For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Wednesday, May 11, 2011 USDL-11-0678 

Technical information: (202) 691-6392 • mlsinfo@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/mls 

Media contact: (202) 691-5902 • PressOffice@bls.gov 

EXTENDED MASS LAYOFFS – FIRST QUARTER 2011 

(NOTE: This release and associated database were corrected on May 27, 2011. The number 

of layoff events in California has been corrected to include an additional 4 events which 

occurred during the reference quarter, increasing the number of separated workers in 

California by 506. The West region and national totals were also updated.) 

Employers initiated 1,397 mass layoff events in the first quarter of 2011 that resulted in the separation of 

190,895 workers from their jobs for at least 31 days, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. 

Extended mass layoff events and separations have decreased over the year for six consecutive quarters. 

(See table A.) First quarter 2011 layoff data are preliminary and are subject to revision. (See the 

Technical Note.) 

Forty-nine percent of employers expected to recall at least some laid-off workers, the highest first 

quarter percentage since 2005 and up from 38 percent in 2010. In the first quarter of 2010 to the first 

quarter of 2011, the number of events in the manufacturing sector decreased from 441 to 281, and 

associated worker separations fell from 60,855 to a series low 37,249. The average size of a layoff (as 

measured by the number of separations per layoff event) fell to a series low 137 workers during the first 

quarter of 2011. 

The national unemployment rate averaged 9.5 percent, not seasonally adjusted, in the first quarter of 

2011, down from 10.4 percent a year earlier. Private nonfarm payroll employment, not seasonally 

adjusted, increased by 1.4 percent (1,448,000) over the year. 

Industry Distribution of Extended Layoffs

Over the year, the number of extended mass layoff events declined in 13 of the 18 major private industry 

sectors. The manufacturing and retail trade sectors experienced the largest declines in the numbers of 

worker separations over the year. Nineteen of the 21 manufacturing subsectors experienced over-theyear decreases in the number of layoff events. (See table 1.) 

Construction firms recorded 339 events and 34,132 separations, primarily due to contract completion. 

This sector accounted for 24 percent of the layoff events and 18 percent of the related separations in the 

quarter. In these events, 77 percent of the employers anticipated recalling at least some of the displaced 

workers. 
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Table A. Selected measures of extended mass layoff activity

Period Layoff events Separations Initial claimants

2007

January-March..................... 1,110 225,600 199,250 

April-June............................ 1,421 278,719 259,234 

July-September.................... 1,018 160,024 173,077 

October-December.............. 1,814 301,592 347,151 

2008

January-March..................... 1,340 230,098 259,292 

April-June............................ 1,756 354,713 339,630 

July-September.................... 1,581 290,453 304,340 

October-December.............. 3,582 641,714 766,780 

2009

January-March..................... 3,979 705,141 835,551 

April-June............................ 3,395 651,318 731,049 

July-September.................... 2,034 345,531 406,823 

October-December.............. 2,416 406,212 468,577 

2010

January-Marchr

 ................... 1,870 314,512 368,642 

April-Juner

 .......................... 2,008 381,622 395,573 

July-Septemberr 

................... 1,370 222,357 259,886 

October-Decemberr,c .......... 1,999 338,115 388,285 

2011

January-Marchp,c ................. 1,397 190,895 179,686 

 r

 = revised.

 p

 = preliminary.

 c

 = corrected. 

In the manufacturing sector, the number of events decreased over the year from 441 to 281, and 

associated worker separations fell from 60,855 to a series low 37,249. Forty-six percent of 

manufacturing employers with an extended mass layoff event in the first quarter of 2011 anticipated 

recalling at least some of the displaced workers. 

Reasons for Extended Layoffs 

Among the seven categories of economic reasons cited by employers for extended mass layoffs during 

the quarter, business demand factors accounted for 38 percent of events and 36 percent of related 

separations, primarily as a result of contract completion. Over the year, the largest decrease in worker 

separations occurred in layoffs attributed to business demand reasons. (See table 2 and the chart.) 
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Table B. Metropolitan areas with the largest number of initial claimants associated with

extended mass layoff events in the first quarter 2011, by residency of claimants

 Total, 372 metropolitan areasc

 ................... 305,374 ... 143,427 ...

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif.c ...... 32,782 1 17,557 1 

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long

 Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa. .................................... 22,378 2 14,312 2 

Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, Ill.-Ind.-Wis. ............. 13,001 5 7,835 3 

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, Calif.c

 ............ 13,652 4 5,147 4 

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif.c

 .......... 15,563 3 4,942 5 

San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, Calif.c

 ........... 8,205 6 4,481 6 

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pa.

