USDL-10-1143
For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Friday, August 20, 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 – JULY 2010
Employers took 1,609 mass layoff actions in July that resulted in the separation of 143,703 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 July decreased by 38 from the prior month, and the number of associated initial claims decreased by 1,835. In July, 307 mass layoff events were reported in the
manufacturing sector, seasonally adjusted, resulting in 33,381 initial claims. (See table 1.)
Chart 1. Mass layoff events, seasonally adjusted,
August 2005-July 2010
Events
3,500
Chart 2. Mass layoff initial claims, seasonally adjusted,
August 2005-July 2010
Claims
350,000
3,000
300,000
2,500
Total
250,000
2,000
200,000
1,500
150,000
1,000
500
0
Private nonfarm Manufacturing
100,000
50,000
Total
Private nonfarm
Manufacturing
0
During the 32 months from December 2007 through July 2010, the total number of mass layoff events
(seasonally adjusted) was 63,461, and the associated number of initial claims was 6,357,583. (December
2007 was the start of a recession as designated by the National Bureau of Economic Research.)
The national unemployment rate was 9.5 percent in July 2010, seasonally adjusted, unchanged from the
prior month and essentially unchanged from 9.4 percent a year earlier. In July, total nonfarm payroll employment decreased by 131,000 over the month and by 52,000 from a year earlier.
Table A. Industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims in July 2010,
not seasonally adjusted
July peak
Industry
Initial claims
Year
Initial claims
Elementary and secondary schools .....................
1
Temporary help services ..................................
School and employee bus transportation .............
Motion picture and video production ..................
Automobile manufacturing ..................................
1
Professional employer organizations .................
Farm labor contractors and crew leaders ............
Discount department stores ................................
Executive and legislative offices, combined .........
Food service contractors ...................................
1
15,685
14,716
13,011
4,957
3,901
3,866
3,100
3,076
2,987
2,917
2009
1998
2010
1998
1996
2009
1998
2009
2009
1997
20,769
24,601
13,011
12,310
22,644
8,240
6,142
3,995
3,798
3,016
See the Technical Note for more information on these industries.
Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
The number of mass layoff events in July was 2,124 on a not seasonally adjusted basis; the number of
associated initial claims was 206,254. (See table 2.) Over the year, the number of mass layoff events decreased by 930, and associated initial claims decreased by 130,400. Fourteen of the 19 major industry
sectors in the private economy reported over-the-year decreases in initial claims, led by manufacturing,
which reached a program low of 64,200 claims for the month of July. (Data began in 1995.)
The manufacturing sector accounted for 25 percent of all mass layoff events and 31 percent of initial
claims filed in July. A year earlier, manufacturing made up 37 percent of events and 46 percent of initial
claims. Within manufacturing, the number of claimants in July was greatest in transportation equipment
and food. (See table 3.) Eighteen of the 21 manufacturing subsectors experienced over-the-year decreases in initial claims, led by transportation equipment and machinery.
The six-digit industry with the largest number of initial claims in July was elementary and secondary
schools. (See table A.) Of the 10 detailed industries in table A, school and employee bus transportation
reached a program high number of claims for the month of July. This table includes both publicly and
privately owned entities.
Geographic Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
All 4 regions and 8 of the 9 divisions experienced over-the-year decreases in initial claims due to mass
layoffs in July. Among the census regions, the Midwest and West registered the largest over-the-year
declines in initial claims. Of the geographic divisions, the East North Central and the Pacific had the
largest over-the-year declines. (See table 5.)
California recorded the highest number of initial claims in July, followed by New York, Michigan, and
Illinois. Thirty-eight states experienced over-the-year decreases in initial claims, led by California and
Illinois. (See table 6.) In 2010, Indiana, Kansas, New Hampshire, and Wyoming reached or matched
-2-
program lows for July in terms of initial claimants, while New Jersey and New York reached program
highs for the month.
