Technical information: (202) 691-6392 USDL 05-1772 http://www.bls.gov/mls/ For release: 10:00 A.M. EDT Media contact: 691-5902 Friday, September 23, 2005 MASS LAYOFFS IN AUGUST 2005 In August 2005, employers took 1,142 mass layoff actions, seasonally adjusted, as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Each action involved at least 50 persons from a single establishment, and the number of workers involved totaled 127,466, on a sea- sonally adjusted basis. (See table 1.) The number of layoff events in August fell by 107, and the number of associated initial claims decreased by 3,860 from July. In the manufacturing sector, 328 mass layoff events were reported during August 2005, seasonally adjusted, resulting in 48,155 initial claims. Both figures were lower than a month earlier. (See table 1.) From January through August 2005, the total number of events (seasonally adjusted), at 9,815, and initial claims (seasonally adjusted), at 1,051,809, were lower than in January-August 2004 (10,773 and 1,089,501, respectively). Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted) In August, the 10 industries reporting the highest number of mass-layoff initial claims, not seasonally adjusted, accounted for 25,103 initial claims, 37 percent of the total. (See table A.) The two industries with the highest number of initial claims were motion picture and video production, with 6,233, and school and employee bus transportation, with 3,921. Together, these two industries accounted for 15 percent of all initial claims during the month. The manufacturing sector accounted for 29 percent of all mass layoff events and 33 percent of all initial claims filed in August 2005. A year earlier, manufacturing comprised 24 percent of events and 26 percent of initial claims. Within manufacturing, the number of claimants in August 2005 was highest in transportation equipment (6,855, mostly automotive-related), followed by food manufacturing (2,762). (See table 3.) Administrative and waste services accounted for 13 percent of events and 10 percent of initial claims filed in August, with layoffs mostly from tem- porary help services. Three percent of all layoff events and 10 percent of initial claims filed during the month were from the information sector, mainly from motion picture and video production. Transportation and warehousing accounted for 8 percent of events and 9 percent of initial claims in August, primarily from school and employee bus transportation. Retail trade ac- counted for 11 percent of events and 8 percent of initial claims during the month, primarily from general merchandise stores. An additional 8 percent of events and 5 percent of initial claims were from construction, largely among specialty trade contractors. -------------------------------------------------------------------- | Hurricane Katrina | | | | The August 2005 reference period for the Mass Layoff Statistics | | program was prior to when Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the | | Gulf Coast states. Therefore, the August data do not reflect the | | impact of the storm. | -------------------------------------------------------------------- - 2 - Table A. Industries with the largest mass-layoff initial claims in August 2005p -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | August peak Industry | Initial |-------------------------- | claims | | | | Year | Initial claims ------------------------------------------|----------|----------|--------------- Motion picture and video production ......| 6,233 | 2003 | 6,812 School and employee bus transportation ...| 3,921 | 2003 | 6,538 Temporary help services ..................| 3,416 | 1999 | 11,533 Heavy duty truck manufacturing ...........| 2,452 | 2005 | 2,452 Automobile manufacturing .................| 1,952 | 2001 | 8,166 Supermarkets and other grocery stores ....| 1,685 | 2001 | 2,357 Household laundry equipment mfg. .........| 1,518 | 2005 | 1,518 Payroll services .........................| 1,501 | 2001 | 8,173 Professional employer organizations ......| 1,377 | 2002 | 2,855 All other personal services ..............