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MASS LAYOFFS -- OCTOBER 2011
Employers took 1,353 mass layoff actions in October involving 118,689 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. The
number of mass layoff events in October decreased by 142 from September, and
the number of associated initial claims decreased by 34,540. In October, 345
mass layoff events were reported in the manufacturing sector, seasonally
adjusted, resulting in 33,849 initial claims. (See table 1.)
The national unemployment rate was 9.0 percent in October, essentially
unchanged from the prior month but down from 9.7 percent a year earlier.
In October, total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 80,000 over the
month and by 1,501,000 over the year.
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Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
The number of mass layoff events in October was 1,101, not seasonally
adjusted, resulting in 96,914 initial claims for unemployment
insurance. (See table 2.) Over the year, the number of average weekly
mass layoff events decreased by 53, and associated average weekly
initial claims decreased by 5,499. Sixteen of the 19 major industry
sectors in the private economy reported over-the-year decreases in
average weekly initial claims, with the largest decreases occurring in
construction and manufacturing. (See table 3.) The six-digit industry
with the largest number of private nonfarm initial claims in October
was temporary help services. (See table A.)
Table A. Six-digit NAICS industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims
in October 2011, private nonfarm, not seasonally adjusted
Industry October peak
Initial Claims Year Initial claims
Temporary help services (1) ................ 9,393 1998 18,760
Professional employer organizations (1) .... 2,497 2008 7,242
Fruit and vegetable canning ................ 2,393 2002 4,500
Food service contractors ................... 1,944 2009 3,233
Discount department stores ................. 1,859 2002 4,959
Motion picture and video production ........ 1,742 1997 7,692
Supermarkets and other grocery stores ...... 1,640 2003 13,682
AC, refrigeration, and forced air heating .. 1,450 2007 2,588
Hotels and motels, except casino hotels .... 1,279 2001 5,795
Household refrigerator and home freezer mfg. 1,200 2002 2,393
1 See the Technical Note for more information on these industries.
The manufacturing sector accounted for 24 percent of all mass layoff
events and 29 percent of initial claims filed in October. A year
earlier, manufacturing made up 21 percent of events and 27 percent of
initial claims. Within this sector, the numbers of mass layoff claimants
in October was greatest in the food, machinery, and transportation
equipment subsectors. Twelve of the 21 manufacturing subsectors experienced
over-the-year decreases in average weekly initial claims, with the largest
decrease occurring in transportation equipment. (See table 3.)
Geographic Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Among the census regions, the West registered the greatest numbers of
initial claims in October. All four regions experienced over-the-year
decreases in average weekly initial claims, with the largest decline
occurring in the West. (See table 4.)
Among the states, California recorded the highest number of mass layoff
initial claims in October, followed by Florida, Pennsylvania, New York,
and Illinois. Twenty-seven states experienced over-the-year declines in
average weekly initial claims, led by California and Pennsylvania. (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 November is scheduled to be released
on Thursday, December 22, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. (EST).
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|The following changes are effective in the October 2011 Mass |
|Layoffs news release issued on Tuesday, November 22, 2011. |
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|--Charts 1 and 2 were replaced with a single chart showing 11 years |
| of mass layoff initial claims data. |
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|--Table A was modified to display only private nonfarm industries. |
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|--Seasonally adjusted data were removed from Table 3 since these data |
| are available in Table 1. Select three-digit industries were added |
| to the new table 3. Public education industry detail also was |
| added to the state government and local government sections. The |
