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MASS LAYOFFS -- JUNE 2012
Employers took 1,317 mass layoff actions in June involving 131,406 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 June decreased by 63 from May, while the number of
associated initial claims increased by 1,215. Year-to-date mass layoff
events (8,085) and initial claims (767,890) both recorded their lowest
figures for a January-June period since 2007. In June, 267 mass layoff
events were reported in the manufacturing sector, seasonally adjusted,
resulting in 29,093 initial claims. Mass layoff data are identified using
administrative data sources without regard to layoff duration. (See
table 1 and the note at the end of this release.)
The national unemployment rate was 8.2 percent in June, unchanged from the
prior month but down from 9.1 percent a year earlier. Total nonfarm payroll
employment increased by 80,000 over the month and by 1,777,000 over the year.
Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
The number of mass layoff events in June was 1,890, not seasonally adjusted,
resulting in 198,537 initial claims for unemployment insurance. (See table 2.)
Over the year, the number of average weekly mass layoff events decreased by
37 to 378, and associated average weekly initial claims decreased by 276 to
39,707. Eight 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 administrative and waste services. (See table 3.)
In June 2012, the six-digit industry with the largest number of private
nonfarm initial claims was school and employee bus transportation. (See
table A.)
Table A. Six-digit NAICS industries with the largest number of mass layoff
initial claims in June 2012, private nonfarm, not seasonally adjusted
Industry June peak
Initial claims Year Initial claims
School and employee bus transportation .... 24,038 2012 24,038
Food service contractors .................. 14,417 2007 14,527
Temporary help services (1) ............... 11,199 2000 13,815
Child day care services ................... 8,965 2012 8,965
Motion picture and video production ....... 5,958 2000 9,435
Other individual and family services ...... 3,406 2012 3,406
Warehouse clubs and supercenters .......... 2,689 2012 2,689
Professional employer organizations (1) ... 2,540 2009 5,303
Supermarkets and other grocery stores ..... 2,399 2012 2,399
Iron and steel mills and ferroalloy mfg. .. 1,975 2009 2,462
1 See the Technical Note for more information on these industries
In June, the manufacturing sector accounted for 17 percent of mass layoff
events and 18 percent of associated initial claims in the private economy.
Within manufacturing, the numbers of mass layoff claimants were highest in
food and in transportation equipment. Nine of the 21 manufacturing subsectors
experienced over-the-year decreases in average weekly initial claims. (See
table 3.)
Geographic Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Among the census regions, the West registered the largest number of initial
claims in June. Three of the 4 regions experienced over-the-year decreases
in average weekly initial claims, with the largest decrease occurring in
the Midwest. (See table 4.)
Among the states, California recorded the highest number of mass layoff
initial claims in June, followed by New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida, and
New York. Twenty-eight states experienced over-the-year decreases in average
weekly initial claims, led by Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, and Missouri. (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 Extended Mass Layoffs news release for the Second Quarter 2012 is scheduled
to be released on Thursday, August 9, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). The Mass Layoffs
news release for July is scheduled to be released on Thursday, August 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.
The monthly data present preliminary mass layoff activity in the
reference month and are not revised in subsequent months except in special
circumstances (e.g., layoffs in states affected by Hurricane Katrina).
Counts of initial claims associated with mass layoff events reflect
activity through the end of the reference month. Additional mass layoff
event and initial claims activity received after data for the reference
month have been published by BLS are not updated in the monthly mass layoff
series and, therefore, may not match revised mass layoff data issued in
state publications. However, any additional mass layoff information
meeting the extended mass layoff criteria will be reflected in BLS’
quarterly publication of extended mass layoff data.