 -N.J.-Del.-Md. ............................................. 4,811 11 2,747 7 

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Wash. ....................... 3,601 15 2,601 8 

Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, Calif.c .. 6,825 8 2,546 9 

Pittsburgh, Pa. ................................................... 3,684 14 2,205 10 

 r

 = revised.

 p

 = preliminary.

 c

 = corrected.

 NOTE: The geographic boundaries of the metropolitan areas shown in this table are defined in

 Office of Management and Budget Bulletin 10-02, December 1, 2009.

Metropolitan area

2010 Ir 2011 Ip

Initial 

claimants Rank Initial claimants Rank

 

Movement of Work 

In the first quarter of 2011, 44 extended mass layoffs involved movement of work and were associated 

with 10,144 worker separations. Over the year, the number of such events decreased by 28, and the 

number of separations decreased by 1,347. Movement of work layoffs accounted for 4 percent of total 

nonseasonal events. (See table 9.) 

Fifty-nine percent of the events related to movement of work were from manufacturing industries. (See 

table 6.) Employers cited organizational changes as the economic reason for layoff in 43 percent of the 

events involving movement of work. (See table 7.) Among the four census regions, the largest 

proportions of workers affected by the movement of work were in the Northeast. (See table 8.) Among 

states, New Jersey, Massachusetts, California, and Illinois reported the highest numbers of separations 

associated with movement of work. 

The 44 events with movement of work for the first quarter involved 68 identifiable relocations of work 

actions. (See table 9.) Employers were able to provide information on the specific number of worker 

separations for 30 of these actions. Among these actions, 67 percent were domestic reassignments, and 

80 percent involved work moving within the same company. (See table 10.) 
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Recall Expectations 

Forty-nine percent of employers reporting an extended mass layoff in the first quarter indicated they 

anticipated some type of recall–the highest first quarter percentage since 2005 and up from 38 percent in 

2010. Of those employers expecting to recall workers, 25 percent indicated the offer would be extended 

to all displaced employees, and 63 percent of employers anticipated extending the offer to at least half of 

the workers. Sixty-one percent of employers expecting to recall laid-off employees intend to do so 

within six months. Excluding extended mass layoff events due to seasonal work and vacation period, in 

which 90 percent of the employers expected a recall, employers anticipated recalling laid-off workers in 

33 percent of the events. (See table 11.) 

Size of Extended Layoffs 

The average size of a layoff (as measured by the number of separations per layoff event) fell to a series 

low 137 workers during the quarter. (See table 12.) Events were largely concentrated at the lower end of 

the extended layoff-size spectrum, with a series high of 77 percent involving fewer than 150 workers. 

Conversely, only 3 percent of layoff events involved 500 or more workers. (See table 13.) 

Initial Claimant Characteristics 

A total of 179,686 initial claimants for unemployment insurance were associated with extended mass 

layoffs in the first quarter. Of these claimants, 15 percent were black, 18 percent were Hispanic, 37 

percent were women, and 19 percent were 55 years of age or older. (See table 3.) In the entire civilian 

labor force for the same period, 12 percent of all persons were black, 15 percent were Hispanic, 47 

percent were women, and 20 percent were 55 years of age or older. 

Geographic Distribution 

Among the four census regions, the West recorded the highest number of separations due to extended 

mass layoff events in the first quarter of 2011. Among the nine census divisions, the highest numbers of 

displaced workers were in the Pacific and the East North Central. All regions and 8 of the 9 divisions 

registered fewer laid-off workers compared with the first quarter of 2010. (See table 4.) 

California recorded the largest number of worker separations in the first quarter of 2011, followed by 

Illinois, New York, and Pennsylvania. Over the year, 41 states reported decreased numbers of workers 

laid off during the first quarter, led by California, Florida, and New York. (See table 5.) 

Eighty percent of the initial claimants for unemployment insurance associated with extended mass layoff 

events in the first quarter of 2011 resided within metropolitan areas. Among the 372 metropolitan areas, 

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif., reported the highest number of resident initial claimants. 

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md., Pittsburgh, Pa., and Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, 

Wash., entered into the highest 10 metropolitan areas in terms of initial claims by residency of claimant 

in the first quarter, replacing San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif., Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano 

Beach, Fla., and Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas, from the first quarter of 2010. (See table B.)
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Note 

The quarterly series on extended mass layoffs cover layoffs of at least 31-days duration that involve 50 

or more individuals from a single employer filing initial claims for unemployment insurance during a 

consecutive 5-week period. Approximately 30 days after a mass layoff is triggered, the employer is 

contacted for additional information. Data for the current quarter are preliminary and subject to 

revision. This release also includes revised data for previous quarters. Data are not seasonally adjusted, 

but survey data suggest that there is a seasonal pattern to layoffs. Thus, comparisons between 

consecutive quarters should not be used as an indicator of trend. For additional information about the 

program, see the Technical Note. 

