USDL-10-0229
For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Technical information: (202) 691-6392 • [email protected] • www.bls.gov/mls
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MASS LAYOFFS – JANUARY 2010
Employers took 1,761 mass layoff actions in January that resulted in the separation of 182,261 workers,
seasonally adjusted, as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month,
the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Each action involved at least 50 persons from a
single employer. Both mass layoff events and initial claims increased from the prior month after four
consecutive over-the-month decreases. In January, 486 mass layoff events were reported in the manufacturing sector, seasonally adjusted, resulting in 62,556 initial claims. Both figures increased over the
month—the first increases since August 2009 for events and since September 2009 for initial claims.
(See table 1.)
Chart 1. Mass layoff events, seasonally adjusted,
February 2005-January 2010
Events
3,500
Chart 2. Mass layoff initial claims, seasonally adjusted,
February 2005-January 2010
Claims
350,000
3,000
300,000
2,500
250,000
2,000
200,000
150,000
1,500
100,000
1,000
500
0
Total
Total
Private nonfarm
Manufacturing
Private nonfarm
Manufacturing
50,000
0
During the 26 months from December 2007 through January 2010, the total number of mass layoff
events (seasonally adjusted) was 53,739, and the associated number of initial claims was 5,425,101.
(December 2007 was the start of a recession as designated by the National Bureau of Economic
Research.)
The national unemployment rate was 9.7 percent in January 2010, seasonally adjusted, down from 10.0
percent the prior month but up from 7.7 percent a year earlier. In January, nonfarm payroll employment
decreased by 20,000 over the month and by 4,022,000 from a year earlier.
Table A. Industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims in January 2010,
not seasonally adjusted
January peak
Industry
Initial claims
Year
Initial claims
1
Temporary help services ...................................
School and employee bus transportation .............
Discount department stores .................................
Motion picture and video production ..................
1
Professional employer organizations ................
Highway, street, and bridge construction ............
Hotels and motels, except casino hotels ..............
Automobile manufacturing ..................................
Supermarkets and other grocery stores ................
Nonresidential electrical contractors ...................
1
16,575
15,131
8,065
7,966
6,462
5,094
4,248
4,173
3,371
3,299
1998
2010
2010
1998
2009
2000
2009
2001
2009
2010
26,224
15,131
8,065
12,038
11,345
9,680
6,592
21,093
3,978
3,299
See the Technical Note for more information on these industries.
Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
The number of mass layoff events in January was 2,860 on a not seasonally adjusted basis; the number
of associated initial claims was 278,679. Over the year, the number of mass layoff events decreased by
946, and associated initial claims decreased by 110,134. (See table 2.) Sixteen of the 19 major industry
sectors in the private economy reported over-the-year decreases in initial claimants, led by manufacturing (-67,911). (See table 3.) Management of companies and educational services reported January
program highs in terms of average weekly initial claimants while utilities reached a January program
low. (Average weekly analysis mitigates the effect of differing lengths of months. See the Technical
Note.)
The manufacturing sector accounted for 34 percent of all mass layoff events and 38 percent of initial
claims filed in January 2010. A year earlier, manufacturing made up 38 percent of events and 44 percent
of initial claims. Within manufacturing, the number of claimants in January was greatest in transportation equipment, followed by food, fabricated metal products, and machinery. Eighteen of the 21 manufacturing subsectors experienced over-the-year decreases in initial claims, led by transportation equipment (-34,023). (See table 3.)
The six-digit industry with the largest number of initial claims in January 2010 was temporary help
services. Of the 10 detailed industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims, school and
employee bus transportation, discount department stores, and nonresidential electrical contractors
reached program highs for the month of January. (See table A.)
Geographic Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
All regions and all divisions experienced over-the-year decreases in initial claims due to mass layoffs in
January. Among the 4 census regions, the South (-41,525) and Midwest (-31,010) registered the largest
over-the-year decreases in initial claims. Of the 9 geographic divisions, the East North Central (-30,146)
and the South Atlantic (-21,046) had the largest over-the-year decreases of initial claims. (See table 5.)
