For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Friday, May 21, 2010 USDL-10-0688
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(NOTE: Monthly national Mass Layoffs data for April through September 2010
have been found to contain errors in each of the 6 seasonally adjusted series
appearing in the charts, the text, and tables 1 and 3. Not seasonally adjusted
data and regional office news releases are not affected. The corrected
seasonally adjusted estimates for April through September are located in the
Mass Layoffs database at www.bls.gov/mls/#data.)
MASS LAYOFFS -- APRIL 2010
Employers took 1,856 mass layoff actions in April that resulted in the sepa-
ration of 200,870 workers, seasonally adjusted, as measured by new filings
for unemployment insurance benefits during the month, the U.S. Bureau of
Labor Statistics reported today. Each action involved at least 50 persons
from a single employer. The number of mass layoff events in April increased
by 228 from the prior month, and the number of associated initial claims in-
creased by 50,006. In April, 448 mass layoff events were reported in the manu-
facturing sector, seasonally adjusted, resulting in 63,616 initial claims.
(See table 1.)
During the 29 months from December 2007 through April 2010, the total number
of mass layoff events (seasonally adjusted) was 58,793, and the associated
number of initial claims was 5,932,553. (December 2007 was the start of a re-
cession as designated by the National Bureau of Economic Research.)
The national unemployment rate was 9.9 percent in April 2010, seasonally ad-
justed, up from 9.7 percent the prior month and from 8.9 percent a year earlier.
In April, nonfarm payroll employment increased by 290,000 over the month but
was down by 1,381,000 from a year earlier.
Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
The number of mass layoff events in April was 1,840 on a not seasonally ad-
justed basis; the number of associated initial claims was 199,690. (See
table 2.) Over the year, the number of average weekly mass layoff events
decreased by 269, and associated average weekly initial claims decreased
by 24,295. Sixteen of the 19 major industry sectors in the private economy
reported over-the-year decreases in average weekly initial claims, led by
manufacturing. (Average weekly analysis mitigates the effect of differing
numbers of weeks in a month. See the Technical Note.) However, the health
care and social assistance industry and the real estate and rental and
leasing industry reported program highs in terms of average weekly initial
claims for the month of April.
The manufacturing sector accounted for 23 percent of all mass layoff events
and 28 percent of initial claims filed in April 2010. A year earlier, manu-
facturing made up 35 percent of events and 39 percent of initial claims.
Within manufacturing, the number of claimants in April 2010 was greatest in
transportation equipment and food. (See table 3.) All 21 manufacturing sub-
sectors experienced over-the-year decreases in average weekly initial claims,
with the largest decrease in machinery manufacturing.
Table A. Industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims in
April 2010, not seasonally adjusted
April peak
Industry
Initial Year Initial
claims claims
School and employee bus transportation ........ 19,007 2009 22,324
Temporary help services (1) ................... 11,691 2001 17,507
Automobile manufacturing ...................... 9,670 1996 14,744
Food service contractors ...................... 9,195 2010 9,195
Tax preparation services ...................... 6,514 2010 6,514
Motion picture and video production ........... 5,905 1997 15,908
Hotels and motels, except casino hotels ....... 4,130 2010 4,130
Professional employer organizations (1) ....... 4,006 2009 4,372
Light truck and utility vehicle manufacturing . 3,593 1997 4,978
Discount department stores .................... 3,581 2009 4,462
1 See the Technical Note for more information on these industries.
The six-digit industry with the largest number of initial claims in April
2010 was school and employee bus transportation. (See table A.) Of the 10
detailed industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims,
food service contractors and tax preparation services reached program highs
for the month of April, irrespective of the number of weeks in the month.
(Data begin in 1995.)
Geographic Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
All four regions and all nine divisions experienced over-the-year decreases
in average weekly initial claims due to mass layoffs in April. Among the
four census regions, the Midwest and South registered the largest over-the-
year declines in average weekly initial claims. Of the nine geographic divi-
sions, the East North Central and the South Atlantic had the largest over-
the-year declines.
