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Mass Layoffs (Monthly) News Release

For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Friday, March 23, 2012                    USDL-12-0496

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                     MASS LAYOFFS -- FEBRUARY 2012


Employers took 1,293 mass layoff actions in February involving 119,463
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 mass layoff involved at least 50
workers from a single employer. Mass layoff events in February
decreased by 141 from January, and the number of associated initial
claims decreased by 10,457. In February, 282 mass layoff events were
reported in the manufacturing sector, seasonally adjusted, resulting
in 27,388 initial claims.  Both manufacturing figures were lower when
compared to January. (See table 1.)
   
The national unemployment rate was 8.3 percent in February, the same
as the prior month and down from 9.0 percent a year earlier. Total
nonfarm payroll employment increased by 227,000 over the month and by
2,021,000 over the year.

Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
   
The number of mass layoff events in February was 895, not seasonally
adjusted, resulting in 73,974 initial claims for unemployment
insurance. (See table 2.) Over the year, the number of average weekly
mass layoff events decreased by 32 to 224, and associated average
weekly initial claims decreased by 2,902 to 18,494. Twelve of the 19
major industry sectors in the private economy reported over-the-year
decreases in average weekly initial claims, with the largest decrease
occurring in information. (See table 3.) Over the month, the six-digit
industry with the largest number of private nonfarm initial claims in
February was temporary help services. (See table A.)


Table A. Six-digit NAICS industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims
in February 2012, private nonfarm, not seasonally adjusted

                 Industry                                                  February peak
                                                     Initial Claims     Year  Initial claims
                                                                                            
Temporary help services (1) ...............               6,381         2001      18,893
Supermarkets and other grocery stores .....               2,685         2012       2,685
School and employee bus transportation ....               2,507         2008       4,254
Department stores, except discount ........               2,445         2001       2,994
Food service contractors ..................               2,434         2009       2,580
Motion picture and video production .......               2,341         2011       6,260
Professional employer organizations (1) ...               2,012         2009       6,452
Discount department stores ................               1,701         2004       2,669
Warehouse clubs and supercenters ..........               1,480         2012       1,480
Nonresidential electrical contractors .....                 967         2009       2,113
                                                                                           
   1  See the Technical Note for more information on these industries.
   

In February, the manufacturing sector accounted for 23 percent of mass
layoff events and associated initial claims in the private economy.
Within manufacturing, the numbers of mass layoff claimants were
greatest in food and in transportation equipment. Twelve of the 21
manufacturing subsectors experienced over-the-year decreases in
average weekly initial claims, with the largest decrease occurring in
food. (See table 3.)

Geographic Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Among the census regions, the West registered the largest number of
initial claims in February. Three of the 4 regions experienced over-
the-year decreases in average weekly initial claims, with the largest
decline occurring in the West. (See table 4.)

Among the states, California recorded the highest number of mass
layoff initial claims in February, followed by New York, Pennsylvania,
and Florida. Twenty-six states and the District of Columbia
experienced over-the-year declines in average weekly initial claims,
led by California, Florida, and Indiana. (See table 4.)

Note

The monthly data series in this release cover mass layoffs of 50 or
more workers beginning in a given month, regardless of the duration of
the layoffs. For private nonfarm establishments, information on the
length of the layoff is obtained later and issued in a quarterly
release that reports on mass layoffs lasting more than 30 days
(referred to as "extended mass layoffs"). The quarterly release
provides more information on the industry classification and location
of the establishment and on the demographics of the laid-off workers.
The monthly data series in this release are subjected to average
weekly analysis, which mitigates the effect of differing lengths of
months. See the Technical Note for more detailed definitions and for a
description of average weekly analysis.

____________
The Mass Layoffs news release for March is scheduled to be released on
Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT).




Technical Note


   The Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program is a federal-state 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, data users who intend to perform analysis of over-the-year
change in the not seasonally adjusted series should use the average weekly
mass layoff figures displayed in tables 3 and 4 of this release.  The average
weekly adjustment process produces a consistent series for each month across
all years, permitting over-the-year analysis to be performed using strictly
comparable data.

   The MLS program resumed operations in April 1995 after it had been
terminated in November 1992 due to lack of funding. Prior to April 1995,
monthly layoff statistics were not available.

   Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request. Voice phone:  (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay
Service:  (800) 877-8339.

Definitions

   Average weekly mass layoff events and initial claimants. The number of
events and initial claimants in a given month divided by the number of weeks
contained within that month.

