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USDL-10-1627
For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Technical information: (202) 691-6392 • [email protected] • www.bls.gov/mls
Media contact:
(202) 691-5902 • [email protected]
MASS LAYOFFS – OCTOBER 2010
Employers took 1,651 mass layoff actions in October that resulted in the separation of 148,059 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. The number of mass layoff events in October increased by 121 from the prior month, and
the number of associated initial claims increased by 9,839. In October, 356 mass layoff events were reported in the manufacturing sector, seasonally adjusted, resulting in 37,438 initial claims; both figures
increased over the month. (See table 1.)
Chart 1. Mass layoff events, seasonally adjusted,
November 2005-October 2010
Events
3,500
Chart 2. Mass layoff initial claims, seasonally adjusted,
November 2005-October 2010
Claims
350,000
3,000
300,000
2,500
Total
250,000
2,000
200,000
1,500
150,000
1,000
500
Private nonfarm
Manufacturing
0
Total
100,000
Private nonfarm
50,000
Manufacturing
0
The national unemployment rate was 9.6 percent in October, unchanged from the prior month and down
from 10.1 percent a year earlier. In October, total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 151,000
over the month and by 829,000 from a year earlier.
Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
The number of mass layoff events in October was 1,642 on a not seasonally adjusted basis; the number
of associated initial claims was 148,638. (See table 2.) Over the year, the number of mass layoff events
decreased by 292, and associated initial claims decreased by 45,266. Fourteen of the 19 major industry
sectors in the private economy reported over-the-year decreases in initial claims, led by manufacturing.
Manufacturing reached an October program low in terms of average weekly claims, while health care
and social assistance reached an October program high. (Average weekly analysis mitigates the effect
of differing lengths of months. See the Technical Note. Data began in 1995.)
Table A. Industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims in October 2010,
not seasonally adjusted
October peak
Industry
Initial claims
Year
Initial claims
1
Temporary help services ..................................
1
Professional employer organizations .................
Motion picture and video production ..................
Farm labor contractors and crew leaders ............
Warehouse clubs and supercenters .....................
Food service contractors ...................................
Highway, street, and bridge construction ............
Discount department stores ................................
Fruit and vegetable canning ................................
Automobile manufacturing ..................................
1
12,153
3,508
3,266
3,158
2,915
2,672
2,564
2,449
2,362
2,165
1998
2008
1997
1998
2010
2009
2009
2002
2002
2008
18,760
7,242
7,692
9,617
2,915
3,233
3,870
4,959
4,500
10,508
See the Technical Note for more information on these industries.
The manufacturing sector accounted for 21 percent of all mass layoff events and 27 percent of initial
claims filed in October. A year earlier, manufacturing made up 29 percent of events and 36 percent
of initial claims. Within manufacturing, the number of claimants in October was greatest in food and
transportation equipment. (See table 3.) Fifteen of the 21 manufacturing subsectors experienced overthe-year decreases in initial claims, with the largest declines in transportation equipment and in machinery.
Government registered over-the-year increases in mass layoff events and initial claims. Year-to-date initial claim totals through October for government are the highest on record (with data available back to
1996), due in part to layoffs in educational services and the completion of work on the decennial census.
(See table 3.)
The six-digit industry with the largest number of initial claims in October was temporary help services.
(See table A.) The table includes both publicly and privately owned entities.
Geographic Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
All four regions and 8 of the 9 divisions experienced over-the-year decreases in initial claims due to
mass layoffs in October. Among the census regions, the Midwest registered the largest over-the-year
declines in initial claims. Of the geographic divisions, the East North Central had the largest over-theyear decline in initial claims. (See table 5.)
California recorded the highest number of initial claims in October, followed by Pennsylvania and
Florida. Thirty-two states experienced over-the-year decreases in initial claims, led by Michigan, Ohio,
California, and Illinois. (See table 6.) Maine, North Dakota, South Dakota, and West Virginia had no
mass layoff activity during the month. Arizona and Wyoming reached October program highs for average weekly initial claims.
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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.
____________
The Mass Layoffs news release for November is scheduled to be released on Wednesday,
December 22, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. (EST).