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 news release for August is scheduled to be released on Thursday, September 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, August 2006 to July 2010,
seasonally adjusted
Total
Date
Private nonfarm
Manufacturing
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
2006
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
1,238
1,154
1,208
1,244
1,227
135,707
124,200
123,691
135,465
134,176
1,104
1,043
1,094
1,128
1,123
125,704
115,261
115,102
125,976
124,570
372
393
409
413
376
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 ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
1,761
1,570
1,628
1,856
1,412
1,647
1,609
182,261
155,718
150,864
200,870
135,789
145,538
143,703
1,585
1,406
1,432
1,686
1,200
1,436
1,369
168,466
142,240
136,446
185,150
119,822
127,928
121,770
486
376
356
448
266
298
307
62,556
43,100
39,290
63,616
22,577
29,384
33,381
Events
Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, August 2006 to July 2010,
not seasonally adjusted
Total
Date
Private nonfarm
Manufacturing
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
2006
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
708
865
964
1,315
2,249
72,844
87,699
98,804
136,186
254,503
656
785
820
1,172
2,126
69,054
81,274
88,133
125,009
244,783
203
296
311
455
735
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 ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
2,860
1,183
1,197
1,840
1,354
1,861
2,124
278,679
102,818
111,727
199,690
123,333
171,190
206,254
2,682
1,091
1,111
1,697
1,170
1,355
1,732
265,074
96,022
105,514
184,654
109,203
125,872
172,248
962
282
273
424
216
212
532
104,846
30,728
29,745
55,178
19,334
21,083
64,200
Events
Table 3. Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance
Initial claimants for
unemployment insurance
Mass layoff events
Industry
July
2009
May
2010
June
2010
July
2010
July
2009
May
2010
June
2010
July
2010
2,039
1,818
565
1,412
1,200
266
1,647
1,436
298
1,609
1,369
307
196,578
176,542
66,918
135,789
119,822
22,577
145,538
127,928
29,384
143,703
121,770
33,381
Seasonally adjusted
Total ...............................................................
Total, private nonfarm ........................................
Manufacturing ..................................................
Not seasonally adjusted
1
Total ............................................................
3,054
1,354
1,861
2,124
336,654
123,333
171,190
206,254
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 .......................
2,752
93
2,659
22
3
170
1,133
67
8
21
8
26
4
42
17
16
6
1,197
27
1,170
1,398
43
1,355
128,691
2,819
125,872
(2)
5
121
212
46
5
4
(2)
449
12,129
19,334
4,015
386
391
407
498
–
913
277
1,065
205
(2)
343
8,405
21,083
3,315
259
584
(2)
20
4
12
–
304,108
7,519
296,589
1,816
446
12,415
154,208
8,076
624
2,424
875
2,926
306
3,453
1,439
1,950
373
110,968
1,765
109,203
(2)
5
159
216
47
5
3
3
8
–
11
3
12
3
1,832
100
1,732
5
6
135
532
75
4
8
3
18
3
24
4
10
4
(2)
2,012
382
878
–
179,524
7,276
172,248
394
689
9,570
64,200
9,535
290
959
347
1,576
332
2,051
311
790
294
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 ......................
19
74
29
89
114
132
77
45
275
35
29
8
6
5
12
12
20
13
11
20
5
9
3
5
9
9
8
16
8
5
34
11
3
18
31
22
24
27
26
18
17
171
19
6
1,722
9,776
3,044
9,850
10,798
29,528
7,823
5,992
47,322
3,311
2,596
530
329
342
1,147
910
1,971
1,015
865
2,860
409
799
375
353
492
762
621
2,329
654
734
4,474
1,560
232
1,808
3,027
1,846
2,752
2,497
4,463
1,492
1,692
25,863
1,916
359
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 .....................................................