   Employer. Employers in the MLS program include those covered by state
unemployment insurance laws. Information on employers is obtained from the
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program, which is administered
by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

   Industry. Employers are classified according to the 2007 version of the 
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For temporary help
and professional employers 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-12-ARIMA 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-12-ARIMA program and are permanently removed from 
the final seasonally adjusted series.




Table 1. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, March 2008 to
February 2012, seasonally adjusted

                                      Total            Private nonfarm         Manufacturing    
             Date                                                                             
                                           Initial               Initial               Initial  
                                Events    claimants   Events    claimants    Events   claimants 
                                                                                              
             2008                                                                             

March ......................     1,515     151,628     1,400     141,316       441      58,254
April ......................     1,290     128,643     1,157     117,639       453      57,044
May ........................     1,567     160,475     1,432     150,893       470      62,776
June .......................     1,612     163,425     1,471     152,133       491      68,862
July .......................     1,589     163,572     1,452     153,060       465      62,210
August .....................     1,763     181,853     1,632     172,147       578      77,464
September ..................     2,159     229,180     1,990     215,749       629      82,011
October ....................     2,201     226,853     2,043     213,454       698      93,252
November ...................     2,406     239,239     2,247     225,404       907     103,836
December ...................     2,437     244,889     2,261     230,621       935     116,181

             2009                                                                             

January ....................     2,254     235,371     2,083     221,653       726      92,293
February ...................     3,059     326,392     2,901     310,378     1,251     145,839
March ......................     2,999     299,322     2,800     282,414     1,230     154,168
April ......................     2,566     249,129     2,349     232,632     1,007     116,051
May ........................     2,710     284,468     2,516     267,869     1,181     147,184
June .......................     2,466     247,597     2,257     230,502     1,048     137,649
July .......................     2,186     222,941     1,979     203,911       636      75,728
August .....................     2,340     216,047     2,115     197,172       751      77,894
September ..................     2,261     214,018     2,048     198,761       786      91,125
October ....................     1,969     195,752     1,772     178,172       571      65,217
November ...................     1,757     164,454     1,588     151,172       472      52,855
December ...................     1,719     155,056     1,543     140,835       424      44,096

             2010                                                                             

January ....................     1,707     168,044     1,529     154,187       471      53,817
February ...................     1,631     156,292     1,465     141,831       374      43,620
March ......................     1,676     149,816     1,469     134,518       356      40,705
April ......................     1,637     154,558     1,452     138,503       368      44,506
May ........................     1,608     150,996     1,357     130,273       302      29,932
June .......................     1,695     151,435     1,475     132,742       325      33,298
July .......................     1,519     138,091     1,316     122,162       304      32,253
August .....................     1,588     159,329     1,399     136,697       390      43,154
September ..................     1,510     133,576     1,295     115,349       328      34,333
October ....................     1,654     149,589     1,446     132,146       354      38,937
November ...................     1,592     161,145     1,410     145,494       360      39,977
December ...................     1,477     135,849     1,271     121,171       322      36,267

             2011                                                                             

January ....................     1,536     148,952     1,348     131,869       337      37,477
February ...................     1,434     131,569     1,242     116,745       297      26,696
March ......................     1,275     115,391     1,118     102,722       251      28,988
April ......................     1,548     145,836     1,383     131,317       341      37,053
May ........................     1,600     144,412     1,404     127,793       374      39,180
June .......................     1,513     143,384     1,334     128,410       344      36,265
July .......................     1,562     145,078     1,348     125,285       346      36,312
August .....................     1,551     164,275     1,347     149,874       382      49,194
September ..................     1,447     147,353     1,306     134,038       364      38,026
October ....................     1,335     118,924     1,205     107,330       341      33,926
November ...................     1,332     131,627     1,192     120,760       324      36,563
December ...................     1,384     145,648     1,238     130,583       351      39,081

             2012                                                                             

January ....................     1,434     129,920     1,298     119,102       341      33,597
February ...................     1,293     119,463     1,153     108,577       282      27,388




Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, March 2008 to 
February 2012, not seasonally adjusted

                                       Total           Private nonfarm         Manufacturing    
             Date                                                                             
                                           Initial               Initial               Initial  
                                Events    claimants   Events    claimants    Events   claimants 
                                                                                              
