For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Thursday, February 23, 2012 USDL-12-0330
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MASS LAYOFFS -- JANUARY 2012
Employers took 1,434 mass layoff actions in January involving 129,920
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 January increased by 50 from December,
while the number of associated initial claims decreased by 15,728. In
January, 341 mass layoff events were reported in the manufacturing sector,
seasonally adjusted, resulting in 33,597 initial claims. (See table 1.)
The national unemployment rate was 8.3 percent in January, down from 8.5
percent the prior month and from 9.1 percent a year earlier. Total nonfarm
payroll employment increased by 243,000 over the month and by 1,953,000
over the year.
Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
The number of mass layoff events in January was 1,705, not seasonally
adjusted, resulting in 141,703 initial claims for unemployment insurance.
(See table 2.) Over the year, the number of average weekly mass layoff
events decreased by 86 to 426, and associated average weekly initial claims
decreased by 13,867 to 35,426. Sixteen 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 manufacturing. (See
table 3.) The six-digit industry with the largest number of private nonfarm
initial claims in January 2012 was temporary help services. (See table A.)
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| Changes to Mass Layoff Data |
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| Effective with this release, the Mass Layoff Statistics program |
| updated the basis for industry classification from the 2007 North |
| American Industry Classification System (NAICS) to the 2012 NAICS. The |
| new conversion reflects definitional changes within the utilities, |
| construction, manufacturing, wholesale trade, and retail trade |
| sectors. Several industry titles and descriptions were also updated. |
| For more information on the 2012 NAICS update, visit |
| www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html. For more information on the |
| implementation of NAICS 2012 in the Mass Layoff Statistics program, |
| visit www.bls.gov/mls/mls2012naics.htm |
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In January the manufacturing sector accounted for 25 percent of mass layoff
events and 28 percent of associated initial claims in the private economy.
A year earlier, manufacturing made up 28 percent of events and 32 percent
of initial claims. Within manufacturing, the numbers of mass layoff claimants
in January 2012 were greatest in transportation equipment and food. Fifteen
of the 21 manufacturing subsectors experienced over-the-year decreases in
average weekly initial claims, with the largest decrease occurring in
transportation equipment. Five subsectors recorded January series’ lows in
terms of average weekly initial claims--beverage and tobacco products, textile
product mills, wood products, fabricated metal products, and transportation
equipment. (See table 3.)
Table A. Six-digit NAICS industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims
in January 2012, private nonfarm, not seasonally adjusted
Industry January peak
Initial Claims Year Initial claims
Temporary help services (1) ............... 13,692 1998 26,224
School and employee bus transportation .... 8,165 2010 15,131
Discount department stores ................ 4,225 2010 8,065
Professional employer organizations (1) ... 3,157 2009 11,345
Highway, street, and bridge construction .. 2,889 2000 9,680
Hotels and motels, except casino hotels ... 2,537 2009 6,592
Supermarkets and other grocery stores ..... 2,515 2009 3,978
Department stores, except discount ........ 2,212 1998 5,600
Full-service restaurants .................. 1,905 2009 2,658
Motion picture and video production ....... 1,649 1998 12,038
1 See the Technical Note for more information on these industries.
Geographic Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Among the census regions, the South registered the greatest number of initial
claims in January. All four regions experienced over-the-year decreases in
average weekly initial claims, with the largest decline occurring in the
Midwest. (See table 4.)
Among the states, California recorded the highest number of mass layoff
initial claims in January, followed by New York, Pennsylvania, and North
Carolina. Forty-one states and the District of Columbia experienced over-
the-year declines in average weekly initial claims, led by California,
Pennsylvania, and Michigan. (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.