California recorded the highest number of initial claims in April, followed
by New York, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and New Jersey. (See table 6.) Forty-
one states and the District of Columbia experienced over-the-year decreases
in average weekly initial claims, led by Illinois, New York, California, and
Ohio. However, six states reached April program highs for average weekly ini-
tial claims in 2010: Alaska, Colorado, Nebraska, New Jersey, Rhode Island,
and Wyoming.
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 lay-
offs lasting more than 30 days (referred to as "extended mass layoffs"). The
quarterly release provides more information on the industry classification
and location of the establishment and on the demographics of the laid-off
workers. Because monthly figures include short-term layoffs of 30 days or less,
the sum of the figures for the 3 months in a quarter will be higher than the
quarterly figure for mass layoffs of more than 30 days. (See table 4.) See the
Technical Note for more detailed definitions.
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The Mass Layoffs in May 2010 news release is scheduled to be released on Thursday,
June 24, 2010, 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, analysis of over-the-month and over-the-year
change in not seasonally adjusted series should take this calendar effect
into consideration.
The MLS program resumed operations in April 1995 after it had been
terminated in November 1992 due to lack of funding. Prior to April 1995,
monthly layoff statistics were not available.
Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay
Service: (800) 877-8339.
Definitions
Employer. Employers in the MLS program include those covered by state
unemployment insurance laws. Information on employers is obtained from the
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program, which is adminis-
tered 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 insur-
ance 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 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 1 year and 4 weeks in
another. The effects of these differences could seriously distort the sea-
sonal 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, May 2006 to
April 2010, seasonally adjusted
Total Private nonfarm Manufacturing
Date
Initial Initial Initial
Events claimants Events claimants Events claimants
2006
May ........................ 1,121 117,834 1,003 107,929 302 40,703
June ....................... 1,150 125,318 1,039 115,883 349 43,476
July ....................... 1,182 121,056 1,056 111,432 373 51,691
August ..................... 1,238 135,707 1,104 125,704 372 58,962
September .................. 1,154 124,200 1,043 115,261 393 45,972
October .................... 1,208 123,691 1,094 115,102 409 53,957
November ................... 1,244 135,465 1,128 125,976 413 58,509
December ................... 1,227 134,176 1,123 124,570 376 51,403
2007
January .................... 1,264 130,834 1,113 119,874 404 55,217
February ................... 1,191 121,289 1,075 112,607 374 54,581
March ...................... 1,225 126,391 1,113 117,760 386 48,298
April ...................... 1,268 129,098 1,135 118,175 362 43,205
May ........................ 1,172 118,648 1,070 111,103 345 44,391
June ....................... 1,241 131,394 1,125 122,123 338 37,931
July ....................... 1,274 130,331 1,169 122,381 403 55,973
August ..................... 1,247 126,108 1,158 118,575 323 34,902
September .................. 1,255 123,632 1,160 116,744 436 51,814
October .................... 1,370 137,108 1,248 128,387 449 58,360
November ................... 1,415 148,952 1,289 139,665 424 58,543
December ................... 1,569 155,095 1,448 145,666 483 60,368
2008
January .................... 1,481 151,269 1,348 140,570 436 57,147
February ................... 1,578 162,152 1,432 150,712 470 60,276
