USDL-10-0856
For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Thursday, June 24, 2010
Technical information: (202) 691-6392 • [email protected] • www.bls.gov/mls
Media contact:
(202) 691-5902 • [email protected]
(NOTE: Monthly national Mass Layoffs data for April through September 2010 have been found
to contain errors in each of the 6 seasonally adjusted series appearing in the charts, the text, and
tables 1 and 3. Not seasonally adjusted data and regional office news releases are not affected.
The corrected seasonally adjusted estimates for April through September are located in the Mass
Layoffs database at www.bls.gov/mls/#data.)
MASS LAYOFFS – MAY 2010
Employers took 1,412 mass layoff actions in May that resulted in the separation of 135,789 workers,
seasonally adjusted, as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month,
the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Each action involved at least 50 persons from a single employer. The number of mass layoff events in May decreased by 444 from the prior month, and the
number of associated initial claims decreased by 65,081. In May, 266 mass layoff events were reported
in the manufacturing sector, seasonally adjusted, resulting in 22,577 initial claims. Both figures declined
over the month to their lowest levels in program history. (Data begin in 1995. See table 1.)
Chart 1. Mass layoff events, seasonally adjusted,
June 2005-May 2010
Events
3,500
Chart 2. Mass layoff initial claims, seasonally adjusted,
June 2005-May 2010
Claims
350,000
3,000
300,000
250,000
2,500
2,000
Total
150,000
1,500
100,000
1,000
500
0
Total
200,000
Private nonfarm
Manufacturing
Private nonfarm
Manufacturing
50,000
0
During the 30 months from December 2007 through May 2010, the total number of mass layoff events
(seasonally adjusted) was 60,205, and the associated number of initial claims was 6,068,342. (December
2007 was the start of a recession as designated by the National Bureau of Economic Research.)
The national unemployment rate was 9.7 percent in May 2010, seasonally adjusted, down from 9.9 percent the prior month and up from 9.4 percent a year earlier. In May, total nonfarm payroll employment
grew by 431,000 over the month, reflecting the hiring of 411,000 temporary employees to work on Census 2010, but down by 585,000 from a year earlier.
Table A. Industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims in May 2010,
not seasonally adjusted
May peak
Year
Initial claims
Industry
Initial claims
Food service contractors ...................................
10,887
2009
11,216
9,425
3,922
3,738
2,713
2,644
2,236
2,115
2,049
1,958
2002
2008
2009
2010
1999
2010
2008
2010
2010
16,992
4,541
5,898
2,713
8,985
2,236
6,323
2,049
1,958
1
Temporary help services ..................................
Child day care services ......................................
1
Professional employer organizations .................
Elementary and secondary schools .....................
Motion picture and video production ..................
Teleproduction and postproduction services .......
School and employee bus transportation .............
Junior colleges ...................................................
Colleges and universities ....................................
1
See the Technical Note for more information on these industries.
Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
The number of mass layoff events in May was 1,354 on a not seasonally adjusted basis; the number of
associated initial claims was 123,333. (See table 2.) Over the year, the number of average weekly mass
layoff events decreased by 209, and associated average weekly initial claims decreased by 27,092. Fifteen of the 19 major industry sectors in the private economy reported over-the-year decreases in average
weekly initial claims, led by manufacturing. (Average weekly analysis mitigates the effect of differing
lengths of months. See the Technical Note.) Both average weekly events and initial claimants reached
their highest May levels in program history in 2009.
The manufacturing sector accounted for 16 percent of all mass layoff events and initial claims filed in
May 2010. A year earlier, manufacturing made up 37 percent of events and 43 percent of initial claims.
Within manufacturing, the number of claimants in May 2010 was greatest in food and transportation
equipment. (See table 3.) All 21 manufacturing subsectors experienced over-the-year decreases in
average weekly initial claims, led by transportation equipment.
The six-digit industry with the largest number of initial claims in May 2010 was food service contractors. (See table A.) Of the 10 detailed industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims,
teleproduction and postproduction services, elementary and secondary schools, junior colleges, and
colleges and universities reached program highs for the month of May. This table includes both publicly- and privately-owned entities.