| 1,048 | 2002 | 1,267 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- p=preliminary. Government establishments accounted for 5 percent of events and initial claims filed in August, mostly from executive, legislative, and general government agencies. Over the year, the number of layoff events declined by 164 and the number of associated initial claims fell by 1,451 (not seasonally adjusted). The largest decreases in initial claims were reported in administrative and sup- port services (-3,460) and general merchandise stores (-1,841). The largest over-the-year increases in initial claims were reported in transportation equipment manufacturing (+4,009) and in motion picture and sound recording industries (+3,794). Geographic Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted) Among the four census regions, the highest number of initial claims in August due to mass layoffs was in the West (22,183). (See table 5.) Motion picture and sound recording industries and administrative and support services accounted for 40 percent of the West total. The South had the next largest number of initial claims (18,286), followed by the Midwest (14,023) and the Northeast (13,090). The number of initial claimants from mass layoffs decreased over the year in two of the four regions. The largest decrease occurred in the Northeast (-4,073), followed by the Midwest (-630). The South (+1,935) and the West (+1,317) reported over-the-year increases in initial claims. Three of the nine geographic divisions had over-the-year decreases in the number of initial claims associated with mass layoffs, with the largest in the Middle Atlantic division (-4,667). The East South Central division reported the largest over- the-year increase in initial claims (+2,229). Among the states, California recorded the highest number of initial claims filed due to mass layoff events in August (19,530), mostly in motion picture and sound recording industries and professional and technical services. New York had the next highest, with 6,164 initial claims, followed by Kentucky (3,954) and Georgia (3,488). These four states accounted for 40 percent of all mass layoff events and 49 percent of all initial claims for unemployment insurance. (See table 6.) Florida had the largest over-the-year decrease in the number of initial claims (-2,811), followed by New York (-1,899). The largest over-the-year increases occurred in Kentucky (+2,772) and Georgia (+1,661). From January to August, California reported 249,955 mass layoff initial claims due to mass layoffs, 22 percent of the national total. Ohio had the next largest number of claims over this period (87,271), followed by Michigan (86,458), New York (67,429), and Pennsylvania (62,410). - 3 - 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 quar- terly release provides more information on the industry classification and lo- cation 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 report on Mass Layoffs in September 2005 is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, October 25, 2005. - 4 - 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 establishments which have at least 50 initial claims filed against them during a consecutive 5-week period. These establishments then are con- tacted 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 quart- erly 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; TDD message referral phone number: 1-800-877-8339. Definitions 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 establishment during a 5-week period, regardless of duration. Seasonal adjustment Effective with the release of data for January 2005, BLS began publish- ing 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 expan- sions and contractions. The MLS data are seasonally adjusted using the X-12-ARIMA seasonal adjust- ment method on a concurrent basis. Concurrent seasonal adjustment uses all available monthly estimates, including those for the current month, in devel- oping 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 one 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, September 2001 to August 2005, seasonally adjusted Total Private nonfarm Manufacturing Date Initial Initial Initial Events claimants Events claimants Events claimants 2001 September .................. 2,409 277,214 2,235 263,192 834 108,615 October .................... 2,109 233,569 1,986 223,808 897 118,136 November ................... 2,094 218,273 1,935 207,129 944 114,556 December ................... 1,799 194,759 1,658 183,178 722 93,193 2002 January .................... 1,801 208,835 1,659 195,862 739 96,689 February ................... 1,773 204,089 1,620 192,450 701 91,285 March ...................... 1,674 187,924 1,517 175,998 610 75,367 April ...................... 1,685 186,574 1,497 169,228 591 69,481 May ........................ 1,720 191,841 1,558 178,993 611 74,809 June ....................... 1,615 170,307 1,438 156,759 551 73,064 July ....................... 1,637 179,165 1,457 164,398 568 73,230 August ..................... 1,475 160,855 1,330 149,148 562 65,564 September .................. 