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For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Wednesday, December 22, 2010 USDL-10-1750 Technical information: (202) 691-6392 * mlsinfo@bls.gov * www.bls.gov/mls Media contact: (202) 691-5902 * PressOffice@bls.gov MASS LAYOFFS -- NOVEMBER 2010 Employers took 1,586 mass layoff actions in November involving 152,816 workers, seasonally adjusted, as measured by new filings for unemploy- ment insurance benefits during the month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Each mass layoff involved at least 50 per- sons from a single employer. The number of mass layoff events in November decreased by 65 from the prior month, while the number of associated initial claims increased by 4,757. In November, 354 mass lay- off events were reported in the manufacturing sector, seasonally ad- justed, resulting in 39,465 initial claims. Over the month, the number of manufacturing events decreased slightly, while associated initial claims increased by 2,027. (See table 1.) The national unemployment rate was 9.8 percent in November, up from 9.6 percent the prior month and down from 10.0 percent a year earlier. In November, total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 39,000 over the month and by 842,000 from a year earlier. Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted) The number of mass layoff events in November was 1,676 on a not sea- sonally adjusted basis; the number of associated initial claims was 158,048. Over the year, the number of mass layoff events decreased by 194, and associated initial claims decreased by 6,448. (See table 2.) Twelve of the 19 major industry sectors in the private economy reported over-the-year decreases in initial claims, led by manufacturing. The manufacturing sector accounted for 23 percent of all mass layoff events and 26 percent of initial claims filed in November. A year ear- lier, manufacturing made up 28 percent of events and 33 percent of ini- tial claims. Within manufacturing, the number of claimants in November was greatest in transportation equipment and in food. Thirteen of the 21 manufacturing subsectors experienced over-the-year decreases in ini- tial claims, with the largest declines in transportation equipment and in machinery.(See table 3.) The six-digit industries with the largest number of initial claims in November were highway, street, and bridge construction and temporary help services. (See table A.) The table includes both publicly and pri- vately owned entities. Table A. Industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims in November 2010, not seasonally adjusted November peak Industry Initial claims Year Initial claims Highway, street, and bridge construction .. 12,964 2001 14,805 Temporary help services (1) ............... 11,714 2000 19,023 Motion picture and video production ....... 7,419 2000 8,664 Food service contractors .................. 4,404 2007 6,163 School and employee bus transportation .... 3,899 2007 4,547 Farm labor contractors and crew leaders ... 3,700 1999 11,613 Professional employer organizations (1) ... 3,400 2008 5,873 Hotels and motels, except casino hotels ... 2,180 2001 3,215 Landscaping services ...................... 1,973 2002 2,129 Payroll services .......................... 1,770 2002 6,598 1 See the Technical Note for more information on these industries. Geographic Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted) Two of the 4 regions and 5 of the 9 divisions experienced over-the- year decreases in initial claims due to mass layoffs in November. Among the census regions, the Midwest registered the largest over-the-year decline in initial claims. Of the geographic divisions, the East North Central had the largest over-the-year decline in initial claims. (See table 5.) California recorded the highest number of initial claims in November, followed by Wisconsin, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. Twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia experienced over-the-year decreases in initial claims, led by Illinois, Pennsylvania, Florida, Kentucky, and New York. (See table 6.) 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 re- lease that reports on mass layoffs lasting more than 30 days (referred to as "extended mass layoffs"). The quarterly release provides more in- formation on the industry classification and location of the establish- ment 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. ____________ The Mass Layoffs news release for December 2010 and Annual Totals for 2010 is scheduled to be released on Thursday, January 27, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. (EST). ---------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Revision of Seasonally Adjusted Mass Layoff Data | | | | In accordance with usual practice, the release of mass layoff | | data for December 2010, scheduled for January 27, 2011, will | | incorporate annual updating of seasonal adjustment factors. | | Seasonally adjusted estimates back to January 2006 are subject | | to revision. | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------
