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USDL-11-1245

For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Technical information: (202) 691-6392 • [email protected] • www.bls.gov/mls
Media contact:
(202) 691-5902 • [email protected]

MASS LAYOFFS — JULY 2011
Employers took 1,579 mass layoff actions in July involving 145,000 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 July increased by 47, or 3 percent, from June, and the number of
associated initial claims increased by 1,556, or 1 percent. In July, 342 mass layoff events were reported
in the manufacturing sector, seasonally adjusted, resulting in 35,460 initial claims. (See table 1.)
 
Chart 1. Mass layoff events, seasonally adjusted,
August 2006-July 2011
Events
3,500

Chart 2. Mass layoff initial claims, seasonally adjusted,
August 2006-July 2011
Claims
350,000

3,000

300,000

2,500

250,000

Total

2,000

200,000

1,500

150,000

1,000
Private nonfarm

100,000

Manufacturing

500

50,000

0

0

 

Total

Private nonfarm
Manufacturing

 

The national unemployment rate was 9.1 percent in July, essentially unchanged from the prior month but
down from 9.5 percent a year earlier. In July, total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 117,000
over the month and by 1,258,000 over the year.
Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
The number of mass layoff events in July was 2,176, not seasonally adjusted, resulting in 216,774 initial
claims for unemployment insurance. The number of mass layoff events increased by 52, or 2 percent,
from July 2010, and associated initial claims increased by 10,520, or 5 percent. (See table 2.) Eight of
the 19 major industry sectors in the private economy reported over-the-year increases in initial claims,
with the largest increases occurring in manufacturing and administrative and waste services. The sixdigit industry with the largest number of initial claims in July 2011 was temporary help services. (See
table A. The table includes both publicly and privately owned entities.)

Table A. Industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims in July 2011,
not seasonally adjusted
July peak
Industry
Initial claims
Year
Initial claims
1

Temporary help services ...................................
Elementary and secondary schools ......................
School and employee bus transportation .............
1
Professional employer organizations ................
Farm labor contractors and crew leaders .............
Discount department stores .................................
Food service contractors ......................................
All other motor vehicle parts manufacturing .......
Motion picture and video production ..................
Highway, street, and bridge construction ............
1

18,495
14,264
5,967

1998
2009
2010

24,601
20,769
13,011

4,646
4,088
3,663
3,464
3,448
3,313
3,153

2009
1998
2009
2011
2004
1998
2011

8,240
6,142
3,995
3,464
9,691
12,310
3,153

See the Technical Note for more information on these industries.

The manufacturing sector accounted for 28 percent of all mass layoff events and 33 percent of initial
claims filed in July. A year earlier, manufacturing made up 25 percent of events and 31 percent of initial
claims. Within this sector, the number of claimants in July 2011 was greatest in the transportation
equipment subsector. Fourteen of the 21 manufacturing subsectors experienced over-the-year increases
in initial claims, with the largest increase occurring in textile mills. (See table 3.)
Government layoffs reached a July series high in terms of average weekly initial claims, largely due to a
partial state government shutdown in Minnesota. (Average weekly analysis mitigates the effect of
differing lengths of months. See the Technical Note.)
Geographic Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Three of the 4 regions and 6 of the 9 divisions experienced over-the-year increases in initial claims for
unemployment insurance due to mass layoffs in July. Among the census regions, the South registered
the largest over-the-year increase in initial claims. Of the geographic divisions, the West North Central
had the largest over-the-year increase in initial claims. (See table 5.)
California recorded the highest number of mass layoff initial claims in July, followed by New York,
Michigan, and Florida. Twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia experienced over-the-year
increases in initial claims, led by Minnesota. Minnesota recorded a July series high level of mass layoff
initial claims during 2011, mostly due to a partial shutdown of the state government. (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 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
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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 August is scheduled to be released on Thursday,
September 22, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT).

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Technical Note
The Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program is a federalstate 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 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 employer
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-12ARIMA 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-12ARIMA program and are permanently removed from the
final seasonally adjusted series.