1,909 217,475 1,742 202,640 607 79,413 October .................... 1,716 178,860 1,524 162,411 598 71,765 November ................... 1,644 176,462 1,500 165,578 607 70,640 December ................... 1,825 193,627 1,661 179,368 638 86,714 2003 January .................... 1,383 134,258 1,193 120,033 402 49,440 February ................... 1,771 185,502 1,589 173,392 643 75,331 March ...................... 1,773 176,540 1,577 161,662 618 75,289 April ...................... 1,735 176,645 1,574 165,416 646 86,857 May ........................ 1,709 186,158 1,532 173,123 624 87,615 June ....................... 1,704 163,646 1,515 148,547 636 70,888 July ....................... 1,653 163,061 1,444 147,883 590 71,203 August ..................... 1,502 170,353 1,364 156,731 540 71,944 September .................. 1,559 145,961 1,370 132,233 471 56,274 October .................... 1,541 154,908 1,312 136,604 412 49,518 November ................... 1,400 137,651 1,241 125,115 397 46,955 December ................... 1,425 141,780 1,281 129,464 420 53,436 2004 January .................... 1,458 146,147 1,257 127,917 413 50,074 February ................... 1,237 126,421 1,091 115,302 358 36,783 March ...................... 1,348 142,480 1,211 134,118 409 63,380 April ...................... 1,422 149,049 1,239 132,180 360 43,158 May ........................ 1,178 114,247 1,016 100,499 314 37,950 June ....................... 1,375 141,300 1,215 129,466 361 47,548 July ....................... 1,363 139,374 1,200 127,011 390 49,276 August ..................... 1,392 130,483 1,208 115,035 330 36,422 September .................. 1,281 123,761 1,153 114,223 332 45,917 October .................... 1,274 125,414 1,145 116,042 350 44,908 November ................... 1,361 130,168 1,201 117,545 402 43,504 December ................... 1,211 119,649 1,064 108,157 283 34,940 2005 January .................... 1,457 150,990 1,321 140,826 379 58,908 February ................... 1,128 117,684 1,001 107,415 345 43,186 March ...................... 1,194 130,848 1,060 121,408 371 55,377 April ...................... 1,274 136,837 1,142 126,807 395 63,121 May ........................ 1,196 128,771 1,060 117,036 359 53,243 June ....................... 1,175 127,887 1,059 118,736 347 55,820 July(p) .................... 1,249 131,326 1,107 118,835 360 48,967 August(p) .................. 1,142 127,466 1,002 115,674 328 48,155 p = preliminary. Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, September 2001 to August 2005, not seasonally adjusted Total Private nonfarm Manufacturing Date Initial Initial Initial Events claimants Events claimants Events claimants 2001 September .................. 1,327 160,402 1,214 151,161 485 58,544 October .................... 1,831 215,483 1,676 202,053 742 107,030 November ................... 2,721 295,956 2,373 270,268 1,122 151,969 December ................... 2,440 268,893 2,319 259,497 1,103 136,820 2002 January .................... 2,146 263,777 2,028 252,245 892 128,825 February ................... 1,382 138,808 1,253 129,849 481 58,784 March ...................... 1,460 161,316 1,335 151,305 500 59,613 April ...................... 1,506 165,814 1,378 153,216 461 50,897 May ........................ 1,723 179,799 1,571 166,801 488 52,720 June ....................... 1,584 162,189 1,266 136,424 336 42,130 July ....................... 2,042 245,294 1,819 226,892 907 135,271 August ..................... 1,248 128,103 1,151 119,874 427 48,668 September .................. 1,062 124,522 957 114,736 352 43,755 October .................... 1,497 171,100 1,270 149,327 493 64,655 November ................... 2,153 240,171 1,860 216,237 719 92,712 December ................... 2,474 264,158 2,324 252,807 984 126,826 2003 January .................... 2,315 225,430 2,130 210,918 822 90,244 February ................... 1,363 124,965 1,222 116,264 435 48,161 March ...................... 1,207 113,026 1,099 104,468 390 41,063 April ...................... 1,581 161,412 1,470 152,937 499 62,349 May ........................ 1,703 174,204 1,538 160,729 499 61,278 June ....................... 1,691 157,552 1,336 127,743 389 40,845 July ....................... 2,087 226,435 1,815 206,901 946 136,410 August ..................... 1,258 133,839 1,163 124,131 405 52,620 September .................. 868 82,647 756 73,914 271 31,428 October .................... 1,523 158,240 1,265 137,706 438 53,741 November ................... 1,438 138,543 1,234 123,524 408 48,419 December ................... 1,929 192,633 1,793 182,750 648 77,915 2004 January .................... 