78
161
131
90
84
12
95
14
351
31
101
38
124
19
2
18
121
47
41
23
9
61
14
107
159
41
39
8
30
955
10,102
19,790
4,321
2,621
437
2,970
(2)
175
40
174
29
141
54
–
6,201
17,388
11,279
13,941
6,700
819
10,555
2,289
35,419
2,540
7,010
2,611
9,651
1,212
89
1,183
9,982
4,781
6,310
1,761
698
5,534
(2)
175
10
84
32
129
34
–
33
142
148
55
47
15
59
5
292
30
90
31
89
18
–
(2)
17,363
766
7,337
2,063
16,045
2,933
–
(2)
14,283
2,588
14,283
1,764
18,121
3,284
–
2,691
14,907
17,270
7,341
3,391
883
4,366
419
25,234
2,912
6,716
2,559
7,184
1,522
–
Government .........................................................
Federal ............................................................
State ................................................................
Local ................................................................
302
10
39
253
157
19
39
99
463
22
37
404
292
25
29
238
32,546
845
3,297
28,404
12,365
1,864
2,904
7,597
42,499
2,076
2,813
37,610
26,730
3,243
2,589
20,898
1
2
Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia.
Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
(2)
7
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
(2)
737
Table 4. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, July 2008 to July 2010,
not seasonally adjusted
Private nonfarm
Total mass layoffs
Date
Mass layoffs
Events
Initial
claimants
Events
Extended mass layoffs
lasting more than 30 days
Initial
claimants
Realization rates 1
Events
Initial
claimants
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
r
731,049
48.4
99.7
2,034
r
406,802
38.7
76.9
r
2,416
r
468,368
r
43.7
r
88.8
r
1,870
r
360,208
r
38.3
r
77.2
p
43.8
p
65.2
Events
Initial
claimants
2008
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 ............................................
June ...........................................
1,840
1,354
1,861
199,690
123,333
171,190
1,697
1,170
1,355
184,654
109,203
125,872
Second Quarter .........................
5,055
494,213
4,222
419,729
July ............................................
2,124
206,254
1,732
172,248
2009
2010
1
The event realization rate is the percentage of all private nonfarm
2,p
1,851
2,p
273,860
number of extended mass layoff events is generally revised upwards
mass layoff events lasting more than 30 days. The initial claimant realization
by less than 10 percent and the number of initial claimants associated
rate is the percentage of all private nonfarm mass layoff initial claimants
with such events increases by 25-40 percent.
r
= revised.
associated with layoffs lasting more than 30 days.
2
These quarterly numbers are provisional and will be revised as more
data on these layoffs become available. Experience suggests that the
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
July
2009
May
2010
June
2010
July
2010
United States 1 .........................................
3,054
1,354
1,861
2,124
336,654
123,333
171,190
206,254
Northeast ..........................................................
New England ................................................
Middle Atlantic ..............................................
511
82
429
203
29
174
288
54
234
434
40
394
45,526
7,194
38,332
17,575
2,421
15,154
32,587
6,003
26,584
44,132
3,136
40,996
South ................................................................
South Atlantic ...............................................
East South Central .......................................
West South Central ......................................
725
389
213
123
428
216
94
118
442
267
73
102
512
280
142
90
71,648
34,220
25,153
12,275
38,299
19,282
8,431
10,586
39,969
23,150
7,108
9,711
48,848
26,937
13,640
8,271
Midwest ............................................................
East North Central ........................................
West North Central .......................................
805
635
170
261
175
86
390
290
100
490
397
93
117,188
94,516
22,672
26,176
17,981
8,195
39,201
29,931
9,270
56,377
46,473
9,904
West .................................................................
Mountain .......................................................
Pacific ...........................................................
1,013
112
901
462
73
389
741
105
636
688
71
617
102,292
11,241
91,051
41,283
6,357
34,926
59,433
9,136
50,297
56,897
6,593
50,304
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,
July
2009
May
2010
June
2010
July
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
Total 1 ..............................................
Alabama .............................................
Alaska .................................................
Arizona ...............................................
Arkansas .............................................
California ............................................
Colorado .............................................
Connecticut .........................................
Delaware ............................................
District of Columbia ............................
Florida .................................................
Georgia ...............................................
Hawaii .................................................
Idaho ...................................................
