For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Thursday, August 23, 2012
USDL-12-1718
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MASS LAYOFFS — JULY 2012
Employers took 1,340 mass layoff actions in July involving 137,420 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 July increased by 23 from June, and the number of associated initial claims
increased by 6,014. Year-to-date mass layoff events (9,425) and initial claims (905,310) both recorded
their lowest figures for a January-July period since 2007. In July, 364 mass layoff events were reported
in the manufacturing sector, seasonally adjusted, resulting in 44,920 initial claims. Mass layoff data are
identified using administrative data sources without regard to layoff duration. (See table 1 and the note
at the end of this release.)
Chart 1. Mass layoff initial claims and unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, July 2001‐July 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
Jul‐01
Jul‐02
Jul‐03
Jul‐04
Total mass layoff initial claims
Jul‐05
Jul‐06
Jul‐07
Jul‐08
Manufacturing mass layoff initial claims
Jul‐09
Jul‐10
Jul‐11
0.0
Jul‐12
Unemployment rate
The national unemployment rate was 8.3 percent in July, essentially unchanged from the prior month but
down from 9.1 percent a year earlier. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 163,000 over the
month and by 1,838,000 over the year.
Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
The number of mass layoff events in July was 1,515, not seasonally adjusted, resulting in 157,753 initial
claims for unemployment insurance. (See table 2.) Over the year, the number of average weekly mass
layoff events in July decreased by 56 to 379, and associated average weekly initial claims decreased by
3,917 to 39,438. Thirteen of the 19 major industry sectors in the private economy reported over-the-year
decreases in average weekly initial claims for July, with the largest decrease occurring in administrative
and waste services. (See table 3.) In July 2012, the six-digit industry with the largest number of private
nonfarm initial claims was temporary help services. (See table A.)
Table A. Six-digit NAICS industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims
in July 2012, private nonfarm, not seasonally adjusted
July peak
Industry
Initial Claims
Year
Initial claims
1
Temporary help services ........................................
Automobile manufacturing ........................................
Fossil fuel electric power generation ..........................
Motor vehicle seating and interior trim mfg. ...............
Light truck and utility vehicle manufacturing ...............
Other motor vehicle parts manufacturing ...................
Motor vehicle metal stamping ...................................
Discount department stores ......................................
Heavy duty truck manufacturing ................................
1
Professional employer organizations .......................
11,750
7,497
24,601
22,644
(2)
3,108
2,952
2,810
2,467
1998
1996
2012
2005
1997
2004
2005
2009
2008
2,273
2009
8,240
(2)
3,456
1
See the Technical Note for more information on these industries.
2
Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
(2)
9,238
14,618
9,954
8,198
3,995
6,790
In July, the manufacturing sector accounted for 40 percent of mass layoff events and 51 percent of
associated initial claims in the private economy. Within manufacturing, the number of mass layoff
claimants was highest in transportation equipment. Thirteen of the 21 manufacturing subsectors
experienced over-the-year increases in average weekly initial claims. (See table 3.)
Geographic Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Among the census regions, the South registered the largest number of initial claims in July. Two of the 4
regions experienced over-the-year decreases in average weekly initial claims, with the largest decrease
occurring in the West. (See table 4.)
Among the states, California recorded the highest number of mass layoff initial claims in July, followed
by Michigan and New York. Thirty states experienced over-the-year decreases in average weekly initial
claims, led by California, Minnesota, and Florida. (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
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 August is scheduled to be released on Friday,
September 21, 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.
The monthly data present preliminary mass layoff
activity in the reference month and are not revised in
subsequent months except in special circumstances (e.g.,
layoffs in states affected by Hurricane Katrina). Counts of
initial claims associated with mass layoff events reflect
activity through the end of the reference month. Additional
mass layoff event and initial claims activity received after
data for the reference month have been published by BLS are
not updated in the monthly mass layoff series and, therefore,
may not match revised mass layoff data issued in state
publications. However, any additional mass layoff
information meeting the extended mass layoff criteria will be
reflected in BLS’ quarterly publication of extended mass
layoff data.
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, August 2008 to July 2012,
seasonally adjusted
Total
Date
Private nonfarm
Manufacturing
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
2008
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
1,763
2,159
2,201
2,406
2,437
181,853
229,180
226,853
239,239
244,889
1,632
1,990
2,043
2,247
2,261
172,147
215,749
213,454
225,404
230,621
578
629
698
907
935
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 ...........................................................
April ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
1,434
1,293
1,273
1,388
1,380
1,317
1,340
129,920
119,463
121,310
135,600
130,191
131,406
137,420
1,298
1,153
1,125
1,222
1,222
1,171
1,208
119,102
108,577
109,421
120,213
117,654
118,451
127,092
341
282
261
287
264
267
364
33,597
27,388
26,348
33,243
29,675
29,093
44,920
Events
Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, August 2008 to July 2012,
not seasonally adjusted
Total
Date
Private nonfarm
Manufacturing
Events
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
2008
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
1,427
1,292
2,125
2,574
3,377
139,999
129,586
221,784
241,589
351,305
1,343
1,202
1,917
2,389
3,232
133,146
122,505
205,553
226,657
340,220
414
361
689
997
1,378
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 ...........................................................
April ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
1,705
895
1,125
1,421
1,201
1,890
1,515
141,703
73,974
117,817
146,358
109,259
198,537
157,753
1,587
820
1,040
1,293
1,081
1,485
1,321
132,754
69,076
110,954
132,697
100,434
158,334
144,340
415
196
242
256
186
255
559
38,021
16,555
24,241
32,518
18,800
28,570
74,963
Table 3. Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, not seasonally adjusted
1
Mass layoff totals
Events
Industry
Average weekly mass layoffs
Events
Initial claimants
Initial claimants
July
July
July
July
July
July
July
July
2011
2012
2011
2012
2011
2012
2011
2012
2,176
1,867
108
1,515
1,385
64
216,774
182,960
8,882
157,753
148,561
4,221
435
373
22
379
346
16
43,355
36,592
1,776
39,438
37,140
1,055
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 .................................
1,759
-
1,321
6
174,078
-
144,340
401
352
-
330
2
34,816
-
36,085
100
(3)
118
24
32
62
602
84
(3)
86
16
34
36
559
77
(3)
8,990
2,050
2,823
4,117
71,814
9,998
(3)
6,583
1,129
2,678
2,776
74,963
8,647
(3)
24
5
6
12
120
17
(3)
22
4
9
9
140
19
(3)
1,798
410
565
823
14,363
2,000
(3)
1,646
282
670
694
18,741
2,162
Wholesale trade .........................................................
4
Retail trade ..............................................................
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 ................................................................
2
Total .......................................................................
Total, private ..................................................................
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting ....................
Government ...................................................................
Federal .......................................................................
State ...........................................................................
State government education .................................
Local ...........................................................................
Local government education .................................
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
( )
29
9
14
3
28
4
9
( )
27
9
23
4
24
10
6
( )
3,341
1,107
1,526
869
2,826
298
930
( )
2,821
813
2,375
506
3,047
700
571
( )
6
2
3
1
6
1
2
( )
7
2
6
1
6
3
2
( )
668
221
305
174
565
60
186
( )
705
203
594
127
762
175
143
(3)
12
36
13
24
27
34
19
19
193
31
9
(3)
6
38
11
24
33
38
16
15
158
24
13
(3)
935
3,359
1,612
2,450
2,980
4,799
1,735
2,628
26,488
2,770
726
(3)
402
3,999
1,183
2,802
2,991
4,891
1,210
2,185
31,786
2,567
1,287
(3)
2
7
3
5
5
7
4
4
39
6
2
(3)
2
10
3
6
8
10
4
4
40
6
3
(3)
187
672
322
490
596
960
347
526
5,298
554
145
(3)
101
1,000
296
701
748
1,223
303
546
7,947
642
322
21
165
16
32
19
59
20
92
7
15
9
33
1,594
17,189
1,358
3,343
1,149
8,412
1,316
8,589
606
1,021
634
4,487
4
33
3
6
4
12
5
23
2
4
2
8
319
3,438
272
669
230
1,682
329
2,147
152
255
159
1,122
114
10
80
6
52
43
10
51
5
320
29
104
30
74
12
62
17
65
11
32
8
32
24
4
41
9,326
657
6,566
518
5,289
2,769
856
4,372
654
31,193
1,993
7,079
2,867
6,445
839
5,606
1,336
5,924
761
2,750
849
4,303
1,656
255
3,438
23
2
16
1
10
9
2
10
1
64
6
21
6
15
2
12
3
16
3
8
2
8
6
1
10
1,865
131
1,313
104
1,058
554
171
874
131
6,239
399
1,416
573
1,289
168
1,121
267
1,481
190
688
212
1,076
414
64
860
3
( )
309
10
78
7
221
173
3
( )
213
25
56
14
66
20
46
13
130
8
25
13
97
71
3
( )
33,814
784
12,220
644
20,810
14,505
3
( )
17,369
1,710
4,113
774
4,431
1,403
3,028
850
9,192
672
2,106
935
6,414
4,469
3
( )
62
2
16
1
44
35
3
( )
53
6
14
4
17
5
12
3
33
2
6
3
24
18
3
( )
6,763
157
2,444
129
4,162
2,901
3
( )
4,342
428
1,028
194
1,108
351
757
213
2,298
168
527
234
1,604
1,117
2
Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia.
lengths of months. There were 5 weeks in July 2011
3
Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
and 4 weeks in July 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
July
2011
July
2012
Total ² ...............................................