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California recorded the highest number of initial claims in January, followed by New York and
Pennsylvania. Forty states experienced over-the-year decreases in initial claims, led by Ohio (-13,850),
Pennsylvania (-13,226), and Michigan (-10,418). (See table 6.) In 2010, three states reached January
program highs for average weekly initial claims: North Dakota, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin.
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 Mass Layoffs in February 2010 news release is scheduled to be released on Tuesday,
March 23, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT).
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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; Federal Relay Service: (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, February 2006 to January 2010,
seasonally adjusted
Total
Date
Private nonfarm
Manufacturing
Events
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
2006
February ............................................................
March ................................................................
April ...................................................................
May ...................................................................
June ..................................................................
July ....................................................................
August ...............................................................
September .........................................................
October .............................................................
November ..........................................................
December ..........................................................
938
1,069
1,189
1,121
1,150
1,182
1,238
1,154
1,208
1,244
1,227
96,542
117,725
123,056
117,834
125,318
121,056
135,707
124,200
123,691
135,465
134,176
846
965
1,055
1,003
1,039
1,056
1,104
1,043
1,094
1,128
1,123
88,629
109,241
112,922
107,929
115,883
111,432
125,704
115,261
115,102
125,976
124,570
304
312
352
302
349
373
372
393
409
413
376
40,029
45,687
48,731
40,703
43,476
51,691
58,962
45,972
53,957
58,509
51,403
2007
January .............................................................
February ............................................................
March ................................................................
April ...................................................................
May ...................................................................
June ..................................................................
July ....................................................................
August ...............................................................
September .........................................................
October .............................................................
November ..........................................................
December ..........................................................
1,264
1,191
1,225
1,268
1,172
1,241
1,274
1,247
1,255
1,370
1,415
1,569
130,834
121,289
126,391
129,098
118,648
131,394
130,331
126,108
123,632
137,108
148,952
155,095
1,113
1,075
1,113
1,135
1,070
1,125
1,169
1,158
1,160
1,248
1,289
1,448
119,874
112,607
117,760
118,175
111,103
122,123
122,381
118,575
116,744
128,387
139,665
145,666
404
374
386
362
345
338
403
323
436
449
424
483
55,217
54,581
48,298
43,205
44,391
37,931
55,973
34,902
51,814
58,360
58,543
60,368
2008
January .............................................................
February ............................................................
March ................................................................
April ...................................................................
May ...................................................................
June ..................................................................
July ....................................................................
August ...............................................................
September .........................................................
October .............................................................
November ..........................................................
December ..........................................................
1,481
1,578
1,487
1,327
1,604
1,674
1,531
1,845
2,222
2,287
2,489
2,461
151,269
162,152
151,539
133,318
170,619
170,329
152,447
189,798
235,755
239,768
240,181
243,505
1,348
1,432
1,372
1,201
1,465
1,523
1,389
1,711
2,049
2,125
2,334
2,277
140,570
150,712
141,574
122,651
160,529
158,084
141,707
179,737
220,832
226,098
227,368
229,171
436
470
436
460
468
501
461
607
634
721
929
962
57,147
60,276
56,919
59,377
62,345
68,403
61,417
78,172
81,989
95,301
107,072
115,961
2009
January .............................................................
February ............................................................
March ................................................................
April ...................................................................
May ...................................................................
June ..................................................................
July ....................................................................
August ...............................................................
September .........................................................
October .............................................................
November ..........................................................
December ..........................................................
2,279
2,737
2,913
2,663
2,794
2,598
2,039
2,480
2,326
2,055
1,813
1,726
251,807
289,162
295,970
263,162
306,788
260,596
196,578
238,911
221,639
205,502
163,823
153,127
2,115
2,592
2,715
2,461
2,589
2,371
1,818
2,244
2,109
1,856
1,650
1,542
238,990
274,040
279,671
247,329
289,012
241,864
176,542
218,425
204,462
187,880
151,810
138,747
764
1,186
1,202
1,033
1,183
1,072
565
798
783
594
485
433
109,124
141,264
146,381
125,093
145,166
135,844
66,918
87,201
90,440
65,801
54,858
44,072
2010
January .............................................................
1,761
182,261
1,585
168,466
486
62,556
Events
Initial
claimants
Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, February 2006 to January 2010,
not seasonally adjusted
Total
Date
Private nonfarm
Manufacturing
Events
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
2006
February ............................................................