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, July 2008 to
June 2012, seasonally adjusted
Total Private nonfarm Manufacturing
Date
Initial Initial Initial
Events claimants Events claimants Events claimants
2008
July ....................... 1,589 163,572 1,452 153,060 465 62,210
August ..................... 1,763 181,853 1,632 172,147 578 77,464
September .................. 2,159 229,180 1,990 215,749 629 82,011
October .................... 2,201 226,853 2,043 213,454 698 93,252
November ................... 2,406 239,239 2,247 225,404 907 103,836
December ................... 2,437 244,889 2,261 230,621 935 116,181
2009
January .................... 2,254 235,371 2,083 221,653 726 92,293
February ................... 3,059 326,392 2,901 310,378 1,251 145,839
March ...................... 2,999 299,322 2,800 282,414 1,230 154,168
April ...................... 2,566 249,129 2,349 232,632 1,007 116,051
May ........................ 2,710 284,468 2,516 267,869 1,181 147,184
June ....................... 2,466 247,597 2,257 230,502 1,048 137,649
July ....................... 2,186 222,941 1,979 203,911 636 75,728
August ..................... 2,340 216,047 2,115 197,172 751 77,894
September .................. 2,261 214,018 2,048 198,761 786 91,125
October .................... 1,969 195,752 1,772 178,172 571 65,217
November ................... 1,757 164,454 1,588 151,172 472 52,855
December ................... 1,719 155,056 1,543 140,835 424 44,096
2010
January .................... 1,707 168,044 1,529 154,187 471 53,817
February ................... 1,631 156,292 1,465 141,831 374 43,620
March ...................... 1,676 149,816 1,469 134,518 356 40,705
April ...................... 1,637 154,558 1,452 138,503 368 44,506
May ........................ 1,608 150,996 1,357 130,273 302 29,932
June ....................... 1,695 151,435 1,475 132,742 325 33,298
July ....................... 1,519 138,091 1,316 122,162 304 32,253
August ..................... 1,588 159,329 1,399 136,697 390 43,154
September .................. 1,510 133,576 1,295 115,349 328 34,333
October .................... 1,654 149,589 1,446 132,146 354 38,937
November ................... 1,592 161,145 1,410 145,494 360 39,977
December ................... 1,477 135,849 1,271 121,171 322 36,267
2011
January .................... 1,536 148,952 1,348 131,869 337 37,477
February ................... 1,434 131,569 1,242 116,745 297 26,696
March ...................... 1,275 115,391 1,118 102,722 251 28,988
April ...................... 1,548 145,836 1,383 131,317 341 37,053
May ........................ 1,600 144,412 1,404 127,793 374 39,180
June ....................... 1,513 143,384 1,334 128,410 344 36,265
July ....................... 1,562 145,078 1,348 125,285 346 36,312
August ..................... 1,551 164,275 1,347 149,874 382 49,194
September .................. 1,447 147,353 1,306 134,038 364 38,026
October .................... 1,335 118,924 1,205 107,330 341 33,926
November ................... 1,332 131,627 1,192 120,760 324 36,563
December ................... 1,384 145,648 1,238 130,583 351 39,081
2012
January .................... 1,434 129,920 1,298 119,102 341 33,597
February ................... 1,293 119,463 1,153 108,577 282 27,388
March ...................... 1,273 121,310 1,125 109,421 261 26,348
April ...................... 1,388 135,600 1,222 120,213 287 33,243
May ........................ 1,380 130,191 1,222 117,654 264 29,675
June ....................... 1,317 131,406 1,171 118,451 267 29,093
Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, July 2008 to
June 2012, not seasonally adjusted
Total Private nonfarm Manufacturing
Date
Initial Initial Initial
Events claimants Events claimants Events claimants
2008
July ....................... 1,891 200,382 1,687 186,018 760 108,733
August ..................... 1,427 139,999 1,343 133,146 414 51,912
September .................. 1,292 129,586 1,202 122,505 361 46,391