Table 1. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, August 2007 to July 2011,
seasonally adjusted
Total
Date

Private nonfarm

Manufacturing
Initial
claimants

Events

Initial
claimants

Events

Initial
claimants

2007
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................

1,217
1,233
1,330
1,397
1,553

122,450
121,998
133,063
145,339
154,275

1,126
1,140
1,210
1,269
1,435

115,305
115,675
124,455
135,651
144,785

312
430
439
408
463

34,877
51,731
56,970
56,985
59,445

2008
January ........................................................
February .......................................................
March ...........................................................
April ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................

1,437
1,604
1,500
1,292
1,582
1,631
1,581
1,791
2,192
2,221
2,415
2,443

146,900
175,128
150,502
128,901
161,944
164,508
164,497
181,107
233,034
229,254
228,107
245,661

1,302
1,441
1,388
1,162
1,444
1,488
1,443
1,653
2,024
2,062
2,256
2,264

135,622
163,475
140,424
118,016
152,230
153,014
153,720
171,705
219,532
215,787
214,631
231,138

431
471
435
449
468
491
463
583
635
697
900
927

55,562
59,118
56,156
58,402
62,452
68,198
62,425
77,874
82,471
92,408
102,284
114,280

2009
January ........................................................
February .......................................................
March ...........................................................
April ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................

2,272
2,801
2,950
2,579
2,758
2,506
2,192
2,419
2,305
1,975
1,754
1,725

238,717
315,507
295,543
251,032
288,319
250,275
223,697
220,262
219,924
195,347
154,223
156,274

2,103
2,636
2,758
2,368
2,557
2,293
1,977
2,177
2,095
1,780
1,585
1,545

224,850
300,042
279,027
234,796
271,425
232,814
203,365
201,951
204,596
177,977
141,439
141,649

756
1,194
1,205
997
1,187
1,048
620
778
799
570
464
420

100,927
138,583
144,713
121,435
147,548
135,389
72,932
83,837
91,665
63,646
51,891
43,584

2010
January ........................................................
February .......................................................
March ...........................................................
April ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................

1,716
1,492
1,635
1,675
1,665
1,729
1,528
1,658
1,541
1,649
1,579
1,483

171,633
149,369
146,901
159,358
155,352
153,937
138,581
163,325
137,941
147,204
148,800
137,992

1,541
1,318
1,436
1,498
1,405
1,504
1,316
1,453
1,331
1,445
1,397
1,272

157,597
135,490
131,953
143,814
133,913
134,837
121,378
141,489
119,654
130,264
133,845
122,688

494
351
347
371
314
326
296
409
336
353
350
319

60,059
40,564
37,273
48,646
30,967
32,646
30,752
47,668
34,641
37,394
39,072
35,977

2011
January ........................................................
February .......................................................
March ...........................................................
April ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................

1,534
1,421
1,286
1,564
1,599
1,532
1,579

149,799
130,818
118,523
143,927
143,540
143,444
145,000

1,344
1,220
1,128
1,401
1,405
1,348
1,363

132,730
116,190
105,636
129,702
127,494
128,105
124,745

341
291
253
327
373
341
342

39,189
26,060
27,619
35,022
38,673
35,693
35,460

Events

Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, August 2007 to July 2011,
not seasonally adjusted
Total
Date

Private nonfarm

Manufacturing
Initial
claimants

Events

Initial
claimants

Events

Initial
claimants

2007
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................

963
717
1,083
1,799
2,167

93,458
67,385
108,455
198,220
224,214

908
667
929
1,593
2,071

88,345
64,026
97,716
181,184
216,898

220
246
338
514
699

23,361
29,381
50,918
75,413
91,754

2008
January ........................................................
February .......................................................
March ...........................................................
April ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................

