621 mass layoff events were reported in the manufacturing sector, seasonally adjusted, resulting in
72,266 initial claims. Over the year, the number of manufacturing events increased by 166, and associated initial claims increased by 14,618. (See table 1.)
Chart 1. Mass layoff events, seasonally adjusted,
August 2004-July 2009
Events
3,500
Chart 2. Mass layoff initial claims, seasonally adjusted,
August 2004-July 2009
Claims
350,000
3,000
300,000
2,500
250,000
2,000
150,000
1,500
1,000
500
Total
200,000
Total
Private nonfarm
100,000
Manufacturing
Private nonfarm
Manufacturing
50,000
0
0
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
During the 20 months from December 2007 through July 2009, the total number of mass layoff
events (seasonally adjusted) was 41,979, and the number of initial claims filed (seasonally adjusted) in
those events was 4,297,329. (December 2007 was the start of a recession as designated by the National
Bureau of Economic Research.)
The national unemployment rate was 9.4 percent in July 2009, seasonally adjusted, little changed
from 9.5 percent the prior month but up from 5.8 percent a year earlier. In July, total nonfarm payroll
employment decreased by 247,000 over the month and by 5,740,000 from a year earlier.
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Table A. Industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims in July 2009,
not seasonally adjusted
July peak
Industry
Initial claims
Year
Initial claims
Elementary and secondary schools ......................
Temporary help services 1 ...................................
Construction machinery manufacturing ..............
Professional employer organizations 1 ................
Motion picture and video production ..................
Light truck and utility vehicle manufacturing .....
All other plastics product manufacturing ............
All other motor vehicle parts manufacturing .......
School and employee bus transportation .............
Motor vehicle metal stamping .............................
1
20,769
20,377
13,914
8,240
7,950
7,713
6,015
5,751
5,553
4,504
2009
1998
2009
2009
1998
1997
2004
2004
1997
2005
20,769
24,601
13,914
8,240
12,310
14,618
8,864
9,691
8,081
8,198
See the Technical Note for more information on these industries.
Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
The number of mass layoff events in July was 3,054 on a not seasonally adjusted basis; the number
of associated initial claims was 336,654. (See table 2.) Over the year, increases were recorded in both
the number of mass layoff events (+1,163) and initial claims (+136,272). This year, average weekly
events reached its highest July level in program history; data are available back to 1995. (Average
weekly analysis mitigates the effect of differing lengths of months. See the Technical Note.) Nine of
the 19 major industry sectors reported program highs in terms of average weekly initial claimants for the
month of July—construction; wholesale trade; retail trade; finance and insurance; professional and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and waste services; health care
and social assistance; and accommodation and food services. Government also reported a program high
in terms of average weekly initial claimants for the month of July.
The manufacturing sector accounted for 37 percent of all mass layoff events and 46 percent of
initial claims filed in July 2009; a year earlier, manufacturing made up 40 percent of events and 54
percent of initial claims. This July, the number of manufacturing claimants was greatest in transportation equipment (47,322) and machinery (29,528). (See table 3.) The administrative and waste
services sector accounted for 11 percent of mass layoff events and associated initial claims during
the month.
Of the 10 detailed industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims, 3 reached a series
high for July: construction machinery manufacturing; professional employer organizations; and elementary and secondary schools. The industry with the largest number of initial claims was elementary and
secondary schools (20,769), which includes both public and private entities. (See table A.)
Geographic Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Among the four census regions, the Midwest registered the highest number of initial claims in July
due to mass layoffs (117,188), followed by the West (102,292) and the South (71,648). (See table 5.)
Average weekly initial claims associated with mass layoffs increased over the year in all four regions,
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with the West experiencing the largest increase. In 2009, the South and the West reported their highest
July levels of average weekly initial claims in program history.
Of the nine geographic divisions, the East North Central (94,516) had the highest number of initial
claims due to mass layoffs in July, followed by the Pacific (91,051) and the Middle Atlantic (38,332).
(See table 5.) Eight of the 9 divisions experienced over-the-year increases in average weekly initial
claims, led by the Pacific. This year, the Mountain and the Pacific divisions reached program highs for
July in terms of average weekly initial claims.
