For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Wednesday, January 25, 2012
USDL-12-0093
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MASS LAYOFFS – DECEMBER 2011
ANNUAL TOTALS – 2011
Employers took 1,384 mass layoff actions in December involving 145,648 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.
Mass layoff events in December increased by 52 from November, and associated initial claims increased
by 14,021. In December, 351 mass layoff events were reported in the manufacturing sector, seasonally
adjusted, resulting in 39,081 initial claims. (See table 1.)
Chart 1. Mass layoff initial claims and unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, December 2000‐December 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
Dec‐00
Dec‐01
Dec‐02
Dec‐03
Total mass layoff initial claims
Dec‐04
Dec‐05
Dec‐06
Dec‐07
Manufacturing mass layoff initial claims
Dec‐08
Dec‐09
Dec‐10
0.0
Dec‐11
Unemployment rate
Revision of Seasonally Adjusted Mass Layoff Data
Seasonally adjusted mass layoff data have been revised using updated seasonal
adjustment factors that incorporate 2011 data. Seasonally adjusted estimates back to
January 2007 were subject to revision. Revised seasonally adjusted data from January
2008 forward are shown in table 1. The originally published and revised figures for
January 2007-November 2011 will be available at www.bls.gov/mls/mlssarevision.htm,
along with additional information about the revisions.
Table A. Six-digit NAICS industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims
in December 2011, private nonfarm, not seasonally adjusted
December peak
Industry
Initial Claims
Year
Initial claims
1
Temporary help services ........................................
Food service contractors ..........................................
Highway, street, and bridge construction ...................
School and employee bus transportation ...................
Motion picture and video production ........................
Payroll services ........................................................
Landscaping services ................................................
Hotels and motels, except casino hotels ....................
Casino hotels ...........................................................
1
Professional employer organizations .......................
1
19,987
19,639
15,919
15,849
11,109
4,588
3,146
3,045
2,831
2011
2011
2005
2011
1998
2000
2011
2008
2011
19,987
19,639
20,030
15,849
16,192
6,268
3,146
3,528
2,831
2,668
2008
6,101
See the Technical Note for more information on these industries.
The national unemployment rate was 8.5 percent in December, down from 8.7 percent the prior month
and from 9.4 percent a year earlier. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 200,000 over the
month and by 1,640,000 over the year.
Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
The number of mass layoff events in December was 2,433, not seasonally adjusted, resulting in 263,665
initial claims for unemployment insurance. (See table 2.) Over the year, average weekly mass layoff
events increased by 4 to 487, and associated average weekly initial claims increased by 6,700 to 52,733.
Ten of the 19 major industry sectors in the private economy reported over-the-year increases in average
weekly initial claims, with the largest increases occurring in information, administrative and waste
services, and manufacturing. (See table 3.) The six-digit industry with the largest number of private
nonfarm initial claims in December 2011 was temporary help services. (See table A.)
In December, the manufacturing sector accounted for 28 percent of mass layoff events and 30 percent of
associated initial claims in the private economy. A year earlier, manufacturing made up 25 percent of
events and 30 percent of initial claims. Within manufacturing, the numbers of mass layoff claimants in
December 2011 were greatest in transportation equipment, food, and textile mills. Twelve of the 21
manufacturing subsectors experienced over-the-year increases in average weekly initial claims, with the
largest increases occurring in food and in textile mills. (See table 3.)
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Table B. Number of mass layoff events and initial claimants for
unemployment insurance, 1996-2011, 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 ........................
2011 ........................
13,998
15,493
21,137
28,030
19,564
18,521
1,484,391
1,598,875
2,130,220
2,796,456
1,854,596
1,808,451
Geographic Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Among the census regions, the Midwest registered the greatest number of initial claims in December.
All four regions experienced over-the-year increases in average weekly initial claims, with the largest
increase occurring in the West. (See table 4.)
Among the states, California recorded the highest number of mass layoff initial claims in December,
followed by Pennsylvania, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and New York. Twenty-nine states experienced
over-the-year increases in average weekly initial claims, led by California and Pennsylvania. (See
table 4.)
