For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Friday, May 20, 2011
USDL-11-0724
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MASS LAYOFFS — APRIL 2011
Employers took 1,564 mass layoff actions in April involving 143,927 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 workers from a single employer.
The number of mass layoff events in April increased by 278 from March, and the number of associated
initial claims increased by 25,404. In April, 327 mass layoff events were reported in the manufacturing
sector, seasonally adjusted, resulting in 35,022 initial claims; both figures increased over the month.
(See table 1.)
Chart 1. Mass layoff events, seasonally adjusted,
May 2006-April 2011
Events
3,500
Chart 2. Mass layoff initial claims, seasonally adjusted,
May 2006-April 2011
Claims
350,000
3,000
300,000
2,500
250,000
Total
2,000
200,000
1,500
150,000
1,000
Private nonfarm
Manufacturing
100,000
500
50,000
0
0
Total
Private nonfarm
Manufacturing
The national unemployment rate was 9.0 percent in April, up from 8.8 percent the prior month but down
from 9.8 percent a year earlier. In April, total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 244,000 over
the month and by 1,313,000 from a year earlier.
Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
The number of mass layoff events in April was 1,750, not seasonally adjusted, resulting in 189,919
initial claims. The number of mass layoff events was down by 90 from April 2010, and associated initial
claims decreased by 9,771. (See table 2.) Eleven of the 19 major industry sectors in the private economy
reported over-the-year declines in initial claims, with the largest decreases occurring in manufacturing,
information, and professional and technical services. The six-digit industry with the largest number of
Table A. Industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims in April 2011,
not seasonally adjusted
Industry
Initial claims
April peak
Year
Initial claims
School and employee bus transportation .............
1
Temporary help services .................................
Food service contractors ...................................
Motion picture and video production ..................
Tax preparation services ....................................
23,573
2011
23,573
13,445
11,002
4,440
4,316
2001
2011
1997
2010
17,507
11,002
15,908
6,514
4,289
2009
1997
2009
2010
2011
4,372
4,978
4,462
4,130
3,093
1
Professional employer organizations .................
Light truck and utility vehicle manufacturing .........
Discount department stores ................................
Hotels and motels, except casino hotels ..............
All other motor vehicle parts manufacturing .........
1
2
2
( )
3,273
3,102
3,093
See the Technical Note for more information on these industries.
Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
initial claims in April 2011 was school and employee bus transportation. (See table A. The table
includes both publicly and privately owned entities.)
The manufacturing sector accounted for 23 percent of all mass layoff events and 25 percent of initial
claims filed in April. A year earlier, manufacturing also made up 23 percent of events but covered 28
percent of all initial claims. Within manufacturing, the number of claimants in April was greatest in the
transportation equipment and food subsectors. Thirteen of the 21 manufacturing subsectors experienced
over-the-year decreases in initial claims, with the largest declines occurring in transportation equipment
and machinery. (See table 3.)
Geographic Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Three of the 4 regions and 6 of the 9 divisions experienced over-the-year decreases in initial claims due
to mass layoffs in April. Among the census regions, the West registered the largest over-the-year
decrease in initial claims. Of the geographic divisions, the Pacific had the largest over-the-year decline
in initial claims. (See table 5.) The Middle Atlantic and East South Central divisions registered the
largest over-the-year increases in initial claims. The over-the-year increase in the Middle Atlantic
followed eight consecutive months of over-the-year decreases in initial claims.
California recorded the highest number of initial claims in April, followed by New York, New Jersey,
Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Twenty-nine states experienced over-the-year decreases in initial claims, led by
California, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and South Carolina. (See table 6.)
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
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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 May is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, June 22, 2011,
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, May 2007 to April 2011,
seasonally adjusted
Total
Date
Private nonfarm
Manufacturing
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
2007
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
1,159
1,207
1,295
1,217
1,233
1,330
1,397
1,553
113,578
127,776
136,168
122,450
121,998
133,063
145,339
154,275
1,064
1,097
1,193
1,126
1,140
1,210
1,269
1,435
106,573
119,007
128,208
115,305
115,675
124,455
135,651
144,785
347
342
401
312
430
439
408
463
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
2011
January ........................................................
February .......................................................
March ...........................................................
April ..............................................................
1,534
1,421
1,286
1,564
149,799
130,818
118,523
143,927
1,344
1,220
1,128
1,401
132,730
116,190
105,636
129,702
341
291
253
327
39,189
26,060
27,619
35,022
Events
Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, May 2007 to April 2011,
not seasonally adjusted
Total
Date
Private nonfarm
Manufacturing
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
2007
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
923
1,599
1,599
963
717
1,083
1,799
2,167
85,816
172,810
175,419
93,458
67,385
108,455
198,220
224,214
856
1,318
1,450
908
667
929
1,593
2,071
81,153
148,669
164,939
88,345
64,026
97,716
181,184
216,898
224
313
684
220
246
338
514
699
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
2011
January ........................................................
February .......................................................
March ...........................................................
April ..............................................................