California recorded the highest number of initial claims filed due to mass layoff events in July
with 82,085. The states with the next highest number of mass layoff initial claims were Illinois
(25,119), Michigan (23,929), and Ohio (19,704). (See table 6.) Over-the-year increases in average
weekly initial claims were highest in California, Illinois, and Pennsylvania. In 2009, seven states
reached program highs in average weekly initial claims for the month of July—Arizona, Florida,
Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New Jersey, and Utah.
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 Mass Layoffs in August 2009 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday,
September 23.
Technical Note
The Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program is a federalstate 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 employers
which have at least 50 initial claims filed against them during
a consecutive 5-week period. These employers 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-the-year 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.
Information in this release will be made available to
sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone:
(202) 691-5200; TDD message referral phone number:
1-800-877-8339.
Definitions
Employer. Employers in the MLS program include
those covered by state unemployment insurance laws.
Information on employers is obtained from the Quarterly
Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program, which
is administered by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
Industry. Employers are classified according to the
2007 version of the North American Industry Classification
System (NAICS). For temporary help and professional
employer organization industries, monthly MLS-related
statistics generally reflect layoffs related to underlying client
companies in other industries. An individual layoff action at
a client company can be small, but when initial claimants
associated with many such layoffs are assigned to a temporary help or professional employer organization firm, a
mass layoff event may trigger.
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 employer
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 1 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, August 2005 to July 2009,
seasonally adjusted
Total
Date
Private nonfarm
Manufacturing
Events
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
2005
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
1,143
2,250
1,109
1,162
1,263
125,536
296,913
111,202
113,502
136,751
1,000
2,035
991
1,027
1,135
113,465
252,291
102,111
102,058
125,700
342
420
320
325
358
47,255
55,974
43,387
41,493
46,940
2006
January ........................................................
February .......................................................
March ...........................................................
April ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
1,112
960
1,078
1,198
1,132
1,156
1,204
1,278
1,167
1,195
1,209
1,201
111,601
104,045
118,270
123,674
116,808
124,955
123,172
136,289
124,083
121,439
131,459
133,311
986
872
976
1,062
1,013
1,044
1,077
1,117
1,054
1,081
1,096
1,100
102,359
96,317
109,842
113,849
106,743
115,491
113,324
125,064
115,451
112,777
122,136
124,019
293
317
320
366
312
356
381
376
390
401
402
369
35,390
41,810
48,026
50,747
42,958
45,280
50,109
60,524
46,470
53,597
57,084
51,113
2007
January ........................................................
February .......................................................
March ...........................................................
April ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
1,261
1,240
1,261
1,281
1,200
1,256
1,288
1,262
1,279
1,346
1,352
1,469
129,190
134,524
129,480
130,263
119,259
132,078
131,556
125,334
125,527
133,514
143,419
145,916
1,116
1,130
1,151
1,145
1,097
1,138
1,182
1,162
1,183
1,224
1,233
1,354
118,890
126,105
120,923
119,683
111,585
122,726
123,322
117,557
118,917
124,666
134,445
136,914
406
404
407
381
368
356
405
331
440
436
408
447
55,341
58,861
52,356
45,654
48,682
41,135
53,318
36,577
54,006
57,527
56,330
56,152
2008
January ........................................................
February .......................................................
March ...........................................................
April ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
1,476
1,669
1,585
1,344
1,701
1,717
1,535
1,887
2,290
2,204
2,333
2,275
149,068
183,038
161,497
135,352
180,558
174,748
152,499
188,951
240,721
230,330
225,639
226,117
1,350
1,532
1,471
1,215
1,563
1,561
1,390
1,735
2,114
2,042
2,185
2,100
139,076
172,013
151,550
125,074
170,538
162,071
141,239
178,479
226,492
216,095
213,288
212,559
435
526
483
487
538
555
455
626
643
687
868
871
56,579
67,235
65,252
63,247
75,520
79,744
57,648
80,913
86,617
92,256
100,643
105,402
2009
January ........................................................
February .......................................................
March ...........................................................
April ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
2,227
2,769
2,933
2,712
2,933
2,763
2,157
237,902
295,477
299,388
271,226
312,880
279,231
206,791
2,070
2,628
2,751
2,519
2,736
2,536
1,928
225,490
281,500
283,989
256,111
296,108
260,747
185,718
738
1,235
1,259
1,111
1,331
1,235
621
102,577
152,618
155,909
135,252
165,802
159,310
72,266
Events
Initial
claimants
Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, August 2005 to July 2009,
not seasonally adjusted
Total
Date
Private nonfarm
Manufacturing
Events
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
2005
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
645
1,662
905
1,254
2,323
67,582
213,281
91,941
116,127
254,258
598
1,505
757
1,079
2,168
63,484
179,042
80,694
102,182
242,753
188
318
249
363
706
22,531
47,497
37,276
41,442
96,382
2006
January ........................................................
February .......................................................
March ...........................................................
April ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
1,245
719
921
1,140
872
1,489
1,511
708
865
964
1,315
2,249
117,946
66,555
111,838
121,589
84,809
164,761
166,857
72,844
87,699
98,804
136,186
254,503
1,123
658
856
1,038
794
1,224
1,335
656
785
820
1,172
2,126
108,701
62,208
106,177
112,964
78,663
140,687
154,342
69,054
81,274
88,133
125,009
244,783
331
210
285
296
192
319
648
203
296
311
455
735
35,097
24,892
44,688
39,538
23,570
41,095
96,152
28,494
39,076
46,737
58,473
105,462
2007
January ........................................................
February .......................................................
March ...........................................................
April ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
1,407
935
1,082
1,219
923
1,599
1,599
963
717
1,083
1,799
2,167
134,984
86,696
123,974
127,444
85,816
172,810
175,419
93,458
67,385
108,455
198,220
224,214
1,263
861
1,015
1,115
856
1,318
1,450
908
667
929
1,593
2,071
124,475
82,097
118,431
118,040
81,153
148,669
164,939
88,345
64,026
97,716
181,184
216,898
456
273
367
309
224
313
684
220
246
338
514
699
53,615
36,170
49,886
35,229
26,527
36,571
101,390
23,361
29,381
50,918
75,413
91,754
2008
January ........................................................
February .......................................................
March ...........................................................
April ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
1,647
1,269
1,089
1,272
1,552
1,622
1,891
1,427
1,292
2,125
2,574
3,377
154,503
119,508
114,541
130,810
159,471
166,742
200,382
139,999
129,586
221,784
241,589
351,305
1,520
1,178
1,039
1,172
1,438
1,315
1,687
1,343
1,202
1,917
2,389
3,232
144,191
113,587
110,147
121,625
150,462
140,916
186,018
133,146
122,505
205,553
226,657
340,220
488
361
333
394
388
309
760
414
361
689
997
1,378
54,418
42,527
43,740
48,188
51,698
42,097
108,733
51,912
46,391
100,457
107,620
172,529
2009
January ........................................................
February .......................................................
March ...........................................................
April ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
3,806
2,262
2,191
2,547
2,738
2,519
3,054
388,813
218,438
228,387
256,930
289,628
256,357
336,654
3,633
2,173
2,107
2,385
2,572
2,051
2,659
375,293
210,755
221,397
243,321
274,047
216,063
296,589
1,461
945
940
887
1,005
674
1,133
172,757
103,588
114,747
100,872
123,683
85,726
154,208
Events
Initial
claimants
Table 3. Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance
Initial claimants for
unemployment insurance
Mass layoff events
Industry
July
2008
May
2009
June
2009
July
2009
July
2008
May
2009
June
2009
July
2009
1,535
1,390
455
2,933
2,736
1,331
2,763
2,536
1,235
2,157
1,928
621
152,499
141,239
57,648
312,880
296,108
165,802
279,231
260,747
159,310
206,791
185,718
72,266
Total ............................................................
1,891
2,738
2,519
3,054
200,382
289,628
256,357
336,654
Total, private ........................................................
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting .........
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 .......................