1,647
1,269
1,089
1,272
1,552
1,622
1,891
1,427
1,292
2,125
2,574
3,377

154,503
119,508
114,541
130,810
159,471
166,742
200,382
139,999
129,586
221,784
241,589
351,305

1,520
1,178
1,039
1,172
1,438
1,315
1,687
1,343
1,202
1,917
2,389
3,232

144,191
113,587
110,147
121,625
150,462
140,916
186,018
133,146
122,505
205,553
226,657
340,220

488
361
333
394
388
309
760
414
361
689
997
1,378

54,418
42,527
43,740
48,188
51,698
42,097
108,733
51,912
46,391
100,457
107,620
172,529

2009
January ........................................................
February .......................................................
March ...........................................................
April ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................

3,806
2,262
2,191
2,547
2,738
2,519
3,054
1,428
1,371
1,934
1,870
2,310

388,813
218,438
228,387
256,930
289,628
256,357
336,654
125,024
123,177
193,904
164,496
214,648

3,633
2,173
2,107
2,385
2,572
2,051
2,659
1,334
1,258
1,678
1,679
2,166

375,293
210,755
221,397
243,321
274,047
216,063
296,589
117,193
115,141
172,883
150,751
203,655

1,461
945
940
887
1,005
674
1,133
436
448
566
517
615

172,757
103,588
114,747
100,872
123,683
85,726
154,208
41,151
51,126
69,655
55,053
64,540

2010
January ........................................................
February .......................................................
March ...........................................................
April ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................
August ..........................................................
September ...................................................
October ........................................................
November ....................................................
December ....................................................

2,860
1,183
1,197
1,840
1,354
1,861
2,124
976
920
1,642
1,676
1,931

278,679
102,818
111,727
199,690
123,333
171,190
206,254
92,435
77,654
148,638
158,048
184,130

2,682
1,091
1,111
1,697
1,170
1,355
1,732
897
806
1,373
1,477
1,763

265,074
96,022
105,514
184,654
109,203
125,872
172,248
83,021
67,987
127,865
142,591
172,881

962
282
273
424
216
212
532
230
187
351
389
465

104,846
30,728
29,745
55,178
19,334
21,083
64,200
23,088
19,403
40,861
41,383
52,816

2011
January ........................................................
February .......................................................
March ...........................................................
April ..............................................................
May ..............................................................
June .............................................................
July ...............................................................

2,558
1,024
908
1,750
1,367
1,661
2,176

246,463
85,585
85,095
189,919
119,911
159,930
216,774

2,372
919
844
1,625
1,221
1,238
1,759

229,765
78,718
80,014
176,478
108,531
122,821
174,078

693
222
191
397
270
226
602

75,006
18,471
20,869
47,104
25,199
22,986
71,814

Events

Table 3. Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance
Initial claimants for
unemployment insurance

Mass layoff events
Industry
July
2010

May
2011

June
2011

July
2011

July
2010

May
2011

June
2011

July
2011

1,528
1,316
296

1,599
1,405
373

1,532
1,348
341

1,579
1,363
342

138,581
121,378
30,752

143,540
127,494
38,673

143,444
128,105
35,693

145,000
124,745
35,460

Seasonally adjusted
Total ...............................................................
Total, private nonfarm ........................................
Manufacturing ..................................................
Not seasonally adjusted
1

Total ............................................................

2,124

1,367

1,661

2,176

206,254

119,911

159,930

216,774

Total, private ........................................................
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting .........
Total, private nonfarm ........................................
Mining ..............................................................
Utilities .............................................................
Construction ....................................................
Manufacturing ..................................................
Food ............................................................
Beverage and tobacco products ..................
Textile mills ..................................................
Textile product mills .....................................
Apparel ........................................................
Leather and allied products .........................
Wood products ............................................
Paper ...........................................................
Printing and related support activities ..........
Petroleum and coal products .......................

1,832
100
1,732
5
6
135
532
75
4
8
3
18
3
24
4
10
4

1,243
22
1,221
5

1,282
44
1,238

1,867
108
1,759


179,524
7,276
172,248
394
689
9,570
64,200
9,535
290
959
347
1,576
332
2,051
311
790
294

109,881
1,350
108,531
308

125,944
3,123
122,821

182,960
8,882
174,078


Chemicals ....................................................
Plastics and rubber products .......................
Nonmetallic mineral products ......................
Primary metals .............................................
Fabricated metal products ...........................
Machinery ....................................................
Computer and electronic products ...............
Electrical equipment and appliances ...........
Transportation equipment ............................
Furniture and related products ....................
Miscellaneous manufacturing ......................

