USDL-13-0990
For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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MASS LAYOFFS — APRIL 2013
Employers took 1,199 mass layoff actions in April involving 116,849 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 decreased by 138 from March, and the number of associated initial
claims decreased by 11,090. In April, 293 mass layoff events occurred in the manufacturing sector
resulting in 29,744 initial claims. Monthly mass layoff events 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, April 2002‐April 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
Apr‐02
Apr‐03
Apr‐04
Apr‐05
Total mass layoff initial claims
Apr‐06
Apr‐07
Apr‐08
Apr‐09
Manufacturing mass layoff initial claims
Apr‐10
Apr‐11
Apr‐12
0.0
Apr‐13
Unemployment rate
The national unemployment rate was 7.5 percent in April, essentially unchanged from the prior month
and down from 8.1 percent a year earlier. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 165,000 over
the month, and increased by 2,077,000 over the year.
Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
The number of mass layoff events in April was 1,174, not seasonally adjusted, resulting in 119,196
initial claims for unemployment insurance. (See table 2.) Over the year, the number of average weekly
mass layoff events for April decreased by 61 to 294, and associated average weekly initial claims
decreased by 6,791 to 29,799. Fourteen of the 19 major industry sectors in the private economy
Table A. Six-digit NAICS industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims in April
2013, private nonfarm, not seasonally adjusted
April peak
Industry
Initial claims
Year
Initial claims
School and employee bus transportation ...................
1
Temporary help services ........................................
Motion picture and video production ........................
Tax preparation services ...........................................
Food service contractors ..........................................
Hotels and motels, except casino hotels ....................
Discount department stores ......................................
Skiing facilities ..........................................................
Payroll services ........................................................
Warehouse clubs and supercenters ...........................
1
10,210
8,778
7,632
3,997
3,723
2,580
2,253
2,077
1,980
1,885
2011
2001
1997
2010
2011
2010
2009
2010
2000
2010
23,573
17,507
15,908
6,514
10,948
4,130
4,462
2,640
5,165
2,466
See the Technical Note for more information on these industries.
reported over-the-year decreases in average weekly initial claims, with the largest decrease occurring in
transportation and warehousing. (See table 3.) School and employee bus transportation was the six-digit
industry with the largest number of private nonfarm initial claims due to mass layoffs in April. (See
table A.)
The manufacturing sector accounted for 22 percent of mass layoff events and associated initial claims in
the private economy in April. Within manufacturing, the numbers of mass layoff claimants were highest
in food and in machinery. Nine of the 21 manufacturing subsectors experienced over-the-year decreases
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
April. Three of the 4 regions experienced over-the-year decreases in average weekly initial claims, with
the largest decrease occurring in the Northeast. (See table 4.)
Among the states, California had the highest number of mass layoff initial claims in April, followed by
New York, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina. Thirty-one states experienced over-the-year decreases in
average weekly initial claims, led by New York and New Jersey. (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,
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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 May 2013 is scheduled to be released on Friday, June 21, 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, May 2009 to April 2013,
seasonally adjusted
Total
Date
Events
Private nonfarm
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
Manufacturing
Events
Initial
claimants
2009
May ................................................................
June ...............................................................
July ................................................................
August ...........................................................
September .....................................................
October ..........................................................
November ......................................................
December ......................................................
2,712
2,470
2,184
2,358
2,274
1,970
1,764
1,720
286,089
248,680
222,776
218,380
216,959
196,370
159,283
155,738
2,522
2,261
1,976
2,119
2,054
1,775
1,598
1,549
270,051
231,529
203,347
198,877
200,863
178,648
146,802
141,699
1,206
1,063
639
743
754
567
469
425
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 ........................................................
March .............................................................
April ...............................................................
1,328
1,422
1,337
1,199
134,026
135,468
127,939
116,849
1,197
1,218
1,183
1,051
123,088
119,856
115,664
104,746
357
295
311
293
43,068
39,407
36,696
29,744
Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, May 2009 to April 2013,
not seasonally adjusted
Total
Date
Events
Private nonfarm
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
Manufacturing
Events
Initial
claimants
2009
May ................................................................
June ...............................................................
July ................................................................
August ...........................................................
September .....................................................
October ..........................................................
November ......................................................
December ......................................................