2,599
27
2,572
32
4
255
1,005
65
7
13
8
17
(2)
43
30
34
(2)
23
52
35
77
100
118
60
37
238
24
17
2,101
50
2,051
15
4
136
674
48
(2)
11
4
16
(2)
29
13
18
(2)
13
35
25
45
74
74
63
30
139
24
9
2,752
93
2,659
22
3
170
1,133
67
8
21
8
26
4
42
17
16
6
19
74
29
89
114
132
77
45
275
35
29
191,309
5,291
186,018
(2)
(2)
4,941
108,733
4,844
(2)
1,286
560
2,048
184
4,044
1,239
947
(2)
999
6,804
1,412
4,606
7,007
5,042
2,498
3,052
57,761
2,397
1,751
276,113
2,066
274,047
3,057
466
19,684
123,683
7,211
607
1,059
775
1,360
(2)
4,219
3,854
3,521
(2)
2,146
5,187
2,388
8,785
9,483
12,472
5,732
3,506
46,816
2,568
1,402
219,548
3,485
216,063
1,147
246
9,343
85,726
4,395
(2)
1,563
214
1,683
(2)
2,435
968
1,552
(2)
1,013
3,697
1,645
6,496
6,846
14,644
6,145
4,344
24,865
2,337
644
304,108
7,519
296,589
1,816
446
12,415
154,208
8,076
624
2,424
875
2,926
306
3,453
1,439
1,950
373
Chemicals ....................................................
Plastics and rubber products .......................
Nonmetallic mineral products ......................
Primary metals .............................................
Fabricated metal products ...........................
Machinery ....................................................
Computer and electronic products ...............
Electrical equipment and appliances ...........
Transportation equipment ............................
Furniture and related products ....................
Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................
1,765
78
1,687
(2)
(2)
72
760
49
(2)
15
5
24
3
38
10
12
(2)
13
62
16
41
71
45
30
21
269
18
15
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 ....................................................
22
116
107
42
55
11
40
4
259
18
65
27
78
7
–
64
202
89
67
71
14
83
12
310
10
87
37
189
41
–
50
155
184
53
34
20
53
8
239
28
173
45
136
42
2
78
161
131
90
84
12
95
14
351
31
101
38
124
19
2
1,926
9,450
11,182
4,069
4,256
792
3,147
313
22,921
1,388
4,263
2,136
5,803
419
–
6,022
18,360
7,835
9,132
6,374
985
7,030
1,329
32,973
758
8,402
2,676
21,484
3,797
–
4,858
15,318
23,792
6,018
2,239
1,590
4,503
1,164
19,150
2,295
13,948
2,671
18,499
3,424
132
6,201
17,388
11,279
13,941
6,700
819
10,555
2,289
35,419
2,540
7,010
2,611
9,651
1,212
89
Government .........................................................
Federal ............................................................
State ................................................................
Local ................................................................
126
4
26
96
139
37
25
77
418
15
38
365
302
10
39
253
9,073
306
2,179
6,588
13,515
4,585
2,185
6,745
36,809
1,124
2,821
32,864
32,546
845
3,297
28,404
Seasonally adjusted
Total ...............................................................
Total, private nonfarm ........................................
Manufacturing ..................................................
Not seasonally adjusted
1
1
2
Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia.
Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
1,722
9,776
3,044
9,850
10,798
29,528
7,823
5,992
47,322
3,311
2,596
Table 4. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, July 2007 to July 2009,
not seasonally adjusted
Private nonfarm
Total mass layoffs
Date
Mass layoffs
Events
Initial
claimants
Events
Extended mass layoffs
lasting more than 30 days
Initial
claimants
Realization rates 1
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
1,018
173,077
33.7
54.5
1,814
347,151
39.5
70.0
1,340
259,292
35.9
70.5
1,756
r
339,629
44.7
82.2
1,582
r
304,316
37.4
r
68.9
r
3,582
r
765,019
r
47.5
r
99.0
r
3,979
r
830,028
r
50.3
r
p
42.7
p
Events
2007
July ............................................
August ........................................
September .................................
1,599
963
717
175,419
93,458
67,385
1,450
908
667
164,939
88,345
64,026
Third Quarter .............................
3,279
336,262
3,025
317,310
October ......................................