             2008                                                                             

March ......................     1,089     114,541     1,039     110,147       333      43,740
April ......................     1,272     130,810     1,172     121,625       394      48,188
May ........................     1,552     159,471     1,438     150,462       388      51,698
June .......................     1,622     166,742     1,315     140,916       309      42,097
July .......................     1,891     200,382     1,687     186,018       760     108,733
August .....................     1,427     139,999     1,343     133,146       414      51,912
September ..................     1,292     129,586     1,202     122,505       361      46,391
October ....................     2,125     221,784     1,917     205,553       689     100,457
November ...................     2,574     241,589     2,389     226,657       997     107,620
December ...................     3,377     351,305     3,232     340,220     1,378     172,529

             2009                                                                             

January ....................     3,806     388,813     3,633     375,293     1,461     172,757
February ...................     2,262     218,438     2,173     210,755       945     103,588
March ......................     2,191     228,387     2,107     221,397       940     114,747
April ......................     2,547     256,930     2,385     243,321       887     100,872
May ........................     2,738     289,628     2,572     274,047     1,005     123,683
June .......................     2,519     256,357     2,051     216,063       674      85,726
July .......................     3,054     336,654     2,659     296,589     1,133     154,208
August .....................     1,428     125,024     1,334     117,193       436      41,151
September ..................     1,371     123,177     1,258     115,141       448      51,126
October ....................     1,934     193,904     1,678     172,883       566      69,655
November ...................     1,870     164,496     1,679     150,751       517      55,053
December ...................     2,310     214,648     2,166     203,655       615      64,540

             2010                                                                             

January ....................     2,860     278,679     2,682     265,074       962     104,846
February ...................     1,183     102,818     1,091      96,022       282      30,728
March ......................     1,197     111,727     1,111     105,514       273      29,745
April ......................     1,840     199,690     1,697     184,654       424      55,178
May ........................     1,354     123,333     1,170     109,203       216      19,334
June .......................     1,861     171,190     1,355     125,872       212      21,083
July .......................     2,124     206,254     1,732     172,248       532      64,200
August .....................       976      92,435       897      83,021       230      23,088
September ..................       920      77,654       806      67,987       187      19,403
October ....................     1,642     148,638     1,373     127,865       351      40,861
November ...................     1,676     158,048     1,477     142,591       389      41,383
December ...................     1,931     184,130     1,763     172,881       465      52,816

             2011                                                                             

January ....................     2,558     246,463     2,372     229,765       693      75,006
February ...................     1,024      85,585       919      78,718       222      18,471
March ......................       908      85,095       844      80,014       191      20,869
April ......................     1,750     189,919     1,625     176,478       397      47,104
May ........................     1,367     119,911     1,221     108,531       270      25,199
June .......................     1,661     159,930     1,238     122,821       226      22,986
July .......................     2,176     216,774     1,759     174,078       602      71,814
August .....................       961      99,213       875      93,159       228      26,916
September ..................     1,189     117,232     1,095     107,300       296      32,058
October ....................     1,101      96,914       950      83,748       265      28,447
November ...................     1,393     127,750     1,245     117,474       349      37,799
December ...................     2,433     263,665     2,258     247,916       658      75,033

             2012                                                                             

January ....................     1,705     141,703     1,587     132,754       415      38,021
February ...................       895      73,974       820      69,076       196      16,555




Table 3. Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, not seasonally adjusted

                      Industry                                   Mass layoff totals                    Average weekly mass layoffs (1)
                       
                                                            Events          Initial claimants           Events          Initial claimants  
                                                     February   February   February   February   February   February   February   February
                                                         2011       2012       2011       2012       2011       2012       2011       2012

      Total (2) ..................................      1,024        895     85,585     73,974        256        224     21,396     18,494
      
Total, private ...................................        976        865     82,230     71,884        244        216     20,558     17,971
    Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting ...         57         45      3,512      2,808         14         11        878        702