2,176
Northeast ............................................
Connecticut .....................................
Maine ..............................................
Massachusetts ................................
New Hampshire ..............................
New Jersey .....................................
New York ........................................
Pennsylvania ..................................
Rhode Island ...................................
Vermont ..........................................
363
8
9
16
5
81
142
96
South ..................................................
Alabama ..........................................
Arkansas .........................................
Delaware .........................................
District of Columbia .........................
Florida .............................................
Georgia ...........................................
Kentucky .........................................
Louisiana ........................................
Maryland 4 .......................................
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 .....................................
1
3
( )
3
( )
624
60
17
3
Events
July
2011
July
2012
1,515
216,774
157,753
435
268
15
10
13
34,691
713
667
1,632
363
7,381
14,892
8,610
30,266
1,137
1,263
1,026
73
2
2
3
1
16
28
19
3
( )
35
101
86
4
3
( )
494
55
15
3
( )
3
( )
147
45
54
21
13
25
80
6
28
25
58
41
-
( )
3
( )
78
32
51
16
11
9
98
505
48
31
19
12
130
68
36
8
3
67
83
373
39
23
16
14
123
15
27
3
( )
3
( )
62,261
6,904
1,607
3
( )
52,296
6,119
1,416
3
3
( )
3
( )
5,203
2,844
10,614
1,189
886
887
10,695
46,431
4,036
2,307
2,210
1,596
17,118
1,678
2,433
( )
3
( )
65
44
62,114
5,599
5,700
2,397
1,372
14,164
11,406
4,068
1,026
583
7,739
8,060
3
( )
35
16
40
30
-
3
July
2011
3
( )
2,667
16,306
7,154
251
( )
3
( )
12,098
5,152
6,294
1,936
1,486
1,853
8,083
1,206
2,724
2,314
6,259
4,028
-
3
( )
4,144
1,590
3,333
2,719
-
3
( )
3
( )
9,720
4,488
3
28,760
(3)
1,594
21,608
765
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
1,220
306
875
568
3,435
529
1,537
-
(3)
(3)
(3)
7
(3)
588
2,333
4
39,438
67
4
3
3
6,938
143
133
326
73
1,476
2,978
1,722
7,567
284
316
257
3
( )
9
25
22
1
3
( )
124
14
4
3
93
10
6
4
4
31
4
7
(3)
2,137
46,009
704
(3)
43,355
101
10
6
4
2
26
14
7
2
1
13
17
57,708
19
379
( )
3
( )
20
8
13
4
3
2
25
380
758
492
2,118
332
711
July
2012
( )
3
( )
29
9
11
4
3
5
16
1
6
5
12
8
-
(3)
19
297
10
8
7
21
4
8
July
2011
3
684
9
4
10
9
27
4
15
-
Initial Claimants
July
2012
( )
3
( )
125
12
3
(3)
23
571
8
See footnote 1, table 3.
See footnote 2, table 3.
3
Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
2
Average weekly mass layoffs¹
137
5
114
2
2
1
2
2
5
1
3
4
3
( )
3
( )
12,452
1,381
321
3
3
( )
667
4,077
1,789
63
3
( )
13,074
1,530
354
3
( )
3
( )
2,420
1,030
1,259
387
297
371
1,617
241
545
463
1,252
806
-
( )
3
( )
1,301
711
2,654
297
222
222
2,674
11,608
1,009
577
553
399
4,280
420
608
( )
3
( )
16
11
12,423
1,120
1,140
479
274
2,833
2,281
814
205
117
1,548
1,612
95
3
( )
9
4
10
8
-
3
3
( )
1,036
398
833
680
-
3
( )
3
( )
2,430
1,122
11,542
7,190
(3)
(3)
427
9,202
141
(3)
399
5,402
191
(3)
(3)
(3)
244
61
175
114
687
106
307
-
(3)
(3)
5
74
3
2
2
5
1
2
(3)
2
467
190
123
530
83
178
(3)
147
Data starting in June 2012 may not be comparable to prior data
due to a change in MLS unemployment insurance procedures.
NOTE: Dash represents zero.