March ...................... 1,487 151,539 1,372 141,574 436 56,919
April ...................... 1,327 133,318 1,201 122,651 460 59,377
May ........................ 1,604 170,619 1,465 160,529 468 62,345
June ....................... 1,674 170,329 1,523 158,084 501 68,403
July ....................... 1,531 152,447 1,389 141,707 461 61,417
August ..................... 1,845 189,798 1,711 179,737 607 78,172
September .................. 2,222 235,755 2,049 220,832 634 81,989
October .................... 2,287 239,768 2,125 226,098 721 95,301
November ................... 2,489 240,181 2,334 227,368 929 107,072
December ................... 2,461 243,505 2,277 229,171 962 115,961
2009
January .................... 2,279 251,807 2,115 238,990 764 109,124
February ................... 2,737 289,162 2,592 274,040 1,186 141,264
March ...................... 2,913 295,970 2,715 279,671 1,202 146,381
April ...................... 2,663 263,162 2,461 247,329 1,033 125,093
May ........................ 2,794 306,788 2,589 289,012 1,183 145,166
June ....................... 2,598 260,596 2,371 241,864 1,072 135,844
July ....................... 2,039 196,578 1,818 176,542 565 66,918
August ..................... 2,480 238,911 2,244 218,425 798 87,201
September .................. 2,326 221,639 2,109 204,462 783 90,440
October .................... 2,055 205,502 1,856 187,880 594 65,801
November ................... 1,813 163,823 1,650 151,810 485 54,858
December ................... 1,726 153,127 1,542 138,747 433 44,072
2010
January .................... 1,761 182,261 1,585 168,466 486 62,556
February ................... 1,570 155,718 1,406 142,240 376 43,100
March ...................... 1,628 150,864 1,432 136,446 356 39,290
April ...................... 1,856 200,870 1,686 185,150 448 63,616
Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, May 2006 to
April 2010, not seasonally adjusted
Total Private nonfarm Manufacturing
Date
Initial Initial Initial
Events claimants Events claimants Events claimants
2006
May ........................ 872 84,809 794 78,663 192 23,570
June ....................... 1,489 164,761 1,224 140,687 319 41,095
July ....................... 1,511 166,857 1,335 154,342 648 96,152
August ..................... 708 72,844 656 69,054 203 28,494
September .................. 865 87,699 785 81,274 296 39,076
October .................... 964 98,804 820 88,133 311 46,737
November ................... 1,315 136,186 1,172 125,009 455 58,473
December ................... 2,249 254,503 2,126 244,783 735 105,462
2007
January .................... 1,407 134,984 1,263 124,475 456 53,615
February ................... 935 86,696 861 82,097 273 36,170
March ...................... 1,082 123,974 1,015 118,431 367 49,886
April ...................... 1,219 127,444 1,115 118,040 309 35,229
May ........................ 923 85,816 856 81,153 224 26,527
June ....................... 1,599 172,810 1,318 148,669 313 36,571
July ....................... 1,599 175,419 1,450 164,939 684 101,390
August ..................... 963 93,458 908 88,345 220 23,361
September .................. 717 67,385 667 64,026 246 29,381
October .................... 1,083 108,455 929 97,716 338 50,918
November ................... 1,799 198,220 1,593 181,184 514 75,413
December ................... 2,167 224,214 2,071 216,898 699 91,754
2008
January .................... 1,647 154,503 1,520 144,191 488 54,418
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
Table 3. Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance
Initial claimants for
Mass layoff events unemployment insurance
Industry
April February March April April February March April
2009 2010 2010 2010 2009 2010 2010 2010
Seasonally adjusted
Total ..................................... 2,663 1,570 1,628 1,856 263,162 155,718 150,864 200,870
Total, private nonfarm ........................ 2,461 1,406 1,432 1,686 247,329 142,240 136,446 185,150
Manufacturing ............................... 1,033 376 356 448 125,093 43,100 39,290 63,616