Corrections to Seasonally Adjusted Data
Monthly national Mass Layoffs data for April through September 2010 were found to contain
errors in each of the 6 seasonally adjusted series. This release and the MLS database contain
the correct seasonally adjusted data for April–October 2010. Not seasonally adjusted data and
regional office news releases were not affected.
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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, November 2006 to October 2010,
seasonally adjusted
Total
Date
Private nonfarm
Manufacturing
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
2006
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
1,244
1,227
135,465
134,176
1,128
1,123
125,976
124,570
413
376
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 ........................................................
February .......................................................
March ...........................................................
c
April ............................................................
Mayc .............................................................
Junec ............................................................
Julyc .............................................................
Augustc ........................................................
September c ..................................................
October ........................................................
1,761
1,570
1,628
1,646
1,676
1,757
1,520
1,655
1,530
1,651
182,261
155,718
150,864
164,325
164,115
158,479
135,389
165,528
138,220
148,059
1,585
1,406
1,432
1,478
1,416
1,529
1,301
1,448
1,317
1,445
168,466
142,240
136,446
149,621
142,594
139,029
117,546
143,056
118,741
130,448
486
376
356
388
320
332
286
400
334
356
62,556
43,100
39,290
50,083
30,729
33,012
29,826
48,858
34,096
37,438
c
= corrected.
Events
Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, November 2006 to October 2010,
not seasonally adjusted
Total
Date
Private nonfarm
Manufacturing
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
2006
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
1,315
2,249
136,186
254,503
1,172
2,126
125,009
244,783
455
735
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 ........................................................
February .......................................................
March ...........................................................
April ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
2,860
1,183
1,197
1,840
1,354
1,861
2,124
976
920
1,642
278,679
102,818
111,727
199,690
123,333
171,190
206,254
92,435
77,654
148,638
2,682
1,091
1,111
1,697
1,170
1,355
1,732
897
806
1,373
265,074
96,022
105,514
184,654
109,203
125,872
172,248
83,021
67,987
127,865
962
282
273
424
216
212
532
230
187
351
104,846
30,728
29,745
55,178
19,334
21,083
64,200
23,088
19,403
40,861
Events
Table 3. Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance
Initial claimants for
unemployment insurance
Mass layoff events
Industry
October
2009
August
2010
September
2010
October
2010
October
2009
August
2010
September
2010
October
2010
Seasonally adjusted
Total ...............................................................
Total, private nonfarm ........................................
Manufacturing ..................................................
2,055
1,856
594
c
c
1,655
1,448
c
400
c
c
1,530
1,317
c
334
1,651
1,445
356
205,502
187,880
65,801
c
c
165,528
143,056
c
48,858
c
c
138,220
118,741
c
34,096
148,059
130,448
37,438
Not seasonally adjusted
1
Total ............................................................
1,934
976
920
1,642
193,904
92,435
77,654
148,638
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 .......................
1,806
128
1,678
15
6
205
566
91
12
9
3
7
–
41
14
17
3
923
26
897
823
17
806
4
1,493
120
1,373
6
84,610
1,589
83,021
68,913
926
67,987
447
136,178
8,313
127,865
390
(2)
89
187
31
(2)
175
351
80
15
7
4
10
181,476
8,593
172,883
1,038
550
15,258
69,655
8,999
1,001
1,407
419
438
–
4,326
1,216
1,337
312
(2)
6,137
19,403
3,216
(2)
13,500
40,861
8,639
1,166
1,019
271
1,399
(2)
–
105
230
54
(2)
4
3
9
(2)
17
7
3
–
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 ......................
8
35
16
44
49
51
29
29
72
22
14
8
10
8
7
12
18
15
8
32
6
4
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 .....................................................
50
124
61
57
49
13
57
6
260
3
37
34
126
9
–
18
108
45
36
24
7
43
6
158
6
36
17
50
Government .........................................................
Federal ............................................................
State ................................................................
Local ................................................................
128
28
32
68
1
2
Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia.
Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
(2)
–
53
18
12
23
(2)
3
(2)
3
–
22
4
3
3
(2)
26
4
6
(2)
7
13
13
11
8
10
30
11
8
(2)
8
9
15
16
20
26
13
15
50
17
6
16
99
31
24
29
4
23
30
126
45
52
31
9
43
(2)
133
13
26
39
72
12
1
97
19
22
56
2
( )
c
(2)
–
6,910
23,088
4,312
(2)
888
272
573
(2)
1,355
559
246
–
(2)
277
(2)
194
–
1,726
239
277
180
(2)
2,570
334
435
(2)
609
1,381
1,006
1,787
562
1,793
4,166
792
573
(2)
723
656
1,460
1,358
1,667
4,968
851
1,935
8,581
1,929
596
1,011
9,764
2,268
2,365
2,602
267
1,504
2,079
13,260
3,948
5,640
2,342
455
3,447
(2)
–
(2)
10,059
786
1,660
2,799
5,735
864
78
(2)
23,531
657
4,056
2,674
10,024
506
73
7,825
1,933
894
4,998
8,741
1,898
1,575
5,268
12,460
4,336
2,967
5,157
533
2,672
1,172
4,703
4,702
10,892
2,169
3,394
17,069
1,865
1,029
562
691
621
835
925
2,077
999
1,303
4,869
1,417
319
(2)
275
11
54
31
118
10
1
4,645
12,914
5,541
9,567
3,716
870
5,974
812
25,694
226
2,165
2,435
11,346
477
–
1,324
10,430
4,356
6,155
1,945
514
4,657
490
14,605
902
2,532
1,286
3,424
149
41
32
76
12,428
2,550
3,433
6,445
= corrected.
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
2
( )
Table 4. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, October 2008 to October 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
3,582
766,780
47.5
99.3
3,979
835,551
50.3
103.5
3,395
731,049
48.4
99.7
2,034
r
406,823
38.7
76.9
2,416
r
468,560
43.7
r
88.9
1,870
r
367,930
38.3
r
78.9
2,011
r
393,435
r
47.6
r
93.7
p
37.8
p
55.0
Events
Initial
claimants
2008
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
January ......................................
February ....................................
March .........................................
2,860
1,183
1,197
278,679
102,818
111,727
2,682
1,091
1,111
265,074
96,022
105,514
First Quarter ...............................
5,240
493,224
4,884
466,610
April ............................................
May ............................................
June ...........................................
1,840
1,354
1,861
199,690
123,333
171,190
1,697
1,170
1,355
184,654
109,203
125,872
Second Quarter .........................
5,055
494,213
4,222
419,729
July ............................................
August ........................................
September .................................
2,124
976
920
206,254
92,435
77,654
1,732
897
806
172,248
83,021
67,987
Third Quarter .............................
4,020
376,343
3,435
323,256
October ......................................
1,642
148,638
1,373
127,865
2009
2010
1
The event realization rate is the percentage of all private nonfarm
r
2,p
1,297
2,p
177,807
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
October
2009
August
2010
September
2010
October
2010
October
2009
August
2010
September
2010
October
2010
United States 1 .........................................
1,934
976
920
1,642
193,904
92,435
77,654
148,638
Northeast ..........................................................
New England ................................................
Middle Atlantic ..............................................
260
30
230
183
34
149
160
15
145
246
25
221
22,709
2,134
20,575
16,706
3,743
12,963
14,411
1,357
13,054
20,922
1,940
18,982
South ................................................................
South Atlantic ...............................................
East South Central .......................................
West South Central ......................................
499
279
87
133
274
160
55
59
259
153
41
65
368
213
70
85
45,772
23,144
9,545
13,083
21,631
12,404
4,584
4,643
21,507
11,811
3,633
6,063
35,853
21,191
7,095
7,567
Midwest ............................................................
East North Central ........................................
West North Central .......................................
483
375
108
157
124
33
155
115
40
316
227
89
60,792
49,277
11,515
17,140
13,603
3,537
14,964
11,280
3,684
34,290
25,674
8,616
West .................................................................
Mountain .......................................................
Pacific ...........................................................
692
103
589
362
31
331
346
47
299
712
99
613
64,631
9,020
55,611
36,958
2,197
34,761
26,772
4,461
22,311
57,573
9,563
48,010
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
October
2009
August
2010
September
2010
October
2010
October
2009
August
2010
September
2010
October
2010
Total 1 ..............................................
