USDL-12-2461
For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Friday, December 21, 2012
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MASS LAYOFFS — NOVEMBER 2012
Employers took 1,759 mass layoff actions in November involving 173,558 workers as measured by new
filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
reported today. (Data are seasonally adjusted.) Each mass layoff involved at least 50 workers from a
single employer. Mass layoff events increased by 399 from October, and the number of associated initial
claims increased by 42,385. Mass layoff data for November reflect the impact of Hurricane Sandy on
workers in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. In November, 413 mass layoff events were
reported in the manufacturing sector resulting in 49,169 initial claims. Monthly 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, November 2001‐November 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
Nov‐01
Nov‐02
Nov‐03
Nov‐04
Total mass layoff initial claims
Nov‐05
Nov‐06
Nov‐07
Nov‐08
Manufacturing mass layoff initial claims
Nov‐09
Nov‐10
Nov‐11
0.0
Nov‐12
Unemployment rate
Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the Northeast coast on October 29th, causing severe
damage in some states. Data for November are the first from the Mass Layoff Statistics
(MLS) program to reflect mass layoffs associated with the storm. Additional information
on the storm's impact on MLS data will be available in the Extended Mass Layoffs
news release for the Fourth Quarter 2012, scheduled to be released on Thursday,
February 14, 2013.
Table A. Six-digit NAICS industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims
in November 2012, private nonfarm, not seasonally adjusted
November peak
Industry
Initial Claims
Year
Initial claims
Highway, street, and bridge construction ...................
1
Temporary help services ........................................
School and employee bus transportation ...................
Casino hotels ...........................................................
Food service contractors ..........................................
Commercial bakeries ................................................
Construction machinery manufacturing ......................
1
Professional employer organizations .......................
Motion picture and video production ........................
Landscaping services ................................................
1
15,458
14,456
13,998
11,901
11,200
8,562
4,620
3,165
2,908
2,865
2012
2000
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
2008
2000
2012
15,458
19,023
13,998
11,901
11,200
8,562
4,620
5,873
8,664
2,865
See the Technical Note for more information on these industries.
The national unemployment rate was 7.7 percent in November, down from 7.9 percent the prior month
and from 8.7 percent a year earlier. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 146,000 over the
month and by 1,889,000 over the year.
Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
The number of mass layoff events in November was 2,339, not seasonally adjusted, resulting in 249,949
initial claims for unemployment insurance. (See table 2.) Over the year, the number of average weekly
mass layoff events for November increased by 120 to 468, and associated average weekly initial claims
increased by 18,052 to 49,990. Sixteen of the 19 major industry sectors in the private economy reported
over-the-year increases in average weekly initial claims, with the largest increase occurring in
manufacturing. (See table 3.) Five of the 19 sectors reached a November program high in terms of both
average weekly layoff events and initial claims: mining; transportation and warehousing; educational
services; health care and social assistance; and accommodation and food services. The six-digit industry
with the largest number of private nonfarm initial claims due to mass layoffs was highway, street, and
bridge construction. (See table A.)
In November, the manufacturing sector accounted for 25 percent of mass layoff events and 30 percent of
associated initial claims in the private economy. Within manufacturing, the numbers of mass layoff
claimants were highest in food and in machinery. Fifteen 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 Northeast, where Hurricane Sandy had the greatest impact, registered the
largest number of initial claims due to mass layoffs in November. All four regions experienced over-theyear increases in average weekly initial claims, with the Northeast increasing to 16,898, a program high
for that area for any month. (See table 4.)
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Among the states, California recorded the highest number of mass layoff initial claims in November,
followed by New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. Thirty-seven states experienced over-the-year
increases in average weekly initial claims, led by New Jersey and New York. Four states reached a
November program high in terms of both average weekly layoff events and initial claims: Alaska,
Maine, New Jersey, and New York. (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.
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The Mass Layoffs news release for December 2012 and Annual Totals for 2012 is scheduled to be
released on Friday, January 25, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. (EST).
Revision of Seasonally Adjusted Mass Layoff Data
In accordance with usual practice, the release of mass layoff data for December 2012,
scheduled for January 25, 2013, will incorporate annual updating of seasonal adjustment
factors. Seasonally adjusted estimates back to January 2008 are subject to revision.
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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, December 2008 to November 2012,
seasonally adjusted
Total
Date
Events
Private nonfarm
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
Manufacturing
Events
Initial
claimants
2008
December ......................................................
2,437
244,889
2,261
230,621
935
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 ................................................................
August ...........................................................
September .....................................................
October ..........................................................
November ......................................................