2,428 239,454 2,226 220,687 848 89,551 February ................... 941 84,201 832 76,577 240 23,043 March ...................... 920 92,554 847 87,782 258 34,686 April ...................... 1,458 157,314 1,316 142,657 343 36,172 May ........................ 988 87,501 878 78,786 219 22,141 June ....................... 1,379 134,588 1,077 110,804 222 27,307 July ....................... 2,094 253,929 1,860 234,877 885 145,895 August ..................... 809 69,033 745 63,876 194 17,698 September .................. 708 68,972 637 63,102 189 25,808 October .................... 1,242 127,918 1,101 117,375 372 48,265 November ................... 1,399 130,423 1,201 115,549 412 44,243 December ................... 1,614 161,271 1,487 152,092 436 50,726 2005 January .................... 2,564 263,952 2,421 253,409 823 108,985 February ................... 810 74,644 722 68,372 230 24,931 March ...................... 806 88,937 733 83,793 246 33,030 April ...................... 1,373 158,582 1,263 148,133 395 59,129 May ........................ 986 101,358 891 93,332 249 30,424 June ....................... 1,157 120,463 941 103,307 216 32,783 July(p) .................... 1,981 244,216 1,745 222,377 856 136,210 August(p) .................. 645 67,582 598 63,484 188 22,531 p = preliminary. Table 3. Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance Initial claimants for Mass layoff events unemployment insurance Industry August June July August August June July August 2004 2005 2005p 2005p 2004 2005 2005p 2005p Seasonally adjusted Total .................................... 1,392 1,175 1,249 1,142 130,483 127,887 131,326 127,466 Total, private nonfarm ........................ 1,208 1,059 1,107 1,002 115,035 118,736 118,835 115,674 Manufacturing ................................ 330 347 360 328 36,422 55,820 48,967 48,155 Not seasonally adjusted Total(1) .................................. 809 1,157 1,981 645 69,033 120,463 244,216 67,582 Total, private .................................. 769 990 1,849 610 65,294 106,219 231,250 64,211 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting .... 24 49 104 12 1,418 2,912 8,873 727 Total, private nonfarm ......................... 745 941 1,745 598 63,876 103,307 222,377 63,484 Mining ........................................ ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Utilities ..................................... - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Construction .................................. 75 61 80 51 5,266 4,304 6,252 3,458 Manufacturing ................................. 194 216 856 188 17,698 32,783 136,210 22,531 Food ...................................... 28 43 72 28 2,797 4,245 6,874 2,762 Beverage and tobacco products ............. 4 ( 2 ) 7 ( 2 ) 216 ( 2 ) 377 ( 2 ) Textile mills ............................. 10 8 16 13 1,313 1,089 1,682 1,177 Textile product mills ..................... ( 2 ) 4 12 3 ( 2 ) 486 1,597 268 Apparel ................................... 12 7 27 10 898 789 2,666 560 Leather and allied products ............... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 7 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 1,426 ( 2 ) Wood products ............................. 7 ( 2 ) 39 7 566 ( 2 ) 5,109 547 Paper ..................................... 3 7 9 7 193 633 582 615 Printing and related support activities ... 6 7 4 5 447 569 271 452 Petroleum and coal products ............... ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) Chemicals ................................. 3 ( 2 ) 18 ( 2 ) 189 ( 2 ) 2,164 ( 2 ) Plastics and rubber products .............. 9 6 77 7 614 544 9,202 588 Nonmetallic mineral products .............. 4 ( 2 ) 16 6 369 ( 2 ) 2,178 420 Primary metals ............................ 10 11 53 7 740 1,478 7,984 852 Fabricated metal products ................. 21 12 67 13 2,031 963 7,052 1,012 Machinery ................................. 15 18 44 20 1,946 2,365 5,426 1,815 Computer and electronic products .......... 12 13 32 12 963 1,074 3,729 1,235 Electrical equipment and appliances ....... 4 16 24 6 293 4,010 3,409 1,693 Transportation equipment .................. 30 41 286 27 2,846 12,268 69,393 6,855 Furniture and related products ............ 4 9 26 3 394 1,084 2,917 383 Miscellaneous manufacturing ............... 7 ( 2 ) 20 8 534 ( 2 ) 2,172 910 Wholesale trade ............................... 11 12 33 15 749 1,340 2,889 1,259 Retail trade .................................. 98 58 102 72 8,752 4,656 10,765 5,434 Transportation and warehousing ................ 