1,934
976
920
1,642
193,904
92,435
77,654
148,638
Alabama .............................................
Alaska .................................................
Arizona ...............................................
Arkansas .............................................
California ............................................
Colorado .............................................
Connecticut .........................................
Delaware ............................................
District of Columbia ............................
Florida .................................................
Georgia ...............................................
Hawaii .................................................
Idaho ...................................................
27
8
20
17
514
19
9
3
14
10
5
3
287
5
8
13
4
6
3
264
10
20
5
24
7
559
17
7
5
3,179
755
1,666
1,954
48,169
1,554
671
251
1,407
884
268
275
31,007
355
880
1,021
492
477
301
19,288
827
2,244
430
2,392
790
42,458
1,675
523
403
(2)
167
39
7
10
91
24
3
7
(2)
105
32
5
5
(2)
11,851
3,880
630
1,088
Illinois ..................................................
Indiana ................................................
Iowa ....................................................
Kansas ................................................
Kentucky .............................................
Louisiana ............................................
Maine ..................................................
Maryland .............................................
Massachusetts ....................................
Michigan .............................................
Minnesota ...........................................
Mississippi ..........................................
Missouri ..............................................
93
37
35
13
36
24
3
6
9
70
24
10
31
32
14
9
4
18
16
35
10
3
8
10
11
60
26
14
6
20
19
(2)
6
16
14
4
14
12
(2)
6
7
11
5
12
19
Montana ..............................................
Nebraska ............................................
Nevada ...............................................
New Hampshire ..................................
New Jersey .........................................
New Mexico ........................................
New York ............................................
North Carolina ....................................
North Dakota ......................................
Ohio ....................................................
Oklahoma ...........................................
Oregon ................................................
Pennsylvania ......................................
11
4
19
3
37
11
68
19
(2)
4
7
6
31
4
5
13
(2)
(2)
93
30
5
7
(2)
(2)
–
(2)
59
9
(2)
22
3
52
13
–
–
(2)
75
7
35
125
27
22
(2)
18
59
Rhode Island ......................................
South Carolina ....................................
South Dakota ......................................
Tennessee ..........................................
Texas ..................................................
Utah ....................................................
Vermont ..............................................
Virginia ................................................
Washington .........................................
West Virginia ......................................
Wisconsin ...........................................
Wyoming .............................................
(2)
19
–
Puerto Rico .........................................
12
1
2
14
85
9
3
22
25
3
100
4
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
6,506
2,996
381
504
6,001
2,438
182
1,011
(2)
9,277
2,969
401
362
3,707
1,554
1,743
366
1,422
1,010
5,053
846
362
1,245
1,454
688
7,281
4,349
1,397
737
2,828
1,554
9
11
34
26
15
37
12,917
4,759
4,732
1,562
4,656
2,169
177
479
596
9,543
1,985
602
2,556
(2)
363
1,464
2,385
307
1,057
864
(2)
528
476
758
412
741
1,115
796
858
3,010
3,056
1,017
2,866
9
6
26
3
31
7
61
21
1,062
559
1,361
263
2,850
761
6,961
1,672
(2)
257
484
657
2,449
332
550
1,238
–
(2)
5,547
698
–
(2)
1,665
238
5,499
1,372
–
831
560
2,396
302
2,517
545
5,443
1,697
–
–
2,569
1,638
(2)
17
71
(2)
10,569
582
3,936
10,764
–
45
7
22
129
(2)
1,671
4,967
(2)
1,635
5,890
4,734
484
2,540
11,022
(2)
11
(2)
7
(2)
21
(2)
2,692
(2)
792
(2)
724
(2)
3,479
–
–
–
9
38
–
–
–
–
–
698
3,058
417
4,814
338
1,006
4,739
758
(2)
689
714
(2)
2,444
2,181
62
4
1,108
8,378
1,058
254
1,955
2,121
250
11,489
470
22
1,079
987
(2)
(2)
8
11
6
49
4
15
52
7
(2)
11
11
(2)
19
22
–
–
–
37
(2)
12
See footnote 1, table 3.
Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
37
–
16
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
(2)
(2)
747
818
–
–
–
3,388
2,985
(2)
–
6,300
604
1,382
2,191

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