USDL-11-0085
For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Thursday, January 27, 2011
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MASS LAYOFFS – DECEMBER 2010
ANNUAL TOTALS – 2010
Employers took 1,483 mass layoff actions in December involving 137,992 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 mass layoff involved at least 50 persons from a single employer.
The number of mass layoff events in December decreased by 96 from the prior month, and the number
of associated initial claims decreased by 10,808. The number of events reached its lowest level since
April 2008. In December, 319 mass layoff events were reported in the manufacturing sector, seasonally
adjusted, resulting in 35,977 initial claims; both figures declined over the month. (See table 1.)
Chart 1. Mass layoff events, seasonally adjusted,
January 2006-December 2010
Events
3,500
Chart 2. Mass layoff initial claims, seasonally adjusted,
January 2006-December 2010
Claims
350,000
3,000
300,000
2,500
250,000
Total
2,000
200,000
1,500
150,000
1,000
500
0
Manufacturing
Private nonfarm
Total
100,000
Private nonfarm
50,000
Manufacturing
0
Revision of Seasonally Adjusted Mass Layoff Data
Seasonally adjusted mass layoffs data have been revised using updated seasonal adjustment
factors that incorporate 2010 data. Seasonally adjusted estimates back to January 2006 were
subject to revision. Revised seasonally adjusted data from January 2007 forward are shown in
table 1. The originally published and revised figures for January 2006-November 2010 will be
available at www.bls.gov/mls/mlssarevision.htm, along with additional information about the
revisions.
Table A. Industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims in December 2010,
not seasonally adjusted
December peak
Industry
Initial claims
Year
Initial claims
Food service contractors ...................................
Highway, street, and bridge construction ............
School and employee bus transportation .............
1
Temporary help services ..................................
Automobile manufacturing ..................................
Hotels and motels, except casino hotels ..............
1
Professional employer organizations .................
Supermarkets and other grocery stores ..............
Landscaping services .........................................
Ready-mix concrete manufacturing .....................
1
18,725
12,682
10,775
2010
2005
2006
18,725
20,088
14,747
8,309
4,547
2,318
2005
2005
2008
16,656
9,021
3,528
2,280
2,256
2,220
2,158
2008
1996
2005
2005
6,101
2,297
2,691
3,232
See the Technical Note for more information on these industries.
The total number of mass layoff events in 2010, at 19,564, not seasonally adjusted, and initial claims, at
1,854,596, were lower than in 2009 when both events and claims reached their highest annual levels on
record. (Data begin in 1996. See table B.) Among the 19 major industry sectors in the private economy,
17 reported over-the-year decreases in initial claims.
The national unemployment rate was 9.4 percent in December, down from 9.8 percent the prior month
and 9.9 percent a year earlier. In December, total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 103,000
over the month and by 1,124,000 from a year earlier.
Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
The number of mass layoff events in December was 1,931 on a not seasonally adjusted basis; the
number of associated initial claims was 184,130. (See table 2.) The number of mass layoff events was
down by 379 from December 2009, and associated initial claims decreased by 30,518. Twelve of the 19
major industry sectors in the private economy reported over-the-year decreases in initial claims, with
manufacturing having the largest decrease.
The manufacturing sector accounted for 24 percent of all mass layoff events and 29 percent of initial
claims filed in December. A year earlier, manufacturing made up 27 percent of events and 30 percent of
initial claims. Within manufacturing, the number of claimants in December was greatest in transportation equipment and in food. (See table 3.) Thirteen of the 21 manufacturing subsectors experienced
over-the-year decreases in initial claims, with the largest declines in machinery, furniture and related
products, and fabricated metal products.
The six-digit industry with the largest number of initial claims in December was food service contractors, which reached a program high number of claims for the month of December. (See table A.) The
table includes both publicly and privately owned entities.
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Table B. Number of mass layoff events and initial claimants for
unemployment insurance, 1996-2010, not seasonally adjusted
Initial claimants for
Year
Layoff events
unemployment insurance
1996 ........................
1997 ........................
1998 ........................
1999 ........................
2000 ........................
2001 ........................
2002 ........................
2003 ........................
2004 ........................
2005 ........................
14,111
14,960
15,904
14,909
15,738
21,467
20,277
18,963
15,980
16,466
1,437,628
1,542,543
1,771,069
1,572,399
1,835,592
2,514,862
2,245,051
1,888,926
1,607,158
1,795,341
2006 ........................
2007 ........................
