USDL-11-1671
For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Tuesday, November 22, 2011
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MASS LAYOFFS — OCTOBER 2011
Employers took 1,353 mass layoff actions in October involving 118,689 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 October decreased by 142 from September, and the number of
associated initial claims decreased by 34,540. In October, 345 mass layoff events were reported in the
manufacturing sector, seasonally adjusted, resulting in 33,849 initial claims. (See table 1.)
Chart 1. Mass layoff initial claims and unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, October 2000-October 2011
Unemployment Rate
14.0
Initial Claims
350,000
300,000
12.0
250,000
10.0
200,000
8.0
150,000
6.0
100,000
4.0
50,000
2.0
0
Oct-00
Oct-01
Oct-02
Oct-03
Total mass layoff initial claims
Oct-04
Oct-05
Oct-06
Oct-07
Manufacturing mass layoff initial claims
Oct-08
Oct-09
Oct-10
0.0
Oct-11
Unemployment rate
The national unemployment rate was 9.0 percent in October, essentially unchanged from the prior month
but down from 9.7 percent a year earlier. In October, total nonfarm payroll employment increased by
80,000 over the month and by 1,501,000 over the year.
Changes to Mass Layoffs News Release
Several changes to the Mass Layoffs news release are made effective with this release. See the
box note on page 4 for a complete list of the changes.
Table A. Six-digit NAICS industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims
in October 2011, private nonfarm, not seasonally adjusted
October peak
Industry
Initial Claims
Year
Initial claims
1
Temporary help services ........................................
1
Professional employer organizations .......................
Fruit and vegetable canning .......................................
Food service contractors ..........................................
Discount department stores ......................................
Motion picture and video production ........................
Supermarkets and other grocery stores .....................
AC, refrigeration, and forced air heating ....................
Hotels and motels, except casino hotels ....................
Household refrigerator and home freezer mfg. ...........
1
9,393
1998
18,760
2,497
2,393
1,944
1,859
1,742
1,640
1,450
1,279
1,200
2008
2002
2009
2002
1997
2003
2007
2001
2002
7,242
4,500
3,233
4,959
7,692
13,682
2,588
5,795
2,393
See the Technical Note for more information on these industries.
Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
The number of mass layoff events in October was 1,101, not seasonally adjusted, resulting in 96,914
initial claims for unemployment insurance. (See table 2.) Over the year, the number of average weekly
mass layoff events decreased by 53, and associated average weekly initial claims decreased by 5,499.
Sixteen of the 19 major industry sectors in the private economy reported over-the-year decreases in
average weekly initial claims, with the largest decreases occurring in construction and manufacturing.
(See table 3.) The six-digit industry with the largest number of private nonfarm initial claims in October
was temporary help services. (See table A.)
The manufacturing sector accounted for 24 percent of all mass layoff events and 29 percent of initial
claims filed in October. A year earlier, manufacturing made up 21 percent of events and 27 percent of
initial claims. Within this sector, the numbers of mass layoff claimants in October was greatest in the
food, machinery, and transportation equipment subsectors. Twelve of the 21 manufacturing subsectors
experienced over-the-year decreases in average weekly initial claims, with the largest decrease occurring
in transportation equipment. (See table 3.)
Geographic Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Among the census regions, the West registered the greatest numbers of initial claims in October. All
four regions experienced over-the-year decreases in average weekly initial claims, with the largest
decline occurring in the West. (See table 4.)
Among the states, California recorded the highest number of mass layoff initial claims in October,
followed by Florida, Pennsylvania, New York, and Illinois. Twenty-seven states experienced over-theyear declines in average weekly initial claims, led by California and Pennsylvania. (See table 4.)
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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. The monthly data series in this release are subjected to average weekly analysis,
which mitigates the effect of differing lengths of months. See the Technical Note for more detailed
definitions and for a description of average weekly analysis.
____________
The Mass Layoffs news release for November is scheduled to be released on Thursday, December
22, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. (EST).
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Changes to Mass Layoffs News Release
The following changes are effective in the October 2011 Mass Layoffs news release
issued on Tuesday, November 22, 2011.

