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MASS LAYOFFS -- AUGUST 2012
Employers took 1,267 mass layoff actions in August involving 127,454 workers as
measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month,
the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (Data are seasonally adjusted.)
Each mass layoff involved at least 50 workers from a single employer. Mass layoff
events in August decreased by 73 from July, and the number of associated initial
claims decreased by 9,966. Year-to-date mass layoff events (10,692) and initial
claims (1,032,764) both recorded their lowest figures for a January-August period
since 2007. In August, 314 mass layoff events were reported in the manufacturing
sector resulting in 38,667 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 8.1 percent in August, down from 8.3 percent
the prior month and from 9.1 percent a year earlier. Total nonfarm payroll
employment increased by 96,000 over the month and by 1,808,000 over the year.
Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
The number of mass layoff events in August was 1,063, not seasonally adjusted,
resulting in 104,045 initial claims for unemployment insurance. (See table 2.)
Over the year, the number of average weekly mass layoff events for August
decreased by 27 to 213, and associated average weekly initial claims decreased
by 3,994 to 20,809. Six 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 information. (See table 3.) In August 2012, the
six-digit industry with the largest number of private nonfarm initial claims
due to mass layoffs was temporary help services. (See table A.)
In August, the manufacturing sector accounted for 25 percent of mass layoff
events and 31 percent of associated initial claims in the private economy.
Within manufacturing, the numbers of mass layoff claimants were highest in
transportation equipment and in food. Fourteen of the 21 manufacturing
subsectors experienced over-the-year decreases in average weekly initial
claims. (See table 3.)
Table A. Six-digit NAICS industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims
in August 2012, private nonfarm, not seasonally adjusted
August peak
Industry
Initial Claims Year Initial claims
Temporary help services (1) ................... 8,257 1999 11,533
School and employee bus transportation ........ 6,975 2012 6,975
Motion picture and video production ........... 3,138 2003 6,812
Professional employer organizations (1) ....... 2,236 2008 5,252
Rolled, drawn, extruded, and alloyed copper ... (2) 2012 (2)
Motor vehicle metal stamping .................. (2) 2012 (2)
Automobile manufacturing ...................... 1,935 2001 8,166
Discount department stores .................... 1,916 2007 2,953
Department stores, except discount ............ 1,834 1996 2,151
Food service contractors ...................... 1,399 2011 1,826
1 See the Technical Note for more information on these industries.
2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
Geographic Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Among the census regions, the South registered the largest number of initial
claims due to mass layoffs in August. Three of the 4 regions experienced over-
the-year decreases in average weekly initial claims, with the largest decrease
occurring in the Northeast. (See table 4.)
Among the states, California recorded the highest number of mass layoff initial
claims in August, followed by New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, and North Carolina.
Twenty-seven states and the District of Columbia experienced over-the-year
decreases in average weekly initial claims, led by Massachusetts, New Jersey,
and South Carolina. (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 September is scheduled to be released on
Tuesday, October 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, September 2008
to August 2012, seasonally adjusted
Total Private nonfarm Manufacturing
Date
Initial Initial Initial
Events claimants Events claimants Events claimants
2008
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
July ....................... 1,340 137,420 1,208 127,092 364 44,920
August ..................... 1,267 127,454 1,148 117,952 314 38,667
Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, September 2008
to August 2012, not seasonally adjusted
Total Private nonfarm Manufacturing
