USDL-10-1317
For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Thursday, September 23, 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 – AUGUST 2010
Employers took 1,546 mass layoff actions in August that resulted in the separation of 150,192 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 August decreased by 63 from the prior month,
while the number of associated initial claims increased by 6,489. In August, 403 mass layoff events
were reported in the manufacturing sector, seasonally adjusted, resulting in 46,540 initial claims. (See
table 1.)
Chart 1. Mass layoff events, seasonally adjusted,
September 2005-August 2010
Events
3,500
Chart 2. Mass layoff initial claims, seasonally adjusted,
September 2005-August 2010
Claims
350,000
3,000
300,000
2,500
Total
250,000
2,000
200,000
1,500
150,000
1,000
500
Manufacturing
Private nonfarm
100,000
Total
Manufacturing
Private nonfarm
50,000
0
0
The national unemployment rate was 9.6 percent in August, seasonally adjusted, essentially unchanged
from the prior month and from a year earlier. In August, total nonfarm payroll employment decreased by
54,000 over the month but increased by 229,000 from a year earlier.
Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
The number of mass layoff events in August was 976 on a not seasonally adjusted basis; the number of
associated initial claims was 92,435. (See table 2.) Over the year, the number of mass layoff events
Table A. Industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims in August 2010,
not seasonally adjusted
August peak
Industry
Initial claims
Year
Initial claims
1
Temporary help services ..................................
Elementary and secondary schools .....................
1
Professional employer organizations .................
Motion picture and video production ..................
Discount department stores ................................
School and employee bus transportation .............
Payroll services ..................................................
Automobile manufacturing ..................................
Home centers ....................................................
Supermarkets and other grocery stores ..............
1
7,936
4,093
3,454
3,026
2,542
2,429
2,284
2,279
1,857
1,656
1999
2010
2008
2003
2007
2003
2001
2001
2010
2001
11,533
4,093
5,252
6,812
2,953
6,538
8,173
8,166
1,857
2,357
See the Technical Note for more information on these industries.
decreased by 452, and associated initial claims decreased by 32,589. Thirteen of the 19 major industry
sectors in the private economy reported over-the-year decreases in initial claims, led by manufacturing.
Retail trade and management of companies reached August program highs in terms of average weekly
claims. (Average weekly analysis mitigates the effect of differing lengths of months. See the Technical
Note. Data began in 1995.) The manufacturing sector accounted for 24 percent of all mass layoff events
and 25 percent of initial claims filed in August. A year earlier, manufacturing made up 31 percent of
events and 33 percent of initial claims. Within manufacturing, the number of claimants in August 2010
was greatest in trans-portation equipment and food. (See table 3.) Sixteen of the 21 manufacturing
subsectors experienced over-the-year decreases in initial claims, led by machinery and transportation
equipment.
The six-digit industry with the largest number of initial claims in August was temporary help services.
(See table A.) Of the 10 detailed industries in table A, elementary and secondary schools and retail home
centers each reached a program high number of claims for the month of August. The table includes both
publicly and privately owned entities.
Geographic Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Three of the 4 regions and 7 of the 9 divisions experienced over-the-year decreases in initial claims due
to mass layoffs in August. Among the census regions, the Midwest registered the largest over-the-year
declines in initial claims. Of the geographic divisions, the East North Central and the Middle Atlantic
had the largest over-the-year declines in initial claims. (See table 5.)
California recorded the highest number of initial claims in August, followed by Florida and New York.
Thirty-five states and the District of Columbia experienced over-the-year decreases in initial claims, led
by New York and Pennsylvania. (See table 6.)
Note
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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.
____________
The Mass Layoffs news release for September is scheduled to be released on Wednesday,
October 22, 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, September 2006 to August 2010,
seasonally adjusted
Total
Date
Private nonfarm
Manufacturing
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
2006
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
1,154
1,208
1,244
1,227
124,200
123,691
135,465
134,176
1,043
1,094
1,128
1,123
115,261
115,102
125,976
124,570
393
409
413
376
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 ...............................................................
August ..........................................................
1,761
1,570
1,628
1,856
1,412
1,647
1,609
1,546
182,261
155,718
150,864
200,870
135,789
145,538
143,703
150,192
1,585
1,406
1,432
1,686
1,200
1,436
1,369
1,359
168,466
142,240
136,446
185,150
119,822
127,928
121,770
130,660
486
376
356
448
266
298
307
403
62,556
43,100
39,290
63,616
22,577
29,384
33,381
46,540
Events
Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, September 2006 to August 2010,
not seasonally adjusted
Total
Date
Private nonfarm
Manufacturing
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
Events
Initial
claimants
2006
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................
865
964
1,315
2,249
87,699
98,804
136,186
254,503
785
820
1,172
2,126
81,274
88,133
125,009
244,783
296
311
455
735
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 ...............................................................
