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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 -- AUGUST 2010
Employers took 1,546 mass layoff actions in August that resulted in the separation
of 150,192 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 August decreased by 63 from the prior month, while the number
of associated initial claims increased by 6,489. In August, 403 mass layoff events
were reported in the manufacturing sector, seasonally adjusted, resulting in 46,540
initial claims. (See table 1.)
The national unemployment rate was 9.6 percent in August, seasonally adjusted, essen-
tially unchanged from the prior month and from a year earlier. In August, total non-
farm payroll employment decreased by 54,000 over the month but increased by 229,000
from a year earlier.
Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
The number of mass layoff events in August was 976 on a not seasonally adjusted
basis; the number of associated initial claims was 92,435. (See table 2.) Over
the year, the number of mass layoff events decreased by 452, and associated initial
claims decreased by 32,589. Thirteen of the 19 major industry sectors in the private
economy reported over-the-year decreases in initial claims, led by manufacturing.
Retail trade and management of companies reached August program highs in terms of
average weekly claims. (Average weekly analysis mitigates the effect of differing
lengths of months. See the Technical Note. Data began in 1995.)
The manufacturing sector accounted for 24 percent of all mass layoff events and
25 percent of initial claims filed in August. A year earlier, manufacturing made
up 31 percent of events and 33 percent of initial claims. Within manufacturing,
the number of claimants in August was greatest in transportation equipment
and food. (See table 3.) Sixteen of the 21 manufacturing subsectors experienced
over-the-year decreases in initial claims, led by machinery and transportation
equipment.
The six-digit industry with the largest number of initial claims in August was
temporary help services. (See table A.) Of the 10 detailed industries in table A,
elementary and secondary schools and home centers each reached a program high
number of claims for the month of August. The table includes both publicly and
privately owned entities.
Table A. Industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims in August 2010,
not seasonally adjusted
August peak
Industry
Initial claims Year Initial claims
Temporary help services (1) .............. 7,936 1999 11,533
Elementary and secondary schools ......... 4,093 2010 4,093
Professional employer organizations (1) .. 3,454 2008 5,252
Motion picture and video production ...... 3,026 2003 6,812
Discount department stores ............... 2,542 2007 2,953
School and employee bus transportation ... 2,429 2003 6,538
Payroll services ......................... 2,284 2001 8,173
Automobile manufacturing ................. 2,279 2001 8,166
Home centers ............................. 1,857 2010 1,857
Supermarkets and other grocery stores .... 1,656 2001 2,357
1 See the Technical Note for more information on these industries.
Geographic Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Three of the 4 regions and 7 of the 9 divisions experienced over-the-year decreases
in initial claims due to mass layoffs in August. Among the census regions, the
Midwest registered the largest over-the-year declines in initial claims. Of the
geographic divisions, the East North Central and the Middle Atlantic had the
largest over-the-year declines in initial claims. (See table 5.)
California recorded the highest number of initial claims in August, followed by Florida
and New York. Thirty-five states and the District of Columbia experienced over-the-
year decreases in initial claims, led by New York and Pennsylvania. (See table 6.)
Note
The monthly data series in this release cover mass layoffs of 50 or more workers begin-
ning 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. 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 news release for September is scheduled to be released on Friday,
October 22, 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, September 2006 to August 2010,
seasonally adjusted
Total Private nonfarm Manufacturing
Date
Initial Initial Initial
Events claimants Events claimants Events claimants
2006
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
May ........................ 1,412 135,789 1,200 119,822 266 22,577
June ....................... 1,647 145,538 1,436 127,928 298 29,384
July ....................... 1,609 143,703 1,369 121,770 307 33,381
August ..................... 1,546 150,192 1,359 130,660 403 46,540
Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, September 2006 to August 2010,
not seasonally adjusted
Total Private nonfarm Manufacturing
Date
Initial Initial Initial
Events claimants Events claimants Events claimants
2006
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
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
Table 3. Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance
Initial claimants for
Mass layoff events unemployment insurance
Industry
August June July August August June July August
2009 2010 2010 2010 2009 2010 2010 2010
Seasonally adjusted
Total ..................................... 2,480 1,647 1,609 1546 238,911 145,538 143,703 150,192