18
31
22
24
27
26
18
17
171
19
6

Wholesale trade ...............................................
Retail trade ......................................................
Transportation and warehousing .....................
Information .......................................................
Finance and insurance ....................................
Real estate and rental and leasing ..................
Professional and technical services ................
Management of companies and enterprises ...
Administrative and waste services ..................
Educational services ........................................
Health care and social assistance ...................
Arts, entertainment, and recreation .................
Accommodation and food services ..................
Other services, except public administration ...
Unclassified .....................................................

33
142
148
55
47
15
59
5
292
30
90
31
89
18


Government .........................................................
Federal ............................................................
State ................................................................
Local ................................................................

292
25
29
238

1
2

Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia.
Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.

(2)
10

(2)
(2)
84
226
51

8
6
10

(2)
10
9
14

(2)
12
5
5

(2)
29
9
14
3
28
4
9

(2)
8
14
6
11
11
12
12
7
45
12
5

(2)
(2)
11
5
11
10
16
10
9
34
7
9

(2)
12
36
13
24
27
34
19
19
193
31
9

21
108
38
36
24
7
50
(2)
203
15
102
24
148
28


18
82
144
41
18
7
32
5
170
26
177
30
120
53


21
165
114
52
43
10
51
5
320
29
104
30
74
17

124
12
32
80

379
18
29
332

(2)
137
270
64
(2)
12

(2)
118
602
84

(2)
309
10
78
221

1,808
3,027
1,846
2,752
2,497
4,463
1,492
1,692
25,863
1,916
359

(2)
1,174

(2)
(2)
6,847
22,986
5,011

1,131
420
1,119

(2)
755
934
1,182

(2)
1,083
427
383

(2)
3,341
1,107
1,526
869
2,826
298
930

(2)
503
1,082
635
1,053
848
2,054
731
1,049
4,146
888
456

(2)
(2)
880
380
914
607
2,042
716
915
4,871
771
826

(2)
935
3,359
1,612
2,450
2,980
4,799
1,735
2,628
26,488
2,770
726

1,777
8,244
3,371
5,394
1,616
457
4,062

1,594
17,189
9,326
5,289
2,769
856
4,372
654
31,193
1,993
7,079
2,867
6,445
1,336

(2)
9,875
25,199
6,036
(2)
1,045

2,691
14,907
17,270
7,341
3,391
883
4,366
419
25,234
2,912
6,716
2,559
7,184
1,522


(2)
15,938
1,201
11,059
1,835
15,483
2,361


1,440
7,177
19,513
5,721
1,158
779
3,378
351
16,582
1,604
14,975
1,664
14,179
4,129


26,730
3,243
2,589
20,898

10,030
1,160
2,136
6,734

33,986
1,942
2,086
29,958

NOTE: Dash represents zero.

(2)
8,990
71,814
9,998

(2)
33,814
784
12,220
20,810

Table 4. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, July 2009 to July 2011,
not seasonally adjusted
Private nonfarm
Total mass layoffs
Date

Mass layoffs
Events

Initial
claimants

Events

Extended mass layoffs
lasting more than 30 days

Initial
claimants

Realization rates 1

Events

Initial
claimants

2,034

406,823

38.7

76.9

2,416

468,577

43.7

88.9

1,870

r

368,664

38.3

79.0

2,008

r

396,441

47.6

1,370

r

260,030

39.9

1,999

r

390,445

43.3

r

88.1

1,490

r

257,031

r

36.0

r

66.2

p

39.8

p

56.8

Events

Initial
claimants

2009
July ............................................
August ........................................
September .................................

3,054
1,428
1,371

336,654
125,024
123,177

2,659
1,334
1,258

296,589
117,193
115,141

Third Quarter .............................

5,853

584,855

5,251

528,923

October ......................................
November ..................................
December ..................................