2008 ........................
2009 ........................
2010 ........................
13,998
15,493
21,137
28,030
19,564
1,484,391
1,598,875
2,130,220
2,796,456
1,854,596
Geographic Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Three of the 4 regions and 7 of the 9 divisions experienced over-the-year decreases in initial claims due
to mass layoffs in December. Among the census regions, the Midwest registered the largest over-theyear declines in initial claims. Of the geographic divisions, the East North Central had the largest overthe-year decline in initial claims. (See table 5.)
California recorded the highest number of initial claims in December, followed by Illinois, New York,
and Pennsylvania. Thirty-nine states and the District of Columbia experienced over-the-year decreases
in initial claims, led by California, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Missouri. (See table 6.)
Review of 2010
For all of 2010, on a not seasonally adjusted basis, the total numbers of mass layoff events, at 19,564,
and initial claims, at 1,854,596, were lower than in 2009 when totals reached their highest annual levels
on record. (Data begin in 1996. See table B.) Among the 19 major industry sectors in the private
economy, 17 reported over-the-year decreases in initial claims, led by manufacturing, which declined to
its lowest annual level on record. Of the 17 sectors reporting over-the-year declines in claims, 9
decreased by record amounts.
The manufacturing sector accounted for 25 percent of all mass layoff events and 29 percent of initial
claims filed in the private economy in 2010; in 2009 manufacturing made up 36 percent of events and 43
percent of initial claims. The number of manufacturing claimants in 2010 was highest in transporta-3-
Table C. Industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims in 2010,
not seasonally adjusted
2009
2010
Industry
Initial claims Rank
Initial claims Rank
1
Temporary help services ......................................
School and employee bus transportation .................
Food service contractors ........................................
Elementary and secondary schools ..........................
Motion picture and video production ......................
Highway, street, and bridge construction .................
1
Professional employer organizations .....................
Automobile manufacturing ......................................
Discount department stores ....................................
Supermarkets and other grocery stores ...................
1
151,957
92,324
68,888
62,774
53,275
40,186
1
2
3
5
7
10
117,391
91,066
75,004
64,755
45,856
42,096
1
2
3
4
5
6
65,280
46,306
35,577
24,883
4
8
11
14
40,396
35,416
29,986
24,534
7
8
9
10
See the Technical Note for more information on these industries.
tion equipment and in food. Total initial claims for all 21 manufacturing subsectors decreased between
2009 and 2010, with transportation equipment and machinery experiencing the largest declines.
The six-digit industry with the greatest number of initial claims in 2010 was temporary help services.
Discount department stores and supermarkets and other grocery stores entered the highest 10 industries
in terms of initial claims for the entire year, displacing construction machinery manufacturing and light
truck and utility vehicle manufacturing. Among the highest 10 industries, food service contractors and
elementary and secondary schools reached annual program highs in 2010. (See table C.) The table
includes both publicly and privately owned entities.
All census regions and divisions experienced over-the-year decreases in initial claims from 2009 to
2010. The Midwest recorded the largest over-the-year decline among the regions. Of the geographic
divisions, the East North Central and the Pacific experienced the greatest decreases in initial claims from
2009 to 2010.
Among the states, California, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Florida recorded the greatest numbers of initial claims during 2010. Forty-eight states and the District of Columbia experienced over-theyear decreases in total initial claims for the year, led by California, Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio.
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
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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 Extended Mass Layoffs news release for the Fourth Quarter 2010 is scheduled to be released
on Friday, February 11, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. (EST). The Mass Layoffs news release for January is
scheduled to be released on Wednesday, February 23, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. (EST).
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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, January 2007 to December 2010,
seasonally adjusted
Total
Date
Private nonfarm
Manufacturing
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
2007
January ........................................................
February .......................................................
March ...........................................................
April ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
1,235
1,198
1,202
1,238
1,159
1,207
1,295
1,217
1,233
1,330
1,397
1,553
128,523
129,244
124,521
126,334
113,578
127,776
136,168
122,450
121,998
133,063
145,339
154,275
1,082
1,072
1,092
1,102
1,064
1,097
1,193
1,126
1,140
1,210
1,269
1,435
117,096
120,459
115,835
115,271
106,573
119,007
128,208
115,305
115,675
124,455
135,651
144,785
403
371
384
358
347
342
401
312
430
439
408
463
54,843
53,420
47,658
42,989
44,637
37,552
55,906
34,877
51,731
56,970
56,985
59,445
2008
January ........................................................