March ................................................................
April ...................................................................
May ...................................................................
June ..................................................................
July ....................................................................
August ...............................................................
September .........................................................
October .............................................................
November ..........................................................
December ..........................................................
719
921
1,140
872
1,489
1,511
708
865
964
1,315
2,249
66,555
111,838
121,589
84,809
164,761
166,857
72,844
87,699
98,804
136,186
254,503
658
856
1,038
794
1,224
1,335
656
785
820
1,172
2,126
62,208
106,177
112,964
78,663
140,687
154,342
69,054
81,274
88,133
125,009
244,783
210
285
296
192
319
648
203
296
311
455
735
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 ....................................................................
August ...............................................................
September .........................................................
October .............................................................
November ..........................................................
December ..........................................................
3,806
2,262
2,191
2,547
2,738
2,519
3,054
1,428
1,371
1,934
1,870
2,310
388,813
218,438
228,387
256,930
289,628
256,357
336,654
125,024
123,177
193,904
164,496
214,648
3,633
2,173
2,107
2,385
2,572
2,051
2,659
1,334
1,258
1,678
1,679
2,166
375,293
210,755
221,397
243,321
274,047
216,063
296,589
117,193
115,141
172,883
150,751
203,655
1,461
945
940
887
1,005
674
1,133
436
448
566
517
615
172,757
103,588
114,747
100,872
123,683
85,726
154,208
41,151
51,126
69,655
55,053
64,540
2010
January .............................................................
2,860
278,679
2,682
265,074
962
104,846
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
January November December January
2009
2009
2009
2010
January
2009
November
2009
December
2009
January
2010
Seasonally adjusted
Total .................................................................... 2,279
Total, private nonfarm ............................................. 2,115
Manufacturing ....................................................... 764
1,813
1,650
485
1,726
1,542
433
1,761
1,585
486
251,807
238,990
109,124
163,823
151,810
54,858
153,127
138,747
44,072
182,261
168,466
62,556
Total ................................................................. 3,806
1,870
2,310
2,860
388,813
164,496
214,648
278,679
Total, private ............................................................. 3,709
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting ..............
76
Total, private nonfarm ............................................. 3,633
Mining ...................................................................
50
Utilities ..................................................................
(2)
Construction .........................................................
388
Manufacturing ....................................................... 1,461
Food .................................................................
84
6
Beverage and tobacco products .......................
35
Textile mills .......................................................
19
Textile product mills ..........................................
Apparel .............................................................
33
Leather and allied products ..............................
6
Wood products .................................................
104
Paper ................................................................
38
38
Printing and related support activities ...............
8
Petroleum and coal products ............................
1,791
112
1,679
22
3
308
517
61
9
12
–
17
2,739
57
2,682
20
380,158
4,865
375,293
4,538
(2)
27,762
172,757
8,083
511
4,322
2,811
3,189
504
9,870
3,977
4,187
515
(2)
888
852
206,930
3,275
203,655
2,807
444
35,718
64,540
6,447
396
2,242
300
1,661
324
3,218
850
1,659
866
268,595
3,521
265,074
1,561
(2)
328
962
93
13
28
18
23
3
62
16
23
7
158,146
7,395
150,751
1,551
206
23,902
55,053
6,631
682
1,337
–
1,361
(2)
10
11
2,219
53
2,166
34
6
485
615
63
5
14
3
19
5
40
12
14
10
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 ...........................
26
110
56
98
151
121
76
53
316
48
35
13
29
30
38
36
44
25
18
86
19
11
10
35
59
34
54
53
23
19
106
28
9
23
62
44
56
99
89
37
33
175
48
10
1,883
11,156
4,441
9,660
13,746
14,120
6,747
5,807
57,173
6,928
3,127
1,239
2,802
2,514
3,426
2,764
5,080
2,788
1,379
13,806
2,407
931
768
3,487
4,990
3,456
4,387
6,827
1,429
2,191
13,537
4,617
888
2,058
5,466
3,131
5,734
9,256
12,322
4,239
3,360
23,150
5,088
1,170
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 .........................................................
