For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Tuesday, April 24, 2012
USDL-12-0770
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MASS LAYOFFS — MARCH 2012
Employers took 1,273 mass layoff actions in March involving 121,310 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 March decreased by 20 from February, while the number of associated initial
claims increased by 1,847. In March, 261 mass layoff events were reported in the manufacturing sector,
seasonally adjusted, resulting in 26,348 initial claims. Both manufacturing figures were lower when
compared to February. (See table 1.)
Chart 1. Mass layoff initial claims and unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, March 2001‐March 2012 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
Mar‐01
Mar‐02
Mar‐03
Mar‐04
Total mass layoff initial claims
Mar‐05
Mar‐06
Mar‐07
Mar‐08
Manufacturing mass layoff initial claims
Mar‐09
Mar‐10
Mar‐11
0.0
Mar‐12
Unemployment rate
The national unemployment rate was 8.2 percent in March, little changed from the prior month but down
from 8.9 percent a year earlier. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 120,000 over the month
and by 1,899,000 over the year.
Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
The number of mass layoff events in March was 1,125, not seasonally adjusted, resulting in 117,817
initial claims for unemployment insurance. (See table 2.) Over the year, the number of average weekly
mass layoff events decreased by 2 to 225, while associated average weekly initial claims increased by
2,289 to 23,563. Eleven of the 19 major industry sectors in the private economy reported over-the-year
Table A. Six-digit NAICS industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims
in March 2012, private nonfarm, not seasonally adjusted
March peak
Industry
Initial Claims
Year
Initial claims
1
Temporary help services ........................................
Food service contractors ..........................................
School and employee bus transportation ...................
Motion picture and video production ........................
Payroll services ........................................................
Warehouse clubs and supercenters ...........................
Discount department stores ......................................
Supermarkets and other grocery stores .....................
1
Professional employer organizations .......................
Automobile manufacturing ........................................
1
11,732
9,629
6,815
6,367
2,563
1,900
1,776
1,713
1,663
1,627
2002
2012
2008
2005
2001
2012
2007
2009
2009
1996
14,338
9,629
8,073
7,192
5,099
1,900
3,670
2,220
4,892
15,411
See the Technical Note for more information on these industries.
increases in average weekly initial claims, with the largest increase occurring in information. (See table
3.) Over the month, the six-digit industry with the largest number of private nonfarm initial claims was
in temporary help services. (See table A.)
In March, the manufacturing sector accounted for 22 percent of mass layoff events and 21 percent of
associated initial claims in the private economy. Within manufacturing, the numbers of mass layoff
claimants were highest in food and in transportation equipment. Twelve of the 21 manufacturing
subsectors experienced over-the-year decreases in average weekly initial claims, with the largest
decrease occurring in wood products. (See table 3.)
Geographic Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Among the census regions, the West registered the largest number of initial claims in March. Two of the
4 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 March,
followed by Pennsylvania, Texas, and North Carolina. Twenty-two states experienced over-the-year
increases in average weekly initial claims, led by California, North Carolina, Ohio, and Arkansas. (See
table 4.)
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
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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 First Quarter 2012 is scheduled to be released on
Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). The Mass Layoffs news release for April is
scheduled to be released on Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 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, 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, April 2008 to March 2012,
seasonally adjusted
Total
Date
Private nonfarm
Manufacturing
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
2008
April ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
1,290
1,567
1,612
1,589
1,763
2,159
2,201
2,406
2,437
128,643
160,475
163,425
163,572
181,853
229,180
226,853
239,239
244,889
1,157
1,432
1,471
1,452
1,632
1,990
2,043
2,247
2,261
117,639
150,893
152,133
153,060
172,147
215,749
213,454
225,404
230,621
453
470
491
465
578
629
698
907
935
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
2012
January ........................................................
February .......................................................
March ...........................................................
1,434
1,293
1,273
129,920
119,463
121,310
1,298
1,153
1,125
119,102
108,577
109,421
341
282
261
33,597
27,388
26,348
Events
Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, April 2008 to March 2012,
not seasonally adjusted
Total
Date
Private nonfarm
Manufacturing
Events
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
2008
April ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
1,272
1,552
1,622
1,891
1,427
1,292
2,125
2,574
3,377
130,810
159,471
166,742
200,382
139,999
129,586
221,784
241,589
351,305
1,172
1,438
1,315
1,687
1,343
1,202
1,917
2,389
3,232
121,625
150,462
140,916
186,018
133,146
122,505
205,553
226,657
340,220
394
388
309
760
414
361
689
997
1,378
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
2012
January ........................................................