August ..........................................................
2,860
1,183
1,197
1,840
1,354
1,861
2,124
976
278,679
102,818
111,727
199,690
123,333
171,190
206,254
92,435
2,682
1,091
1,111
1,697
1,170
1,355
1,732
897
265,074
96,022
105,514
184,654
109,203
125,872
172,248
83,021
962
282
273
424
216
212
532
230
104,846
30,728
29,745
55,178
19,334
21,083
64,200
23,088
Events
Table 3. Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance
Initial claimants for
unemployment insurance
Mass layoff events
Industry
August
2009
June
2010
July
2010
August
2010
August
2009
2,480
2,244
798
1,647
1,436
298
1,609
1,369
307
1546
1359
403
238,911
218,425
87,201
Total 1 ............................................................
1,428
1,861
2,124
976
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 .......................
1,356
22
1,334
9
1,398
43
1,355
923
26
897
(2)
19
8
9
–
(2)
20
4
12
–
1,832
100
1,732
5
6
135
532
75
4
8
3
18
3
24
4
10
4
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 ......................
10
17
18
31
43
74
30
18
68
13
6
3
5
9
9
8
16
8
5
34
11
3
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 ....................................................
34
111
101
46
47
7
32
14
107
159
41
39
8
30
(2)
195
13
31
19
74
13
–
Government .........................................................
Federal ............................................................
State ................................................................
Local ................................................................
72
14
19
39
June
2010
July
2010
August
2010
145,538
127,928
29,384
143,703
121,770
33,381
150,192
130,660
46,540
125,024
171,190
206,254
92,435
118,920
1,727
117,193
603
128,691
2,819
125,872
84,610
1,589
83,021
Seasonally adjusted
Total ...............................................................
Total, private nonfarm ........................................
Manufacturing ..................................................
Not seasonally adjusted
1
2
2
( )
160
436
41
5
2
( )
5
15
Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia.
Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
(2)
17
7
3
–
(2)
1,423
576
714
–
(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
18
31
22
24
27
26
18
17
171
19
6
8
10
8
7
12
18
15
8
32
6
4
843
1,532
1,147
2,742
3,501
6,608
2,535
1,853
9,076
941
577
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
562
691
621
835
925
2,077
999
1,303
4,869
1,417
319
18
108
45
36
24
7
43
6
158
6
36
17
50
2,714
10,173
9,131
6,067
4,434
404
2,302
955
10,102
19,790
4,321
2,621
437
2,970
(2)
175
40
174
29
141
54
–
33
142
148
55
47
15
59
5
292
30
90
31
89
18
–
(2)
15,604
1,796
1,947
1,403
6,034
1,076
–
(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
–
1,324
10,430
4,356
6,155
1,945
514
4,657
490
14,605
902
2,532
1,286
3,424
463
22
37
404
292
25
29
238
6,104
1,381
1,717
3,006
42,499
2,076
2,813
37,610
26,730
3,243
2,589
20,898
7,825
1,933
894
4,998
(2)
5
121
212
46
5
4
(2)
7
(2)
–
105
230
54
(2)
4
3
9
(2)
–
53
18
12
23
2
( )
11,904
41,151
3,632
937
2
( )
557
1,317
(2)
343
8,405
21,083
3,315
259
584
(2)
737
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
(2)
–
6,910
23,088
4,312
(2)
888
272
573
(2)
1,355
559
246
–
(2)
–
Table 4. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, July 2008 to August 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
1,581
304,340
37.4
68.9
3,582
766,780
47.5
99.3
3,979
835,551
50.3
103.5
3,395
731,049
48.4
99.7
2,034
406,802
38.7
76.9
2,416
468,368
43.7
88.8
1,870
360,208
38.3
77.2
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 ............................................
August ........................................
2,124
976
206,254
92,435
1,732
897
172,248
83,021
2009
2010
1
The event realization rate is the percentage of all private nonfarm
2,p
1,851
2,p
273,860
p
43.8
p
65.2
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
August
2009
June
2010
July
2010
August
2010
August
2009
United States 1 .........................................
1,428
1,861
Northeast ..........................................................
New England ................................................
Middle Atlantic ..............................................
279
32
247
South ................................................................
South Atlantic ...............................................
East South Central .......................................
West South Central ......................................
2,124
976
125,024
171,190
206,254
92,435
288
54
234
434
40
394
183
34
149
26,444
2,953
23,491
32,587
6,003
26,584
44,132
3,136
40,996
16,706
3,743
12,963
342
204
57
81
442
267
73
102
512
280
142
90
274
160
55
59
29,486
17,732
4,820
6,934
39,969
23,150
7,108
9,711
48,848
26,937
13,640
8,271
21,631
12,404
4,584
4,643
Midwest ............................................................
East North Central ........................................
West North Central .......................................