Date
Initial Initial Initial
Events claimants Events claimants Events claimants
2008
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
July ....................... 1,515 157,753 1,321 144,340 559 74,963
August ..................... 1,063 104,045 992 97,694 251 31,193
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
August August August August August August August August
2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012
Total (2) .................................. 961 1,063 99,213 104,045 240 213 24,803 20,809
Total, private ................................... 904 1,016 94,711 99,596 226 203 23,678 19,919
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting ... 29 24 1,552 1,902 7 5 388 380
Total, private nonfarm ......................... 875 992 93,159 97,694 219 198 23,290 19,539
Mining ....................................... (3) 9 (3) 747 (3) 2 (3) 149
Utilities .................................... - (3) - (3) - (3) - (3)
Construction ................................. 65 96 4,628 6,554 16 19 1,157 1,311
Construction of buildings ................ 9 20 903 1,387 2 4 226 277
Heavy and civil engineering construction . 16 24 1,165 1,740 4 5 291 348
Specialty trade contractors .............. 40 52 2,560 3,427 10 10 640 685
Manufacturing ................................ 228 251 26,916 31,193 57 50 6,729 6,239
Food ..................................... 51 47 4,585 4,958 13 9 1,146 992
Beverage and tobacco products ............ 6 3 472 254 2 1 118 51
Textile mills ............................ 8 11 944 1,308 2 2 236 262
Textile product mills .................... 3 (3) 200 (3) 1 (3) 50 (3)
Apparel .................................. 10 9 1,024 767 3 2 256 153
Leather and allied products .............. - (3) - (3) - (3) - (3)
Wood products ............................ 11 15 1,242 1,166 3 3 311 233
Paper .................................... 7 4 512 314 2 1 128 63
Printing and related support activities .. 6 (3) 569 (3) 2 (3) 142 (3)
Petroleum and coal products .............. - (3) - (3) - (3) - (3)
Chemicals ................................ 6 4 303 267 2 1 76 53
Plastics and rubber products ............. 8 13 705 1,198 2 3 176 240
Nonmetallic mineral products ............. 11 6 685 377 3 1 171 75
Primary metals ........................... 5 8 415 2,760 1 2 104 552
Fabricated metal products ................ 11 13 1,051 1,087 3 3 263 217
Machinery ................................ 16 27 4,407 3,405 4 5 1,102 681
Computer and electronic products ......... 10 20 884 1,432 3 4 221 286
Electrical equipment and appliances ...... 12 12 2,537 1,395 3 2 634 279
Transportation equipment ................. 30 38 4,688 8,715 8 8 1,172 1,743
Furniture and related products ........... 7 7 952 415 2 1 238 83
Miscellaneous manufacturing .............. 10 7 741 736 3 1 185 147
Wholesale trade .............................. 17 21 1,347 2,178 4 4 337 436
Retail trade (4) ............................. 79 115 6,804 11,071 20 23 1,701 2,214
Building material and garden supply stores 5 14 436 1,395 1 3 109 279
Food and beverage stores ................. 10 15 720 1,348 3 3 180 270
Clothing and clothing accessories stores . 6 9 386 512 2 2 97 102
General merchandise stores ............... 32 42 3,378 5,491 8 8 845 1,098
Transportation and warehousing (4) ........... 74 94 7,181 9,728 19 19 1,795 1,946
Truck transportation ..................... 5 5 240 483 1 1 60 97
Transit and ground passenger
transportation ......................... 56 67 5,697 7,332 14 13 1,424 1,466
Support activities for transportation .... 4 5 228 452 1 1 57 90
Information .................................. 58 33 18,813 4,653 15 7 4,703 931
Finance and insurance ........................ 26 28 1,647 2,359 7 6 412 472
Real estate and rental and leasing ........... 4 5 235 657 1 1 59 131
Professional and technical services .......... 24 31 1,737 2,608 6 6 434 522
Management of companies and enterprises ...... 4 8 269 721 1 2 67 144
Administrative and waste services ............ 162 167 13,158 14,043 41 33 3,290 2,809
Educational services ......................... 11 15 1,329 1,848 3 3 332 370
Health care and social assistance ............ 30 31 2,279 2,010 8 6 570 402
Arts, entertainment, and recreation .......... 17 23 1,438 1,884 4 5 360 377
Accommodation and food services .............. 65 52 4,533 4,300 16 10 1,133 860