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, December 2006 to November 2010, seasonally adjusted Total Private nonfarm Manufacturing Date Initial Initial Initial Events claimants Events claimants Events claimants 2006 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 ...................... 1,646 164,325 1,478 149,621 388 50,083 May ........................ 1,676 164,115 1,416 142,594 320 30,729 June ....................... 1,757 158,479 1,529 139,029 332 33,012 July ....................... 1,520 135,389 1,301 117,546 286 29,826 August ..................... 1,655 165,528 1,448 143,056 400 48,858 September .................. 1,530 138,220 1,317 118,741 334 34,096 October .................... 1,651 148,059 1,445 130,448 356 37,438 November ................... 1,586 152,816 1,405 137,695 354 39,465
Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, December 2006 to November 2010, not seasonally adjusted Total Private nonfarm Manufacturing Date Initial Initial Initial Events claimants Events claimants Events claimants 2006 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 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
Table 3. Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance Initial claimants for Mass layoff events unemployment insurance Industry November September October November November September October November 2009 2010 2010 2010 2009 2010 2010 2010 Seasonally adjusted Total ..................................... 1,813 1,530 1,651 1,586 163,823 138,220 148,059 152,816 Total, private nonfarm ........................ 1,650 1,317 1,445 1,405 151,810 118,741 130,448 137,695 Manufacturing ............................... 485 334 356 354 54,858 34,096 37,438 39,465 Not seasonally adjusted Total (1) ................................. 1,870 920 1,642 1,676 164,496 77,654 148,638 158,048 Total, private .................................. 1,791 823 1,493 1,614 158,146 68,913 136,178 152,651 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting .. 112 17 120 137 7,395 926 8,313 10,060 Total, private nonfarm ........................ 1,679 806 1,373 1,477 150,751 67,987 127,865 142,591 Mining ...................................... 22 4 6 13 1,551 447 390 943 Utilities ................................... 3 (2) (2) (2) 206 (2) (2) (2) Construction ................................ 308 89 175 325 23,902 6,137 13,500 26,767 Manufacturing ............................... 517 187 351 389 55,053 19,403 40,861 41,383 Food .................................... 61 31 80 69 6,631 3,216 8,639 7,242 Beverage and tobacco products ........... 9 (2) 15 7 682 (2) 1,166 655 Textile mills ........................... 12 3 7 15 1,337 277 1,019 1,631 Textile product mills ................... - (2) 4 (2) - (2) 271 (2) Apparel ................................. 17 3 10 8 1,361 194 1,399 993 Leather and allied products ............. (2) - (2) (2) (2) - (2) (2) Wood products ........................... 40 22 26 28 3,505 1,726 2,570 2,568 Paper ................................... (2) 4 4 8 (2) 239 334 653 Printing and related support activities . 10 3 6 14 888 277 435 1,312 Petroleum and coal products ............. 11 3 (2) 8 852 180 (2) 796 Chemicals ............................... 13 (2) 8 9 1,239 (2) 723 685 Plastics and rubber products ............ 29 (2) 9 20 2,802 (2) 656 1,912 Nonmetallic mineral products ............ 30 7 15 21 2,514 609 1,460 1,839 Primary metals .......................... 38 13 16 17 3,426 1,381 1,358 1,352 Fabricated metal products ............... 36 13 20 21 2,764 1,006 1,667 1,766 Machinery ............................... 44 11 26 24 5,080 1,787 4,968 2,980 Computer and electronic products ........ 25 8 13 12 2,788 562 851 990 Electrical equipment and appliances ..... 18 10 15 11 1,379 1,793 1,935 1,808 Transportation equipment ................ 86 30 50 60 13,806 4,166 8,581 7,754 Furniture and related products .......... 19 11 17 23 2,407 792 1,929 2,945 Miscellaneous manufacturing ............. 11 8 6 9 931 573 596 775 Wholesale trade ............................. 33 16 30 28 2,389 1,011 2,079 2,347 Retail trade ................................ 99 99 126 99 7,083 9,764 13,260 8,433 Transportation and warehousing .............. 83 31 45 68 6,651 2,268 3,948 6,236 Information ................................. 52 24 52 48 5,414 2,365 5,640 10,136 Finance and insurance ....................... 33 29 31 22 2,691 2,602 2,342 1,742 Real estate and rental and leasing .......... 13 4 9 5 963 267 455 287 Professional and technical services ......... 55 23 43 57 4,651 1,504 3,447 6,284 Management of companies and enterprises ..... 3 (2) (2) (2) 290 (2) (2) (2) Administrative and waste services ........... 220 133 275 225 18,219 10,059 23,531 20,778 Educational services ........................ 6 13 11 3 453 786 657 147 Health care and social assistance ........... 38 26 54 31 2,886 1,660 4,056 2,523 Arts, entertainment, and recreation ......... 45 39 31 32 3,705 2,799 2,674 2,703 Accommodation and food services ............. 129 72 118 112 13,264 5,735 10,024 10,219 Other services, except public administration 20 12 10 15 1,380 864 506 1,168 Unclassified ................................ - 1 1 1 - 78 73 79 Government ...................................... 79 97 149 62 6,350 8,741 12,460 5,397 Federal ..................................... 12 19 41 10 1,155 1,898 4,336 945 State ....................................... 25 22 32 17 2,213 1,575 2,967 1,472 Local ....................................... 