Charts 1 and 2 were replaced with a single chart showing 11 years of mass layoff
initial claims data.

Table A was modified to display only private nonfarm industries.

Seasonally adjusted data were removed from Table 3 since these data are available
in Table 1. Select three-digit industries were added to the new table 3. Public
education industry detail also was added to the state government and local
government sections. The previous 2 months' data were removed, keeping only the
current month's and the previous year's data.

Table 4 was removed from the monthly release; it will be issued on the BLS Web
site as a supplemental table to the quarterly Extended Mass Layoffs news release.
Tables 5 and 6 were combined to create a new Table 4. The geographic divisions
previously shown in Table 5 were removed, and the states were grouped into their
respective Census regions. The previous 2 months' data were removed, keeping only
the current months' and the previous year's data.

Average weekly mass layoff events and average weekly initial claims were added to
the new Tables 3 and 4 to mitigate the calendar effect and to show the data
previously reported only in the text.
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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 2007 to
October 2011, seasonally adjusted
Total
Date
Private nonfarm
Manufacturing
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
2007
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
1,397
1,553
145,339
154,275
1,269
1,435
135,651
144,785
408
463
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 ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
1,534
1,421
1,286
1,564
1,599
1,532
1,579
1,587
1,495
1,353
149,799
130,818
118,523
143,927
143,540
143,444
145,000
165,547
153,229
118,689
1,344
1,220
1,128
1,401
1,405
1,348
1,363
1,373
1,347
1,221
132,730
116,190
105,636
129,702
127,494
128,105
124,745
150,136
139,151
107,101
341
291
253
327
373
341
342
391
376
345
39,189
26,060
27,619
35,022
38,673
35,693
35,460
48,997
39,929
33,849
Events
Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, November 2007 to
October 2011, not seasonally adjusted
Total
Date
Private nonfarm
Manufacturing
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
2007
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
1,799
2,167
198,220
224,214
1,593
2,071
181,184
216,898
514
699
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 ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
2,558
1,024
908
1,750
1,367
1,661
2,176
961
1,189
1,101
246,463
85,585
85,095
189,919
119,911
159,930
216,774
99,213
117,232
96,914
2,372
919
844
1,625
1,221
1,238
1,759
875
1,095
950
229,765
78,718
80,014
176,478
108,531
122,821
174,078
93,159
107,300
83,748
693
222
191
397
270
226
602
228
296
265
75,006
18,471
20,869
47,104
25,199
22,986
71,814
26,916
32,058
28,447
Events
Table 3. Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, not seasonally adjusted
Average weekly mass layoffs1
Events
Initial claimants
Mass layoff totals
Industry
Events
October
October
October
October
October
October
October
October
2010
2011
2010
2011
2010
2011
2010
2011
1,642
1,493
120
1,101
1,015
65
148,638
136,178
8,313
96,914
88,044
4,296
328
299
24
275
254
16
29,728
27,236
1,663
24,229
22,011
1,074
950
127,865
390
83,748
275
1
238
25,573
78
20,937
Total 2 .......................................................................
Total, private ..................................................................
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting ....................
Total, private nonfarm ..................................................
Mining .........................................................................
Utilities .......................................................................
Construction ...............................................................
Construction of buildings ........................................
Heavy and civil engineering construction ...............
Specialty trade contractors ....................................
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 .................................
Chemicals ..............................................................
Plastics and rubber products .................................
Nonmetallic mineral products .................................
Primary metals .......................................................
Fabricated metal products .....................................
Machinery ..............................................................
Computer and electronic products .........................
Electrical equipment and appliances .....................
Transportation equipment ......................................
Furniture and related products ...............................
Miscellaneous manufacturing ................................
1,373
6
Wholesale trade .........................................................
Retail trade 4 .............................................................
Building material and garden supply stores ...........
Food and beverage stores .....................................
Clothing and clothing accessories stores ...............
General merchandise stores ..................................
Transportation and warehousing 4 .............................
Truck transportation ...............................................
Transit and ground passenger transportation ........
Support activities for transportation .......................
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 ............................
Accommodation .....................................................
Food services and drinking places .........................
Other services, except public administration .............
Unclassified ...............................................................