Review of 2011
For all of 2011, the total numbers of mass layoff events, at 18,521, and initial claims, at 1,808,451,
declined to their lowest levels since 2007. (See table B.) Twelve of the 19 major industry sectors in the
private economy reported over-the-year decreases in initial claims, led by manufacturing, construction,
and retail trade. In 2011, total initial claims in the manufacturing sector declined to a series low 481,702.
The manufacturing sector accounted for 26 percent of mass layoff events and 29 percent of associated
initial claims in the private economy in 2011, about the same percentages as in 2010. The number of
manufacturing claimants in 2011 was highest in transportation equipment and in food. Total initial
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Table C. Six-digit NAICS industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims
in 2011, private nonfarm, not seasonally adjusted
2010
2011
Industry
Initial claims Rank Initial claims Rank
1
Temporary help services ......................................
School and employee bus transportation .................
Food service contractors ........................................
Motion picture and video production ......................
Highway, street, and bridge construction .................
1
Professional employer organizations .....................
Discount department stores ....................................
Child day care services ...........................................
Supermarkets and other grocery stores ...................
Wired telecommunications carriers ..........................
1
117,391
90,887
74,873
45,856
41,662
1
2
3
4
5
143,938
95,287
75,006
47,988
40,349
1
2
3
4
5
40,396
29,986
19,141
24,534
8,236
6
8
12
9
37
31,916
29,807
23,237
19,781
19,116
6
7
8
9
10
See the Technical Note for more information on these industries.
claims in 14 of the 21 manufacturing subsectors decreased between 2010 and 2011, with transportation
equipment and machinery experiencing the largest declines.
The six-digit industry in the private nonfarm sector with the greatest number of initial claims in 2011
was temporary help services. Child day care services and wired telecommunications carriers entered the
list of 10 industries with the highest initial claims for the entire year. (See table C.) Four industries
among these 10 reached program highs in 2011–school and employee bus transportation, food service
contractors, child day care centers, and wired telecommunications carriers. (Annual data began in 1996.)
Two of the 4 census regions reported over-the-year decreases in initial claims from 2010 to 2011, with
the largest decline occurring in the West. Among the states, California recorded the highest number of
mass layoff initial claims in 2011, followed by Pennsylvania, New York, Florida, and Wisconsin.
Twenty-nine states experienced over-the-year decreases in total initial claims for the year, led by
California, Illinois, and Florida.
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.
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The Extended Mass Layoffs news release for the Fourth Quarter 2011 and Annual Totals for 2011
is scheduled to be released on Friday, February 10, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. (EST).
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The Mass Layoffs news release for January 2012 is scheduled to be released on Thursday,
February 23, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. (EST).
Upcoming Changes to Mass Layoff Data
With the release of January 2012 data on February 23, 2012, the Mass Layoff Statistics
program will update the basis for industry classification from the 2007 North American
Industry Classification System (NAICS) to the 2012 NAICS. The new conversion reflects
definitional changes within the utilities, construction, manufacturing, wholesale trade,
and retail trade sectors. Several industry titles and descriptions will also be updated. For
more information on the 2012 NAICS update, visit
www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html.
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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, data
users who intend to perform analysis of over-the-year change
in the not seasonally adjusted series should use the average
weekly mass layoff figures displayed in tables 3 and 4 of this
release. The average weekly adjustment process produces a
consistent series for each month across all years, permitting
over-the-year analysis to be performed using strictly
comparable data.
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
Average weekly mass layoff events and initial claimants.
The number of events and initial claimants in a given month
divided by the number of weeks contained within that month.
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 2008 to
December 2011, seasonally adjusted
Total
Date
Private nonfarm
Manufacturing
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
2008
January ........................................................
February .......................................................
March ...........................................................
April ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
1,439
1,724
1,515
1,290
1,567
1,612
1,589
1,763
2,159
2,201
2,406
2,437
146,850
179,955
151,628
128,643
160,475
163,425
163,572
181,853
229,180
226,853
239,239
244,889
1,300
1,567
1,400
1,157
1,432
1,471
1,452
1,632
1,990
2,043
2,247
2,261
135,422
168,003
141,316
117,639
150,893
152,133
153,060
172,147
215,749
213,454
225,404
230,621
421
485
441
453
470
491
465
578
629
698
907
935
53,254
60,752
58,254
57,044
62,776
68,862
62,210
77,464
82,011
93,252
103,836
116,181
2009
January ........................................................
February .......................................................
March ...........................................................
April ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
2,254
3,059
2,999
2,566
2,710
2,466
2,186
2,340
2,261
1,969
1,757
1,719
235,371
326,392
299,322
249,129
284,468
247,597
222,941
216,047
214,018
195,752
164,454
155,056
2,083
2,901
2,800
2,349
2,516
2,257
1,979
2,115
2,048
1,772
1,588
1,543
221,653
310,378
282,414
232,632
267,869
230,502
203,911
197,172
198,761
178,172
151,172
140,835
726
1,251
1,230
1,007
1,181
1,048
636
751
786
571
472
424
92,293
145,839
154,168
116,051
147,184
137,649
75,728
77,894
91,125
65,217
52,855
44,096
2010
January ........................................................
February .......................................................
March ...........................................................
April ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
1,707
1,631
1,676
1,637
1,608
1,695
1,519
1,588
1,510
1,654
1,592
1,477
168,044
156,292
149,816
154,558
150,996
151,435
138,091
159,329
133,576
149,589
161,145
135,849
1,529
1,465
1,469
1,452
1,357
1,475
1,316
1,399
1,295
1,446
1,410
1,271
154,187
141,831
134,518
138,503
130,273
132,742
122,162
136,697
115,349
132,146
145,494
121,171
471
374
356
368
302
325
304
390
328
354
360
322
53,817
43,620
40,705
44,506
29,932
33,298
32,253
43,154
34,333
38,937
39,977
36,267
2011
January ........................................................
February .......................................................
March ...........................................................
April ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
1,536
1,434
1,275
1,548
1,600
1,513
1,562
1,551
1,447
1,335
1,332
1,384
148,952
131,569
115,391
145,836
144,412
143,384
145,078
164,275
147,353
118,924
131,627
145,648
1,348
1,242
1,118
1,383
1,404
1,334
1,348
1,347
1,306
1,205
1,192
1,238
131,869
116,745
102,722
131,317
127,793
128,410
125,285
149,874
134,038
107,330
120,760
130,583
337
297
251
341
374
344
346
382
364
341
324
351
37,477
26,696
28,988
37,053
39,180
36,265
36,312
49,194
38,026
33,926
36,563
39,081
Events
Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, January 2008 to
December 2011, not seasonally adjusted
Total
Date
Private nonfarm
Manufacturing
Events
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
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 ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
2,558
1,024
908
1,750
1,367
1,661
2,176
961
1,189
1,101
1,393
2,433
246,463
85,585
85,095
189,919
119,911
159,930
216,774
99,213
117,232
96,914
127,750
263,665
2,372
919
844
1,625
1,221
1,238
1,759
875
1,095
950
1,245
2,258
229,765
78,718
80,014
176,478
108,531
122,821
174,078
93,159
107,300
83,748
117,474
247,916
693
222
191
397
270
226
602
228
296
265
349
658
75,006
18,471
20,869
47,104
25,199
22,986
71,814
26,916
32,058
28,447
37,799
75,033
Table 3. Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, not seasonally adjusted
1
Mass layoff totals
Industry
Events
Average weekly mass layoffs
Events
Initial claimants
Initial claimants
December
December
December
December
December
December
December
December
2010
2011
2010
2011
2010
2011
2010
2011
1,931
1,830
67
2,433
2,322
64
184,130
176,405
3,524
263,665
252,259
4,343
483
458
17
487
464
13
46,033
44,101
881
52,733
50,452
869
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 ..................................
