Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, private nonfarm, 1996 to 2012, not seasonally adjusted : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, private nonfarm, 1996 to 2013, not seasonally adjusted
Year/Quarter	Mass layoffs		Extended mass layoffs lasting more than 30 days		Realization rates(1)
Year/Quarter	Events	Initial claimants	Events	Initial claimants	Events	Initial claimants
1996	12,614	1,320,844	4,760	805,810	37.7	61.0
1997	12,869	1,381,669	4,671	879,831	36.3	63.7
1998	13,562	1,583,817	4,859	1,056,462	35.8	66.7
1999	12,479	1,382,359	4,556	796,917	36.5	57.6
2000	13,525	1,645,532	4,591	846,267	33.9	51.4
2001	19,449	2,346,584	7,375	1,457,512	37.9	62.1
2002	18,212	2,069,713	6,337	1,218,143	34.8	58.9
2003	16,821	1,721,985	6,181	1,200,811	36.7	69.7
2004	14,207	1,464,164	5,010	903,079	35.3	61.7
2005	14,823	1,640,878	4,881	834,533	32.9	50.9
2006	12,587	1,371,995	4,885	951,155	38.8	69.3
2007	14,046	1,485,973	5,363	978,712	38.2	65.9
2008	19,432	1,995,027	8,259	1,670,042	42.5	83.7
2009
First Quarter	7,913	807,445	3,979	835,551	50.3	103.5
Second Quarter	7,008	733,431	3,395	731,049	48.4	99.7
Third Quarter	5,251	528,923	2,034	406,823	38.7	76.9
Fourth Quarter	5,523	527,289	2,416	468,577	43.7	88.9
2010
First Quarter	4,884	466,610	1,870	368,664	38.3	79.0
Second Quarter	4,222	419,729	2,008	396,441	47.6	94.5
Third Quarter	3,435	323,256	1,370	260,077	39.9	80.5
Fourth Quarter	4,613	443,337	1,999	390,584	43.3	88.1
2011
First Quarter	4,135	388,497	1,490	258,220	36.0	66.5
Second Quarter	4,084	407,830	1,810	342,530	44.3	84.0
Third Quarter	3,729	374,537	1,393	291,066	37.4	77.7
Fourth Quarter	4,453	449,138	1,903	403,457	42.7	89.8
2012
First Quarter	3,447	312,784	1,294	291,174	37.5	93.1
Second Quarter	3,859	391,465	1,959	(r)383,492	50.8	98.0
Third Quarter	3,062	308,248	1,124	(r)228,818	36.7	(r)74.2
Fourth Quarter	4,868	502,966	(2)(r)2,123	(2)(r)432,792	(r)43.6	(r)86.0
2013
First Quarter	3318	316561	(2)(p)914	(2)(p)133294	(2)(p)27.5	(2)(p)42.1
(1) The event realization rate is the percentage of all private nonfarm mass layoff events lasting more than 30 days. The initial claimant realization rate is the percentage of all private nonfarm mass layoff initial claimants 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 number of extended mass layoff events is generally revised upwards by less than 10 percent and the number of initial claimants associated with such events increases by 25-40 percent. ^(p) = preliminary. ^(r) = revised.

Last Modified Date: May 13, 2013