October .................... 2,125 221,784 1,917 205,553 689 100,457
November ................... 2,574 241,589 2,389 226,657 997 107,620
December ................... 3,377 351,305 3,232 340,220 1,378 172,529
2009
January .................... 3,806 388,813 3,633 375,293 1,461 172,757
February ................... 2,262 218,438 2,173 210,755 945 103,588
March ...................... 2,191 228,387 2,107 221,397 940 114,747
April ...................... 2,547 256,930 2,385 243,321 887 100,872
May ........................ 2,738 289,628 2,572 274,047 1,005 123,683
June ....................... 2,519 256,357 2,051 216,063 674 85,726
July ....................... 3,054 336,654 2,659 296,589 1,133 154,208
August ..................... 1,428 125,024 1,334 117,193 436 41,151
September .................. 1,371 123,177 1,258 115,141 448 51,126
October .................... 1,934 193,904 1,678 172,883 566 69,655
November ................... 1,870 164,496 1,679 150,751 517 55,053
December ................... 2,310 214,648 2,166 203,655 615 64,540
2010
January .................... 2,860 278,679 2,682 265,074 962 104,846
February ................... 1,183 102,818 1,091 96,022 282 30,728
March ...................... 1,197 111,727 1,111 105,514 273 29,745
April ...................... 1,840 199,690 1,697 184,654 424 55,178
May ........................ 1,354 123,333 1,170 109,203 216 19,334
June ....................... 1,861 171,190 1,355 125,872 212 21,083
July ....................... 2,124 206,254 1,732 172,248 532 64,200
August ..................... 976 92,435 897 83,021 230 23,088
September .................. 920 77,654 806 67,987 187 19,403
October .................... 1,642 148,638 1,373 127,865 351 40,861
November ................... 1,676 158,048 1,477 142,591 389 41,383
December ................... 1,931 184,130 1,763 172,881 465 52,816
2011
January .................... 2,558 246,463 2,372 229,765 693 75,006
February ................... 1,024 85,585 919 78,718 222 18,471
March ...................... 908 85,095 844 80,014 191 20,869
April ...................... 1,750 189,919 1,625 176,478 397 47,104
May ........................ 1,367 119,911 1,221 108,531 270 25,199
June ....................... 1,661 159,930 1,238 122,821 226 22,986
July ....................... 2,176 216,774 1,759 174,078 602 71,814
August ..................... 961 99,213 875 93,159 228 26,916
September .................. 1,189 117,232 1,095 107,300 296 32,058
October .................... 1,101 96,914 950 83,748 265 28,447
November ................... 1,393 127,750 1,245 117,474 349 37,799
December ................... 2,433 263,665 2,258 247,916 658 75,033
2012
January .................... 1,705 141,703 1,587 132,754 415 38,021
February ................... 895 73,974 820 69,076 196 16,555
March ...................... 1,125 117,817 1,040 110,954 242 24,241
April ...................... 1,421 146,358 1,293 132,697 256 32,518
May ........................ 1,201 109,259 1,081 100,434 186 18,800
June ....................... 1,890 198,537 1,485 158,334 255 28,570
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
June June June June June June June June
2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012
Total (2) .................................. 1,661 1,890 159,930 198,537 415 378 39,983 39,707
Total, private ................................... 1,282 1,539 125,944 162,321 321 308 31,486 32,464
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting ... 44 54 3,123 3,987 11 11 781 797
Total, private nonfarm ......................... 1,238 1,485 122,821 158,334 310 297 30,705 31,667
Mining ....................................... (3) 8 (3) 824 (3) 2 (3) 165
Utilities .................................... (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
Construction ................................. 84 91 6,847 7,909 21 18 1,712 1,582
Construction of buildings ................ 18 21 1,467 1,999 5 4 367 400
Heavy and civil engineering construction . 22 25 2,227 2,808 6 5 557 562