1,434
1,293
1,273
1,388
1,380
1,317
1,340
1,267
1,316
1,360
1,759
129,920
119,463
121,310
135,600
130,191
131,406
137,420
127,454
122,462
131,173
173,558
1,298
1,153
1,125
1,222
1,222
1,171
1,208
1,148
1,198
1,220
1,582
119,102
108,577
109,421
120,213
117,654
118,451
127,092
117,952
113,824
120,794
160,733
341
282
261
287
264
267
364
314
366
344
413
33,597
27,388
26,348
33,243
29,675
29,093
44,920
38,667
39,748
42,946
49,169
Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, December 2008 to November 2012,
not seasonally adjusted
Total
Date
Events
Private nonfarm
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
Manufacturing
Events
Initial
claimants
2008
December ......................................................
3,377
351,305
3,232
340,220
1,378
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 ................................................................
August ...........................................................
September .....................................................
October ..........................................................
November ......................................................
1,705
895
1,125
1,421
1,201
1,890
1,515
1,063
811
1,142
2,339
141,703
73,974
117,817
146,358
109,259
198,537
157,753
104,045
70,570
109,829
249,949
1,587
820
1,040
1,293
1,081
1,485
1,321
992
749
968
2,078
132,754
69,076
110,954
132,697
100,434
158,334
144,340
97,694
66,214
97,390
228,124
415
196
242
256
186
255
559
251
221
277
551
38,021
16,555
24,241
32,518
18,800
28,570
74,963
31,193
22,748
37,702
72,690
Table 3. Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, not seasonally adjusted
Average weekly mass layoffs1
Events
Initial claimants
Mass layoff totals
Industry
Events
Initial claimants
November
November
November
November
November
November
November
2011
2012
2011
2012
2011
2012
2011
2012
1,393
1,332
87
2,339
2,243
165
127,750
123,294
5,820
249,949
240,496
12,372
348
333
22
468
449
33
31,938
30,824
1,455
49,990
48,099
2,474
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 .................................
1,245
10
2,078
37
5
404
49
226
129
551
104
11
29
6
20
21
11
15
18
15
25
21
42
47
40
25
14
58
22
7
117,474
739
228,124
2,963
457
35,561
4,526
21,196
9,839
72,690
18,635
1,103
4,232
577
1,621
1,611
1,031
1,151
1,415
1,296
2,811
1,835
4,376
5,110
9,920
2,060
2,378
7,962
2,554
1,012
311
3
416
7
1
81
10
45
26
110
21
2
6
1
4
4
2
3
4
3
5
4
8
9
8
5
3
12
4
1
29,369
185
45,625
593
91
7,112
905
4,239
1,968
14,538
3,727
221
846
115
324
322
206
230
283
259
562
367
875
1,022
1,984
412
476
1,592
511
202
Wholesale trade .........................................................
Retail trade 4 ...............................................................
Building material and garden supply stores ...........
Food and beverage stores .....................................
Clothing and clothing accessories stores ...............
General merchandise stores ..................................
Transportation and warehousing 4 .............................
Truck transportation ...............................................
Transit and ground passenger transportation ........
Support activities for transportation ........................
Information .................................................................
Finance and insurance ...............................................
Real estate and rental and leasing .............................
Professional and technical services ...........................
Management of companies and enterprises ..............
Administrative and waste services .............................
Educational services ..................................................
Health care and social assistance ..............................
Arts, entertainment, and recreation ............................
Accommodation and food services ............................
Accommodation ......................................................
Food services and drinking places .........................
Other services, except public administration ..............
Unclassified ................................................................
18
69
11
16
4
23
72
10
49
1,414
6,001
826
1,372
183
2,525
6,993
521
5,242
(3)
4,724
449
16,714
434
2,233
2,864
8,560
1,866
6,694
710
-
5,081
12,573
890
3,330
865
5,111
19,052
926
15,323
1,084
3,884
1,629
653
5,119
847
27,260
628
5,336
3,869
28,944
14,192
14,752
1,534
44
(3)
12
2
52
2
7
8
20
5
15
2
-
10
26
2
6
3
9
34
2
25
2
6
4
2
11
1
62
2
10
9
35
12
22
3
-
354
1,500
207
343
46
631
1,748
130
1,311
(3)
48
6
206
7
26
30
78
20
58
9
-
49
132
10
31
13
43
169
12
126
11
32
22
10
53
7
312
9
51
44
173
61
112
17
1
(3)
1,181
112
4,179
109
558
716
2,140
467
1,674
178
-
1,016
2,515
178
666
173
1,022
3,810
185
3,065
217
777
326
131
1,024
169
5,452
126
1,067
774
5,789
2,838
2,950
307
9
61
11
19
3
31
8
96
8
28
6
60
25
4,456
913
1,384
174
2,159
496
9,453
694
2,733
623
6,026
2,487
15
3
5
1
8
2
19
2
6
1
12
5
1,114
228
346
44
540
124
1,891
139
547
125
1,205
497
Total 2 .......................................................................
Total, private ...................................................................
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting ....................
(3)
260
32
156
72
349
64
12
11
4
7
25
12
8
3
5
13
20
13
17
26
17
8
63
14
7
(3)
33
17
Government ....................................................................