30
126
13
23
13
38
45
7
14
8
52
31
9
43
3
275
11
54
31
118
42
76
10
Government ...................................................................
Federal .......................................................................
State ...........................................................................
State government education .................................
Local ..........................................................................
Local government education .................................
1
Initial claimants
(3)
175
39
60
76
351
80
15
7
4
10
(3)
26
4
6
(3)
8
9
15
16
20
26
13
15
50
17
6
(3)
149
41
32
8
76
34
(3)
(3)
89
18
29
42
265
58
5
15
(3)
6
(3)
13,500
3,103
5,276
5,121
40,861
8,639
1,166
1,019
271
1,399
(3)
15
3
11
5
5
9
9
11
17
22
15
6
28
11
10
(3)
2,570
334
435
21
99
11
19
7
36
29
2,079
13,260
1,300
2,039
803
6,189
3,948
462
1,203
635
5,640
2,342
455
3,447
265
23,531
657
4,056
2,674
10,024
3,658
6,366
506
(3)
12
(3)
23
25
7
34
(3)
199
8
41
28
72
21
51
5
1
86
23
23
5
40
13
(3)
(3)
6,391
1,352
2,204
2,835
28,447
6,596
445
1,242
(3)
513
(3)
723
656
1,460
1,358
1,667
4,968
851
1,935
8,581
1,929
596
(3)
12,460
4,336
2,967
492
5,157
1,932
(3)
35
8
12
15
70
16
3
1
1
2
(3)
1,276
278
1,055
360
274
771
791
1,021
2,066
3,617
1,422
1,377
3,478
825
700
(3)
5
1
1
1,489
9,240
1,008
1,705
378
4,380
2,345
6
25
3
5
3
8
9
1
3
2
10
6
2
9
1
55
2
11
6
24
8
15
2
(3)
1,185
(3)
2,452
1,973
544
2,469
(3)
16,173
518
2,728
2,053
5,986
1,624
4,362
492
113
8,870
2,198
2,566
361
4,106
974
(3)
2
2
3
3
4
5
3
3
10
3
1
(3)
30
8
6
2
15
7
(3)
(3)
22
5
7
11
66
15
1
4
(3)
2
(3)
4
1
3
1
1
2
2
3
4
6
4
2
7
3
3
5
25
3
5
2
9
7
(3)
3
(3)
6
6
2
9
(3)
50
2
10
7
18
5
13
1
22
6
6
1
10
3
(3)
2,700
621
1,055
1,024
8,172
1,728
233
204
54
280
(3)
514
67
87
(3)
145
131
292
272
333
994
170
387
1,716
386
119
416
2,652
260
408
161
1,238
790
92
241
127
1,128
468
91
689
53
4,706
131
811
535
2,005
732
1,273
101
(3)
2,492
867
593
98
1,031
386
(3)
(3)
1,598
338
551
709
7,112
1,649
111
311
(3)
128
(3)
319
70
264
90
69
193
198
255
517
904
356
344
870
206
175
372
2,310
252
426
95
1,095
586
(3)
296
(3)
613
493
136
617
(3)
4,043
130
682
513
1,497
406
1,091
123
28
2,218
550
642
90
1,027
244
2
Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia.
lengths of months. There were 5 weeks in October 2010
3
Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
and 4 weeks in October 2011. Average weekly events
4
Includes other industries not shown.
and initial claimants may not sum to subtotals and totals
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
Average weekly analysis mitigates the effect of differing
due to rounding.
Table 4. Region and state distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance,
not seasonally adjusted
Mass layoff totals
Census region and state
Events
Average weekly mass layoffs¹
Initial Claimants
Events
Initial Claimants
October
2010
October
2011
October
2010
October
2011
October
2010
October
2011
October
2010
October
2011
Total ² ...............................................
1,642
1,101
148,638
96,914
328
275
29,728
24,229
Northeast .............................................
Connecticut .....................................
Maine ..............................................
Massachusetts ................................
New Hampshire ...............................
New Jersey .....................................
New York .........................................
Pennsylvania ...................................
Rhode Island ...................................
Vermont ...........................................
