USDL-13-0479
For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Friday, March 22, 2013
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MASS LAYOFFS — FEBRUARY 2013
Employers took 1,422 mass layoff actions in February involving 135,468 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 94 from January, and the number of associated initial
claims increased by 1,442. In February, 295 mass layoff events were reported in the manufacturing
sector resulting in 39,407 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, February 2002‐February 2013 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
Feb‐02
Feb‐03
Feb‐04
Feb‐05
Total mass layoff initial claims
Feb‐06
Feb‐07
Feb‐08
Feb‐09
Manufacturing mass layoff initial claims
Feb‐10
Feb‐11
Feb‐12
0.0
Feb‐13
Unemployment rate
The national unemployment rate was 7.7 percent in February, down from 7.9 percent the prior month
and down from 8.3 percent a year earlier. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 236,000 over
the month and by 1,966,000 over the year.
Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
The number of mass layoff events in February was 960, not seasonally adjusted, resulting in 79,786
initial claims for unemployment insurance. (See table 2.) Over the year, the number of average weekly
mass layoff events for February increased by 16 to 240, and associated average weekly initial claims
increased by 1,453 to 19,947.
Table A. Six-digit NAICS industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims
in February 2013, private nonfarm, not seasonally adjusted
February peak
Industry
Initial claims
Year
Initial claims
1
Temporary help services ........................................
School and employee bus transportation ...................
Automobile manufacturing ........................................
Discount department stores ......................................
Motion picture and video production ........................
Supermarkets and other grocery stores .....................
1
Professional employer organizations .......................
Food service contractors ..........................................
Highway, street, and bridge construction ...................
Department stores, except discount ..........................
1
2
7,564
2,592
(2)
2,263
2,000
1,869
1,817
1,742
1,691
1,471
2001
2008
2001
2004
2011
2012
2009
2009
2003
2001
18,893
4,254
13,977
2,669
6,260
2,685
6,452
2,580
3,316
2,994
See the Technical Note for more information on these industries.
Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
Nine 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.) The six-digit
industry with the largest number of private nonfarm initial claims due to mass layoffs in February was
temporary help services. (See table A.)
In February, the manufacturing sector accounted for 21 percent of mass layoff events and 28 percent of
associated initial claims in the private economy. Within manufacturing, the numbers of mass layoff
claimants were highest in transportation equipment and in food. Nine 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 West had the largest number of initial claims due to mass layoffs in
February. 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 had the highest number of mass layoff initial claims in February, followed
by New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, and North Carolina. Twenty-three states and the District of
Columbia experienced over-the-year increases in average weekly initial claims, led by California,
Kansas, and Indiana. (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
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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 March 2013 is scheduled to be released on Tuesday,
April 23, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT).
Mass Layoffs Data Discontinued
On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the-board spending cuts
(commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must
cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by
September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS
will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all "measuring green jobs"
products. The final release of Mass Layoffs Statistics data will occur on June 21st, with
publication of the May 2013 data.
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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, March 2009 to February 2013,
seasonally adjusted
Total
Date
Events
Private nonfarm
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
Manufacturing
Events
Initial
claimants
2009
March .............................................................
April ...............................................................
May ................................................................
June ...............................................................
July ................................................................
August ...........................................................
September .....................................................
October ..........................................................
November ......................................................
December ......................................................
3,022
2,537
2,712
2,470
2,184
2,358
2,274
1,970
1,764
1,720
304,175
246,938
286,089
248,680
222,776
218,380
216,959
196,370
159,283
155,738
2,827
2,332
2,522
2,261
1,976
2,119
2,054
1,775
1,598
1,549
287,023
231,211
270,051
231,529
203,347
198,877
200,863
178,648
146,802
141,699
1,261
1,022
1,206
1,063
639
743
754
567
469
425
158,119
114,682
151,114
140,105
76,345
75,387
90,250
64,681
51,887
44,455
2010
January ..........................................................
February ........................................................
March .............................................................
April ...............................................................
May ................................................................
June ...............................................................
July ................................................................
August ...........................................................
September .....................................................
October ..........................................................
November ......................................................
December ......................................................
1,699
1,647
1,703
1,622
1,585
1,701
1,521
1,612
1,526
1,661
1,584
1,476
169,561
161,694
153,784
154,962
150,959
152,080
137,750
162,455
137,074
149,985
153,394
136,252
1,522
1,480
1,501
1,442
1,345
1,481
1,315
1,409
1,303
1,454
1,407
1,277
155,298
147,259
138,188
138,849
131,482
133,366
121,313
138,849
117,582
132,373
138,925
121,849
461
387
373
378
317
335
303
384
310
349
353
322
53,303
47,272
43,022
44,860
31,677
34,653
32,064
41,123
33,906
38,157
38,097
36,611
2011
January ..........................................................
February ........................................................
March .............................................................
April ...............................................................
May ................................................................
June ...............................................................
July ................................................................
August ...........................................................
September .....................................................
October ..........................................................
November ......................................................
December ......................................................