| previous 2 months' data were removed, keeping only the current |
| month's and the previous year's data. |
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|--Table 4 was removed from the monthly release; it will be issued |
| on the BLS Web site as a supplemental table to the quarterly Extended|
| Mass Layoffs news release. Tables 5 and 6 were combined to create a |
| new Table 4. The geographic divisions previously shown in Table 5 |
| were removed, and the states were grouped into their respective |
| Census regions. The previous 2 months' data were removed, keeping |
| only the current months' and the previous year's data. |
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|--Average weekly mass layoff events and average weekly initial claims |
| were added to the new Tables 3 and 4 to mitigate the calendar |
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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, November 2007 to
October 2011, seasonally adjusted
Total Private nonfarm Manufacturing
Date
Initial Initial Initial
Events claimants Events claimants Events claimants
2007
November ................... 1,397 145,339 1,269 135,651 408 56,985
December ................... 1,553 154,275 1,435 144,785 463 59,445
2008
January .................... 1,437 146,900 1,302 135,622 431 55,562
February ................... 1,604 175,128 1,441 163,475 471 59,118
March ...................... 1,500 150,502 1,388 140,424 435 56,156
April ...................... 1,292 128,901 1,162 118,016 449 58,402
May ........................ 1,582 161,944 1,444 152,230 468 62,452
June ....................... 1,631 164,508 1,488 153,014 491 68,198
July ....................... 1,581 164,497 1,443 153,720 463 62,425
August ..................... 1,791 181,107 1,653 171,705 583 77,874
September .................. 2,192 233,034 2,024 219,532 635 82,471
October .................... 2,221 229,254 2,062 215,787 697 92,408
November ................... 2,415 228,107 2,256 214,631 900 102,284
December ................... 2,443 245,661 2,264 231,138 927 114,280
2009
January .................... 2,272 238,717 2,103 224,850 756 100,927
February ................... 2,801 315,507 2,636 300,042 1,194 138,583
March ...................... 2,950 295,543 2,758 279,027 1,205 144,713
April ...................... 2,579 251,032 2,368 234,796 997 121,435
May ........................ 2,758 288,319 2,557 271,425 1,187 147,548
June ....................... 2,506 250,275 2,293 232,814 1,048 135,389
July ....................... 2,192 223,697 1,977 203,365 620 72,932
August ..................... 2,419 220,262 2,177 201,951 778 83,837
September .................. 2,305 219,924 2,095 204,596 799 91,665
October .................... 1,975 195,347 1,780 177,977 570 63,646
November ................... 1,754 154,223 1,585 141,439 464 51,891
December ................... 1,725 156,274 1,545 141,649 420 43,584
2010
January .................... 1,716 171,633 1,541 157,597 494 60,059
February ................... 1,492 149,369 1,318 135,490 351 40,564
March ...................... 1,635 146,901 1,436 131,953 347 37,273
April ...................... 1,675 159,358 1,498 143,814 371 48,646
May ........................ 1,665 155,352 1,405 133,913 314 30,967
June ....................... 1,729 153,937 1,504 134,837 326 32,646
July ....................... 1,528 138,581 1,316 121,378 296 30,752
August ..................... 1,658 163,325 1,453 141,489 409 47,668
September .................. 1,541 137,941 1,331 119,654 336 34,641
October .................... 1,649 147,204 1,445 130,264 353 37,394
November ................... 1,579 148,800 1,397 133,845 350 39,072
December ................... 1,483 137,992 1,272 122,688 319 35,977
2011
January .................... 1,534 149,799 1,344 132,730 341 39,189
February ................... 1,421 130,818 1,220 116,190 291 26,060
March ...................... 1,286 118,523 1,128 105,636 253 27,619
April ...................... 1,564 143,927 1,401 129,702 327 35,022
May ........................ 1,599 143,540 1,405 127,494 373 38,673
June ....................... 1,532 143,444 1,348 128,105 341 35,693
July ....................... 1,579 145,000 1,363 124,745 342 35,460
August ..................... 1,587 165,547 1,373 150,136 391 48,997
September .................. 1,495 153,229 1,347 139,151 376 39,929
October .................... 1,353 118,689 1,221 107,101 345 33,849
Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, November 2007 to