1,934
1,870
2,310

193,904
164,496
214,648

1,678
1,679
2,166

172,883
150,751
203,655

Fourth Quarter ...........................

6,114

573,048

5,523

527,289

January ......................................
February ....................................
March .........................................

2,860
1,183
1,197

278,679
102,818
111,727

2,682
1,091
1,111

265,074
96,022
105,514

First Quarter ...............................

5,240

493,224

4,884

466,610

April ............................................
May ............................................
June ...........................................

1,840
1,354
1,861

199,690
123,333
171,190

1,697
1,170
1,355

184,654
109,203
125,872

Second Quarter .........................

5,055

494,213

4,222

419,729

July ............................................
August ........................................
September .................................

2,124
976
920

206,254
92,435
77,654

1,732
897
806

172,248
83,021
67,987

Third Quarter .............................

4,020

376,343

3,435

323,256

October ......................................
November ..................................
December ..................................

1,642
1,676
1,931

148,638
158,048
184,130

1,373
1,477
1,763

127,865
142,591
172,881

Fourth Quarter ...........................

5,249

490,816

4,613

443,337

January ......................................
February ....................................
March .........................................

2,558
1,024
908

246,463
85,585
85,095

2,372
919
844

229,765
78,718
80,014

First Quarter ...............................

4,490

417,143

4,135

388,497

April ............................................
May ............................................
June ...........................................

1,750
1,367
1,661

189,919
119,911
159,930

1,625
1,221
1,238

176,478
108,531
122,821

Second Quarter .........................

4,778

469,760

4,084

407,830

July ............................................

2,176

216,774

1,759

174,078

2010

r

94.5

80.4

2011

1

The event realization rate is the percentage of all private nonfarm

r

2,p

1,624

2,p

231,643

number of extended mass layoff events is generally revised upwards

mass layoff events lasting more than 30 days. The initial claimant realization

by less than 10 percent and the number of initial claimants associated

rate is the percentage of all private nonfarm mass layoff initial claimants

with such events increases by 25-40 percent.
r
= revised.

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

p

= preliminary.

Table 5. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance by census region and division,
not seasonally adjusted
Initial claimants for
unemployment insurance

Mass layoff events
Census region and division
July
2010

May
2011

June
2011

July
2011

United States 1 .........................................

2,124

1,367

1,661

2,176

206,254

119,911

159,930

216,774

Northeast ..........................................................
New England ................................................
Middle Atlantic ..............................................

434
40
394

210
30
180

276
53
223

363
44
319

44,132
3,136
40,996

17,726
2,505
15,221

30,513
5,004
25,509

34,691
3,808
30,883

South ................................................................
South Atlantic ...............................................
East South Central .......................................
West South Central ......................................

512
280
142
90

468
234
131
103

482
273
60
149

624
358
164
102

48,848
26,937
13,640
8,271

43,457
18,785
14,830
9,842

45,180
24,626
5,603
14,951

62,261
33,888
17,365
11,008

Midwest ............................................................
East North Central ........................................
West North Central .......................................

490
397
93

288
217
71

326
236
90

505
359
146

56,377
46,473
9,904

26,017
18,948
7,069

33,813
26,402
7,411

62,114
41,262
20,852

West .................................................................
Mountain .......................................................
Pacific ...........................................................

688
71
617

401
68
333

577
64
513

684
67
617

56,897
6,593
50,304

32,711
5,948
26,763

50,424
6,011
44,413

57,708
6,339
51,369

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,

July
2010

May
2011

June
2011

July
2011

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
unemployment insurance

Mass layoff events
State
July
2010

May
2011

June
2011

July
2011

2,124

1,367

1,661

2,176

206,254

119,911

159,930

216,774

57

20

60

5,642

6,904

(2)
23
17
571
8
8
3

3,604
489
1,394
1,647
22,874
1,171
769
334
276
6,363
4,038
351
370

1,922

(2)
18
29
462
9
10
6

(2)
1,710
765
44,343
1,552
977

(2)
(2)
137
27
5
5

37
6
15
15
285
10
11
5
5
102
40
5
6

(2)
1,561
3,185
39,788
708
807
415

(2)
2,137
1,607
46,009
704
713
233

(2)
9,161
4,789
275
832

(2)
12,098
5,152

Illinois ....................................................
Indiana ..................................................
Iowa ......................................................
Kansas ..................................................
Kentucky ...............................................
Louisiana ..............................................
Maine ....................................................
Maryland ...............................................
Massachusetts ......................................
Michigan ...............................................
Minnesota .............................................
Mississippi ............................................
Missouri ................................................