2,558
1,024
908
1,750
246,463
85,585
85,095
189,919
2,372
919
844
1,625
229,765
78,718
80,014
176,478
693
222
191
397
75,006
18,471
20,869
47,104
Events
Table 3. Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance
Initial claimants for
unemployment insurance
Mass layoff events
Industry
April
2010
February
2011
March
2011
April
2011
April
2010
1,675
1,498
371
1,421
1,220
291
1,286
1,128
253
1,564
1,401
327
159,358
143,814
48,646
Total ............................................................
1,840
1,024
908
1,750
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 .......................
1,761
64
1,697
7
976
57
919
4
1,685
60
1,625
4
(2)
163
424
100
(2)
104
222
58
5
5
4
5
874
30
844
3
4
99
191
45
4
3
3
4
–
24
7
5
(2)
161
397
84
6
5
6
10
–
19
6
8
–
February
2011
March
2011
April
2011
130,818
116,190
26,060
118,523
105,636
27,619
143,927
129,702
35,022
199,690
85,585
85,095
189,919
191,664
7,010
184,654
399
82,230
3,512
78,718
322
183,436
6,958
176,478
270
(2)
11,947
55,178
10,200
(2)
7,003
18,471
5,115
287
468
270
693
82,046
2,032
80,014
247
547
7,569
20,869
4,338
242
328
481
374
–
2,354
622
359
Seasonally adjusted
Total ...............................................................
Total, private nonfarm ........................................
Manufacturing ..................................................
Not seasonally adjusted
1
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 ......................
(2)
7
5
16
–
17
14
9
(2)
7
10
22
18
21
41
27
12
73
12
10
(2)
22
12
6
(2)
7
5
16
8
8
11
13
4
19
9
(2)
(2)
4
5
8
12
11
10
8
19
10
5
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 .....................................................
25
156
178
50
64
22
90
(2)
24
114
49
58
22
7
43
(2)
241
7
58
57
131
16
–
(2)
166
8
28
11
50
4
–
18
89
44
36
19
6
35
3
151
4
33
13
88
8
–
Government .........................................................
Federal ............................................................
State ................................................................
Local ................................................................
79
16
18
45
48
5
17
26
34
5
10
19
1
2
Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia.
Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
5
21
9
12
21
16
18
16
117
9
9
27
147
194
42
42
15
80
7
262
17
46
45
127
9
(2)
65
6
18
41
(2)
1,296
414
1,428
–
1,591
1,134
860
(2)
400
719
1,882
1,473
1,581
4,456
1,964
1,756
22,071
919
833
(2)
1,872
750
679
(2)
759
262
1,141
794
446
897
847
1,078
1,275
533
(2)
(2)
321
404
536
916
1,077
808
2,886
2,887
1,099
530
2,224
16,188
23,013
8,383
4,579
1,388
11,110
(2)
2,187
9,346
5,630
8,959
1,407
369
3,729
(2)
21,073
958
4,991
4,838
16,214
1,434
–
(2)
13,894
474
1,685
629
4,088
161
–
1,393
9,012
5,133
3,788
1,354
452
3,771
194
11,303
265
2,038
893
10,491
695
–
8,026
1,393
2,188
4,445
3,355
384
1,029
1,942
3,049
532
1,389
1,128
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
(2)
12,121
47,104
9,064
438
792
536
964
–
1,681
590
858
–
453
2,113
926
944
1,758
2,552
1,675
1,736
18,328
831
865
2,005
16,501
26,537
5,689
3,482
1,389
8,572
550
23,380
2,522
3,397
4,650
17,269
845
(2)
6,483
582
1,714
4,187
Table 4. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, April 2009 to April 2011,
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
3,395
731,049
48.4
99.7
2,034
406,823
38.7
76.9
2,416
468,577
43.7
88.9
1,870
r
368,642
38.3
79.0
2,008
r
395,573
47.6
94.2
1,370
r
259,886
39.9
r
80.4
1,999
r
388,285
r
43.3
r
87.6
p
33.8
p
46.3
Events
Initial
claimants
2009
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
January ......................................
February ....................................
March .........................................
2,558
1,024
908
246,463
85,585
85,095
2,372
919
844
229,765
78,718
80,014
First Quarter ...............................
4,490
417,143
4,135
388,497
April ............................................
1,750
189,919
1,625
176,478
2010
r
2011
1
The event realization rate is the percentage of all private nonfarm
2,p
1,397
2,p
179,686
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
April
2010
February
2011
United States 1 .........................................
1,840
1,024
908
1,750
Northeast ..........................................................
New England ................................................
Middle Atlantic ..............................................
397
81
316
173
32
141
169
22
147
South ................................................................
South Atlantic ...............................................
East South Central .......................................
West South Central ......................................
412
214
80
118
260
166
44
50
Midwest ............................................................
East North Central ........................................
West North Central .......................................
364
290
74
West .................................................................
Mountain .......................................................
Pacific ...........................................................