November ..................................
December ..................................
1,083
1,799
2,167
108,455
198,220
224,214
929
1,593
2,071
97,716
181,184
216,898
Fourth Quarter ...........................
5,049
530,889
4,593
495,798
January ......................................
February ....................................
March .........................................
1,647
1,269
1,089
154,503
119,508
114,541
1,520
1,178
1,039
144,191
113,587
110,147
First Quarter ...............................
4,005
388,552
3,737
367,925
April ............................................
May ............................................
June ...........................................
1,272
1,552
1,622
130,810
159,471
166,742
1,172
1,438
1,315
121,625
150,462
140,916
Second Quarter .........................
4,446
457,023
3,925
413,003
July ............................................
August ........................................
September .................................
1,891
1,427
1,292
200,382
139,999
129,586
1,687
1,343
1,202
186,018
133,146
122,505
Third Quarter .............................
4,610
469,967
4,232
441,669
October ......................................
November ..................................
December ..................................
2,125
2,574
3,377
221,784
241,589
351,305
1,917
2,389
3,232
205,553
226,657
340,220
Fourth Quarter ...........................
8,076
814,678
7,538
772,430
January ......................................
February ....................................
March .........................................
3,806
2,262
2,191
388,813
218,438
228,387
3,633
2,173
2,107
375,293
210,755
221,397
First Quarter ...............................
8,259
835,638
7,913
807,445
April ............................................
May ............................................
June ...........................................
2,547
2,738
2,519
256,930
289,628
256,357
2,385
2,572
2,051
243,321
274,047
216,063
Second Quarter .........................
7,804
802,915
7,008
733,431
July ............................................
3,054
336,654
2,659
296,589
2008
2009
1
The event realization rate is the percentage of all private nonfarm
2,p
2,994
2,p
506,533
102.8
69.1
number of extended mass layoff events is generally revised upwards
mass layoff events lasting more than 30 days. The initial claimant realization
by less than 10 percent and the number of initial claimants associated
rate is the percentage of all private nonfarm mass layoff initial claimants
with such events increases by 25-40 percent.
r
= revised.
associated with layoffs lasting more than 30 days.
2
These quarterly numbers are provisional and will be revised as more
data on these layoffs become available. Experience suggests that the
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
July
2008
May
2009
June
2009
July
2009
July
2008
May
2009
June
2009
July
2009
United States 1 .........................................
1,891
2,738
2,519
3,054
200,382
289,628
256,357
336,654
Northeast ..........................................................
New England ................................................
Middle Atlantic ..............................................
281
34
247
451
67
384
428
63
365
511
82
429
25,506
2,658
22,848
41,413
5,865
35,548
46,593
6,516
40,077
45,526
7,194
38,332
South ................................................................
South Atlantic ...............................................
East South Central .......................................
West South Central ......................................
450
218
161
71
742
370
171
201
620
354
128
138
725
389
213
123
48,440
17,556
21,721
9,163
72,375
34,117
18,081
20,177
61,962
31,988
16,589
13,385
71,648
34,220
25,153
12,275
Midwest ............................................................
East North Central ........................................
West North Central .......................................
606
528
78
826
649
177
592
469
123
805
635
170
84,535
75,373
9,162
105,264
84,281
20,983
76,301
59,347
16,954
117,188
94,516
22,672
West .................................................................
Mountain .......................................................
Pacific ...........................................................
554
49
505
719
135
584
879
90
789
1,013
112
901
41,901
4,519
37,382
70,576
13,290
57,286
71,501
7,184
64,317
102,292
11,241
91,051
1
See footnote 1, table 3.
NOTE: The States (including the District of Columbia) that
comprise 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: Alabama,
Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas,
Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; East North Central: Illinois, Indiana,
Michigan, 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
July
2008
May
2009
June
2009
July
2009
July
2008
May
2009
June
2009
July
2009
1,891
2,738
2,519
3,054
200,382
289,628
256,357
336,654
67
49
6
27
8
714
11
15
8
(2)
182
43
10
5
75
(2)
35
11
812
15
15
5
7,072
192
62
9
8
7,555
3,949
271
619
4,037
1,230
2,484
2,319
47,091
1,762
1,389
172
(2)
12,446
5,187
900
680
7,837
431
2,137
583
56,138
832
1,487
882
(2)
15,785
3,809
992
342
8,324
(2)
3,469
1,033
82,085
1,536
1,056
347
123
39
4
7
40
12
28
18
487
15
17
3
(2)
181
56
8
9
14,929
7,636
670
759
Illinois ..................................................