Geographic Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
All four regions and all nine divisions experienced over-the-year decreases in average weekly initial
claims due to mass layoffs in May. Among the four census regions, the Midwest and South registered
the largest over-the-year declines in average weekly initial claims. Of the nine geographic divisions, the
East North Central and the Middle Atlantic had the largest over-the-year declines.
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California recorded the highest number of initial claims in May, followed by Texas, Florida, and Illinois.
(See table 6.) Forty-four states experienced over-the-year decreases in average weekly initial claims, led
by Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Illinois.
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. Because monthly figures include short-term layoffs of 30 days or less, the sum of
the figures for the 3 months in a quarter will be higher than the quarterly figure for mass layoffs of more
than 30 days. (See table 4.) See the Technical Note for more detailed definitions.
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The Mass Layoffs in June 2010 news release is scheduled to be released on Friday, July 23, 2010,
at 10:00 a.m. (EDT).
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Technical Note
The Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program is a federalstate program that uses a standardized automated approach to
identifying, describing, and tracking the effects of major job
cutbacks, using data from each state's unemployment
insurance database. Each month, states report on employers
which have at least 50 initial claims filed against them during
a consecutive 5-week period. These employers then are
contacted by the state agency to determine whether these
separations lasted 31 days or longer, and, if so, other
information concerning the layoff is collected. States report
on layoffs lasting more than 1 month on a quarterly basis.
A given month contains an aggregation of the weekly
unemployment insurance claims filings for the Sunday
through Saturday weeks in that month. All weeks are
included for the particular month, except if the first day of the
month falls on Saturday. In this case, the week is included in
the prior month's tabulations. This means that some months
will contain 4 weeks and others, 5 weeks. The number of
weeks in a given month may be different from year to year,
and the number of weeks in a year may vary. Therefore,
analysis of over-the-month and over-the-year change in not
seasonally adjusted series should take this calendar effect into
consideration.
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
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, June 2006 to May 2010,
seasonally adjusted
Total
Date
Private nonfarm
Manufacturing
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
2006
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
1,150
1,182
1,238
1,154
1,208
1,244
1,227
125,318
121,056
135,707
124,200
123,691
135,465
134,176
1,039
1,056
1,104
1,043
1,094
1,128
1,123
115,883
111,432
125,704
115,261
115,102
125,976
124,570
349
373
372
393
409
413
376
43,476
51,691
58,962
45,972
53,957
58,509
51,403
2007
January ........................................................
February .......................................................
March ...........................................................
April ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
1,264
1,191
1,225
1,268
1,172
1,241
1,274
1,247
1,255
1,370
1,415
1,569
130,834
121,289
126,391
129,098
118,648
131,394
130,331
126,108
123,632
137,108
148,952
155,095
1,113
1,075
1,113
1,135
1,070
1,125
1,169
1,158
1,160
1,248
1,289
1,448
119,874
112,607
117,760
118,175
111,103
122,123
122,381
118,575
116,744
128,387
139,665
145,666
404
374
386
362
345
338
403
323
436
449
424
483
55,217
54,581
48,298
43,205
44,391
37,931
55,973
34,902
51,814
58,360
58,543
60,368
2008
January ........................................................
February .......................................................
March ...........................................................
April ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
1,481
1,578
1,487
1,327
1,604
1,674
1,531
1,845
2,222
2,287
2,489
2,461
151,269
162,152
151,539
133,318
170,619
170,329
152,447
189,798
235,755
239,768
240,181
243,505
1,348
1,432
1,372
1,201
1,465
1,523
1,389
1,711
2,049
2,125
2,334
2,277
140,570
150,712
141,574
122,651
160,529
158,084
141,707
179,737
220,832
226,098
227,368
229,171
436
470
436
460
468
501
461
607
634
721
929
962
57,147
60,276
56,919
59,377
62,345
68,403
61,417
78,172
81,989
95,301
107,072
115,961
2009
January ........................................................
February .......................................................
March ...........................................................
April ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
2,279
2,737
2,913
2,663
2,794
2,598
2,039
2,480
2,326
2,055
1,813
1,726
251,807
289,162
295,970
263,162
306,788
260,596
196,578
238,911
221,639
205,502
163,823
153,127
2,115
2,592
2,715
2,461
2,589
2,371
1,818
2,244
2,109
1,856
1,650
1,542
238,990
274,040
279,671
247,329
289,012
241,864
176,542
218,425
204,462
187,880
151,810
138,747
764
1,186
1,202
1,033
1,183
1,072
565
798
783
594
485
433
109,124
141,264
146,381
125,093
145,166
135,844
66,918
87,201
90,440
65,801
54,858
44,072
2010
January ........................................................