Not seasonally adjusted
Total (1) ................................. 2,547 1,183 1,197 1,840 256,930 102,818 111,727 199,690
Total, private .................................. 2,464 1,128 1,149 1,761 250,548 98,241 107,880 191,664
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting .. 79 37 38 64 7,227 2,219 2,366 7,010
Total, private nonfarm ........................ 2,385 1,091 1,111 1,697 243,321 96,022 105,514 184,654
Mining ...................................... 39 5 5 7 3,267 761 374 399
Utilities ................................... (2) - (2) (2) (2) - (2) (2)
Construction ................................ 194 166 117 163 13,490 12,200 8,206 11,947
Manufacturing ............................... 887 282 273 424 100,872 30,728 29,745 55,178
Food .................................... 81 45 53 100 8,371 4,031 6,122 10,200
Beverage and tobacco products ........... (2) 6 4 (2) (2) 407 716 (2)
Textile mills ........................... 16 5 4 7 2,409 431 350 1,296
Textile product mills ................... 9 5 3 5 765 557 172 414
Apparel ................................. 19 4 10 16 1,610 265 578 1,428
Leather and allied products ............. (2) (2) - - (2) (2) - -
Wood products ........................... 39 27 16 17 3,437 1,850 1,445 1,591
Paper ................................... 26 10 5 14 2,584 721 313 1,134
Printing and related support activities . 25 12 14 9 2,275 960 1,224 860
Petroleum and coal products ............. (2) (2) 3 (2) (2) (2) 185 (2)
Chemicals ............................... 21 9 13 7 1,453 872 1,064 400
Plastics and rubber products ............ 51 10 9 10 6,393 1,014 686 719
Nonmetallic mineral products ............ 34 12 11 22 3,192 794 785 1,882
Primary metals .......................... 70 9 8 18 8,636 981 773 1,473
Fabricated metal products ............... 97 12 18 21 7,698 681 1,361 1,581
Machinery ............................... 100 20 22 41 18,614 2,466 2,373 4,456
Computer and electronic products ........ 69 18 16 27 5,770 1,538 1,278 1,964
Electrical equipment and appliances ..... 43 12 6 12 5,169 1,386 1,195 1,756
Transportation equipment ................ 148 45 43 73 19,246 10,104 7,128 22,071
Furniture and related products .......... 21 16 10 12 1,783 1,346 1,625 919
Miscellaneous manufacturing ............. 14 (2) 5 10 1,118 (2) 372 833
Wholesale trade ............................. 55 27 29 25 4,343 1,754 2,016 2,224
Retail trade ................................ 153 128 124 156 16,211 10,802 13,337 16,188
Transportation and warehousing .............. 231 51 62 178 28,962 5,372 6,444 23,013
Information ................................. 75 40 52 50 7,934 3,753 5,715 8,383
Finance and insurance ....................... 67 32 43 64 6,220 2,671 3,636 4,579
Real estate and rental and leasing .......... 13 9 8 22 1,078 622 409 1,388
Professional and technical services ......... 97 33 45 90 10,085 2,292 4,610 11,110
Management of companies and enterprises ..... 10 6 (2) (2) 854 1,990 (2) (2)
Administrative and waste services ........... 300 191 163 241 25,498 13,594 13,281 21,073
Educational services ........................ (2) 4 10 7 (2) 242 824 958
Health care and social assistance ........... 49 31 33 58 3,343 2,118 2,066 4,991
Arts, entertainment, and recreation ......... 47 16 20 57 4,074 1,419 1,558 4,838
Accommodation and food services ............. 134 61 112 131 13,168 5,044 12,269 16,214
Other services, except public administration 23 8 10 16 2,168 552 670 1,434
Unclassified ................................ 1 1 - - 86 108 - -
Government ...................................... 83 55 48 79 6,382 4,577 3,847 8,026
Federal ..................................... 6 8 8 16 461 631 636 1,393
State ....................................... 20 12 15 18 1,631 947 1,324 2,188
Local ....................................... 57 35 25 45 4,290 2,999 1,887 4,445
1 Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia.