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The Mass Layoffs news release for February 2012 is scheduled to be released
on Friday, March 23, 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, February 2008 to
January 2012, seasonally adjusted
Total Private nonfarm Manufacturing
Date
Initial Initial Initial
Events claimants Events claimants Events claimants
2008
February ................... 1,724 179,955 1,567 168,003 485 60,752
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
Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, February 2008 to
January 2012, not seasonally adjusted
Total Private nonfarm Manufacturing
Date
Initial Initial Initial
Events claimants Events claimants Events claimants
2008
February ................... 1,269 119,508 1,178 113,587 361 42,527
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
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
January January January January January January January January
2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012
Total (2) .................................. 2,558 1,705 246,463 141,703 512 426 49,293 35,426
Total, private ................................... 2,438 1,634 234,708 135,663 488 409 46,942 33,916
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting ... 66 47 4,943 2,909 13 12 989 727
Total, private nonfarm ......................... 2,372 1,587 229,765 132,754 474 397 45,953 33,189
Mining ....................................... 15 16 1,188 1,019 3 4 238 255
Utilities .................................... 5 4 390 350 1 1 78 88
Construction ................................. 325 194 23,906 13,743 65 49 4,781 3,436
Construction of buildings ................ 47 33 3,426 2,429 9 8 685 607
Heavy and civil engineering construction . 137 69 10,392 4,786 27 17 2,078 1,197
Specialty trade contractors .............. 141 92 10,088 6,528 28 23 2,018 1,632
Manufacturing ................................ 693 415 75,006 38,021 139 104 15,001 9,505
Food ..................................... 94 56 9,313 4,964 19 14 1,863 1,241
Beverage and tobacco products ............ 5 (3) 752 (3) 1 (3) 150 (3)
Textile mills ............................ 31 20 4,455 2,274 6 5 891 569
Textile product mills .................... 9 5 793 444 2 1 159 111
Apparel .................................. 20 17 1,776 1,899 4 4 355 475
Leather and allied products .............. (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
Wood products ............................ 43 35 4,930 2,704 9 9 986 676
Paper .................................... 14 8 1,049 833 3 2 210 208
Printing and related support activities .. 12 16 983 1,347 2 4 197 337
Petroleum and coal products .............. (3) 4 (3) 273 (3) 1 (3) 68
Chemicals ................................ 18 13 1,612 1,064 4 3 322 266
Plastics and rubber products ............. 51 24 4,569 1,931 10 6 914 483
Nonmetallic mineral products ............. 56 36 4,239 2,569 11 9 848 642
Primary metals ........................... 23 15 3,046 1,649 5 4 609 412
Fabricated metal products ................ 51 23 4,174 1,643 10 6 835 411
Machinery ................................ 46 22 5,446 1,938 9 6 1,089 485
Computer and electronic products ......... 14 15 1,020 876 3 4 204 219
Electrical equipment and appliances ...... 15 11 1,572 1,797 3 3 314 449
Transportation equipment ................. 128 47 19,478 5,969 26 12 3,896 1,492
Furniture and related products ........... 44 30 4,263 2,371 9 8 853 593
Miscellaneous manufacturing .............. 14 13 1,073 1,113 3 3 215 278
Wholesale trade .............................. 32 29 2,839 2,262 6 7 568 566
Retail trade (4) ............................. 241 181 27,038 16,612 48 45 5,408 4,153
Building material and garden supply stores 21 16 1,777 1,501 4 4 355 375
Food and beverage stores ................. 28 31 2,743 2,575 6 8 549 644
Clothing and clothing accessories stores . 26 16 1,944 1,041 5 4 389 260
General merchandise stores ............... 92 77 13,645 8,406 18 19 2,729 2,102
Transportation and warehousing (4) ........... 212 137 22,440 13,404 42 34 4,488 3,351
Truck transportation ..................... 27 27 1,742 1,773 5 7 348 443
Transit and ground passenger
transportation ......................... 139 75 15,596 8,592 28 19 3,119 2,148
Support activities for transportation .... 5 5 384 324 1 1 77 81
Information .................................. 53 33 7,915 2,925 11 8 1,583 731
Finance and insurance ........................ 31 30 2,758 2,076 6 8 552 519
Real estate and rental and leasing ........... 17 4 1,150 207 3 1 230 52
Professional and technical services .......... 52 45 4,019 3,084 10 11 804 771
Management of companies and enterprises ...... 6 6 439 432 1 2 88 108
Administrative and waste services ............ 381 276 34,996 21,596 76 69 6,999 5,399