1,522
1,456
1,307
1,526
1,573
1,522
1,566
1,585
1,463
1,349
1,312
1,392
150,406
137,938
119,691
145,315
144,824
144,060
144,543
168,266
150,165
118,135
123,078
144,661
1,335
1,263
1,156
1,366
1,387
1,342
1,347
1,364
1,319
1,220
1,177
1,247
132,659
123,141
106,721
130,841
129,296
129,136
123,815
153,081
136,564
106,478
113,239
129,994
327
312
269
352
399
359
342
374
346
335
312
346
37,431
30,036
31,699
37,177
42,238
38,630
35,458
46,267
37,505
32,310
33,715
38,469
2012
January ..........................................................
February ........................................................
March .............................................................
April ...............................................................
May ................................................................
June ...............................................................
July ................................................................
August ...........................................................
September .....................................................
October ..........................................................
November ......................................................
December ......................................................
1,435
1,275
1,290
1,403
1,370
1,320
1,354
1,297
1,346
1,400
1,749
1,509
129,169
120,199
125,195
138,164
131,603
133,080
138,694
130,266
125,692
136,153
172,879
137,839
1,298
1,134
1,141
1,235
1,220
1,178
1,217
1,172
1,223
1,249
1,574
1,334
118,127
109,458
112,889
122,236
119,788
120,857
128,186
120,391
116,792
125,026
159,872
125,505
325
283
269
294
277
282
355
322
365
346
412
330
32,503
28,236
28,300
34,929
31,873
31,737
43,427
39,389
40,287
42,927
47,171
35,211
2013
January ..........................................................
February ........................................................
1,328
1,422
134,026
135,468
1,197
1,218
123,088
119,856
357
295
43,068
39,407
Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, March 2009 to February 2013,
not seasonally adjusted
Total
Date
Events
Private nonfarm
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
Manufacturing
Events
Initial
claimants
2009
March .............................................................
April ...............................................................
May ................................................................
June ...............................................................
July ................................................................
August ...........................................................
September .....................................................
October ..........................................................
November ......................................................
December ......................................................
2,191
2,547
2,738
2,519
3,054
1,428
1,371
1,934
1,870
2,310
228,387
256,930
289,628
256,357
336,654
125,024
123,177
193,904
164,496
214,648
2,107
2,385
2,572
2,051
2,659
1,334
1,258
1,678
1,679
2,166
221,397
243,321
274,047
216,063
296,589
117,193
115,141
172,883
150,751
203,655
940
887
1,005
674
1,133
436
448
566
517
615
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 ......................................................
December ......................................................
1,705
895
1,125
1,421
1,201
1,890
1,515
1,063
811
1,142
2,339
1,973
141,703
73,974
117,817
146,358
109,259
198,537
157,753
104,045
70,570
109,829
249,949
187,137
1,587
820
1,040
1,293
1,081
1,485
1,321
992
749
968
2,078
1,822
132,754
69,076
110,954
132,697
100,434
158,334
144,340
97,694
66,214
97,390
228,124
177,452
415
196
242
256
186
255
559
251
221
277
551
477
38,021
16,555
24,241
32,518
18,800
28,570
74,963
31,193
22,748
37,702
72,690
50,686
2013
January ..........................................................
February ........................................................
1,528
960
144,517
79,786
1,424
846
135,970
72,391
455
192
50,793
21,630
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
February
February
February
February
February
February
February
February
2012
2013
2012
2013
2012
2013
2012
2013
895
865
45
960
928
82
73,974
71,884
2,808
79,786
77,091
4,700
224
216
11
240
232
21
18,494
17,971
702
19,947
19,273
1,175
820
7
81
12
19
50
196
45
4
7
4
4
13
6
9
846
4
72,391
311
(3)
2
2
1
1
3
1
1
17,269
128
1,349
190
330
829
4,139
1,052
50
160
128
95
323
99
159
18,098
78
(3)
499
470
240
227
1,075
220
615
205
2
20
3
5
13
49
11
1
2
1
1
3
2
2
212
1
(3)
7
6
4
3
11
3
5
69,076
510
5,395
760
1,319
3,316
16,555
4,208
199
638
512
379
1,292
397
634
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 ................................
(3)
(3)
9
7
6
10
9
15
7
20
13
4
(3)
4
7
7
10
14
15
12
6
23
7
3
(3)
(3)
547
505
428
699
994
1,008
590
1,725
1,095
467
(3)
272
1,575
591
1,221
947
1,347
684
1,396
5,175
532
388
(3)
(3)
2
2
2
3
2
4
2
5
3
1
(3)
1
2
2
3
4
4
3
2
6
2
1
(3)
(3)
137
126
107
175
249
252
148
431
274
117
(3)
68
394
148
305
237
337
171
349
1,294
133
97
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 ................................................................