92
38
25
5
50
23
3
20
16
107
14
12
34

Montana ................................................
Nebraska ..............................................
Nevada .................................................
New Hampshire ....................................
New Jersey ...........................................
New Mexico ..........................................
New York ..............................................
North Carolina 3 ....................................
North Dakota ........................................
Ohio ......................................................
Oklahoma .............................................
Oregon ..................................................
Pennsylvania ........................................

4
10
20

Total 1 ................................................
Alabama ...............................................
Alaska ...................................................
Arizona .................................................
Arkansas ...............................................
California ..............................................
Colorado ...............................................
Connecticut ...........................................
Delaware ..............................................
District of Columbia ..............................
Florida ...................................................
Georgia .................................................
Hawaii ...................................................
Idaho .....................................................

Rhode Island ........................................
South Carolina ......................................
South Dakota ........................................
Tennessee ............................................
Texas ....................................................
Utah ......................................................
Vermont ................................................
Virginia ..................................................
Washington ...........................................
West Virginia ........................................
Wisconsin .............................................
Wyoming ...............................................
Puerto Rico ...........................................
1

(2)
16
8
558
16
13

May
2011

June
2011

July
2011

( )
114
43
4
8

( )
147
45
9

(2)
(2)
10,581
4,020
471
480

47
28
6
12
33
29
4
5
10
38
10
40
32

61
28
14
8
22
28
7
12
16
55
17
5
42

48
31
19
12
54
21
9
13
16
130
68
25
36

10,969
5,905
3,463
416
5,491
2,174
249
1,844
1,403
12,383
1,462
1,094
3,005

4,749
2,189
1,069
1,365
3,431
2,531
318
462
1,068
3,368
932
5,957
2,620

6,436
2,722
1,359
682
2,003
2,056
458
1,102
1,133
5,413
1,249
240
3,176

5,599
5,700
2,397
1,372
6,294
1,936
667
1,486
1,632
14,164
11,406
1,853
4,068

6
5
12
3
44
8
55
45

531
441
1,292
614
6,432
663
5,185
4,871

(2)
42
6
28
124

(2)
10,486
247
23,920
1,264
666
9,564
665
3,582
6,590

414
860
1,133
233
2,937
783
4,743
3,928

(2)
63
9
21
90

4
8
10
5
81
9
142
80
3
67
6
27
96

322
835
1,644

(2)
113
4
201
19
4
87
8
32
80

4
8
13
3
34
10
56
40

(2)
5,170
902
1,586
7,541

(2)
6,150
481
2,967
13,892

306
1,026
875
363
7,381
568
14,892
8,083
583
7,739
1,206
3,435
8,610

6
36

(2)
11

10
23

4
28

396
5,430

(2)
949

1,276
1,878

323
2,724

(2)
23
51
6

(2)
21
50
8

25
58
4

(2)
1,413
4,667
638

(2)
1,838
4,762
554

(2)
36
21

(2)
21
16
5
41

(2)
13
86
3
7
25
17
3
50

(2)
41
15

(2)
3,427
1,848
(2)
7,652

(2)
2,050
1,463
385
3,472

(2)
1,438
9,229
424
716
2,071
1,231
189
5,681



(2)



2,344

2,815

(2)
73

(2)



18

24

See footnote 1, table 3.
Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
3
Data starting in November 2010 may not be comparable to prior
2

July
2010

2



2

(2)





83


10

19

941

data due to a change in MLS unemployment insurance
input procedures.
NOTE: Dash represents zero.

(2)
1,220



2,314
6,259
529
(2)
4,028
1,537


8,060


2,333

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