Specialty trade contractors .............. 44 45 3,153 3,102 11 9 788 620
Manufacturing ................................ 226 255 22,986 28,570 57 51 5,747 5,714
Food ..................................... 51 63 5,011 6,158 13 13 1,253 1,232
Beverage and tobacco products ............ - (3) - (3) - (3) - (3)
Textile mills ............................ 8 8 1,131 1,335 2 2 283 267
Textile product mills .................... 6 10 420 1,028 2 2 105 206
Apparel .................................. 10 8 1,119 758 3 2 280 152
Leather and allied products .............. (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
Wood products ............................ 12 5 1,083 290 3 1 271 58
Paper .................................... 5 5 427 551 1 1 107 110
Printing and related support activities .. 5 9 383 744 1 2 96 149
Petroleum and coal products .............. (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
Chemicals ................................ (3) 5 (3) 549 (3) 1 (3) 110
Plastics and rubber products ............. 11 5 880 374 3 1 220 75
Nonmetallic mineral products ............. 5 4 380 1,007 1 1 95 201
Primary metals ........................... 11 12 914 2,741 3 2 229 548
Fabricated metal products ................ 10 12 607 1,139 3 2 152 228
Machinery ................................ 16 25 2,042 2,489 4 5 511 498
Computer and electronic products ......... 10 17 716 1,240 3 3 179 248
Electrical equipment and appliances ...... 9 6 915 414 2 1 229 83
Transportation equipment ................. 34 39 4,871 5,618 9 8 1,218 1,124
Furniture and related products ........... 7 15 771 1,361 2 3 193 272
Miscellaneous manufacturing .............. 9 (3) 826 (3) 2 (3) 207 (3)
Wholesale trade .............................. 18 20 1,440 1,476 5 4 360 295
Retail trade (4) ............................. 82 132 7,177 12,962 21 26 1,794 2,592
Building material and garden supply stores 12 15 845 1,320 3 3 211 264
Food and beverage stores ................. 17 28 1,175 2,540 4 6 294 508
Clothing and clothing accessories stores . 7 6 345 393 2 1 86 79
General merchandise stores ............... 27 55 3,454 6,283 7 11 864 1,257
Transportation and warehousing (4) ........... 144 191 19,513 25,973 36 38 4,878 5,195
Truck transportation ..................... 4 (3) 228 (3) 1 (3) 57 (3)
Transit and ground passenger
transportation ......................... 126 177 17,854 25,086 32 35 4,464 5,017
Support activities for transportation .... 5 4 583 249 1 1 146 50
Information .................................. 41 48 5,721 8,612 10 10 1,430 1,722
Finance and insurance ........................ 18 24 1,158 2,099 5 5 290 420
Real estate and rental and leasing ........... 7 11 779 821 2 2 195 164
Professional and technical services .......... 32 37 3,378 4,057 8 7 845 811
Management of companies and enterprises ...... 5 (3) 351 (3) 1 (3) 88 (3)
Administrative and waste services ............ 170 201 16,582 18,652 43 40 4,146 3,730
Educational services ......................... 26 41 1,604 2,955 7 8 401 591
Health care and social assistance ............ 177 201 14,975 17,167 44 40 3,744 3,433
Arts, entertainment, and recreation .......... 30 40 1,664 2,812 8 8 416 562
Accommodation and food services .............. 120 131 14,179 18,642 30 26 3,545 3,728
Accommodation ............................ 16 13 1,074 901 4 3 269 180
Food services and drinking places ........ 104 118 13,105 17,741 26 24 3,276 3,548
Other services, except public administration . 53 47 4,129 3,718 13 9 1,032 744
Unclassified ................................. - - - - - - - -
Government ....................................... 379 351 33,986 36,216 95 70 8,497 7,243
Federal ...................................... 18 6 1,942 499 5 1 486 100
State ........................................ 29 36 2,086 3,028 7 7 522 606
State government education .............. 19 24 1,450 1,731 5 5 363 346
Local ........................................ 332 309 29,958 32,689 83 62 7,490 6,538