350
273
77
390
290
100
490
397
93
157
124
33
32,197
25,962
6,235
39,201
29,931
9,270
56,377
46,473
9,904
17,140
13,603
3,537
West .................................................................
Mountain .......................................................
Pacific ...........................................................
457
63
394
741
105
636
688
71
617
362
31
331
36,897
6,116
30,781
59,433
9,136
50,297
56,897
6,593
50,304
36,958
2,197
34,761
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,
June
2010
July
2010
August
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
August
2009
June
2010
July
2010
August
2010
August
2009
June
2010
July
2010
August
2010
Total 1 ..............................................
1,428
1,861
2,124
976
125,024
171,190
206,254
92,435
Alabama .............................................
Alaska .................................................
Arizona ...............................................
Arkansas .............................................
California ............................................
Colorado .............................................
Connecticut .........................................
Delaware ............................................
District of Columbia ............................
Florida .................................................
Georgia ...............................................
Hawaii .................................................
Idaho ...................................................
23
4
10
4
340
5
4
32
57
1,997
295
977
260
26,082
374
334
5,642
(2)
16
8
558
16
13
14
10
5
3
287
5
8
3,783
(2)
28
7
590
14
11
7
(2)
1,710
765
44,343
1,552
977
1,407
884
268
275
31,007
355
880
( )
123
46
7
8
(2)
(2)
137
27
5
5
(2)
(2)
93
30
5
7
(2)
(2)
7,795
2,202
872
1,305
(2)
2,197
521
44,939
1,237
968
477
( )
9,037
4,398
562
481
(2)
(2)
10,581
4,020
471
480
(2)
(2)
6,506
2,996
381
504
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
32
14
9
4
18
16
7,432
3,182
1,359
945
2,006
1,698
(2)
759
1,357
3,593
948
349
2,549
10,969
5,905
3,463
416
5,491
2,174
249
1,844
1,403
12,383
1,462
1,094
3,005
3,707
1,554
1,743
366
1,422
1,010
(2)
6
16
14
4
14
12
8,046
2,977
1,686
1,815
1,417
1,985
320
1,172
948
5,047
1,526
768
3,679
10
6
24
8
56
13
50
21
4
10
20
( )
2,879
454
2,162
191
11,405
2,523
659
504
2,956
1,277
9,675
997
5,201
2,378
322
835
1,644
(2)
18
59
(2)
5,941
679
1,691
9,924
6,056
494
3,758
11,708
(2)
10,486
247
23,920
1,264
666
9,564
665
3,582
6,590
(2)
257
484
657
2,449
(2)
11
456
2,133
1,723
3,414
396
5,430
(2)
792
–
(2)
468
4,297
(2)
1,140
6,711
461
767
1,999
839
(2)
1,413
4,667
638
698
3,058
(2)
3,427
1,848
(2)
(2)
747
818
(2)
7,805
(2)
7,652
3,388
–
(2)
–
(2)
1,326
1,763
2,344
Illinois ..................................................
Indiana ................................................
Iowa ....................................................
Kansas ................................................
Kentucky .............................................
Louisiana ............................................
Maine ..................................................
Maryland .............................................
Massachusetts ....................................
Michigan .............................................
Minnesota ...........................................
Mississippi ..........................................
Missouri ..............................................
Montana ..............................................
Nebraska ............................................
Nevada ...............................................
New Hampshire ..................................
New Jersey .........................................
New Mexico ........................................
New York ............................................
North Carolina ....................................
North Dakota ......................................
Ohio ....................................................
Oklahoma ...........................................
Oregon ................................................
Pennsylvania ......................................
Rhode Island ......................................
South Carolina ....................................
South Dakota ......................................
Tennessee ..........................................
Texas ..................................................
Utah ....................................................
Vermont ..............................................
Virginia ................................................
Washington .........................................
West Virginia ......................................
Wisconsin ...........................................
Wyoming .............................................
Puerto Rico .........................................
1
2
(2)
(2)
104
23
8
9
82
30
17
14
22
18
(2)
10
13
43
13
5
28
3
2
( )
30
6
27
4
106
19
2
(2)
4
7
6
31
(2)
58
8
21
114
58
6
27
128
(2)
113
4
201
19
4
87
8
32
80
5
20
9
31
6
36
(2)
7
51
(2)
13
63
6
8
24
10
(2)
23
51
6
(2)
60
(2)
73
–
(2)
–
(2)
(2)
(2)
21
21
4
60
–
15
–
24
See footnote 1, table 3.
Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
(2)
36
21
18
(2)
59
9
–
27
9
38
(2)
(2)
8
11
37
12
2
258
2
–
(2)
(2)
1,652
1,841
272
5,814
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
(2)
363
1,464
2,385
307
1,057
864
(2)
5,547
698
–
2,569
(2)
1,671
4,967
–
–
987