February .......................................................
March ...........................................................
April ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
1,761
1,570
1,628
1,856
1,412
182,261
155,718
150,864
200,870
135,789
1,585
1,406
1,432
1,686
1,200
168,466
142,240
136,446
185,150
119,822
486
376
356
448
266
62,556
43,100
39,290
63,616
22,577
Events
Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, June 2006 to May 2010,
not seasonally adjusted
Total
Date
Private nonfarm
Manufacturing
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
2006
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
1,489
1,511
708
865
964
1,315
2,249
164,761
166,857
72,844
87,699
98,804
136,186
254,503
1,224
1,335
656
785
820
1,172
2,126
140,687
154,342
69,054
81,274
88,133
125,009
244,783
319
648
203
296
311
455
735
41,095
96,152
28,494
39,076
46,737
58,473
105,462
2007
January ........................................................
February .......................................................
March ...........................................................
April ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
1,407
935
1,082
1,219
923
1,599
1,599
963
717
1,083
1,799
2,167
134,984
86,696
123,974
127,444
85,816
172,810
175,419
93,458
67,385
108,455
198,220
224,214
1,263
861
1,015
1,115
856
1,318
1,450
908
667
929
1,593
2,071
124,475
82,097
118,431
118,040
81,153
148,669
164,939
88,345
64,026
97,716
181,184
216,898
456
273
367
309
224
313
684
220
246
338
514
699
53,615
36,170
49,886
35,229
26,527
36,571
101,390
23,361
29,381
50,918
75,413
91,754
2008
January ........................................................
February .......................................................
March ...........................................................
April ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
1,647
1,269
1,089
1,272
1,552
1,622
1,891
1,427
1,292
2,125
2,574
3,377
154,503
119,508
114,541
130,810
159,471
166,742
200,382
139,999
129,586
221,784
241,589
351,305
1,520
1,178
1,039
1,172
1,438
1,315
1,687
1,343
1,202
1,917
2,389
3,232
144,191
113,587
110,147
121,625
150,462
140,916
186,018
133,146
122,505
205,553
226,657
340,220
488
361
333
394
388
309
760
414
361
689
997
1,378
54,418
42,527
43,740
48,188
51,698
42,097
108,733
51,912
46,391
100,457
107,620
172,529
2009
January ........................................................
February .......................................................
March ...........................................................
April ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
3,806
2,262
2,191
2,547
2,738
2,519
3,054
1,428
1,371
1,934
1,870
2,310
388,813
218,438
228,387
256,930
289,628
256,357
336,654
125,024
123,177
193,904
164,496
214,648
3,633
2,173
2,107
2,385
2,572
2,051
2,659
1,334
1,258
1,678
1,679
2,166
375,293
210,755
221,397
243,321
274,047
216,063
296,589
117,193
115,141
172,883
150,751
203,655
1,461
945
940
887
1,005
674
1,133
436
448
566
517
615
172,757
103,588
114,747
100,872
123,683
85,726
154,208
41,151
51,126
69,655
55,053
64,540
2010
January ........................................................
February .......................................................
March ...........................................................
April ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
2,860
1,183
1,197
1,840
1,354
278,679
102,818
111,727
199,690
123,333
2,682
1,091
1,111
1,697
1,170
265,074
96,022
105,514
184,654
109,203
962
282
273
424
216
104,846
30,728
29,745
55,178
19,334
Events
Table 3. Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance
Initial claimants for
unemployment insurance
Mass layoff events
Industry
May
2009
March
2010
April
2010
May
2010
May
2009
March
2010
April
2010
May
2010
2,794
2,589
1,183
1,628
1,432
356
1,856
1,686
448
1,412
1,200
266
306,788
289,012
145,166
150,864
136,446
39,290
200,870
185,150
63,616
135,789
119,822
22,577
Total 1 ..................................................................
2,738
1,197
1,840
1,354
289,628
111,727
199,690
123,333
Total, private ..............................................................