52 126 123 50 5,130 15,593 11,543 5,878 Information ................................... 37 41 32 21 4,909 4,687 5,599 6,889 Finance and insurance ......................... 29 23 18 14 2,117 1,637 1,416 1,493 Real estate and rental and leasing ............ ( 2 ) 5 12 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 239 1,083 ( 2 ) Professional and technical services ........... 21 17 51 18 1,641 1,978 7,387 3,104 Management of companies and enterprises ....... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - Administrative and waste services ............. 124 102 239 84 10,220 9,051 23,794 6,764 Educational services .......................... 5 10 16 6 368 551 1,118 454 Health care and social assistance ............. 32 133 56 19 2,117 11,354 4,000 1,227 Arts, entertainment, and recreation ........... 7 25 34 7 459 1,338 2,517 486 Accommodation and food services ............... 41 71 73 35 2,581 10,150 5,857 2,436 Other services, except public administration .. 12 35 10 9 1,486 3,079 619 1,400 Unclassified .................................. 2 - 4 1 72 - 354 96 Government ..................................... 40 167 132 35 3,739 14,244 12,966 3,371 Federal ....................................... 8 10 19 8 602 964 2,243 1,041 State ......................................... 8 15 20 11 800 1,009 1,553 862 Local ......................................... 24 142 93 16 2,337 12,271 9,170 1,468 1 Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia. 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. p = preliminary. NOTE: Dash represents zero. Table 4. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, July 2003 to August 2005, not seasonally adjusted Private nonfarm Total mass layoffs Extended mass layoffs Realization Date Mass layoffs lasting more than 30 days rates (1) Initial Initial Initial Initial Events claimants Events claimants Events claimants Events claimants 2003 July .................... 2,087 226,435 1,815 206,901 August .................. 1,258 133,839 1,163 124,131 September ............... 868 82,647 756 73,914 Third Quarter ........... 4,213 442,921 3,734 404,946 1,190 227,909 31.9 56.3 October ................. 1,523 158,240 1,265 137,706 November ................ 1,438 138,543 1,234 123,524 December ................ 1,929 192,633 1,793 182,750 Fourth Quarter .......... 4,890 489,416 4,292 443,980 1,690 326,328 39.4 73.5 2004 January ................. 2,428 239,454 2,226 220,687 February ................ 941 84,201 832 76,577 March ................... 920 92,554 847 87,782 First Quarter ........... 4,289 416,209 3,905 385,046 1,339 238,392 34.3 61.9 April ................... 1,458 157,314 1,316 142,657 May ..................... 988 87,501 878 78,786 June .................... 1,379 134,588 1,077 110,804 Second Quarter .......... 3,825 379,403 3,271 332,247 1,358 254,063 41.5 76.5 July .................... 2,094 253,929 1,860 234,877 August .................. 809 69,033 745 63,876 September ............... 708 68,972 637 63,102 Third Quarter ........... 3,611 391,934 3,242 361,855 886 148,549 27.3 41.1 October ................. 1,242 127,918 1,101 117,375 November ................ 1,399 130,423 1,201 115,549 December ................ 1,614 161,271 1,487 152,092 Fourth Quarter .......... 4,255 419,612 3,789 385,016 1,427 262,049 37.7 68.1 2005 January ................. 2,564 263,952 2,421 253,409 February ................ 810 74,644 722 68,372 March ................... 806 88,937 733 83,793 First Quarter ........... 4,180 427,533 3,876 405,574 1,144 186,030 29.5 45.9 April ................... 1,373 158,582 1,263 148,133 May ..................... 986 101,358 891 93,332 June .................... 1,157 120,463 941 103,307 Second Quarter .......... 3,516 380,403 3,095 344,772 (2)(p) 1,056 (2)(p) 150,140 (p)34.1 (p)43.5 July (p) ................ 1,981 244,216 1,745 222,377 August (p) ............. 645 67,582 598 63,484 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. Table 5. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance by census region and division, not seasonally adjusted Initial claimants for Mass layoff events unemployment insurance Census region and division August June July August August June July August 2004 2005 2005p 2005p 2004 2005 2005p 2005p United States(1).... 809 1,157 1,981 645 69,033 120,463 244,216 67,582 Northeast .................. 166 183 319 126 17,163 22,721 32,958 13,090 New England ............ 14 26 45 23 1,274 3,158 4,353 1,868 Middle Atlantic ........ 152 157 274 103 15,889 19,563 28,605 11,222 South ...................... 217 269 415 170 16,351 25,679 44,995 18,286 South Atlantic ......... 