July
2009
May
2010
June
2010
July
2010
July
2009
May
2010
June
2010
July
2010
3,054
1,354
1,861
2,124
336,654
123,333
171,190
206,254
75
24
11
24
6
345
10
10
32
57
8,324
5,642
(2)
16
8
558
16
13
(2)
3,469
1,033
82,085
1,536
1,056
347
2,171
1,259
2,369
553
31,197
1,024
823
3,783
(2)
28
7
590
14
11
7
(2)
2,197
521
44,939
1,237
968
477
(2)
1,710
765
44,343
1,552
977
(2)
35
11
812
15
15
5
192
62
9
8
(2)
4
104
39
4
6
Illinois ..................................................
Indiana ................................................
Iowa ....................................................
Kansas ................................................
Kentucky .............................................
Louisiana ............................................
Maine ..................................................
Maryland .............................................
Massachusetts ....................................
Michigan .............................................
Minnesota ...........................................
Mississippi ..........................................
Missouri ..............................................
110
87
48
22
97
21
4
11
31
185
31
14
61
56
21
16
15
28
29
3
12
9
24
11
11
30
88
30
13
14
15
26
5
11
13
54
18
13
48
92
38
25
5
50
23
3
20
16
107
14
12
34
25,119
10,131
8,730
2,088
14,128
1,768
256
987
2,972
23,929
3,229
803
7,647
Montana ..............................................
Nebraska ............................................
Nevada ...............................................
New Hampshire ..................................
New Jersey .........................................
New Mexico ........................................
New York ............................................
North Carolina ....................................
North Dakota ......................................
Ohio ....................................................
Oklahoma ...........................................
Oregon ................................................
Pennsylvania ......................................
5
4
37
17
101
5
126
23
4
138
16
49
202
4
6
13
3
34
8
67
13
7
47
6
18
73
10
6
24
8
56
13
50
21
4
10
20
Rhode Island ......................................
South Carolina ....................................
South Dakota ......................................
Tennessee ..........................................
Texas ..................................................
Utah ....................................................
Vermont ..............................................
Virginia ................................................
Washington .........................................
West Virginia ......................................
Wisconsin ...........................................
Wyoming .............................................
10
59
Puerto Rico .........................................
–
–
27
75
7
5
35
29
(2)
115
–
22
( )
9,037
4,398
562
481
(2)
(2)
10,581
4,020
471
480
6,699
1,931
1,984
1,464
2,758
2,646
204
816
865
2,924
965
922
2,396
8,046
2,977
1,686
1,815
1,417
1,985
320
1,172
948
5,047
1,526
768
3,679
10,969
5,905
3,463
416
5,491
2,174
249
1,844
1,403
12,383
1,462
1,094
3,005
659
504
2,956
1,277
9,675
997
5,201
2,378
58
6
27
128
267
593
994
264
2,685
673
6,338
2,462
681
3,909
350
1,324
6,131
322
835
1,644
(2)
113
4
201
19
4
87
8
32
80
481
418
3,212
1,564
8,366
252
11,886
1,950
560
19,704
2,013
5,492
18,080
6,056
494
3,758
11,708
(2)
10,486
247
23,920
1,264
666
9,564
665
3,582
6,590
4
10
9
31
6
36
965
5,359
265
839
1,723
3,414
396
5,430
(2)
31
77
8
(2)
13
63
6
8
24
10
(2)
23
51
6
(2)
2,580
7,037
663
(2)
3,427
1,848
(2)
60
(2)
73
(2)
15,633
3,151
882
297
2,518
(2)
1,140
6,711
461
767
1,999
839
(2)
1,413
4,667
638
(2)
36
21
1,898
7,461
1,532
381
2,873
2,549
(2)
7,805
(2)
7,652
(2)
–
–
–
(2)
–
1,826
1,735
1,763
2,344
–
26
11
5
27
–
19
1
See footnote 1, table 3.
2
Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
( )
123
46
7
8
(2)
(2)
137
27
5
5
14,929
7,636
670
759
(2)
301
7,027
4,227
264
367
2
–
24
18
–
–
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
–
2
–