February .......................................................
March ...........................................................
April ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
1,437
1,604
1,500
1,292
1,582
1,631
1,581
1,791
2,192
2,221
2,415
2,443
146,900
175,128
150,502
128,901
161,944
164,508
164,497
181,107
233,034
229,254
228,107
245,661
1,302
1,441
1,388
1,162
1,444
1,488
1,443
1,653
2,024
2,062
2,256
2,264
135,622
163,475
140,424
118,016
152,230
153,014
153,720
171,705
219,532
215,787
214,631
231,138
431
471
435
449
468
491
463
583
635
697
900
927
55,562
59,118
56,156
58,402
62,452
68,198
62,425
77,874
82,471
92,408
102,284
114,280
2009
January ........................................................
February .......................................................
March ...........................................................
April ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
2,272
2,801
2,950
2,579
2,758
2,506
2,192
2,419
2,305
1,975
1,754
1,725
238,717
315,507
295,543
251,032
288,319
250,275
223,697
220,262
219,924
195,347
154,223
156,274
2,103
2,636
2,758
2,368
2,557
2,293
1,977
2,177
2,095
1,780
1,585
1,545
224,850
300,042
279,027
234,796
271,425
232,814
203,365
201,951
204,596
177,977
141,439
141,649
756
1,194
1,205
997
1,187
1,048
620
778
799
570
464
420
100,927
138,583
144,713
121,435
147,548
135,389
72,932
83,837
91,665
63,646
51,891
43,584
2010
January ........................................................
February .......................................................
March ...........................................................
April ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
1,716
1,492
1,635
1,675
1,665
1,729
1,528
1,658
1,541
1,649
1,579
1,483
171,633
149,369
146,901
159,358
155,352
153,937
138,581
163,325
137,941
147,204
148,800
137,992
1,541
1,318
1,436
1,498
1,405
1,504
1,316
1,453
1,331
1,445
1,397
1,272
157,597
135,490
131,953
143,814
133,913
134,837
121,378
141,489
119,654
130,264
133,845
122,688
494
351
347
371
314
326
296
409
336
353
350
319
60,059
40,564
37,273
48,646
30,967
32,646
30,752
47,668
34,641
37,394
39,072
35,977
Events
Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, January 2007 to December 2010,
not seasonally adjusted
Total
Date
Private nonfarm
Manufacturing
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
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 ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
2,860
1,183
1,197
1,840
1,354
1,861
2,124
976
920
1,642
1,676
1,931
278,679
102,818
111,727
199,690
123,333
171,190
206,254
92,435
77,654
148,638
158,048
184,130
2,682
1,091
1,111
1,697
1,170
1,355
1,732
897
806
1,373
1,477
1,763
265,074
96,022
105,514
184,654
109,203
125,872
172,248
83,021
67,987
127,865
142,591
172,881
962
282
273
424
216
212
532
230
187
351
389
465
104,846
30,728
29,745
55,178
19,334
21,083
64,200
23,088
19,403
40,861
41,383
52,816
Events
Table 3. Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance
Initial claimants for
unemployment insurance
Mass layoff events
Industry
December
2009
October
2010
November
2010
December
2010
December
2009
October
2010
1,725
1,545
420
1,649
1,445
353
1,579
1,397
350
1,483
1,272
319
156,274
141,649
43,584
147,204
130,264
37,394
November
2010
December
2010
148,800
133,845
39,072
137,992
122,688
35,977
Seasonally adjusted
Total .............................................................
Total, private nonfarm ......................................
Manufacturing ................................................
Not seasonally adjusted
1
Total ...........................................................
2,310
1,642
1,676
1,931
214,648
148,638
158,048
184,130
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 .....................
2,219
53
2,166
34
6
485
615
63
5
14
3
19
5
40
12
14
10
1,493
120
1,373
6
1,614
137
1,477
13
1,830
67
1,763
29
136,178
8,313
127,865
390
152,651
10,060
142,591
943
176,405
3,524
172,881
2,439
(2)
175
351
80
15
7
4
10
(2)
325
389
69
7
15
(2)
13,500
40,861
8,639
1,166
1,019
271
1,399
(2)
26,767
41,383
7,242
655
1,631
(2)
26
4
6
(2)
28
8
14
8
(2)
379
465
52
8
21
8
18
3
39
14
13
10
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
(2)
2,570
334
435
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 ....................