Indiana ................................................
Iowa ....................................................
Kansas ................................................
Kentucky .............................................
Louisiana ............................................
Maine ..................................................
Maryland .............................................
Massachusetts ....................................
Michigan .............................................
Minnesota ...........................................
Mississippi ..........................................
Missouri ..............................................
56
67
16
8
63
10
5
5
16
212
12
13
39
135
86
31
31
85
35
7
10
23
180
38
9
54
116
45
33
15
49
26
3
13
20
121
26
11
39
110
87
48
22
97
21
4
11
31
185
31
14
61
7,674
8,787
2,068
731
11,907
1,645
359
443
1,107
27,672
1,452
1,330
3,763
19,717
10,416
4,379
3,551
9,894
3,160
644
1,201
2,281
26,344
4,224
726
6,336
20,576
4,643
3,765
4,071
6,240
3,005
280
1,325
1,777
12,218
2,318
895
5,446
25,119
10,131
8,730
2,088
14,128
1,768
256
987
2,972
23,929
3,229
803
7,647
Montana ..............................................
Nebraska ............................................
Nevada ...............................................
New Hampshire ..................................
New Jersey .........................................
New Mexico ........................................
New York ............................................
North Carolina ....................................
North Dakota ......................................
Ohio ....................................................
Oklahoma ...........................................
Oregon ................................................
Pennsylvania ......................................
4
(2)
15
4
56
(2)
103
12
(2)
117
5
25
88
7
13
52
7
45
13
112
33
8
145
13
41
227
6
3
18
5
88
15
83
28
6
94
11
43
194
5
4
37
17
101
5
126
23
4
138
16
49
202
234
(2)
1,637
426
4,110
(2)
10,764
1,128
(2)
19,402
575
2,498
7,974
856
1,306
5,297
526
4,394
1,089
10,762
5,351
869
16,920
1,772
4,775
20,392
476
658
1,686
630
14,033
1,013
7,681
2,505
640
10,818
1,052
5,525
18,363
481
418
3,212
1,564
8,366
252
11,886
1,950
560
19,704
2,013
5,492
18,080
Rhode Island ......................................
South Carolina ....................................
South Dakota ......................................
Tennessee ..........................................
Texas ..................................................
Utah ....................................................
Vermont ..............................................
Virginia ................................................
Washington .........................................
West Virginia ......................................
Wisconsin ...........................................
Wyoming .............................................
(2)
29
10
38
(2)
19
93
8
10
31
16
8
93
10
59
(2)
2,958
–
–
27
75
7
5
35
29
(2)
115
1,412
5,337
(2)
(2)
1,475
1,363
11,838
1,377
4,087
(2)
1,617
8,745
698
965
2,817
1,231
583
11,092
1,898
7,461
1,532
381
2,873
2,549
(2)
15,633
–
–
–
563
3,021
(2)
3,424
12,926
1,020
462
6,168
3,290
429
10,884
(2)
965
5,359
18
43
(2)
(2)
9
16
7
31
(2)
37
135
10
6
49
36
5
103
(2)
–
–
Puerto Rico .........................................
12
23
17
2,830
1,280
1,826
Total 1 ..............................................
Alabama .............................................
Alaska .................................................
Arizona ...............................................
Arkansas .............................................
California ............................................
Colorado .............................................
Connecticut .........................................
Delaware ............................................
District of Columbia ............................
Florida .................................................
Georgia ...............................................
Hawaii .................................................
Idaho ...................................................
1
2
–
15
13
460
4
6
(2)
–
–
–
76
–
See footnote 1, table 3.
Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
–
22
–
1,422
1,606
33,250
343
579
(2)
–
–
1,227
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
–
–