February .......................................................
March ...........................................................
1,705
895
1,125
141,703
73,974
117,817
1,587
820
1,040
132,754
69,076
110,954
415
196
242
38,021
16,555
24,241
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
March
March
March
March
March
March
March
March
2011
2012
2011
2012
2011
2012
2011
2012
908
874
30
1,125
1,083
43
85,095
82,046
2,032
117,817
113,790
2,836
227
219
8
225
217
9
21,274
20,512
508
23,563
22,758
567
110,954
823
208
2
(3)
3
2
1
20,004
62
137
1,892
436
732
724
5,217
1,085
61
82
120
94
589
156
90
22,191
165
(3)
1,154
578
341
211
1
1
25
6
9
10
48
11
1
1
1
1
6
2
1
2
Total .......................................................................
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 .................................
844
3
4
99
22
37
40
191
45
4
3
3
4
24
7
5
1,040
8
(3)
14
8
4
80,014
247
547
7,569
1,744
2,928
2,897
20,869
4,338
242
328
481
374
2,354
622
359
(3)
(3)
4
5
8
12
11
10
8
19
10
5
(3)
4
9
11
3
18
12
14
13
25
6
5
(3)
(3)
321
404
536
916
1,077
808
2,886
2,887
1,099
530
(3)
242
614
844
223
1,084
845
1,432
2,417
3,362
613
396
(3)
(3)
1
1
2
3
3
3
2
5
3
1
(3)
1
2
2
1
4
2
3
3
5
1
1
(3)
(3)
80
101
134
229
269
202
722
722
275
133
(3)
48
123
169
45
217
169
286
483
672
123
79
Wholesale trade .........................................................
4
Retail trade ..............................................................
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 ................................................................
18
89
12
16
10
24
44
5
27
6
36
19
6
35
3
151
4
33
13
88
16
72
8
-
20
100
8
20
9
39
72
6
47
4
49
30
6
42
5
165
9
33
16
112
23
89
6
1,393
9,012
995
1,194
600
4,218
5,133
307
3,482
814
3,788
1,354
452
3,771
194
11,303
265
2,038
893
10,491
1,163
9,328
695
-
1,639
10,375
953
1,826
604
5,146
9,013
358
7,045
302
9,195
2,168
359
6,331
517
16,911
552
2,752
1,110
15,122
2,121
13,001
405
5
22
3
4
3
6
11
1
7
2
9
5
2
9
1
38
1
8
3
22
4
18
2
-
4
20
2
4
2
8
14
1
9
1
10
6
1
8
1
33
2
7
3
22
5
18
1
348
2,253
249
299
150
1,055
1,283
77
871
204
947
339
113
943
49
2,826
66
510
223
2,623
291
2,332
174
-
328
2,075
191
365
121
1,029
1,803
72
1,409
60
1,839
434
72
1,266
103
3,382
110
550
222
3,024
424
2,600
81
Government ...................................................................
Federal .......................................................................
State ...........................................................................
State government education .................................
Local ...........................................................................
Local government education .................................
34
5
10
3
19
7
1
(3)
121
17
42
62
242
69
5
6
4
9
(3)
42
4
17
5
21
4
(3)
9,148
1,432
3,118
4,598
24,241
7,701
326
786
335
651
(3)
4,027
271
1,460
427
2,296
823
3,049
532
1,389
755
1,128
386
9
1
3
1
5
2
(3)
24
3
8
12
48
14
1
1
1
2
(3)
8
1
3
1
4
1
762
133
347
189
282
97
(3)
1,830
286
624
920
4,848
1,540
65
157
67
130
(3)
231
116
68
(3)
805
54
292
85
459
165
2
Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia.
lengths of months. There were 4 weeks in March 2011
3
Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
and 5 weeks in March 2012. 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
Events
Census region and state
Initial Claimants
March
2011
March
2012
Total ² ...............................................
908
Northeast .............................................
Connecticut .....................................
Maine ..............................................
Massachusetts ................................
New Hampshire ...............................
New Jersey .....................................
New York .........................................
Pennsylvania ...................................