  Total, private nonfarm .........................        919        820     78,718     69,076        230        205     19,680     17,269
    Mining .......................................          4          7        322        510          1          2         81        128
    Utilities ....................................        (3)          -        (3)          -        (3)          -        (3)          -
    Construction .................................        104         81      7,003      5,395         26         20      1,751      1,349
        Construction of buildings ................         23         12      1,751        760          6          3        438        190
        Heavy and civil engineering construction .         35         19      2,302      1,319          9          5        576        330
        Specialty trade contractors ..............         46         50      2,950      3,316         12         13        738        829
    Manufacturing ................................        222        196     18,471     16,555         56         49      4,618      4,139
        Food .....................................         58         45      5,115      4,208         15         11      1,279      1,052
        Beverage and tobacco products ............          5          4        287        199          1          1         72         50
        Textile mills ............................          5          7        468        638          1          2        117        160
        Textile product mills ....................          4          4        270        512          1          1         68        128
        Apparel ..................................          5          4        693        379          1          1        173         95
        Leather and allied products ..............        (3)          -        (3)          -        (3)          -        (3)          -
        Wood products ............................         22         13      1,872      1,292          6          3        468        323
        Paper ....................................         12          6        750        397          3          2        188         99
        Printing and related support activities ..          6          9        679        634          2          2        170        159
        Petroleum and coal products ..............        (3)        (3)        (3)        (3)        (3)        (3)        (3)        (3)

        Chemicals ................................          7        (3)        759        (3)          2        (3)        190        (3)
        Plastics and rubber products .............          5          9        262        547          1          2         66        137
        Nonmetallic mineral products .............         16          7      1,141        505          4          2        285        126
        Primary metals ...........................          8          6        794        428          2          2        199        107
        Fabricated metal products ................          8         10        446        699          2          3        112        175
        Machinery ................................         11          9        897        994          3          2        224        249
        Computer and electronic products .........         13         15        847      1,008          3          4        212        252
        Electrical equipment and appliances ......          4          7      1,078        590          1          2        270        148
        Transportation equipment .................         19         20      1,275      1,725          5          5        319        431
        Furniture and related products ...........          9         13        533      1,095          2          3        133        274
        Miscellaneous manufacturing ..............        (3)          4        (3)        467        (3)          1        (3)        117

    Wholesale trade ..............................         24         17      2,187      1,594          6          4        547        399
    Retail trade (4) .............................        114        135      9,346     12,716         29         34      2,337      3,179
        Building material and garden supply stores         12          7      1,102        494          3          2        276        124
        Food and beverage stores .................         19         26      1,450      2,735          5          7        363        684
        Clothing and clothing accessories stores .         16         19      1,137      1,390          4          5        284        348
        General merchandise stores ...............         42         57      4,182      6,096         11         14      1,046      1,524
    Transportation and warehousing (4) ...........         49         32      5,630      3,506         12          8      1,408        877
        Truck transportation .....................         12          3      1,052        154          3          1        263         39
        Transit and ground passenger 
          transportation .........................         20         17      3,272      2,561          5          4        818        640
        Support activities for transportation ....          3          3        198        184          1          1         50         46
    Information ..................................         58         42      8,959      4,456         15         11      2,240      1,114
    Finance and insurance ........................         22         22      1,407      1,891          6          6        352        473
    Real estate and rental and leasing ...........          7          5        369        305          2          1         92         76
    Professional and technical services ..........         43         25      3,729      1,931         11          6        932        483
    Management of companies and enterprises ......        (3)          5        (3)        344        (3)          1        (3)         86
    Administrative and waste services ............        166        155     13,894     11,920         42         39      3,474      2,980
    Educational services .........................          8          6        474        341          2          2        119         85
    Health care and social assistance ............         28         26      1,685      1,686          7          7        421        422
    Arts, entertainment, and recreation ..........         11         19        629      1,442          3          5        157        361
    Accommodation and food services ..............         50         37      4,088      3,814         13          9      1,022        954
        Accommodation ............................         15          8      1,115        493          4          2        279        123
        Food services and drinking places ........         35         29      2,973      3,321          9          7        743        830
    Other services, except public administration .          4          7        161        526          1          2         40        132
    Unclassified .................................          -          3          -        144          -          1          -         36

Government .......................................         48         30      3,355      2,090         12          8        839        523
    Federal ......................................          5          5        384        337          1          1         96         84
    State ........................................         17         10      1,029        715          4          3        257        179
         State government education ..............          6          7        383        531          2          2         96        133
    Local ........................................         26         15      1,942      1,038          7          4        486        260
         Local government education ..............         10          6      1,032        377          3          2        258         94

   1 Average weekly analysis mitigates the effect of differing lengths of months. There were 4 weeks in February 2011 and 4 weeks in 
   February 2012. Average weekly events and initial claimants may not sum to subtotals and totals due to rounding.
   2 Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia.
   3 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
   4 Includes other industries not shown.
   NOTE: Dash represents zero.