116 164 193 92 7,914 15,133 18,350 8,771 East South Central ..... 41 41 136 34 3,759 3,656 17,428 5,988 West South Central ..... 60 64 86 44 4,678 6,890 9,217 3,527 Midwest .................... 151 299 695 138 14,653 38,985 114,158 14,023 East North Central ..... 125 246 581 111 11,886 33,393 94,359 10,618 West North Central ..... 26 53 114 27 2,767 5,592 19,799 3,405 West ....................... 275 406 552 211 20,866 33,078 52,105 22,183 Mountain ............... 17 44 56 17 1,099 4,003 5,836 1,717 Pacific ................ 258 362 496 194 19,767 29,075 46,269 20,466 1 See footnote 1, table 3. p = preliminary. 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, 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 Mass layoff events unemployment insurance State August June July August August June July August 2004 2005 2005p 2005p 2004 2005 2005p 2005p Total(1) ............. 809 1,157 1,981 645 69,033 120,463 244,216 67,582 Alabama ................. 10 8 58 5 1,080 833 6,449 709 Alaska .................. ( 2 ) 3 ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) 238 ( 2 ) - Arizona ................. 5 7 22 ( 2 ) 353 475 2,288 ( 2 ) Arkansas ................ 3 ( 2 ) 8 3 261 ( 2 ) 698 201 California .............. 246 319 445 182 18,768 24,652 41,741 19,530 Colorado ................ ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 5 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 434 ( 2 ) Connecticut ............. 4 6 7 4 268 734 553 397 Delaware ................ - 4 - - - 1,674 - - District of Columbia .... - - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Florida ................. 78 93 86 35 4,842 6,661 6,526 2,031 Georgia ................. 21 19 46 22 1,827 1,924 4,374 3,488 Hawaii .................. ( 2 ) 3 3 - ( 2 ) 210 246 - Idaho ................... 5 4 7 6 266 301 981 684 Illinois ................ 30 56 57 27 3,358 5,273 6,808 2,128 Indiana ................. 19 34 82 10 1,707 5,771 15,176 1,000 Iowa .................... 5 7 23 6 491 847 5,154 1,755 Kansas .................. 4 6 8 5 587 822 720 487 Kentucky ................ 15 11 62 13 1,182 962 9,576 3,954 Louisiana ............... 16 21 20 11 1,155 1,965 1,916 596 Maine ................... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 4 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 303 ( 2 ) Maryland ................ ( 2 ) 4 8 3 ( 2 ) 478 811 219 Massachusetts ........... 7 7 24 12 678 592 2,333 873 Michigan ................ 25 55 248 29 2,409 6,580 34,561 2,838 Minnesota ............... 7 14 27 6 897 1,314 4,573 502 Mississippi ............. 6 7 5 6 613 391 374 481 Missouri ................ 6 16 49 6 540 1,719 8,285 404 Montana ................. - 6 ( 2 ) - - 378 ( 2 ) - Nebraska ................ ( 2 ) 7 6 3 ( 2 ) 556 991 200 Nevada .................. 4 12 13 5 302 1,713 1,084 648 New Hampshire ........... ( 2 ) 3 5 - ( 2 ) 661 497 - New Jersey .............. 26 39 37 20 2,979 7,495 3,325 1,786 New Mexico .............. ( 2 ) 8 5 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 623 287 ( 2 ) New York ................ 73 37 107 42 8,063 3,463 12,136 6,164 North Carolina .......... 9 13 19 10 577 1,127 2,121 1,323 North Dakota ............ ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Ohio .................... 23 62 115 26 1,822 11,541 25,306 2,881 Oklahoma ................ ( 2 ) 4 7 - ( 2 ) 296 1,303 - Oregon .................. ( 2 ) 20 26 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 2,253 2,399 ( 2 ) Pennsylvania ............ 53 81 130 41 4,847 8,605 13,144 3,272 Rhode Island ............ ( 2 ) 7 3 4 ( 2 ) 948 419 326 South Carolina .......... ( 2 ) 17 11 9 ( 2 ) 1,564 1,627 678 South Dakota ............ - ( 2 ) - - - ( 2 ) - - Tennessee ............... 10 15 11 10 884 1,470 1,029 844 Texas ................... 40 37 51 30 3,201 3,329 5,300 2,730 Utah .................... - 5 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - 338 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Vermont ................. - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Virginia ................ 4 11 20 11 272 1,495 2,589 918 Washington .............. 8 17 21 10 753 1,722 1,809 730 West Virginia ........... ( 2 ) 3 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 210 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Wisconsin ............... 28 39 79 19 2,590 4,228 12,508 1,771 Wyoming ................. - - - - - - - - Puerto Rico ............. 9 12 12 8 803 2,023 1,270 1,210 1 See footnote 1, table 3. 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. p = preliminary. NOTE: Dash represents zero.