1,763
29
2,258
26
5
402
38
252
112
658
99
10
44
8
17
5
49
10
11
14
12
44
47
28
41
38
27
16
107
22
9
172,881
2,439
247,916
2,404
476
32,402
3,075
21,638
7,689
75,033
12,340
1,225
6,237
1,312
1,586
433
4,583
1,180
786
1,298
1,131
4,720
4,666
3,104
4,047
5,472
2,223
2,759
12,458
2,712
761
441
7
452
5
1
80
8
50
22
132
20
2
9
2
3
1
10
2
2
3
2
9
9
6
8
8
5
3
21
4
2
43,220
610
49,583
481
95
6,480
615
4,328
1,538
15,007
2,468
245
1,247
262
317
87
917
236
157
260
226
944
933
621
809
1,094
445
552
2,492
542
152
Wholesale trade ..........................................................
Retail trade 4 ..............................................................
Building material and garden supply stores ............
Food and beverage stores ......................................
Clothing and clothing accessories stores ................
General merchandise stores ...................................
4
Transportation and warehousing ...............................
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 ................................................................
23
105
8
27
4
33
114
14
90
1,706
9,985
779
2,394
289
3,735
13,341
879
11,354
427
2,496
195
599
72
934
3,335
220
2,839
(3)
25
29
13
44
(3)
225
9
46
24
208
45
163
15
1
29
135
15
20
12
41
161
8
128
8
54
24
8
67
4
338
11
56
28
232
67
165
19
1
(3)
4,301
240
976
461
6,810
932
5,878
288
23
482
2,859
359
316
192
1,175
4,302
114
3,704
164
2,973
369
99
1,916
75
6,415
172
980
404
6,127
1,175
4,952
336
11
Government .....................................................................
Federal ........................................................................
State ............................................................................
State government education ..................................
Local ............................................................................
Local government education ..................................
101
10
22
8
69
39
111
9
25
15
77
46
1,931
304
431
146
1,197
609
2,281
151
516
374
1,614
1,025
2
Total ........................................................................
Total, private ....................................................................
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting .....................
1
(3)
379
42
211
126
465
52
8
21
8
18
3
39
14
13
10
8
25
48
21
29
18
13
12
78
20
7
(3)
29,458
3,379
16,878
9,201
52,816
6,590
856
2,239
981
1,294
850
3,623
1,055
934
892
561
2,392
4,212
1,919
2,380
2,724
1,214
2,372
12,534
2,521
673
(3)
95
11
53
32
116
13
2
5
2
5
1
10
4
3
3
2
6
12
5
7
5
3
3
20
5
2
(3)
6
7
3
11
(3)
17,203
958
3,904
1,843
27,239
3,729
23,510
1,153
92
2,411
14,295
1,797
1,580
958
5,876
21,508
572
18,520
819
14,865
1,843
495
9,581
374
32,076
860
4,900
2,022
30,635
5,876
24,759
1,681
55
(3)
56
2
12
6
52
11
41
4
-
6
27
3
4
2
8
32
2
26
2
11
5
2
13
1
68
2
11
6
46
13
33
4
-
7,725
1,215
1,724
583
4,786
2,436
11,406
755
2,580
1,868
8,071
5,123
25
3
6
2
17
10
22
2
5
3
15
9
(3)
2,818
2,151
1,408
3,549
6
26
2
7
1
8
29
4
23
(3)
7,365
845
4,220
2,300
13,204
1,648
214
560
245
324
213
906
264
234
223
140
598
1,053
480
595
681
304
593
3,134
630
168
(3)
705
538
352
887
2
Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia.
lengths of months. There were 4 weeks in December 2010
3
Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
and 5 weeks in December 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
December
2010
Average weekly mass layoffs¹
Initial Claimants
December
2011
December
2010
December
2011
Events
December
2010
Initial Claimants
December
2011
December
2010
December
2011
Total ² ...............................................
1,931
2,433
184,130
263,665
483
487
46,033
52,733
Northeast .............................................
Connecticut .....................................
Maine ..............................................
Massachusetts ................................
New Hampshire ...............................
New Jersey .....................................
New York .........................................
Pennsylvania ...................................
Rhode Island ...................................
Vermont ...........................................