Rhode Island ...................................
Vermont ...........................................
169
5
5
7
South ...................................................
Alabama ..........................................
Arkansas .........................................
Delaware .........................................
District of Columbia .........................
Florida .............................................
Georgia ...........................................
Kentucky .........................................
Louisiana .........................................
Maryland .........................................
Mississippi .......................................
North Carolina .................................
Oklahoma ........................................
South Carolina ................................
Tennessee ......................................
Texas ..............................................
Virginia ............................................
West Virginia ...................................
Midwest ...............................................
Illinois ..............................................
Indiana ............................................
Iowa .................................................
Kansas ............................................
Michigan ..........................................
Minnesota ........................................
Missouri ...........................................
Nebraska .........................................
North Dakota ...................................
Ohio .................................................
South Dakota ..................................
Wisconsin ........................................
West ....................................................
Alaska .............................................
Arizona ............................................
California .........................................
Colorado ..........................................
Hawaii .............................................
Idaho ...............................................
Montana ..........................................
Nevada ............................................
New Mexico .....................................
Oregon ............................................
Utah .................................................
Washington .....................................
Wyoming .........................................
Puerto Rico .....................................
(3)
56
16
20
11
4
14
18
5
7
9
54
13
March
2011
March
2012
March
2011
March
2012
1,125
85,095
117,817
227
225
21,274
23,563
198
15,540
410
575
624
18,520
42
1
1
2
40
3,885
103
144
156
3,704
(3)
5
11
3
21
54
92
(3)
(3)
1,494
5,159
7,004
(3)
(3)
26,112
2,072
8
289
18
16
(3)
4,060
1,593
2,387
1,239
431
1,413
1,917
367
489
667
7,970
1,102
3
( )
55
8
26
7
3
12
60
3
7
8
50
13
(3)
219
36
18
9
11
25
10
20
317
419
3
15
319
9
(3)
(3)
48
37
(3)
(3)
415
1,073
339
2,065
5,226
8,034
(3)
1,123
31,925
2,130
1,835
3
( )
4,836
1,069
2,601
423
182
1,314
6,060
697
498
854
7,962
1,206
(3)
17,168
3,495
1,336
2,060
727
2,359
707
1,755
279
1,891
2,559
(3)
24,470
4,610
1,830
1,278
1,588
3,749
844
1,614
26,275
42,902
178
1,286
33,461
1,165
7
(3)
1,045
17,478
557
659
886
(3)
(3)
4,638
3,777
(3)
694
(3)
(3)
63
5
14
4
5
3
1
4
5
1
2
2
14
3
6,385
426
367
(3)
44
7
4
2
2
5
2
4
(3)
4,292
874
334
515
182
590
177
439
70
473
640
(3)
4,894
922
366
256
318
750
169
323
79
84
1
3
64
2
6,569
8,580
36
257
6,692
233
(3)
3
58
1
1
3
(3)
11
(3)
15
(3)
1,114
(3)
1,899
(3)
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
(3)
(3)
225
(3)
43
9
3
3
1
5
2
5
1
6
8
(3)
See footnote 2, table 3.
58
4
3
(3)
(3)
6,528
518
1,015
398
597
310
108
353
479
92
122
167
1,993
276
(3)
879
765
2,153
385
1,546
3
2
(3)
374
1,290
1,751
(3)
83
215
68
413
1,045
1,607
( )
(3)
524
640
2,337
423
1,099
See footnote 1, table 3.
(3)
(3)
9
8
20
5
19
2
1
2
1
4
11
18
5
12
20
(3)
1
(3)
(3)
(3)
7
7
20
3
14
Initial Claimants
March
2012
(3)
172
37
12
10
5
21
9
21
3
22
32
(3)
11
230
5
5
10
Events
March
2011
(3)
19
49
79
(3)
(3)
250
18
Average weekly mass layoffs¹
2
2
5
1
4
3
11
2
5
1
1
2
12
1
1
2
10
3
(3)
(3)
10
7
(3)
(3)
967
214
520
85
36
263
1,212
139
100
171
1,592
241
(3)
(3)
928
755
1
(3)
261
4,370
139
165
222
2
2
4
1
4
(3)
131
160
584
106
275
(3)
176
153
431
77
309
3
(3)
279
(3)
380
(3)
3
(3)
Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
(3)
139