Accommodation ............................ 18 13 989 1,009 5 3 247 202
Food services and drinking places ........ 47 39 3,544 3,291 12 8 886 658
Other services, except public administration . 8 8 654 874 2 2 164 175
Unclassified ................................. (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
Government ....................................... 57 47 4,502 4,449 14 9 1,126 890
Federal ...................................... 10 6 833 580 3 1 208 116
State ........................................ 15 8 1,267 900 4 2 317 180
State government education .............. 7 4 684 429 2 1 171 86
Local ........................................ 32 33 2,402 2,969 8 7 601 594
Local government education .............. 13 12 1,172 1,026 3 2 293 205
1 Average weekly analysis mitigates the effect of differing lengths of months. There were 4 weeks in August 2011 and 5 weeks in August
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
August August August August August August August August
2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012
Total (2)................ 961 1,063 99,213 104,045 240 213 24,803 20,809
Northeast .................. 187 242 29,937 25,277 47 48 7,484 5,055
Connecticut ............ 3 7 280 540 1 1 70 108
Maine .................. (3) 3 (3) 353 (3) 1 (3) 71
Massachusetts .......... 12 10 6,030 896 3 2 1,508 179
New Hampshire .......... (3) 5 (3) 578 (3) 1 (3) 116
New Jersey ............. 23 25 6,817 1,960 6 5 1,704 392
New York ............... 71 99 7,506 12,317 18 20 1,877 2,463
Pennsylvania ........... 70 90 7,830 8,172 18 18 1,958 1,634
Rhode Island ........... 4 (3) 882 (3) 1 (3) 221 (3)
Vermont ................ (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
South ...................... 277 287 25,771 30,553 69 57 6,443 6,111
Alabama ................ 14 13 1,310 1,071 4 3 328 214
Arkansas ............... 10 12 909 1,276 3 2 227 255
Delaware ............... (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
District of Columbia ... (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
Florida ................ 78 60 5,176 4,677 20 12 1,294 935
Georgia ................ 30 12 2,447 953 8 2 612 191
Kentucky ............... 13 28 1,935 2,933 3 6 484 587
Louisiana .............. 7 5 378 318 2 1 95 64
Maryland (4) ........... 4 16 812 1,257 1 3 203 251
Mississippi ............ 10 13 613 842 3 3 153 168
North Carolina ......... 21 35 1,624 5,651 5 7 406 1,130
Oklahoma ............... (3) 4 (3) 266 (3) 1 (3) 53
South Carolina ......... 20 9 2,871 870 5 2 718 174
Tennessee .............. 10 8 1,021 650 3 2 255 130
Texas .................. 37 52 3,836 7,586 9 10 959 1,517
Virginia ............... 17 13 1,988 1,453 4 3 497 291
West Virginia .......... (3) 4 (3) 433 (3) 1 (3) 87
Midwest .................... 181 172 20,541 18,179 45 34 5,135 3,636
Illinois ............... 35 52 5,514 4,589 9 10 1,379 918
Indiana ................ 13 13 1,215 3,425 3 3 304 685
Iowa ................... 9 8 1,796 742 2 2 449 148
Kansas ................. 9 (3) 1,497 (3) 2 (3) 374 (3)
Michigan ............... 21 20 1,986 1,460 5 4 497 292
Minnesota .............. 7 4 607 561 2 1 152 112
Missouri ............... 17 18 1,145 1,625 4 4 286 325
Nebraska ............... 4 3 247 377 1 1 62 75
North Dakota ........... 3 (3) 410 (3) 1 (3) 103 (3)
Ohio ................... 25 21 2,420 2,576 6 4 605 515
South Dakota ........... - - - - - - - -
Wisconsin .............. 38 28 3,704 2,449 10 6 926 490
West ....................... 316 362 22,964 30,036 79 72 5,741 6,007
Alaska ................. 4 8 307 792 1 2 77 158
Arizona ................ 5 14 341 994 1 3 85 199
California ............. 251 291 17,552 23,157 63 58 4,388 4,631
Colorado ............... 6 3 547 224 2 1 137 45
Hawaii ................. (3) - (3) - (3) - (3) -
Idaho .................. 4 9 255 1,129 1 2 64 226
Montana ................ (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
Nevada ................. 11 7 1,158 597 3 1 290 119
New Mexico ............. 5 (3) 338 (3) 1 (3) 85 (3)
Oregon ................. 10 13 836 1,347 3 3 209 269
Utah ................... 3 3 218 169 1 1 55 34
Washington ............. 14 11 1,170 1,261 4 2 293 252
Wyoming ................ - - - - - - - -
Puerto Rico ............ 12 13 1,282 1,266 3 3 321 253
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