86
329
236
69
88
26
87
50
121
157
51
30
12
47
5
253
12
38
19
214
16
1
67
259
212
84
47
(2)
46,646
1,952
4,279
4,421
17,360
2,155
49
2,389
7,083
6,651
5,414
2,691
963
4,651
290
18,219
453
2,886
3,705
13,264
1,380
–
3,858
12,300
17,909
7,042
2,357
763
3,746
545
21,653
755
2,653
1,734
23,507
1,171
153
5,310
28,109
23,788
12,581
3,681
(2)
71
15
326
18
46
35
163
20
–
7,612
33,622
25,081
9,405
7,683
1,870
7,032
(2)
473
14
41
49
197
25
1
33
99
83
52
33
13
55
3
220
6
38
45
129
20
–
Government ..............................................................
Federal .................................................................
State .....................................................................
Local .....................................................................
97
13
25
59
79
12
25
42
91
11
26
54
121
8
37
76
8,655
1,302
2,155
5,198
6,350
1,155
2,213
2,982
7,718
921
2,560
4,237
10,084
698
3,278
6,108
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.
(2)
40
(2)
3,505
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
(2)
24,148
104,846
9,134
839
3,807
2,503
2,128
499
6,657
1,421
2,415
469
(2)
6,390
1,462
30,020
2,460
3,019
2,860
12,838
1,458
–
Table 4. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, January 2008 to January 2010,
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
Events
Initial
claimants
1,340
259,292
35.9
70.5
1,756
339,630
44.7
82.2
1,581
304,340
37.4
68.9
3,582
r
766,780
47.5
3,979
r
835,420
50.3
r
3,395
r
730,946
r
48.4
r
99.7
r
2,035
r
402,927
r
38.8
r
76.2
p
37.0
p
55.5
Events
Initial
claimants
2008
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 ............................................
August ........................................
September .................................
3,054
1,428
1,371
336,654
125,024
123,177
2,659
1,334
1,258
296,589
117,193
115,141
Third Quarter .............................
5,853
584,855
5,251
528,923
October ......................................
November ..................................
December ..................................
1,934
1,870
2,310
193,904
164,496
214,648
1,678
1,679
2,166
172,883
150,751
203,655
Fourth Quarter ...........................
6,114
573,048
5,523
527,289
2,860
278,679
2,682
265,074
r
99.3
2009
2,p
2,043
2,p
292,696
r
103.5
2010
January ......................................
1
The event realization rate is the percentage of all private nonfarm
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
January
2009
November
2009
December
2009
January
2010
United States 1 .............
3,806
1,870
2,310
2,860
Northeast ..............................
New England ....................
Middle Atlantic ..................
787
97
690
285
40
245
461
71
390
South ....................................
South Atlantic ...................
East South Central ...........
West South Central ..........
1,052
574
279
199
413
207
83
123
Midwest ................................
East North Central ............
West North Central ...........
1,024
821
203
West .....................................
Mountain ...........................
Pacific ...............................
943
149
794
1
November
2009
December
2009
388,813
164,496
214,648
278,679
593
70
523
77,142
8,414
68,728
26,974
3,750
23,224
41,913
6,743
35,170
58,748
6,503
52,245
494
284
115
95
753
404
220
129
115,630
58,892
32,215
24,523
37,708
19,029
6,656
12,023
48,248
25,236
13,749
9,263
74,105
37,846
23,085
13,174
530
382
148
739
508
231
807
604
203
114,195
93,852
20,343
51,989
39,265
12,724
76,826
51,903
24,923
83,185
63,706
19,479
642
98
544
616
126
490
707
94
613
81,846
12,657
69,189
47,825
9,393
38,432
47,661
10,700
36,961
62,641
8,992
53,649
See footnote 1, table 3.
NOTE: The States (including the District of Columbia) th
comprise the census divisions are: New England: Conne
Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island,
and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, an
Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Colum
Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolin
Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central: Alabama,
January
2009
January
2010
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
January
2009
November
2009
December
2009
January
2010
Total 1 ....................................
3,806
1,870
2,310
2,860
Alabama ...................................
Alaska .......................................
Arizona .....................................
Arkansas ..................................
California ..................................
Colorado ...................................