10
35
59
34
54
53
23
19
106
28
9
9
20
21
17
21
24
12
11
60
23
9
8
25
48
21
29
18
13
12
78
20
7
768
3,487
4,990
3,456
4,387
6,827
1,429
2,191
13,537
4,617
888
(2)
723
656
1,460
1,358
1,667
4,968
851
1,935
8,581
1,929
596
(2)
2,568
653
1,312
796
(2)
29,458
52,816
6,590
856
2,239
981
1,294
850
3,623
1,055
934
892
685
1,912
1,839
1,352
1,766
2,980
990
1,808
7,754
2,945
775
561
2,392
4,212
1,919
2,380
2,724
1,214
2,372
12,534
2,521
673
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
121
157
51
30
12
47
5
253
12
38
19
214
16
1
30
126
45
52
31
9
43
28
99
68
48
22
5
57
23
105
114
25
29
13
44
2,079
13,260
3,948
5,640
2,342
455
3,447
2,347
8,433
6,236
10,136
1,742
287
6,284
1,706
9,985
13,341
2,818
2,151
1,408
3,549
(2)
275
11
54
31
118
10
1
(2)
225
3
31
32
112
15
1
(2)
225
9
46
24
208
15
1
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
(2)
23,531
657
4,056
2,674
10,024
506
73
(2)
20,778
147
2,523
2,703
10,219
1,168
79
(2)
17,203
958
3,904
1,843
27,239
1,153
92
Government .......................................................
Federal ...........................................................
State ...............................................................
Local ..............................................................
91
11
26
54
149
41
32
76
62
10
17
35
101
10
22
69
7,718
921
2,560
4,237
12,460
4,336
2,967
5,157
5,397
945
1,472
2,980
7,725
1,215
1,724
4,786
1
2
Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia.
Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
(2)
8
9
15
16
20
26
13
15
50
17
6
(2)
8
(2)
993
Table 4. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, October 2008 to December 2010,
not seasonally adjusted
Private nonfarm
Total mass layoffs
Date
Mass layoffs
Events
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
Extended mass layoffs
lasting more than 30 days
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
406,823
38.7
76.9
2,416
468,560
43.7
88.9
1,870
367,930
38.3
78.9
2,011
393,435
47.6
93.7
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 ......................................
November ..................................
December ..................................
1,642
1,676
1,931
148,638
158,048
184,130
1,373
1,477
1,763
127,865
142,591
172,881
Fourth Quarter ...........................
5,249
490,816
4,613
443,337
2009
2010
1
The event realization rate is the percentage of all private nonfarm
2,p
1,297
2,p
177,807
p
37.8
p
55.0
data on these layoffs become available. Experience suggests that the
mass layoff events lasting more than 30 days. The initial claimant realization
number of extended mass layoff events is generally revised upwards
rate is the percentage of all private nonfarm mass layoff initial claimants
by less than 10 percent and the number of initial claimants associated
associated with layoffs lasting more than 30 days.
2
These quarterly numbers are provisional and will be revised as more
with such events increases by 25-40 percent.
p
= preliminary.
Table 5. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance by census region and division,
not seasonally adjusted
Initial claimants for
unemployment insurance
Mass layoff events
Census region and division
December
2009
October
2010
November
2010
December
2010
United States 1 .........................................
2,310
1,642
1,676
1,931
214,648
Northeast ..........................................................
New England ................................................
Middle Atlantic ..............................................
461
71
390
246
25
221
223
41
182
356
50
306
South ................................................................
South Atlantic ...............................................
East South Central .......................................
West South Central ......................................
494
284
115
95
368
213
70
85
426
245
83
98
Midwest ............................................................
East North Central ........................................
West North Central .......................................
739
508
231
316
227
89
West .................................................................
Mountain .......................................................
Pacific ...........................................................
616
126
490
712
99
613
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,
December
2009
October
2010
November
2010
December
2010
148,638
158,048
184,130
41,913
6,743
35,170
20,922
1,940
18,982
20,305
3,878
16,427
35,601
5,278
30,323
493
287
110
96
48,248
25,236
13,749
9,263
35,853
21,191
7,095
7,567
38,416
20,773
7,182
10,461
51,554
27,744
12,784
11,026
431
317
114
565
394
171
76,826
51,903
24,923
34,290
25,674
8,616
43,401
31,834
11,567
58,560
42,375
16,185
596
101
495
517
90
427
47,661
10,700
36,961
57,573
9,563
48,010
55,926
8,789
47,137
38,415
7,274
31,141
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
December
2009
October
2010
November
2010
December
2010
Total 1 ..............................................