October 2011, not seasonally adjusted
Total Private nonfarm Manufacturing
Date
Initial Initial Initial
Events claimants Events claimants Events claimants
2007
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
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
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
October October October October October October October October
2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011
Total (2) .................................. 1,642 1,101 148,638 96,914 328 275 29,728 24,229
Total, private ................................... 1,493 1,015 136,178 88,044 299 254 27,236 22,011
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting ... 120 65 8,313 4,296 24 16 1,663 1,074
Total, private nonfarm ......................... 1,373 950 127,865 83,748 275 238 25,573 20,937
Mining ....................................... 6 (3) 390 (3) 1 (3) 78 (3)
Utilities .................................... (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
Construction ................................. 175 89 13,500 6,391 35 22 2,700 1,598
Construction of buildings ................ 39 18 3,103 1,352 8 5 621 338
Heavy and civil engineering construction . 60 29 5,276 2,204 12 7 1,055 551
Specialty trade contractors .............. 76 42 5,121 2,835 15 11 1,024 709
Manufacturing ................................ 351 265 40,861 28,447 70 66 8,172 7,112
Food ..................................... 80 58 8,639 6,596 16 15 1,728 1,649
Beverage and tobacco products ............ 15 5 1,166 445 3 1 233 111
Textile mills ............................ 7 15 1,019 1,242 1 4 204 311
Textile product mills .................... 4 (3) 271 (3) 1 (3) 54 (3)
Apparel .................................. 10 6 1,399 513 2 2 280 128
Leather and allied products .............. (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
Wood products ............................ 26 15 2,570 1,276 5 4 514 319
Paper .................................... 4 3 334 278 1 1 67 70
Printing and related support activities .. 6 11 435 1,055 1 3 87 264
Petroleum and coal products .............. (3) 5 (3) 360 (3) 1 (3) 90
Chemicals ................................ 8 5 723 274 2 1 145 69
Plastics and rubber products ............. 9 9 656 771 2 2 131 193
Nonmetallic mineral products ............. 15 9 1,460 791 3 2 292 198
Primary metals ........................... 16 11 1,358 1,021 3 3 272 255
Fabricated metal products ................ 20 17 1,667 2,066 4 4 333 517
Machinery ................................ 26 22 4,968 3,617 5 6 994 904
Computer and electronic products ......... 13 15 851 1,422 3 4 170 356
Electrical equipment and appliances ...... 15 6 1,935 1,377 3 2 387 344
Transportation equipment ................. 50 28 8,581 3,478 10 7 1,716 870
Furniture and related products ........... 17 11 1,929 825 3 3 386 206
Miscellaneous manufacturing .............. 6 10 596 700 1 3 119 175
Wholesale trade .............................. 30 21 2,079 1,489 6 5 416 372
Retail trade (4) ............................. 126 99 13,260 9,240 25 25 2,652 2,310
Building material and garden supply stores 13 11 1,300 1,008 3 3 260 252
Food and beverage stores ................. 23 19 2,039 1,705 5 5 408 426
Clothing and clothing accessories stores . 13 7 803 378 3 2 161 95
General merchandise stores ............... 38 36 6,189 4,380 8 9 1,238 1,095
Transportation and warehousing (4) ........... 45 29 3,948 2,345 9 7 790 586
Truck transportation ..................... 7 (3) 462 (3) 1 (3) 92 (3)
Transit and ground passenger
transportation ......................... 14 12 1,203 1,185 3 3 241 296
Support activities for transportation .... 8 (3) 635 (3) 2 (3) 127 (3)
Information .................................. 52 23 5,640 2,452 10 6 1,128 613
Finance and insurance ........................ 31 25 2,342 1,973 6 6 468 493
Real estate and rental and leasing ........... 9 7 455 544 2 2 91 136
Professional and technical services .......... 43 34 3,447 2,469 9 9 689 617
Management of companies and enterprises ...... 3 (3) 265 (3) 1 (3) 53 (3)
Administrative and waste services ............ 275 199 23,531 16,173 55 50 4,706 4,043
Educational services ......................... 11 8 657 518 2 2 131 130
Health care and social assistance ............ 54 41 4,056 2,728 11 10 811 682
Arts, entertainment, and recreation .......... 31 28 2,674 2,053 6 7 535 513
Accommodation and food services .............. 118 72 10,024 5,986 24 18 2,005 1,497
Accommodation ............................ 42 21 3,658 1,624 8 5 732 406