667
101
566
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,
March
2011
April
2011
April
2010
February
2011
March
2011
April
2011
199,690
85,585
85,095
189,919
402
67
335
48,396
9,523
38,873
16,047
4,259
11,788
15,540
1,883
13,657
54,129
8,926
45,203
250
116
61
73
431
210
125
96
43,503
20,768
11,005
11,730
19,998
11,371
4,343
4,284
26,112
9,765
6,539
9,808
42,685
17,371
16,048
9,266
180
130
50
172
124
48
383
310
73
44,740
37,448
7,292
15,075
11,550
3,525
17,168
11,640
5,528
44,126
37,250
6,876
411
35
376
317
46
271
534
118
416
63,051
11,433
51,618
34,465
2,440
32,025
26,275
4,292
21,983
48,979
12,547
36,432
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
April
2010
February
2011
Total 1 ..............................................
1,840
1,024
Alabama ..............................................
Alaska .................................................
Arizona ................................................
Arkansas .............................................
California .............................................
Colorado .............................................
Connecticut .........................................
Delaware .............................................
District of Columbia .............................
Florida .................................................
Georgia ...............................................
Hawaii .................................................
Idaho ...................................................
17
11
33
8
477
20
9
8
( )
12
3
349
4
4
3
Illinois ..................................................
Indiana ................................................
Iowa ....................................................
Kansas ................................................
Kentucky .............................................
Louisiana ............................................
Maine ..................................................
Maryland .............................................
Massachusetts ....................................
Michigan .............................................
Minnesota ...........................................
Mississippi ..........................................
Missouri ..............................................
60
32
20
5
40
32
8
6
20
44
8
5
28
( )
4
6
17
10
8
17
Montana ..............................................
Nebraska ............................................
Nevada ...............................................
New Hampshire ..................................
New Jersey .........................................
New Mexico ........................................
New York ............................................
North Carolina 3 ..................................
North Dakota .......................................
Ohio ....................................................
Oklahoma ...........................................
Oregon ................................................
Pennsylvania ......................................
7
10
15
14
69
8
114
2
( )
9
5
4
19
3
45
Rhode Island .......................................
South Carolina ....................................
South Dakota ......................................
Tennessee ..........................................
Texas ..................................................
Utah ....................................................
Vermont ..............................................
Virginia ................................................
Washington .........................................
West Virginia .......................................
Wisconsin ...........................................
Wyoming .............................................
Puerto Rico .........................................
–
118
31
7
8
13
(2)
61
5
42
133
16
19
–
18
73
8
14
15
29
4
93
(2)
19
12
2
(2)
85
28
3
4
35
15
9
5
13
6
2
27
–
March
2011
April
2011
April
2010
908
1,750
18
28
9
40
2
( )
11
3
230
5
5
–
–
85,585
85,095
189,919
2,148
1,252
4,943
1,039
42,426
2,269
891
611
1,583
2,072
3,080
1,137
5,635
2
( )
838
283
29,769
383
331
239
37
12
10
5
20
11
5
4
7
21
9
14
21
56
41
17
5
56
22
7
5
17
50
16
27
23
7,059
4,786
2,876
296
6,573
2,967
754
496
2,202
7,624
576
461
2,393
3,508
1,471
870
308
1,682
518
(2)
3
7
7
9
23
7
70
9
153
528
948
1,432
1,663
9,700
594
15,919
(2)
634
394
537
2,243
164
4,161
(2)
19
7
49
18
–
( )
7
16
199,690
9,139
3,375
672
533
10
5
–
April
2011
56
16
5
10
22
5
20
79
11
32
6
6
10
13
3
33
March
2011
(2)
98
40
6
10
30
9
9
77
–
2
( )
348
15
10
8
February
2011
2
–
9
54
3
–
3,495
1,336
2,060
727
2,387
1,239
575
431
624
2,359
707
1,413
1,755
6,701
4,689
2,143
381
9,722
1,669
818
365
2,040
6,813
1,023
1,987
2,259
(2)
279
524
(2)
1,494
640
5,159
438
768
1,703
1,107
11,776
711
22,636
1,984
1,917
1,240
2
( )
306
534
1,091
675
446
1,038
(2)
8,014
608
4,603
13,254
–
–
2,473
1,015
896
5,384
1,891
367
2,337
7,004
9
19
2,525
3,832
2,125
340
( )
489
2,105
1,913
(2)
1,259
7,118
1,232
1,800
2,063
2,725
(2)
14
67
13
17
23
28
–
–
632
2,468
370
558
899
955
216
3,007
667
7,970
423
(2)
(2)
2,252
2
17
2
–
(2)
11
(2)
7,600
3,380
420
896
1,438
( )
76
2
4,060
1,593
659
886
14
( )
32
2
–
–
2
( )
29,264
1,750
1,056
551
(2)
87
6
25
112
1,823
7,116
889
1,488
1,489
2,665
388
9,965
( )
13
14
(2)
5,071
2,221
232
225
2
( )
1,045
232
17,478
557
410
2
( )
1,102
1,099
(2)
11,082
392
2,886
10,791
( )
2,559
2
( )
7,965
–
(2)
(2)
1,808
1,114
1,676
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.
2