246
7
11
3
31
61
129
164
8
14,814
640
6
12
18
4,184
105
172
60
503
1,089
2,204
3,704
160
(3)
1,744
5,484
5,637
49
1
2
1
6
12
26
41
2
(3)
23
49
70
20,922
523
858
302
2,517
5,443
11,022
(3)
(3)
368
20
7
(3)
(3)
284
7
18
(3)
(3)
35,853
2,244
790
(3)
(3)
25,223
967
2,520
(3)
(3)
74
4
1
(3)
(3)
71
2
5
(3)
(3)
7,171
449
158
(3)
(3)
6,306
242
630
(3)
(3)
105
32
20
19
9
15
21
7
21
15
52
19
-
(3)
(3)
91
24
20
8
3
9
27
7
10
4
39
13
(3)
(3)
9,277
2,969
2,828
1,554
796
1,017
1,697
484
3,479
1,006
4,739
2,444
-
(3)
(3)
6,576
1,886
1,841
525
163
668
2,195
574
1,329
292
3,454
1,830
(3)
(3)
21
6
4
4
2
3
4
1
4
3
10
4
-
(3)
(3)
23
6
5
2
1
2
7
2
3
1
10
3
(3)
(3)
1,855
594
566
311
159
203
339
97
696
201
948
489
-
(3)
(3)
1,644
472
460
131
41
167
549
144
332
73
864
458
South ...................................................
Alabama ..........................................
Arkansas .........................................
Delaware .........................................
District of Columbia .........................
Florida .............................................
Georgia ...........................................
Kentucky .........................................
Louisiana .........................................
Maryland .........................................
Mississippi .......................................
North Carolina 4 ...............................
Oklahoma ........................................
South Carolina ................................
Tennessee ......................................
Texas ..............................................
Virginia ............................................
West Virginia ...................................
Midwest ...............................................
Illinois ..............................................
Indiana ............................................
Iowa .................................................
Kansas ............................................
Michigan ..........................................
Minnesota ........................................
Missouri ...........................................
Nebraska .........................................
North Dakota ...................................
Ohio .................................................
South Dakota ..................................
Wisconsin ........................................
316
60
26
14
6
34
26
37
6
45
62
West ....................................................
Alaska .............................................
Arizona ............................................
California .........................................
Colorado ..........................................
Hawaii .............................................
Idaho ...............................................
Montana ..........................................
Nevada ............................................
New Mexico .....................................
Oregon ............................................
Utah .................................................
Washington .....................................
Wyoming .........................................
712
5
24
559
17
5
5
9
26
7
22
7
22
4
Puerto Rico .....................................
22
(3)
9
(3)
215
48
13
10
(3)
32
12
22
8
(3)
29
38
438
8
17
322
10
5
9
7
4
11
21
(3)
20
(3)
9
34,290
7,281
4,349
1,397
737
3,010
3,056
2,866
560
4,734
6,300
57,573
430
2,392
42,458
1,675
401
362
831
2,396
545
2,540
758
2,181
604
2,191
(3)
987
(3)
22,090
4,971
1,843
1,115
(3)
3,151
1,132
2,503
811
(3)
2,616
3,577
34,787
970
1,527
24,007
873
340
613
730
279
705
2,354
(3)
1,774
(3)
1,058
63
12
5
3
1
7
5
7
1
9
12
142
1
5
112
3
1
1
2
5
1
4
1
4
1
4
(3)
2
(3)
(3)
54
12
3
3
(3)
8
3
6
2
(3)
7
10
110
2
4
81
3
1
2
2
1
3
5
(3)
5
(3)
2
6,858
1,456
870
279
147
602
611
573
112
947
1,260
11,515
86
478
8,492
335
80
72
166
479
109
508
152
436
121
438
¹ See footnote 1, table 3.
² See footnote 2, table 3.
data due to a change in MLS unemployment insurance
input procedures.
³ Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
Data starting in November 2010 may not be comparable to prior
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
4
(3)
247
(3)
436
1,371
1,409
(3)
5,523
1,243
461
279
(3)
788
283
626
203
(3)
654
894
8,697
243
382
6,002
218
85
153
183
70
176
589
(3)
444
(3)
265