Total, private nonfarm ........................ 2,244 1,436 1,369 1359 218,425 127,928 121,770 130,660
Manufacturing ............................... 798 298 307 403 87,201 29,384 33,381 46,540
Not seasonally adjusted
Total (1) ................................. 1,428 1,861 2,124 976 125,024 171,190 206,254 92,435
Total, private .................................. 1,356 1,398 1,832 923 118,920 128,691 179,524 84,610
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting .. 22 43 100 26 1,727 2,819 7,276 1,589
Total, private nonfarm ........................ 1,334 1,355 1,732 897 117,193 125,872 172,248 83,021
Mining ...................................... 9 (2) 5 (2) 603 (2) 394 (2)
Utilities ................................... (2) 5 6 - (2) 343 689 -
Construction ................................ 160 121 135 105 11,904 8,405 9,570 6,910
Manufacturing ............................... 436 212 532 230 41,151 21,083 64,200 23,088
Food .................................... 41 46 75 54 3,632 3,315 9,535 4,312
Beverage and tobacco products ........... 5 5 4 (2) 937 259 290 (2)
Textile mills ........................... (2) 4 8 4 (2) 584 959 888
Textile product mills ................... 5 (2) 3 3 557 (2) 347 272
Apparel ................................. 15 7 18 9 1,317 737 1,576 573
Leather and allied products ............. (2) (2) 3 (2) (2) (2) 332 (2)
Wood products ........................... 19 20 24 17 1,423 2,012 2,051 1,355
Paper ................................... 8 4 4 7 576 382 311 559
Printing and related support activities . 9 12 10 3 714 878 790 246
Petroleum and coal products ............. - - 4 - - - 294 -
Chemicals ............................... 10 3 18 8 843 375 1,808 562
Plastics and rubber products ............ 17 5 31 10 1,532 353 3,027 691
Nonmetallic mineral products ............ 18 9 22 8 1,147 492 1,846 621
Primary metals .......................... 31 9 24 7 2,742 762 2,752 835
Fabricated metal products ............... 43 8 27 12 3,501 621 2,497 925
Machinery ............................... 74 16 26 18 6,608 2,329 4,463 2,077
Computer and electronic products ........ 30 8 18 15 2,535 654 1,492 999
Electrical equipment and appliances ..... 18 5 17 8 1,853 734 1,692 1,303
Transportation equipment ................ 68 34 171 32 9,076 4,474 25,863 4,869
Furniture and related products .......... 13 11 19 6 941 1,560 1,916 1,417
Miscellaneous manufacturing ............. 6 3 6 4 577 232 359 319
Wholesale trade ............................. 34 14 33 18 2,714 955 2,691 1,324
Retail trade ................................ 111 107 142 108 10,173 10,102 14,907 10,430
Transportation and warehousing .............. 101 159 148 45 9,131 19,790 17,270 4,356
Information ................................. 46 41 55 36 6,067 4,321 7,341 6,155
Finance and insurance ....................... 47 39 47 24 4,434 2,621 3,391 1,945
Real estate and rental and leasing .......... 7 8 15 7 404 437 883 514
Professional and technical services ......... 32 30 59 43 2,302 2,970 4,366 4,657
Management of companies and enterprises ..... (2) (2) 5 6 (2) (2) 419 490
Administrative and waste services ........... 195 175 292 158 15,604 14,283 25,234 14,605
Educational services ........................ 13 40 30 6 1,796 2,588 2,912 902
Health care and social assistance ........... 31 174 90 36 1,947 14,283 6,716 2,532
Arts, entertainment, and recreation ......... 19 29 31 17 1,403 1,764 2,559 1,286
Accommodation and food services ............. 74 141 89 50 6,034 18,121 7,184 3,424
Other services, except public administration 13 54 18 (2) 1,076 3,284 1,522 (2)
Unclassified ................................ - - - - - - - -
Government ...................................... 72 463 292 53 6,104 42,499 26,730 7,825
Federal ..................................... 14 22 25 18 1,381 2,076 3,243 1,933
State ....................................... 19 37 29 12 1,717 2,813 2,589 894
Local ....................................... 39 404 238 23 3,006 37,610 20,898 4,998
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, July 2008 to August 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
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 3,979 835,551 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 3,395 731,049 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 2,034 406,802 38.7 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 2,416 468,368 43.7 88.8
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 1,870 360,208 38.3 77.2
April ...................... 1,840 199,690 1,697 184,654
May ........................ 1,354 123,333 1,170 109,203
June ....................... 1,861 171,190 1,355 125,872
Second Quarter ............. 5,055 494,213 4,222 419,729 (2)(p)1,851 (2)(p)273,860 (p)43.8 (p)65.2
July ....................... 2,124 206,254 1,732 172,248
August ..................... 976 92,435 897 83,021
1 The event realization rate is the percentage of all private nonfarm mass layoff events lasting more than 30 days. The
initial claimant realization rate is the percentage of all private nonfarm mass layoff initial claimants associated with layoffs
lasting more than 30 days.
2 These quarterly numbers are provisional and will be revised as more data on these layoffs become available. Experience
suggests that the number of extended mass layoff events is generally revised upwards by less than 10 percent and the number of
initial claimants associated with such events increases by 25-40 percent.
p = preliminary.