Table 4. Region and state distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance,
not seasonally adjusted

     Census region and state               Mass layoff totals                    Average weekly mass layoffs (1)        
     
                                       Events         Initial Claimants            Events         Initial Claimants  
                                 February   February   February   February   February   February   February   February
                                   2011       2012       2011       2012       2011       2012       2011       2012

   Total (2) ...............      1,024        895     85,585     73,974        256        224     21,396     18,494
Northeast ..................        173        203     16,047     18,074         43         51      4,012      4,519
    Connecticut ............        (3)          5        (3)        505        (3)          1        (3)        126
    Maine ..................        (3)        (3)        (3)        (3)        (3)        (3)        (3)        (3)
    Massachusetts ..........          6          5        534        358          2          1        134         90
    New Hampshire ..........          4          3        537        209          1          1        134         52
    New Jersey .............         19         26      2,243      2,246          5          7        561        562
    New York ...............         45         91      4,161      8,124         11         23      1,040      2,031
    Pennsylvania ...........         77         61      5,384      4,448         19         15      1,346      1,112
    Rhode Island ...........         10          7      2,125      1,883          3          2        531        471
    Vermont ................          6        (3)        558        (3)          2        (3)        140        (3)

South ......................        260        242     19,998     19,704         65         61      5,000      4,926
    Alabama ................         12          7      1,583        541          3          2        396        135
    Arkansas ...............          3         11        283      1,163          1          3         71        291
    Delaware ...............          3        (3)        239        (3)          1        (3)         60        (3)
    District of Columbia ...        (3)        (3)        (3)        (3)        (3)        (3)        (3)        (3)
    Florida ................         85         65      5,071      3,742         21         16      1,268        936
    Georgia ................         28         20      2,221      2,195          7          5        555        549
    Kentucky ...............         13         18      1,682      1,338          3          5        421        335
    Louisiana ..............          6         13        518      1,294          2          3        130        324
    Maryland ...............          4         10        306        825          1          3         77        206
    Mississippi ............          8          6        446        353          2          2        112         88
    North Carolina .........         27         27      1,984      2,604          7          7        496        651
    Oklahoma ...............          9          5      1,015        315          2          1        254         79
    South Carolina .........          5          8        340        700          1          2         85        175
    Tennessee ..............         11          4        632        584          3          1        158        146
    Texas ..................         32         33      2,468      2,714          8          8        617        679
    Virginia ...............         10         10        899      1,027          3          3        225        257
    West Virginia ..........        (3)          -        (3)          -        (3)          -        (3)          -

Midwest ....................        180        152     15,075     13,591         45         38      3,769      3,398
    Illinois ...............         35         40      3,508      3,291          9         10        877        823
    Indiana ................         15          4      1,471        314          4          1        368         79
    Iowa ...................          9         11        870      1,246          2          3        218        312
    Kansas .................          5          4        308        447          1          1         77        112
    Michigan ...............         17         28      1,091      2,639          4          7        273        660
    Minnesota ..............         10          3        675        237          3          1        169         59
    Missouri ...............         17          7      1,038        449          4          2        260        112
    Nebraska ...............          9          8        634        610          2          2        159        153
    North Dakota ...........          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -
    Ohio ...................         30         25      2,473      2,381          8          6        618        595
    South Dakota ...........          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -
    Wisconsin ..............         33         22      3,007      1,977          8          6        752        494

West .......................        411        298     34,465     22,605        103         75      8,616      5,651
    Alaska .................        (3)        (3)        (3)        (3)        (3)        (3)        (3)        (3)
    Arizona ................         12         13        838      1,023          3          3        210        256
    California .............        349        225     29,769     16,919         87         56      7,442      4,230
    Colorado ...............          4          6        383        478          1          2         96        120
    Hawaii .................          3        (3)        232        (3)          1        (3)         58        (3)
    Idaho ..................          4          6        225        399          1          2         56        100
    Montana ................        (3)          -        (3)          -        (3)          -        (3)          -
    Nevada .................          5          5        394        427          1          1         99        107
    New Mexico .............          3          5        164        348          1          1         41         87
    Oregon .................          9         19        896      1,497          2          5        224        374
    Utah ...................          6          3        370        228          2          1         93         57
    Washington .............         13         13        955      1,084          3          3        239        271
    Wyoming ................          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -
    
    Puerto Rico ............         16         13      1,808      1,131          4          3        452        283
                                                                                                                    
   1 See footnote 1, table 3
   2 See footnote 2, table 3.
   3 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
   NOTE: Dash represents zero.
   
   
   

Last Modified Date: March 23, 2012