2,738
2,519
3,054
1,428
1,371
1,934
1,870
2,310
289,628
256,357
336,654
125,024
123,177
193,904
164,496
214,648
2,572
2,051
2,659
1,334
1,258
1,678
1,679
2,166
274,047
216,063
296,589
117,193
115,141
172,883
150,751
203,655
1,005
674
1,133
436
448
566
517
615
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 ........................................................
March .............................................................
April ...............................................................
1,528
960
1,132
1,174
144,517
79,786
114,897
119,196
1,424
846
1,048
1,068
135,970
72,391
108,200
109,105
455
192
268
248
50,793
21,630
28,923
25,780
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
Events
Industry
Total 2 .......................................................................
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 ................................
April
April
April
April
April
April
April
2012
2013
2012
2013
2012
2013
2012
2013
1,421
1,378
85
1,174
1,125
57
146,358
140,376
7,679
119,196
114,638
5,533
355
345
21
294
281
14
36,590
35,094
1,920
29,799
28,660
1,383
1,293
7
1,068
8
97
15
34
48
248
75
132,697
774
109,105
687
7,185
1,047
2,527
3,611
25,780
8,477
323
2
267
2
24
4
9
12
62
19
33,174
194
27,276
172
1,796
262
632
903
6,445
2,119
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 ................................................................
Government ...................................................................
Federal .......................................................................
State ...........................................................................
State government education .................................
Local ..........................................................................
Local government education .................................
1
Initial claimants
April
Average weekly analysis mitigates the effect of differing
(3)
138
28
45
65
256
86
5
24
3
12
(3)
10
3
7
3
9
7
8
7
17
14
5
26
6
(3)
29
105
9
14
9
45
171
4
151
(3)
8
4
9
(3)
8
3
10
3
7
4
6
14
15
18
17
11
17
10
6
(3)
9,720
1,845
3,066
4,809
32,518
8,735
293
3,246
260
1,329
(3)
760
499
845
(3)
780
335
436
343
2,645
546
839
788
1,649
1,366
722
7,093
634
(3)
2,498
9,491
640
1,259
625
5,018
23,008
243
21,409
(3)
721
213
719
202
626
330
619
1,519
1,596
2,113
1,184
1,509
1,432
1,422
640
(3)
220
18
41
40
110
39
71
9
10
19
96
8
16
8
42
116
4
93
7
38
27
4
78
5
155
11
41
34
80
35
45
9
2
(3)
17,166
2,778
3,133
3,344
13,707
3,332
10,375
521
452
1,364
9,833
884
1,462
392
5,568
12,688
209
10,908
606
9,107
1,960
201
9,919
434
13,493
939
3,460
3,320
7,939
2,865
5,074
699
97
43
5
13
5
25
7
49
9
13
2
27
8
5,982
395
3,164
406
2,423
1,032
4,558
1,074
1,257
109
2,227
877
(3)
35
33
8
55
(3)
4,024
2,095
601
6,288
(3)
35
7
11
16
64
22
1
6
1
3
(3)
3
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
4
4
1
7
2
(3)
7
26
2
4
2
11
43
1
38
(3)
2
1
2
(3)
2
1
3
1
2
1
2
4
4
5
4
3
4
3
2
(3)
195
84
109
86
661
137
210
197
412
342
181
1,773
159
(3)
625
2,373
160
315
156
1,255
5,752
61
5,352
(3)
190
125
211
(3)
180
53
180
51
157
83
155
380
399
528
296
377
358
356
160
(3)
1,006
524
150
1,572
(3)
55
5
10
10
28
10
18
2
3
5
24
2
4
2
11
29
1
23
2
10
7
1
20
1
39
3
10
9
20
9
11
2
1
(3)
4,292
695
783
836
3,427
833
2,594
130
113
341
2,458
221
366
98
1,392
3,172
52
2,727
152
2,277
490
50
2,480
109
3,373
235
865
830
1,985
716
1,269
175
24
11
1
3
1
6
2
12
2
3
1
7
2
1,496
99
791
102
606
258
1,140
269
314
27
557
219
(3)
9
8
2
14
2
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.
lengths of months. There were 4 weeks in April 2012
and 4 weeks in April 2013. Average weekly events
3
and initial claimants may not sum to subtotals and totals
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
due to rounding.
(3)
2,430
461
767
1,202
8,130
2,184
73
812
65
332
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
April
2012
Average weekly mass layoffs¹
Initial claimants
April
2013
April
2012
April
2013
Events
April
2012
Initial claimants
April
2013
April
2012
April
2013
Total ² ...............................................