Local government education .............. 286 266 26,127 29,008 72 53 6,532 5,802
1 Average weekly analysis mitigates the effect of differing lengths of months. There were 4 weeks in June 2011 and 5 weeks in June 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
June June June June June June June June
2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012
Total (2) ............... 1,661 1,890 159,930 198,537 415 378 39,983 39,707
Northeast .................. 276 382 30,513 46,039 69 76 7,628 9,208
Connecticut ............ 10 15 807 2,233 3 3 202 447
Maine .................. 7 6 458 399 2 1 115 80
Massachusetts .......... 16 19 1,133 1,850 4 4 283 370
New Hampshire .......... 3 6 614 1,154 1 1 154 231
New Jersey ............. 44 90 6,432 15,028 11 18 1,608 3,006
New York ............... 55 99 5,185 10,248 14 20 1,296 2,050
Pennsylvania ........... 124 130 13,892 12,394 31 26 3,473 2,479
Rhode Island ........... 10 11 1,276 1,925 3 2 319 385
Vermont ................ 7 6 716 808 2 1 179 162
South ...................... 482 540 45,180 53,862 121 108 11,295 10,772
Alabama ................ 20 26 1,922 2,333 5 5 481 467
Arkansas ............... 29 19 3,185 2,008 7 4 796 402
Delaware ............... 6 4 415 345 2 1 104 69
District of Columbia ... (3) 3 (3) 335 (3) 1 (3) 67
Florida ................ 114 127 9,161 11,476 29 25 2,290 2,295
Georgia ................ 43 50 4,789 5,246 11 10 1,197 1,049
Kentucky ............... 22 26 2,003 2,452 6 5 501 490
Louisiana .............. 28 26 2,056 2,192 7 5 514 438
Maryland (4) ........... 12 34 1,102 3,891 3 7 276 778
Mississippi ............ 5 17 240 1,243 1 3 60 249
North Carolina ......... 45 58 4,871 5,320 11 12 1,218 1,064
Oklahoma ............... 6 4 481 802 2 1 120 160
South Carolina ......... 23 23 1,878 2,047 6 5 470 409
Tennessee .............. 13 21 1,438 2,193 3 4 360 439
Texas .................. 86 76 9,229 9,341 22 15 2,307 1,868
Virginia ............... 25 26 2,071 2,638 6 5 518 528
West Virginia .......... (3) - (3) - (3) - (3) -
Midwest .................... 326 355 33,813 37,944 82 71 8,453 7,589
Illinois ............... 61 65 6,436 6,223 15 13 1,609 1,245
Indiana ................ 28 32 2,722 2,965 7 6 681 593
Iowa ................... 14 17 1,359 1,513 4 3 340 303
Kansas ................. 8 14 682 1,607 2 3 171 321
Michigan ............... 55 64 5,413 8,103 14 13 1,353 1,621
Minnesota .............. 17 20 1,249 1,989 4 4 312 398
Missouri ............... 42 26 3,176 1,927 11 5 794 385
Nebraska ............... 5 5 441 360 1 1 110 72
North Dakota ........... (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
Ohio ................... 42 50 6,150 5,491 11 10 1,538 1,098
South Dakota ........... (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
Wisconsin .............. 50 58 5,681 7,202 13 12 1,420 1,440
West ....................... 577 613 50,424 60,692 144 123 12,606 12,138
Alaska ................. (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
Arizona ................ 18 13 1,561 1,319 5 3 390 264
California ............. 462 489 39,788 49,090 116 98 9,947 9,818
Colorado ............... 9 12 708 1,138 2 2 177 228
Hawaii ................. 4 5 275 467 1 1 69 93
Idaho .................. 8 (3) 832 (3) 2 (3) 208 (3)
Montana ................ 6 7 531 514 2 1 133 103
Nevada ................. 12 18 1,292 1,870 3 4 323 374
New Mexico ............. 8 8 663 520 2 2 166 104
Oregon ................. 28 30 2,967 2,865 7 6 742 573
Utah ................... (3) 5 (3) 422 (3) 1 (3) 84
Washington ............. 17 20 1,231 2,064 4 4 308 413
Wyoming ................ - - - - - - - -
Puerto Rico ............ 10 16 941 2,596 3 3 235 519
1 See footnote 1, table 3.
2 See footnote 2, table 3.
3 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
4 Data starting in June 2012 may not be comparable to prior data due to a change in MLS unemployment insurance procedures.
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
United States Department of Labor
