Unemployment insurance claims from mass layoffs, 1996-2003


		
	 Thousands

1996	 1,437.628 
1997	 1,542.543 
1998	 1,771.069 
1999	 1,572.399 
2000	 1,835.592 
2001	 2,514.862 
2002	 2,245.051 
2003	 1,888.926