1,421
1,174
146,358
119,196
355
294
36,590
29,799
Northeast .............................................
Connecticut .....................................
Maine ..............................................
Massachusetts ................................
New Hampshire ...............................
New Jersey .....................................
New York .........................................
Pennsylvania ...................................
Rhode Island ...................................
Vermont ...........................................
363
6
7
17
6
65
152
91
9
10
272
7
6
20
5
46
86
85
7
10
48,882
530
696
3,291
928
10,222
22,367
7,943
2,081
824
28,395
742
780
3,021
902
4,217
9,093
6,591
2,024
1,025
91
2
2
4
2
16
38
23
2
3
68
2
2
5
1
12
22
21
2
3
12,221
133
174
823
232
2,556
5,592
1,986
520
206
7,099
186
195
755
226
1,054
2,273
1,648
506
256
South ...................................................
Alabama ..........................................
Arkansas .........................................
Delaware .........................................
District of Columbia .........................
Florida .............................................
Georgia ...........................................
Kentucky .........................................
Louisiana .........................................
Maryland 4 .......................................
Mississippi .......................................
North Carolina .................................
Oklahoma ........................................
South Carolina ................................
Tennessee ......................................
Texas ..............................................
Virginia ............................................
West Virginia ...................................
318
17
6
7
70
24
25
13
3
13
51
4
12
9
45
14
5
310
11
16
8
54
21
21
14
12
14
45
30,733
2,706
851
542
4,913
2,879
2,946
1,067
256
835
4,782
621
1,321
752
4,621
1,141
500
29,555
1,238
1,442
582
4,148
2,756
2,209
942
984
1,030
5,411
80
4
2
2
18
6
6
3
1
3
13
1
3
2
11
4
1
78
3
4
2
14
5
5
4
3
4
11
7,683
677
213
136
1,228
720
737
267
64
209
1,196
155
330
188
1,155
285
125
7,389
310
361
146
1,037
689
552
236
246
258
1,353
Midwest ...............................................
Illinois ..............................................
Indiana ............................................
Iowa .................................................
Kansas ............................................
Michigan ..........................................
Minnesota ........................................
Missouri ...........................................
Nebraska .........................................
North Dakota ...................................
Ohio .................................................
South Dakota ..................................
Wisconsin ........................................
216
38
17
13
9
23
8
27
3
34
44
West ....................................................
Alaska .............................................
Arizona ............................................
California .........................................
Colorado ..........................................
Hawaii .............................................
Idaho ...............................................
Montana ..........................................
Nevada ............................................
New Mexico .....................................
Oregon ............................................
Utah .................................................
Washington .....................................
Wyoming .........................................
524
9
30
391
12
Puerto Rico .....................................
(3)
8
10
57
12
(3)
203
49
10
14
(3)
(3)
45
35
26,205
5,969
4,867
1,388
726
2,313
455
1,770
289
3,651
4,777
389
4
30
273
12
(3)
24
7
14
(3)
(3)
(3)
12
(3)
7
6
13
4
17
5
26
4
5
7
5
14
9
22
7
(3)
1,004
879
5,113
1,249
(3)
19,909
5,272
807
1,348
(3)
(3)
4,459
3,648
54
10
4
3
2
6
2
7
1
9
11
40,538
1,008
4,627
26,375
1,401
41,337
545
3,820
29,242
1,379
131
2
8
98
3
(3)
771
526
1,051
327
1,276
482
2,301
(3)
711
437
460
445
1,080
837
2,029
(3)
(3)
1,169
(3)
659
(3)
(3)
2,354
561
1,101
2
2
3
1
4
1
7
(3)
2
3
14
3
(3)
51
12
3
4
4
(3)
4,977
1,318
202
337
(3)
(3)
11
9
6,551
1,492
1,217
347
182
578
114
443
72
913
1,194
97
1
8
68
3
10,135
252
1,157
6,594
350
10,334
136
955
7,311
345
1
1
2
1
4
2
6
(3)
193
132
263
82
319
121
575
(3)
178
109
115
111
270
209
507
2
(3)
292
(3)
165
(3)
(3)
6
2
4
(3)
3
(3)
251
220
1,278
312
(3)
589
140
275
(3)
(3)
1,115
912
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.