Federal .......................................................................
State ...........................................................................
State government education .................................
Local ...........................................................................
Local government education .................................
1
(3)
21,526
2,772
13,320
5,434
37,799
6,312
925
1,181
362
1,198
2,410
851
624
160
394
947
1,360
1,092
1,315
3,223
990
745
10,771
2,285
654
(3)
3,682
2,061
(3)
65
8
39
18
87
16
3
3
1
2
6
3
2
1
1
3
5
3
4
7
4
2
16
4
2
5
17
3
4
1
6
18
3
12
(3)
8
4
(3)
5,382
693
3,330
1,359
9,450
1,578
231
295
91
300
603
213
156
40
99
237
340
273
329
806
248
186
2,693
571
164
(3)
921
515
November
Average weekly analysis mitigates the effect of differing
2
Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia.
lengths of months. There were 4 weeks in November 2011
3
Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
and 5 weeks in November 2012. Average weekly events
4
Includes other industries not shown.
and initial claimants may not sum to subtotals and totals
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
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
November
2011
Average weekly mass layoffs¹
Initial Claimants
November
2012
November
2011
November
2012
Events
November
2011
Initial Claimants
November
2012
November
2011
November
2012
Total ² ................................................
1,393
2,339
127,750
249,949
348
468
31,938
49,990
Northeast ..............................................
Connecticut ......................................
Maine ...............................................
Massachusetts .................................
New Hampshire ................................
New Jersey ......................................
New York ..........................................
Pennsylvania ....................................
Rhode Island ....................................
Vermont ............................................
237
9
21,086
805
(3)
312
74
1,029
1,380
2,045
1
141
2
2
3
1
43
46
42
1
2
5,272
201
(3)
543
84,490
1,344
1,193
1,608
378
33,307
24,548
20,958
281
873
59
2
5
703
9
10
14
5
215
230
209
3
8
(3)
136
16,898
269
239
322
76
6,661
4,910
4,192
56
175
349
19
19
502
32
25
33,887
1,798
1,843
55,755
3,211
3,594
87
5
5
100
6
5
8,472
450
461
11,151
642
719
(3)
(3)
53
28
25
17
7
17
30
7
9
14
73
26
(3)
(3)
57
29
30
12
18
18
89
6
21
19
97
33
9
(3)
(3)
3,420
2,372
2,934
1,404
643
1,607
2,524
1,464
894
988
8,862
2,788
(3)
(3)
4,783
4,489
3,424
1,379
1,384
1,477
9,407
798
3,009
2,085
11,680
3,850
675
(3)
(3)
13
7
6
4
2
4
8
2
2
4
18
7
(3)
(3)
11
6
6
2
4
4
18
1
4
4
19
7
2
(3)
(3)
855
593
734
351
161
402
631
366
224
247
2,216
697
(3)
(3)
957
898
685
276
277
295
1,881
160
602
417
2,336
770
135
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 ......................................
(3)
16
4
35
61
102
(3)
(3)
391
57
32
22
(3)
66
90
498
86
36
33
12
68
56
30
11
8
69
89
416
6
7
275
16
636
9
10
451
10
(3)
54
36
22
6
3
( )
17
10
15
3
( )
21
10
33
(3)
10
3
( )
20
12
25
13
37
3
( )
40
(3)
4
(3)
1,248
296
4,114
5,520
8,178
(3)
40,372
5,056
4,367
2,797
(3)
6,017
9,359
57,438
12,919
5,474
3,540
1,376
7,361
5,184
2,974
963
843
7,784
9,020
32,405
395
666
19,677
1,358
52,266
1,325
788
34,672
992
(3)
7,046
2,991
1,440
399
3
3
( )
1,214
895
1,754
( )
1,626
1,084
2,281
730
3,792
3
( )
2,225
704
3,033
(3)
4
1
9
15
26
(3)
(3)
98
14
8
6
(3)
17
23
100
17
7
7
2
14
11
6
2
2
14
18
104
2
2
69
4
127
2
2
90
2
(3)
14
9
6
2
3
( )
3
(3)
340
( )
3
( )
( )
4,079
(3)
1,048
3
4
3
4
5
3
8
(3)
4
8,101
99
167
4,919
340
10,453
265
158
6,934
198
(3)
1,762
748
360
100
( )
304
224
439
3
8
( )
556
176
758
1
(3)
262
(3)
3
(3)
1,504
2,340
11,488
2,584
1,095
708
275
1,472
1,037
595
193
169
1,557
1,804
3
4
2
5
3
7
3
( )
(3)
10,093
1,264
1,092
699
3
( )
325
217
456
146
758
3
( )
816
(3)
68
1
See footnote 1, table 3.
2
See footnote 2, table 3.
Data starting in June 2012 may not be comparable to prior data
due to a change in MLS unemployment insurance procedures.
3
Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
NOTE: Dash represents zero.