Educational services ......................... 19 17 2,672 1,770 4 4 534 443
Health care and social assistance ............ 56 36 3,880 2,053 11 9 776 513
Arts, entertainment, and recreation .......... 55 33 5,494 3,107 11 8 1,099 777
Accommodation and food services .............. 158 114 12,107 8,725 32 29 2,421 2,181
Accommodation ............................ 58 42 4,800 3,371 12 11 960 843
Food services and drinking places ........ 100 72 7,307 5,354 20 18 1,461 1,339
Other services, except public administration . 21 12 1,528 1,019 4 3 306 255
Unclassified ................................. - 5 - 349 - 1 - 87
Government ....................................... 120 71 11,755 6,040 24 18 2,351 1,510
Federal ...................................... 23 13 2,922 1,196 5 3 584 299
State ........................................ 32 25 3,272 2,576 6 6 654 644
State government education .............. 13 9 911 602 3 2 182 151
Local ........................................ 65 33 5,561 2,268 13 8 1,112 567
Local government education .............. 23 12 2,132 788 5 3 426 197
1 Average weekly analysis mitigates the effect of differing lengths of months. There were 5 weeks in January 2011 and 4 weeks in January
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
January January January January January January January January
2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012
Total (2) ............... 2,558 1,705 246,463 141,703 512 426 49,293 35,426
Northeast .................. 591 386 58,802 34,860 118 97 11,760 8,715
Connecticut ............ 11 8 1,048 547 2 2 210 137
Maine .................. 11 8 900 658 2 2 180 165
Massachusetts .......... 34 18 3,225 1,821 7 5 645 455
New Hampshire .......... 9 7 722 504 2 2 144 126
New Jersey ............. 109 51 9,853 4,273 22 13 1,971 1,068
New York ............... 207 166 24,950 17,607 41 42 4,990 4,402
Pennsylvania ........... 194 120 16,952 8,912 39 30 3,390 2,228
Rhode Island ........... 8 5 555 318 2 1 111 80
Vermont ................ 8 3 597 220 2 1 119 55
South ...................... 687 496 66,552 43,925 137 124 13,310 10,981
Alabama ................ 70 55 7,730 6,489 14 14 1,546 1,622
Arkansas ............... 6 19 768 1,389 1 5 154 347
Delaware ............... 5 (3) 411 (3) 1 (3) 82 (3)
District of Columbia ... (3) 4 (3) 263 (3) 1 (3) 66
Florida ................ 128 87 9,464 6,044 26 22 1,893 1,511
Georgia ................ 84 41 8,952 4,097 17 10 1,790 1,024
Kentucky ............... 47 33 5,472 2,847 9 8 1,094 712
Louisiana .............. 29 8 2,309 518 6 2 462 130
Maryland ............... 25 10 1,888 624 5 3 378 156
Mississippi ............ 13 13 1,163 737 3 3 233 184
North Carolina ......... 100 84 9,865 7,468 20 21 1,973 1,867
Oklahoma ............... 11 6 1,048 443 2 2 210 111
South Carolina ......... 41 32 5,124 3,475 8 8 1,025 869
Tennessee .............. 26 24 2,143 1,820 5 6 429 455
Texas .................. 54 51 5,039 3,981 11 13 1,008 995
Virginia ............... 42 25 4,497 3,362 8 6 899 841
West Virginia .......... (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
Midwest .................... 613 386 63,468 31,060 123 97 12,694 7,765
Illinois ............... 86 55 7,516 4,823 17 14 1,503 1,206
Indiana ................ 43 40 6,487 3,594 9 10 1,297 899
Iowa ................... 39 17 4,007 1,271 8 4 801 318
Kansas ................. 23 8 5,440 815 5 2 1,088 204
Michigan ............... 127 53 10,398 3,962 25 13 2,080 991
Minnesota .............. 19 20 1,988 1,591 4 5 398 398
Missouri ............... 55 42 4,713 2,860 11 11 943 715
Nebraska ............... 9 (3) 1,086 (3) 2 (3) 217 (3)
North Dakota ........... (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
Ohio ................... 93 67 9,241 5,630 19 17 1,848 1,408
South Dakota ........... (3) - (3) - (3) - (3) -
Wisconsin .............. 115 78 12,148 6,014 23 20 2,430 1,504
West ....................... 667 437 57,641 31,858 133 109 11,528 7,965
Alaska ................. (3) 8 (3) 731 (3) 2 (3) 183
Arizona ................ 13 (3) 1,075 (3) 3 (3) 215 (3)
California ............. 530 342 44,274 23,787 106 86 8,855 5,947
Colorado ............... 11 5 1,126 556 2 1 225 139
Hawaii ................. 6 4 388 316 1 1 78 79
Idaho .................. 8 6 698 445 2 2 140 111
Montana ................ 6 5 560 503 1 1 112 126
Nevada ................. 12 14 1,299 1,323 2 4 260 331
New Mexico ............. 7 5 467 299 1 1 93 75
Oregon ................. 36 19 4,390 1,699 7 5 878 425
Utah ................... 7 7 720 514 1 2 144 129
Washington ............. 25 18 2,151 1,446 5 5 430 362
Wyoming ................ (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
Puerto Rico ............ 25 15 2,854 1,205 5 4 571 301
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.
United States Department of Labor