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting ...............
Total, private nonfarm ..............................................
Mining ....................................................................
Utilities ...................................................................
Construction ..........................................................
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 .............................
2,599
27
2,572
32
4
255
1,005
65
7
13
8
17
1,149
38
1,111
5
1,761
64
1,697
7
1,197
27
1,170
107,880
2,366
105,514
374
191,664
7,010
184,654
399
110,968
1,765
109,203
2
2
276,113
2,066
274,047
3,057
466
19,684
123,683
7,211
607
1,059
775
1,360
Seasonally adjusted
Total .....................................................................
Total, private nonfarm ..............................................
Manufacturing ........................................................
Not seasonally adjusted
(2)
43
30
34
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 ............................
(2)
23
52
35
77
100
118
60
37
238
24
17
Wholesale trade .....................................................
Retail trade ............................................................
Transportation and warehousing ...........................
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 ........................
Other services, except public administration .........
Unclassified ...........................................................
64
202
89
67
71
14
83
12
310
10
87
37
189
41
–
Government ...............................................................
Federal ..................................................................
State ......................................................................
Local ......................................................................
139
37
25
77
1
2
Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia.
Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
( )
117
273
53
4
4
3
10
–
16
5
14
3
( )
163
424
100
(2)
7
5
16
–
17
14
9
(2)
5
159
216
47
5
3
3
8
–
11
3
12
3
13
9
11
8
18
22
16
6
43
10
5
(2)
7
10
22
18
21
41
27
12
73
12
10
29
124
62
52
43
8
45
25
156
178
50
64
22
90
18
121
47
41
23
9
61
(2)
163
10
33
20
112
10
–
(2)
241
7
58
57
131
16
–
48
8
15
25
79
16
18
45
8
6
5
12
12
20
13
11
20
5
9
(2)
4,219
3,854
3,521
(2)
2,146
5,187
2,388
8,785
9,483
12,472
5,732
3,506
46,816
2,568
1,402
2
( )
8,206
29,745
6,122
716
350
172
578
–
1,445
313
1,224
185
2
( )
11,947
55,178
10,200
(2)
1,296
414
1,428
–
1,591
1,134
860
1,064
686
785
773
1,361
2,373
1,278
1,195
7,128
1,625
372
(2)
400
719
1,882
1,473
1,581
4,456
1,964
1,756
22,071
919
833
(2)
449
12,129
19,334
4,015
386
391
407
498
–
913
277
1,065
205
530
329
342
1,147
910
1,971
1,015
865
2,860
409
799
2,016
13,337
6,444
5,715
3,636
409
4,610
2,224
16,188
23,013
8,383
4,579
1,388
11,110
1,183
9,982
4,781
6,310
1,761
698
5,534
(2)
175
10
84
32
129
34
–
6,022
18,360
7,835
9,132
6,374
985
7,030
1,329
32,973
758
8,402
2,676
21,484
3,797
–
(2)
13,281
824
2,066
1,558
12,269
670
–
(2)
21,073
958
4,991
4,838
16,214
1,434
–
(2)
17,363
766
7,337
2,063
16,045
2,933
–
157
19
39
99
13,515
4,585
2,185
6,745
3,847
636
1,324
1,887
8,026
1,393
2,188
4,445
12,365
1,864
2,904
7,597
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
Table 4. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, April 2008 to May 2010,
not seasonally adjusted
Private nonfarm
Total mass layoffs
Date
Mass layoffs
Events
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
Extended mass layoffs
lasting more than 30 days
Realization rates 1
Events
Initial
claimants
1,756
339,630
44.7
82.2
1,581
304,340
37.4
68.9
3,582
766,780
47.5
99.3
3,979
835,551
50.3
103.5
3,395
731,035
48.4
99.7
2,034
406,715
38.7
76.9
2,419
466,539
43.8
88.5
Events
Initial
claimants
2008
April ............................................
May ............................................
June ...........................................
1,272
1,552
1,622
130,810
159,471
166,742
1,172
1,438
1,315
121,625
150,462
140,916
Second Quarter .........................
4,446
457,023
3,925
413,003
July ............................................
August ........................................
September .................................