Food services and drinking places ........ 76 51 6,366 4,362 15 13 1,273 1,091
Other services, except public administration . 10 5 506 492 2 1 101 123
Unclassified ................................. (3) 1 (3) 113 (3) - (3) 28
Government ....................................... 149 86 12,460 8,870 30 22 2,492 2,218
Federal ...................................... 41 23 4,336 2,198 8 6 867 550
State ........................................ 32 23 2,967 2,566 6 6 593 642
State government education .............. 8 5 492 361 2 1 98 90
Local ........................................ 76 40 5,157 4,106 15 10 1,031 1,027
Local government education .............. 34 13 1,932 974 7 3 386 244
1 Average weekly analysis mitigates the effect of differing lengths of months. There were 5 weeks in October 2010 and 4 weeks in October
2011. 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
October October October October October October October October
2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011
Total (2) ............... 1,642 1,101 148,638 96,914 328 275 29,728 24,229
Northeast .................. 246 164 20,922 14,814 49 41 4,184 3,704
Connecticut ............ 7 8 523 640 1 2 105 160
Maine .................. - (3) - (3) - (3) - (3)
Massachusetts .......... 11 9 858 987 2 2 172 247
New Hampshire .......... 3 (3) 302 (3) 1 (3) 60 (3)
New Jersey ............. 31 23 2,517 1,744 6 6 503 436
New York ............... 61 49 5,443 5,484 12 12 1,089 1,371
Pennsylvania ........... 129 70 11,022 5,637 26 18 2,204 1,409
Rhode Island ........... (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
Vermont ................ (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
South ...................... 368 284 35,853 25,223 74 71 7,171 6,306
Alabama ................ 20 7 2,244 967 4 2 449 242
Arkansas ............... 7 18 790 2,520 1 5 158 630
Delaware ............... (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
District of Columbia ... (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
Florida ................ 105 91 9,277 6,576 21 23 1,855 1,644
Georgia ................ 32 24 2,969 1,886 6 6 594 472
Kentucky ............... 20 20 2,828 1,841 4 5 566 460
Louisiana .............. 19 8 1,554 525 4 2 311 131
Maryland ............... 9 3 796 163 2 1 159 41
Mississippi ............ 15 9 1,017 668 3 2 203 167
North Carolina (4) ..... 21 27 1,697 2,195 4 7 339 549
Oklahoma ............... 7 7 484 574 1 2 97 144
South Carolina ......... 21 10 3,479 1,329 4 3 696 332
Tennessee .............. 15 4 1,006 292 3 1 201 73
Texas .................. 52 39 4,739 3,454 10 10 948 864
Virginia ............... 19 13 2,444 1,830 4 3 489 458
West Virginia .......... - (3) - (3) - (3) - (3)
Midwest .................... 316 215 34,290 22,090 63 54 6,858 5,523
Illinois ............... 60 48 7,281 4,971 12 12 1,456 1,243
Indiana ................ 26 13 4,349 1,843 5 3 870 461
Iowa ................... 14 10 1,397 1,115 3 3 279 279
Kansas ................. 6 (3) 737 (3) 1 (3) 147 (3)
Michigan ............... 34 32 3,010 3,151 7 8 602 788
Minnesota .............. 26 12 3,056 1,132 5 3 611 283
Missouri ............... 37 22 2,866 2,503 7 6 573 626
Nebraska ............... 6 8 560 811 1 2 112 203
North Dakota ........... - (3) - (3) - (3) - (3)
Ohio ................... 45 29 4,734 2,616 9 7 947 654
South Dakota ........... - - - - - - - -
Wisconsin .............. 62 38 6,300 3,577 12 10 1,260 894
West ....................... 712 438 57,573 34,787 142 110 11,515 8,697
Alaska ................. 5 8 430 970 1 2 86 243
Arizona ................ 24 17 2,392 1,527 5 4 478 382
California ............. 559 322 42,458 24,007 112 81 8,492 6,002
Colorado ............... 17 10 1,675 873 3 3 335 218
Hawaii ................. 5 5 401 340 1 1 80 85
Idaho .................. 5 9 362 613 1 2 72 153
Montana ................ 9 7 831 730 2 2 166 183
Nevada ................. 26 4 2,396 279 5 1 479 70
New Mexico ............. 7 11 545 705 1 3 109 176
Oregon ................. 22 21 2,540 2,354 4 5 508 589
Utah ................... 7 (3) 758 (3) 1 (3) 152 (3)
Washington ............. 22 20 2,181 1,774 4 5 436 444
Wyoming ................ 4 (3) 604 (3) 1 (3) 121 (3)
Puerto Rico ............ 22 9 2,191 1,058 4 2 438 265
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 November 2010 may not be comparable to prior data due to a change in MLS unemployment insurance
input procedures.
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
United States Department of Labor