2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
Table 4. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, April 2008 to April 2010, not seasonally adjusted
Private nonfarm
Total mass layoffs Extended mass layoffs
Date Mass layoffs lasting more than 30 days Realization rates (1)
Initial Initial Initial Initial
Events claimants Events claimants Events claimants Events claimants
2008
April ...................... 1,272 130,810 1,172 121,625
May ........................ 1,552 159,471 1,438 150,462
June ....................... 1,622 166,742 1,315 140,916
Second Quarter ............. 4,446 457,023 3,925 413,003 1,756 339,630 44.7 82.2
July ....................... 1,891 200,382 1,687 186,018
August ..................... 1,427 139,999 1,343 133,146
September .................. 1,292 129,586 1,202 122,505
Third Quarter .............. 4,610 469,967 4,232 441,669 1,581 304,340 37.4 68.9
October .................... 2,125 221,784 1,917 205,553
November ................... 2,574 241,589 2,389 226,657
December ................... 3,377 351,305 3,232 340,220
Fourth Quarter ............. 8,076 814,678 7,538 772,430 3,582 766,780 47.5 99.3
2009
January .................... 3,806 388,813 3,633 375,293
February ................... 2,262 218,438 2,173 210,755
March ...................... 2,191 228,387 2,107 221,397
First Quarter .............. 8,259 835,638 7,913 807,445 3,979 (r)835,551 50.3 103.5
April ...................... 2,547 256,930 2,385 243,321
May ........................ 2,738 289,628 2,572 274,047
June ....................... 2,519 256,357 2,051 216,063
Second Quarter ............. 7,804 802,915 7,008 733,431 3,395 (r)731,035 48.4 99.7
July ....................... 3,054 336,654 2,659 296,589
August ..................... 1,428 125,024 1,334 117,193
September .................. 1,371 123,177 1,258 115,141
Third Quarter .............. 5,853 584,855 5,251 528,923 (r)2,034 (r)406,715 (r)38.7 (r)76.9
October .................... 1,934 193,904 1,678 172,883
November ................... 1,870 164,496 1,679 150,751
December ................... 2,310 214,648 2,166 203,655
Fourth Quarter ............. 6,114 573,048 5,523 527,289 (r)2,419 (r)466,539 (r)43.8 (r)88.5
2010
January .................... 2,860 278,679 2,682 265,074
February ................... 1,183 102,818 1,091 96,022
March ...................... 1,197 111,727 1,111 105,514
First Quarter .............. 5,240 493,224 4,884 466,610 (2)(p)1,564 (2)(p)214,204 (p)32.0 (p)45.9
April ...................... 1,840 199,690 1,697 184,654
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 claim-
ants associated with such events increases by 25-40 percent.
r = revised.