1,891
1,427
1,292
200,382
139,999
129,586
1,687
1,343
1,202
186,018
133,146
122,505
Third Quarter .............................
4,610
469,967
4,232
441,669
October ......................................
November ..................................
December ..................................
2,125
2,574
3,377
221,784
241,589
351,305
1,917
2,389
3,232
205,553
226,657
340,220
Fourth Quarter ...........................
8,076
814,678
7,538
772,430
January ......................................
February ....................................
March .........................................
3,806
2,262
2,191
388,813
218,438
228,387
3,633
2,173
2,107
375,293
210,755
221,397
First Quarter ...............................
8,259
835,638
7,913
807,445
April ............................................
May ............................................
June ...........................................
2,547
2,738
2,519
256,930
289,628
256,357
2,385
2,572
2,051
243,321
274,047
216,063
Second Quarter .........................
7,804
802,915
7,008
733,431
July ............................................
August ........................................
September .................................
3,054
1,428
1,371
336,654
125,024
123,177
2,659
1,334
1,258
296,589
117,193
115,141
Third Quarter .............................
5,853
584,855
5,251
528,923
October ......................................
November ..................................
December ..................................
1,934
1,870
2,310
193,904
164,496
214,648
1,678
1,679
2,166
172,883
150,751
203,655
Fourth Quarter ...........................
6,114
573,048
5,523
527,289
January ......................................
February ....................................
March .........................................
2,860
1,183
1,197
278,679
102,818
111,727
2,682
1,091
1,111
265,074
96,022
105,514
First Quarter ...............................
5,240
493,224
4,884
466,610
April ............................................
May ............................................
1,840
1,354
199,690
123,333
1,697
1,170
184,654
109,203
2009
2010
1
The event realization rate is the percentage of all private nonfarm
2,p
1,564
2,p
214,204
p
32.0
p
45.9
data on these layoffs become available. Experience suggests that the
mass layoff events lasting more than 30 days. The initial claimant realization
number of extended mass layoff events is generally revised upwards
rate is the percentage of all private nonfarm mass layoff initial claimants
by less than 10 percent and the number of initial claimants associated
associated with layoffs lasting more than 30 days.
2
These quarterly numbers are provisional and will be revised as more
with such events increases by 25-40 percent.
p
= preliminary.
Table 5. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance by census region and division,
not seasonally adjusted
Initial claimants for
unemployment insurance
Mass layoff events
Census region and division
May
2009
March
2010
April
2010
May
2010
United States 1 .........................................
2,738
1,197
1,840
1,354
289,628
111,727
199,690
123,333
Northeast ..........................................................
New England ................................................
Middle Atlantic ..............................................
451
67
384
195
26
169
397
81
316
203
29
174
41,413
5,865
35,548
19,419
2,168
17,251
48,396
9,523
38,873
17,575
2,421
15,154
South ................................................................
South Atlantic ...............................................
East South Central .......................................
West South Central ......................................
742
370
171
201
262
136
54
72
412
214
80
118
428
216
94
118
72,375
34,117
18,081
20,177
26,591
10,762
5,470
10,359
43,503
20,768
11,005
11,730
38,299
19,282
8,431
10,586
Midwest ............................................................
East North Central ........................................
West North Central .......................................
826
649
177
252
184
68
364
290
74
261
175
86
105,264
84,281
20,983
27,591
21,613
5,978
44,740
37,448
7,292
26,176
17,981
8,195
West .................................................................
Mountain .......................................................
Pacific ...........................................................
719
135
584
488
77
411
667
101
566
462
73
389
70,576
13,290
57,286
38,126
6,324
31,802
63,051
11,433
51,618
41,283
6,357
34,926
1
See footnote 1, table 3.
NOTE: The States (including the District of Columbia) that
comprise the census divisions are: New England: Connecticut,
Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island,
and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, and
Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia,
Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central: Alabama,
May
2009
March
2010
April
2010
May
2010
Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas,
Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; East North Central: Illinois, Indiana,
Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas,
Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota;
Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico,
Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon,
and Washington.
Table 6. State distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance,
not seasonally adjusted
Initial claimants for
unemployment insurance
Mass layoff events
State
May
2009
March
2010
April
2010
May
2010
May
2009
March
2010
April
2010
May
2010
Total 1 ..............................................