Table 5. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance by census region and division, not seasonally adjusted
Initial claimants for
Mass layoff events unemployment insurance
Census region and division
August June July August August June July August
2009 2010 2010 2010 2009 2010 2010 2010
United States (1) ... 1,428 1,861 2,124 976 125,024 171,190 206,254 92,435
Northeast ................... 279 288 434 183 26,444 32,587 44,132 16,706
New England ............. 32 54 40 34 2,953 6,003 3,136 3,743
Middle Atlantic ......... 247 234 394 149 23,491 26,584 40,996 12,963
South ....................... 342 442 512 274 29,486 39,969 48,848 21,631
South Atlantic .......... 204 267 280 160 17,732 23,150 26,937 12,404
East South Central ...... 57 73 142 55 4,820 7,108 13,640 4,584
West South Central ...... 81 102 90 59 6,934 9,711 8,271 4,643
Midwest ..................... 350 390 490 157 32,197 39,201 56,377 17,140
East North Central ...... 273 290 397 124 25,962 29,931 46,473 13,603
West North Central ...... 77 100 93 33 6,235 9,270 9,904 3,537
West ........................ 457 741 688 362 36,897 59,433 56,897 36,958
Mountain ................ 63 105 71 31 6,116 9,136 6,593 2,197
Pacific ................. 394 636 617 331 30,781 50,297 50,304 34,761
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
August June July August August June July August
2009 2010 2010 2010 2009 2010 2010 2010
Total (1) ............ 1,428 1,861 2,124 976 125,024 171,190 206,254 92,435
Alabama ................. 23 32 57 14 1,997 3,783 5,642 1,407
Alaska .................. 4 (2) (2) 10 295 (2) (2) 884
Arizona ................. 10 28 16 5 977 2,197 1,710 268
Arkansas ................ 4 7 8 3 260 521 765 275
California .............. 340 590 558 287 26,082 44,939 44,343 31,007
Colorado ................ 5 14 16 5 374 1,237 1,552 355
Connecticut ............. 4 11 13 8 334 968 977 880
Delaware ................ (2) 7 (2) (2) (2) 477 (2) (2)
District of Columbia .... (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Florida ................. 104 123 137 93 7,795 9,037 10,581 6,506
Georgia ................. 23 46 27 30 2,202 4,398 4,020 2,996
Hawaii .................. 8 7 5 5 872 562 471 381
Idaho ................... 9 8 5 7 1,305 481 480 504
Illinois ................ 82 88 92 32 7,432 8,046 10,969 3,707
Indiana ................. 30 30 38 14 3,182 2,977 5,905 1,554
Iowa .................... 17 13 25 9 1,359 1,686 3,463 1,743
Kansas .................. 14 14 5 4 945 1,815 416 366
Kentucky ................ 22 15 50 18 2,006 1,417 5,491 1,422
Louisiana ............... 18 26 23 16 1,698 1,985 2,174 1,010
Maine ................... (2) 5 3 (2) (2) 320 249 (2)
Maryland ................ 10 11 20 6 759 1,172 1,844 363
Massachusetts ........... 13 13 16 16 1,357 948 1,403 1,464
Michigan ................ 43 54 107 14 3,593 5,047 12,383 2,385
Minnesota ............... 13 18 14 4 948 1,526 1,462 307
Mississippi ............. 5 13 12 14 349 768 1,094 1,057
Missouri ................ 28 48 34 12 2,549 3,679 3,005 864
Montana ................. 3 10 4 (2) 258 659 322 (2)
Nebraska ................ (2) 6 10 4 (2) 504 835 257
Nevada .................. 30 24 20 7 2,879 2,956 1,644 484
New Hampshire ........... 6 8 (2) 6 454 1,277 (2) 657
New Jersey .............. 27 56 113 31 2,162 9,675 10,486 2,449
New Mexico .............. 4 13 4 (2) 191 997 247 (2)
New York ................ 106 50 201 59 11,405 5,201 23,920 5,547
North Carolina .......... 19 21 19 9 2,523 2,378 1,264 698
North Dakota ............ (2) - 4 - (2) - 666 -
Ohio .................... 58 58 87 27 5,941 6,056 9,564 2,569
Oklahoma ................ 8 6 8 (2) 679 494 665 (2)
Oregon .................. 21 27 32 18 1,691 3,758 3,582 1,671
Pennsylvania ............ 114 128 80 59 9,924 11,708 6,590 4,967
Rhode Island ............ 5 9 6 (2) 456 1,723 396 (2)
South Carolina .......... 20 31 36 11 2,133 3,414 5,430 792
South Dakota ............ (2) (2) (2) - (2) (2) (2) -
Tennessee ............... 7 13 23 9 468 1,140 1,413 698
Texas ................... 51 63 51 38 4,297 6,711 4,667 3,058
Utah .................... (2) 6 6 (2) (2) 461 638 (2)
Vermont ................. (2) 8 (2) (2) (2) 767 (2) (2)
Virginia ................ 21 24 36 8 1,652 1,999 3,427 747
Washington .............. 21 10 21 11 1,841 839 1,848 818
West Virginia ........... 4 (2) (2) - 272 (2) (2) -
Wisconsin ............... 60 60 73 37 5,814 7,805 7,652 3,388
Wyoming ................. - (2) - (2) - (2) - (2)
Puerto Rico ............. 15 24 18 12 1,326 1,763 2,344 987
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