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
April February March April April February March April
2009 2010 2010 2010 2009 2010 2010 2010
United States (1) ... 2,547 1,183 1,197 1,840 256,930 102,818 111,727 199,690
Northeast ................... 504 215 195 397 56,253 21,705 19,419 48,396
New England ............. 88 39 26 81 9,192 4,682 2,168 9,523
Middle Atlantic ......... 416 176 169 316 47,061 17,023 17,251 38,873
South ....................... 655 319 262 412 62,714 29,681 26,591 43,503
South Atlantic .......... 368 178 136 214 33,338 13,052 10,762 20,768
East South Central ...... 160 69 54 80 16,166 9,917 5,470 11,005
West South Central ...... 127 72 72 118 13,210 6,712 10,359 11,730
Midwest ..................... 608 221 252 364 72,383 21,128 27,591 44,740
East North Central ...... 482 169 184 290 60,241 16,776 21,613 37,448
West North Central ...... 126 52 68 74 12,142 4,352 5,978 7,292
West ........................ 780 428 488 667 65,580 30,304 38,126 63,051
Mountain ................ 125 58 77 101 11,993 4,276 6,324 11,433
Pacific ................. 655 370 411 566 53,587 26,028 31,802 51,618
1 See footnote 1, table 3.
NOTE: The States (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the census divisions are: New England:
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New York,
and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, 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
April February March April April February March April
2009 2010 2010 2010 2009 2010 2010 2010
Total (1) ............ 2,547 1,183 1,197 1,840 256,930 102,818 111,727 199,690
Alabama ................. 27 17 18 17 2,745 1,758 1,517 2,148
Alaska .................. 5 3 (2) 11 828 267 (2) 1,252
Arizona ................. 41 8 17 33 4,985 700 1,417 4,943
Arkansas ................ 12 (2) 3 8 1,057 (2) 214 1,039
California .............. 567 335 373 477 43,675 23,191 28,180 42,426
Colorado ................ 19 10 7 20 1,696 706 626 2,269
Connecticut ............. 11 10 9 9 884 847 746 891
Delaware ................ 11 5 - 8 988 378 - 611
District of Columbia .... (2) (2) - - (2) (2) - -
Florida ................. 152 87 68 118 11,010 5,523 4,311 9,139
Georgia ................. 50 34 13 31 6,006 2,708 1,202 3,375
Hawaii .................. 10 (2) 7 7 934 (2) 534 672
Idaho ................... 10 11 9 8 754 709 661 533
Illinois ................ 105 40 60 60 17,550 4,311 7,479 7,059
Indiana ................. 80 22 22 32 9,659 1,907 3,057 4,786
Iowa .................... 30 13 13 20 2,636 1,122 2,135 2,876
Kansas .................. 7 - 4 5 737 - 313 296
Kentucky ................ 83 32 25 40 9,194 6,844 3,276 6,573
Louisiana ............... 27 12 16 32 2,670 1,442 1,615 2,967
Maine ................... 6 (2) 3 8 493 (2) 233 754
Maryland ................ 12 7 6 6 1,115 724 557 496
Massachusetts ........... 38 8 7 20 3,770 646 725 2,202
Michigan ................ 74 32 29 44 7,139 3,694 4,729 7,624
Minnesota ............... 35 13 13 8 3,103 1,456 921 576
Mississippi ............. 15 5 5 5 1,350 282 241 461
Missouri ................ 46 24 31 28 4,719 1,667 2,112 2,393
Montana ................. 4 4 (2) 7 335 258 (2) 528
Nebraska ................ 4 (2) 6 10 390 (2) 409 948
Nevada .................. 26 16 26 15 2,123 1,331 2,131 1,432
New Hampshire ........... 10 7 5 14 848 1,095 297 1,663
New Jersey .............. 66 16 28 69 7,334 1,408 3,024 9,700
New Mexico .............. 14 6 9 8 909 391 847 594
New York ................ 182 52 60 114 24,349 6,833 6,046 15,919
North Carolina .......... 28 5 16 13 2,582 451 1,610 1,438
North Dakota ............ (2) (2) - (2) (2) (2) - (2)
Ohio .................... 115 35 34 61 14,791 3,790 2,927 8,014
Oklahoma ................ 14 3 4 5 2,464 306 1,287 608
Oregon .................. 43 19 18 42 5,554 1,571 2,080 4,603
Pennsylvania ............ 168 108 81 133 15,378 8,782 8,181 13,254
Rhode Island ............ 8 7 (2) 16 1,649 1,545 (2) 2,525
South Carolina .......... 60 11 14 19 6,482 886 1,513 3,832
South Dakota ............ (2) - (2) - (2) - (2) -
Tennessee ............... 35 15 6 18 2,877 1,033 436 1,823
Texas ................... 74 56 49 73 7,019 4,894 7,243 7,116
Utah .................... 10 (2) 5 8 1,055 (2) 393 889
Vermont ................. 15 6 (2) 14 1,548 483 (2) 1,488
Virginia ................ 42 22 18 15 4,052 1,704 1,416 1,489
Washington .............. 30 11 12 29 2,596 769 949 2,665
West Virginia ........... 12 5 (2) 4 1,028 509 (2) 388
Wisconsin ............... 108 40 39 93 11,102 3,074 3,421 9,965
Wyoming ................. (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Puerto Rico ............. 13 21 21 19 1,321 2,459 1,702 2,252
1 See footnote 1, table 3.
2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
United States Department of Labor