Connecticut ..............................
Delaware ..................................
District of Columbia ..................
Florida ......................................
Georgia .....................................
Hawaii .......................................
Idaho ........................................
100
10
24
13
651
24
14
5
16
3
9
9
472
14
5
6
(2)
235
137
14
21
(2)
86
26
7
19
36
7
9
7
412
24
8
5
4
96
56
7
16
Illinois .......................................
Indiana ......................................
Iowa ..........................................
Kansas .....................................
Kentucky ...................................
Louisiana ..................................
Maine ........................................
Maryland ...................................
Massachusetts .........................
Michigan ...................................
Minnesota .................................
Mississippi ................................
Missouri ....................................
130
117
64
21
80
29
18
31
33
229
41
25
62
101
43
25
8
41
35
6
6
11
78
55
9
48
Montana ...................................
Nebraska ..................................
Nevada .....................................
New Hampshire ........................
New Jersey ...............................
New Mexico ..............................
New York ..................................
North Carolina ..........................
North Dakota ............................
Ohio ..........................................
Oklahoma .................................
Oregon .....................................
Pennsylvania ............................
14
5
33
7
90
13
279
41
Rhode Island ............................
South Carolina ..........................
South Dakota ............................
Tennessee ................................
Texas ........................................
Utah ..........................................
Vermont ....................................
Virginia .....................................
Washington ..............................
West Virginia ............................
Wisconsin .................................
Wyoming ..................................
Puerto Rico ...............................
(2)
199
21
76
321
17
102
6
74
136
19
8
15
43
7
146
(2)
29
November
2009
December
2009
388,813
164,496
214,648
278,679
93
9
17
9
533
13
6
4
10,588
788
1,941
1,462
54,153
1,814
1,349
1,052
1,266
361
709
973
31,922
1,064
424
347
11,204
713
1,502
1,433
46,474
1,301
406
287
(2)
141
83
9
11
(2)
19,301
16,654
998
1,746
(2)
6,010
3,225
488
2,071
4,592
650
817
581
30,229
1,941
890
266
301
7,715
5,244
637
1,099
142
57
51
28
44
22
3
16
28
119
45
12
86
112
59
54
27
76
18
8
29
27
144
36
11
74
13,443
10,734
7,353
2,447
12,492
3,396
1,618
2,535
2,782
26,453
3,289
2,353
5,239
10,794
4,323
2,648
741
3,649
2,795
674
486
803
8,549
4,905
512
3,195
17,639
6,256
6,087
4,878
5,013
1,641
204
1,251
2,990
10,913
3,690
1,000
8,373
11,615
6,470
6,647
2,432
8,044
1,566
789
2,586
2,341
16,035
3,614
735
5,567
10
6
33
4
52
7
75
30
5
59
10
35
118
12
12
36
11
67
12
126
18
7
91
10
29
197
9
7
26
12
87
8
236
27
4
145
17
35
200
1,491
1,070
2,805
465
7,179
822
31,893
4,149
758
611
3,891
279
5,277
476
6,281
4,273
557
5,233
1,438
3,464
11,666
896
1,166
3,677
867
6,716
954
12,704
1,455
595
8,888
893
2,617
15,750
1,012
548
2,463
962
7,506
560
28,309
2,072
595
14,121
1,666
3,730
16,430
3
20
6
45
13
67
297
1,456
713
4,780
1,696
7,274
(2)
17
69
4
11
31
27
(2)
40
85
10
4
49
27
(2)
1,229
6,817
256
1,273
3,021
2,197
(2)
144
(2)
10,366
(2)
3,144
6,148
1,256
1,079
3,903
2,828
321
8,207
(2)
3,102
8,509
1,086
309
6,570
1,997
(2)
101
(2)
23
56
16
15
40
35
4
99
1,526
10,703
530
6,782
16,893
1,978
674
3,313
4,245
1,127
15,251
(2)
15,465
(2)
(2)
–
(2)
(2)
(2)
–
2,992
2,177
1,093
1,892
22
1
See footnote 1, table 3.
2
Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
11
19
January
2009
(2)
27,971
2,772
9,005
29,656
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
January
2010
(2)
9,909
8,861
735
1,068