2,738
1,197
1,840
1,354
289,628
111,727
199,690
123,333
Alabama .............................................
Alaska .................................................
Arizona ...............................................
Arkansas .............................................
California ............................................
Colorado .............................................
Connecticut .........................................
Delaware ............................................
District of Columbia ............................
Florida .................................................
Georgia ...............................................
Hawaii .................................................
Idaho ...................................................
40
12
28
18
487
15
17
3
18
17
11
33
8
477
20
9
8
24
11
24
6
345
10
10
4,037
1,230
2,484
2,319
47,091
1,762
1,389
172
1,517
(2)
17
3
373
7
9
2,148
1,252
4,943
1,039
42,426
2,269
891
611
2,171
1,259
2,369
553
31,197
1,024
823
( )
181
56
8
9
Illinois ..................................................
Indiana ................................................
Iowa ....................................................
Kansas ................................................
Kentucky .............................................
Louisiana ............................................
Maine ..................................................
Maryland .............................................
Massachusetts ....................................
Michigan .............................................
Minnesota ...........................................
Mississippi ..........................................
Missouri ..............................................
(2)
1,417
214
28,180
626
746
68
13
7
9
118
31
7
8
(2)
4
104
39
4
6
135
86
31
31
85
35
7
10
23
180
38
9
54
60
22
13
4
25
16
3
6
7
29
13
5
31
60
32
20
5
40
32
8
6
20
44
8
5
28
56
21
16
15
28
29
3
12
9
24
11
11
30
19,717
10,416
4,379
3,551
9,894
3,160
644
1,201
2,281
26,344
4,224
726
6,336
7,479
3,057
2,135
313
3,276
1,615
233
557
725
4,729
921
241
2,112
7,059
4,786
2,876
296
6,573
2,967
754
496
2,202
7,624
576
461
2,393
6,699
1,931
1,984
1,464
2,758
2,646
204
816
865
2,924
965
922
2,396
Montana ..............................................
Nebraska ............................................
Nevada ...............................................
New Hampshire ..................................
New Jersey .........................................
New Mexico ........................................
New York ............................................
North Carolina ....................................
North Dakota ......................................
Ohio ....................................................
Oklahoma ...........................................
Oregon ................................................
Pennsylvania ......................................
7
13
52
7
45
13
112
33
8
145
13
41
227
(2)
6
26
5
28
9
60
16
7
10
15
14
69
8
114
13
528
948
1,432
1,663
9,700
594
15,919
1,438
(2)
61
5
42
133
–
34
4
18
81
856
1,306
5,297
526
4,394
1,089
10,762
5,351
869
16,920
1,772
4,775
20,392
(2)
409
2,131
297
3,024
847
6,046
1,610
–
4
6
13
3
34
8
67
13
7
47
6
18
73
2,927
1,287
2,080
8,181
(2)
8,014
608
4,603
13,254
267
593
994
264
2,685
673
6,338
2,462
681
3,909
350
1,324
6,131
Rhode Island ......................................
South Carolina ....................................
South Dakota ......................................
Tennessee ..........................................
Texas ..................................................
Utah ....................................................
Vermont ..............................................
Virginia ................................................
Washington .........................................
West Virginia ......................................
Wisconsin ...........................................
Wyoming .............................................
7
31
(2)
14
16
19
4
10
563
3,021
(2)
1,513
2,525
3,832
265
839
(2)
37
135
10
6
49
36
5
103
(2)
6
49
5
(2)
31
77
8
(2)
3,424
12,926
1,020
462
6,168
3,290
429
10,884
(2)
436
7,243
393
(2)
3,421
1,823
7,116
889
1,488
1,489
2,665
388
9,965
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
–
2,830
1,702
2,252
1,735
Puerto Rico .........................................
1
2
2
23
–
–
(2)
18
12
(2)
39
21
See footnote 1, table 3.
Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
–
–
18
73
8
14
15
29
4
93
(2)
19
–
26
11
5
27
–
19
( )
12,446
5,187
900
680
4,311
1,202
534
661
9,139
3,375
672
533
(2)
301
7,027
4,227
264
367
2
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
–
–
(2)
1,416
949
–
–
(2)
2,580
7,037
663
–
3,151
882
297
2,518