2,310
1,642
1,676
1,931
214,648
Alabama ..............................................
Alaska .................................................
Arizona ................................................
Arkansas .............................................
California .............................................
Colorado .............................................
Connecticut .........................................
Delaware .............................................
District of Columbia .............................
Florida .................................................
Georgia ...............................................
Hawaii .................................................
Idaho ...................................................
36
7
9
7
412
24
8
5
4
96
56
7
16
20
5
24
7
559
17
7
5
26
4
5
10
424
17
9
3
34
9
9
6
365
14
7
6
(2)
105
32
5
5
(2)
72
28
(2)
92
42
(2)
21
–
Illinois ..................................................
Indiana ................................................
Iowa ....................................................
Kansas ................................................
Kentucky .............................................
Louisiana ............................................
Maine ..................................................
Maryland .............................................
Massachusetts ....................................
Michigan .............................................
Minnesota ...........................................
Mississippi ..........................................
Missouri ..............................................
142
57
51
28
44
22
3
16
28
119
45
12
86
60
26
14
6
20
19
Montana ..............................................
Nebraska ............................................
Nevada ...............................................
New Hampshire ..................................
New Jersey .........................................
New Mexico ........................................
New York ............................................
North Carolina 3 ..................................
North Dakota .......................................
Ohio ....................................................
Oklahoma ...........................................
Oregon ................................................
Pennsylvania ......................................
12
12
36
11
67
12
126
Rhode Island .......................................
South Carolina ....................................
South Dakota ......................................
Tennessee ..........................................
Texas ..................................................
Utah ....................................................
Vermont ..............................................
Virginia ................................................
Washington .........................................
West Virginia .......................................
Wisconsin ...........................................
Wyoming .............................................
Puerto Rico .........................................
18
7
91
10
29
197
6
45
(2)
23
56
16
15
40
35
4
99
(2)
11
November
2010
December
2010
148,638
158,048
184,130
2,244
430
2,392
790
42,458
1,675
523
403
2,499
266
365
1,224
40,704
1,379
837
153
3,758
915
940
563
25,602
964
576
429
(2)
9,277
2,969
401
362
(2)
3,911
3,012
(2)
7,554
4,306
15
4,592
650
817
581
30,229
1,941
890
266
301
7,715
5,244
637
1,099
(2)
2,085
1,006
110
49
39
23
38
21
6
9
19
67
34
19
54
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
7,281
4,349
1,397
737
2,828
1,554
9
11
34
26
15
37
59
30
24
8
21
17
6
7
17
74
39
25
29
796
858
3,010
3,056
1,017
2,866
5,386
3,799
3,716
1,205
1,744
1,351
528
529
1,449
7,199
3,316
1,964
2,159
13,672
5,314
3,897
2,923
5,003
1,741
431
611
2,372
8,985
2,932
2,128
4,763
9
6
26
3
31
7
61
12
8
28
3
33
8
54
8
14
26
3
49
8
115
896
1,166
3,677
867
6,716
954
12,704
831
560
2,396
302
2,517
545
5,443
1,074
643
2,186
218
4,247
636
4,471
470
1,157
2,449
326
6,036
640
12,383
21
78
6
64
5
28
95
80
5
87
6
25
142
1,455
595
8,888
893
2,617
15,750
1,697
4,734
484
2,540
11,022
8,019
528
6,234
441
2,676
7,709
8,876
375
7,826
1,410
2,234
11,904
10
26
713
4,780
(2)
(2)
3,479
1,501
(2)
19
63
10
5
30
28
(2)
3,144
6,148
1,256
1,079
3,903
2,828
321
8,207
–
–
45
7
22
129
2
( )
21
–
15
52
7
2
( )
19
22
–
62
4
22
(2)
19
–
11
66
9
5
32
37
5
90
(2)
11
–
81
December
2009
–
–
–
–
1,006
4,739
758
975
7,445
977
736
3,111
3,294
457
9,216
2
( )
2,444
2,181
–
(2)
6,300
604
1,093
2,191
–
10
October
2010
(2)
1,046
1
See footnote 1, table 3.
data due to a change in MLS unemployment insurance
2
Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
input procedures.
3
Data starting in November 2010 may not be comparable to prior
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
–
1,264
2,648
(2)
1,895
7,312
805
309
3,177
2,390
–
6,578
–
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