42 56 76 35 2,982 5,268 5,157 2,980 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, October 2008 to November 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 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 2,034 406,823 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 2,416 468,560 43.7 88.9 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 1,870 367,930 38.3 78.9 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 2,011 393,435 47.6 93.7 July ....................... 2,124 206,254 1,732 172,248 August ..................... 976 92,435 897 83,021 September .................. 920 77,654 806 67,987 Third Quarter .............. 4,020 376,343 3,435 323,256 (2)(p)1,297 (2)(p)177,807 (p)37.8 (p)55.0 October .................... 1,642 148,638 1,373 127,865 November ................... 1,676 158,048 1,477 142,591 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 November September October November November September October November 2009 2010 2010 2010 2009 2010 2010 2010 United States (1) ... 1,870 920 1,642 1,676 164,496 77,654 148,638 158,048 Northeast ................... 285 160 246 223 26,974 14,411 20,922 20,305 New England ............. 40 15 25 41 3,750 1,357 1,940 3,878 Middle Atlantic ......... 245 145 221 182 23,224 13,054 18,982 16,427 South ....................... 413 259 368 426 37,708 21,507 35,853 38,416 South Atlantic .......... 207 153 213 245 19,029 11,811 21,191 20,773 East South Central ...... 83 41 70 83 6,656 3,633 7,095 7,182 West South Central ...... 123 65 85 98 12,023 6,063 7,567 10,461 Midwest ..................... 530 155 316 431 51,989 14,964 34,290 43,401 East North Central ...... 382 115 227 317 39,265 11,280 25,674 31,834 West North Central ...... 148 40 89 114 12,724 3,684 8,616 11,567 West ........................ 642 346 712 596 47,825 26,772 57,573 55,926 Mountain ................ 98 47 99 101 9,393 4,461 9,563 8,789 Pacific ................. 544 299 613 495 38,432 22,311 48,010 47,137 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 November September October November November September October November 2009 2010 2010 2010 2009 2010 2010 2010 Total (1) ............ 1,870 920 1,642 1,676 164,496 77,654 148,638 158,048 Alabama ................. 16 13 20 26 1,266 1,021 2,244 2,499 Alaska .................. 3 4 5 4 361 492 430 266 Arizona ................. 9 6 24 5 709 477 2,392 365 Arkansas ................ 9 3 7 10 973 301 790 1,224 California .............. 472 264 559 424 31,922 19,288 42,458 40,704 Colorado ................ 14 10 17 17 1,064 827 1,675 1,379 Connecticut ............. 5 (2) 7 9 424 (2) 523 837 Delaware ................ 6 (2) 5 3 347 (2) 403 153 District of Columbia .... (2) - (2) (2) (2) - (2) (2) Florida ................. 86 91 105 72 6,010 6,001 9,277 3,911 Georgia ................. 26 24 32 28 3,225 2,438 2,969 3,012 Hawaii .................. 7 3 5 (2) 488 182 401 (2) Idaho ................... 19 7 5 21 2,071 1,011 362 2,085 Illinois ................ 101 35 60 59 10,794 5,053 7,281 5,386 Indiana ................. 43 10 26 30 4,323 846 4,349 3,799 Iowa .................... 25 3 14 24 2,648 362 1,397 3,716 Kansas .................. 8 8 6 8 741 1,245 737 1,205 Kentucky ................ 41 10 20 21 3,649 1,454 2,828 1,744 Louisiana ............... 35 11 19 17 2,795 688 1,554 1,351 Maine ................... 6 (2) - 6 674 (2) - 528 Maryland ................ 6 6 9 7 486 528 796 529 Massachusetts ........... 11 7 11 17 803 476 858 1,449 Michigan ................ 78 11 34 74 8,549 758 3,010 7,199 Minnesota ............... 55 5 26 39 4,905 412 3,056 3,316 Mississippi ............. 9 12 15 25 512 741 1,017 1,964 Missouri ................ 48 19 37 29 3,195 1,115 2,866 2,159 Montana ................. 10 4 9 12 758 332 831 1,074 Nebraska ................ 6 5 6 8 611 550 560 643 Nevada .................. 33 13 26 28 3,891 1,238 2,396 2,186 New Hampshire ........... 4 (2) 3 3 279 (2) 302 218 New Jersey .............. 52 22 31 33 5,277 1,665 2,517 4,247 New Mexico .............. 7 3 7 8 476 238 545 636 New York ................ 75 52 61 54 6,281 5,499 5,443 4,471 North Carolina (3) ...... 30 13 21 78 4,273 1,372 1,697 8,019 North Dakota ............ 5 - - 6 557 - - 528 Ohio .................... 59 22 45 64 5,233 1,638 4,734 6,234 Oklahoma ................ 10 (2) 7 5 1,438 (2) 484 441 Oregon .................. 35 17 22 28 3,464 1,635 2,540 2,676 Pennsylvania ............ 118 71 129 95 11,666 5,890 11,022 7,709 Rhode Island ............ 3 (2) (2) (2) 297 (2) (2) (2) South Carolina .......... 20 7 21 19 1,456 724 3,479 1,501 South Dakota ............ (2) - - - (2) - - - Tennessee ............... 17 6 15 11 1,229 417 1,006 975 Texas ................... 69 49 52 66 6,817 4,814 4,739 7,445 Utah .................... 4 4 7 9 256 338 758 977 Vermont ................. 11 (2) (2) 5 1,273 (2) (2) 736 Virginia ................ 31 11 19 32 3,021 689 2,444 3,111 Washington .............. 27 11 22 37 2,197 714 2,181 3,294 West Virginia ........... (2) - - 5 (2) - - 457 Wisconsin ............... 101 37 62 90 10,366 2,985 6,300 9,216 Wyoming ................. (2) - 4 (2) (2) - 604 (2) Puerto Rico ............. 22 16 22 11 2,177 1,382 2,191 1,046 1 See footnote 1, table 3. 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. 3 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.