356
7
6
19
3
49
115
142
10
5
450
5
10
19
6
88
117
186
13
6
35,601
576
431
2,372
326
6,036
12,383
11,904
1,264
309
47,617
578
771
1,946
951
8,098
11,498
20,719
2,571
485
89
2
2
5
1
12
29
36
3
1
90
1
2
4
1
18
23
37
3
1
8,900
144
108
593
82
1,509
3,096
2,976
316
77
9,523
116
154
389
190
1,620
2,300
4,144
514
97
South ...................................................
Alabama ..........................................
Arkansas .........................................
Delaware .........................................
District of Columbia .........................
Florida .............................................
Georgia ...........................................
Kentucky .........................................
Louisiana .........................................
Maryland .........................................
Mississippi .......................................
North Carolina .................................
Oklahoma ........................................
South Carolina ................................
Tennessee ......................................
Texas ..............................................
Virginia ............................................
West Virginia ...................................
493
34
6
602
46
24
9
51,554
3,758
563
67,741
5,134
2,759
820
123
9
2
120
9
5
2
12,889
940
141
13,548
1,027
552
164
(3)
(3)
92
42
38
21
9
19
80
6
26
19
63
30
-
(3)
(3)
7,554
4,306
5,003
1,741
611
2,128
8,876
1,410
2,648
1,895
7,312
3,177
-
(3)
70
60
67
20
18
21
82
10
32
24
52
64
(3)
6,239
7,507
8,047
1,923
1,959
1,812
11,050
981
4,612
2,157
5,033
7,450
565
110
49
39
23
67
34
54
14
(3)
743
118
49
58
23
135
49
67
15
58,560
13,672
5,314
3,897
2,923
8,985
2,932
4,763
1,157
(3)
78,074
13,449
5,758
6,797
2,952
12,542
5,073
6,586
2,252
(3)
87
(3)
107
(3)
7,826
(3)
81
(3)
111
West ....................................................
Alaska .............................................
Arizona ............................................
California .........................................
Colorado ..........................................
Hawaii .............................................
Idaho ...............................................
Montana ..........................................
Nevada ............................................
New Mexico .....................................
Oregon ............................................
Utah .................................................
Washington .....................................
Wyoming .........................................
517
9
9
365
14
15
8
26
8
25
10
28
-
Puerto Rico .....................................
10
Midwest ...............................................
Illinois ..............................................
Indiana ............................................
Iowa .................................................
Kansas ............................................
Michigan ..........................................
Minnesota ........................................
Missouri ...........................................
Nebraska .........................................
North Dakota ...................................
Ohio .................................................
South Dakota ..................................
Wisconsin ........................................
1
2
See footnote 1, table 3.
See footnote 2, table 3.
(3)
(3)
23
11
10
5
2
5
20
2
7
5
16
8
-
(3)
14
12
13
4
4
4
16
2
6
5
10
13
(3)
(3)
1,889
1,077
1,251
435
153
532
2,219
353
662
474
1,828
794
-
(3)
1,248
1,501
1,609
385
392
362
2,210
196
922
431
1,007
1,490
141
28
12
10
6
17
9
14
4
(3)
149
24
10
12
5
27
10
13
3
14,640
3,418
1,329
974
731
2,246
733
1,191
289
(3)
15,615
2,690
1,152
1,359
590
2,508
1,015
1,317
450
(3)
11,550
(3)
22
(3)
21
(3)
1,957
(3)
2,310
(3)
6,578
(3)
10,117
(3)
20
(3)
22
(3)
1,645
(3)
2,023
638
3
8
458
13
4
20
11
31
8
49
10
23
-
38,415
915
940
25,602
964
1,006
470
2,449
640
2,234
805
2,390
-
70,233
447
750
53,031
1,179
388
1,584
895
3,127
590
4,705
693
2,844
-
129
2
2
91
4
4
2
7
2
6
3
7
-
128
1
2
92
3
1
4
2
6
2
10
2
5
-
9,604
229
235
6,401
241
252
118
612
160
559
201
598
-
14,047
89
150
10,606
236
78
317
179
625
118
941
139
569
-
14
940
1,729
3
3
235
346
3
Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
NOTE: Dash represents zero.