17
135
7
26
19
57
32
3
17
3
42
22
5
25
5
155
6
26
19
37
8
29
7
3
12
128
10
24
23
47
34
6
19
4
37
20
6
45
854
10,111
804
1,915
1,392
4,496
3,833
339
2,939
263
3,247
1,400
427
2,907
(3)
41
2
7
3
11
4
7
1
1
399
3,179
124
684
348
1,524
877
39
640
46
1,114
473
76
483
86
2,980
85
422
361
954
123
830
132
36
214
2,528
201
479
348
1,124
958
85
735
66
812
350
107
727
(3)
11,875
442
1,601
808
4,046
1,270
2,776
296
133
4
34
2
7
5
14
8
1
4
1
11
6
1
6
1
39
2
7
5
9
2
7
2
1
3
32
3
6
6
12
9
2
5
1
9
5
2
11
(3)
164
8
26
12
45
16
29
5
2
1,594
12,716
494
2,735
1,390
6,096
3,506
154
2,561
184
4,456
1,891
305
1,931
344
11,920
341
1,686
1,442
3,814
493
3,321
526
144
Government ...................................................................
Federal .......................................................................
State ...........................................................................
State government education .................................
Local ..........................................................................
Local government education .................................
30
5
10
7
15
6
32
7
13
6
12
4
2,090
337
715
531
1,038
377
2,695
561
1,178
395
956
311
8
1
3
2
4
2
8
2
3
2
3
1
523
84
179
133
260
94
674
140
295
99
239
78
1
(3)
103
17
37
49
192
41
(3)
8,221
1,099
3,645
3,477
21,630
3,879
(3)
26
4
9
12
48
10
Average weekly analysis mitigates the effect of differing
2
lengths of months. There were 4 weeks in February 2012
and 4 weeks in February 2013. Average weekly events
3
and initial claimants may not sum to subtotals and totals
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
due to rounding.
(3)
2,055
275
911
869
5,408
970
(3)
125
118
60
57
269
55
154
(3)
2,969
111
400
202
1,012
318
694
74
33
Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia.
Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
4
Includes other industries not shown.
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
Average weekly mass layoffs¹
Initial claimants
Events
Initial claimants
February
2012
February
2013
February
2012
February
2013
February
2012
February
2013
February
2012
February
2013
Total ² ...............................................
895
960
73,974
79,786
224
240
18,494
19,947
Northeast .............................................
Connecticut .....................................
Maine ..............................................
Massachusetts ................................
New Hampshire ...............................
New Jersey .....................................
New York .........................................
Pennsylvania ...................................
Rhode Island ...................................
Vermont ...........................................
203
5
159
15
18,074
505
15,631
1,656
51
1
40
4
4,519
126
3,908
414
(3)
10
(3)
840
(3)
2,020
4,652
4,261
1,838
1
1
7
23
15
2
6
13
11
2
(3)
90
52
562
2,031
1,112
471
(3)
210
(3)
24
52
45
7
(3)
358
209
2,246
8,124
4,448
1,883
(3)
242
7
11
(3)
237
9
9
(3)
19,704
541
1,163
(3)
19,264
776
679
(3)
61
2
3
(3)
59
2
2
(3)
4,926
135
291
(3)
4,816
194
170
(3)
(3)
65
20
18
13
10
6
27
5
8
4
33
10
-
(3)
(3)
55
17
15
6
7
5
34
(3)
(3)
3,742
2,195
1,338
1,294
825
353
2,604
315
700
584
2,714
1,027
-
(3)
(3)
3,090
1,212
2,267
492
492
269
3,282
(3)
(3)
16
5
5
3
3
2
7
1
2
1
8
3
-
(3)
(3)
14
4
4
2
2
1
9
(3)
(3)
936
549
335
324
206
88
651
79
175
146
679
257
-
(3)
(3)
773
303
567
123
123
67
821
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)
5
3
26
91
61
7
152
40
4
11
4
28
3
7
8
25
22
298
(3)
13
225
6
(3)
(3)
10
10
40
14
(3)
146
24
12
7
8
16
(3)
15
6
(3)
25
(3)
26
418
4
5
360
(3)
4
3
8
(3)
964
744
3,298
1,243
(3)
15,411
1,834
2,115
734
2,956
1,315
13,591
3,291
314
1,246
447
2,639
237
449
610
2,381
1,977
(3)
840
448
(3)
2,211
(3)
2,344
22,605
29,480
361
527
24,357
(3)
1,023
16,919
478
6
5
5
19
3
13
-
(3)
13
(3)
17
-
(3)
399
427
348
1,497
228
1,084
-
13
8
1,131
(3)
356
201
701
(3)
38
10
1
3
1
7
1
2
2
6
6
75
(3)
3
56
2
(3)
(3)
1,470
-
2
1
1
5
1
3
-
810
3
(3)
1,203
4
(3)
3
(3)
(3)
3
3
10
4
(3)
37
6
3
2
2
4
(3)
(3)
(3)
4
2
6
7
105
1
1
90
(3)
(3)
(3)
1
1
2
3,398
823
79
312
112
660
59
112
153
595
494
5,651
(3)
256
4,230
120
4
-
(3)
100
107
87
374
57
271
-
2
283
3
(3)
505
1,163
1,065
460
(3)
241
186
825
311
(3)
3,853
459
529
184
739
329
(3)
210
112
(3)
553
(3)
586
7,370
90
132
6,089
(3)
89
50
175
(3)
301
(3)
368
203
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.