________________ 

The Mass Layoffs news release for April is scheduled to be released on Friday, May 20, 2011, at 

10:00 a.m. (EDT). 
Technical Note 

The Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program is a federalstate program which identifies, describes, and tracks the 

effects of major job cutbacks, using data from each state's 

unemployment insurance database. Employers which have at 

least 50 initial claims filed against them during a consecutive 

5-week period are contacted by the state agency to determine 

whether these separations are of at least 31 days duration, 

and, if so, information is obtained on the total number of 

persons separated and the reasons for these separations. 

Employers are identified according to industry classification 

and location, and unemployment insurance claimants are 

identified by such demographic factors as age, race, gender, 

ethnic group, and place of residence. The program yields 

information on an individual's entire spell of unemployment, 

to the point when regular unemployment insurance benefits 

are exhausted. 

Definitions 

Domestic relocation. A movement of work from an 

establishment within the U.S. to a location also inside the 

U.S., either within the same company or to a different 

company altogether (domestic outsourcing). 

Employer. A firm 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). 

Extended mass layoff event. A layoff defined by the 

filing of 50 or more initial claims for unemployment 

insurance benefits from an employer during a 5-week period, 

with at least 50 workers separated for more than 30 days. 

Such layoffs involve both persons subject to recall and those 

who are terminated. 

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. 

Movement of work. The reassignment of work activities 

previously performed at the worksite by the company 

experiencing the layoff (1) to another worksite within the 

company; (2) to another company under formal contractual 

arrangements at the same worksite; or (3) to another company 

under formal contractual arrangements at another worksite 

either within or outside of the U.S. 

Outsourcing. A movement of work that was formerly 

conducted in-house by employees paid directly by a company 

to a different company under a contractual arrangement. 

Overseas relocation. A movement of work from an 

establishment within the U.S. to a location outside of the U.S. 

(offshoring), either within the same company or to a different 

company altogether (offshore outsourcing). 

Relocation of work action. A movement-of-work action 

where the employer provides information on the new location 

of work and/or the number of workers affected by the 

movement. Events may involve more than one action per 

employer if work is moved to more than one location. 

Separations. The number of individuals who have 

become displaced during an extended mass layoff event as 

provided by the employer, regardless of whether they file for 

unemployment insurance or not. 

Worksite closure. The complete closure of an employer 

or the partial closure of an employer with multiple locations 

where entire worksites affected by layoffs are closed. 

Revisions to preliminary data 

The latest quarterly data in this news release are 

considered preliminary. After the initial publication of 

quarterly information, more data are collected as remaining 

employer interviews for the quarter are completed and 

additional initial claimant information associated with 

extended layoff events is received. 

Movement of work concepts and questions 

Beginning in 2004, the economic reasons "domestic 

relocation" and "overseas relocation" were replaced by the 

movement of work concept. The movement of work data are 

not collected in the same way as the relocation reasons in 

releases prior to 2004; therefore, the movement of work data 

are not comparable to the data for those discontinued reasons. 

Questions on movement of work and location are asked 

for all layoff events when the reason for separation is other 

than “seasonal work” or “vacation period,” as these are 

unlikely. Movement of work questions are asked after the 

analyst verifies that a layoff in fact occurred and lasted more 

than 30 days. If the reason for layoff is other than seasonal or 

vacation, the employer was asked the following: 

(1) “Did this layoff include your company moving work 

from this location(s) to a different geographic location(s) 

within your company?” 

(2) “Did this layoff include your company moving work 

that was performed in-house by your employees to a different 

company, through contractual arrangements?” 

A “yes” response to either question is followed by: “Is 
the location inside or outside of the U.S.?” and “How many 

of the layoffs were a result of this relocation?” 

Layoff actions are classified as “domestic relocation” if 

the employer responds “yes” to questions 1 and/or 2 and 

indicates the location(s) was inside the U.S.; “overseas 

relocation” indicates that the location(s) was outside the U.S. 

Reliability of the data 

The identification of employers and layoff events in the 

MLS program and associated characteristics of claimants is 

based on administrative data on covered employers and 

unemployment insurance claims, and, therefore, is not subject 

to issues associated with sampling error. Nonsampling errors 

such as typographical errors may occur but are not likely to 

be significant. While the MLS employers and layoff events 

are not subject to sampling error, and all such employers are 

asked the interview questions, the employer responses are 

subject to nonsampling error. Nonsampling error can occur 

for many reasons, including the inability to obtain information for all respondents, inability or unwillingness of 

respondents to provide correct information, and errors made 

in the collection or processing of the data. For the first quarter 

of 2011, outright refusal to participate in the employer 

interview accounted for 4.9 percent of all private nonfarm 

events. Although included in the total number of instances 

involving the movement of work, employers in 38 relocations 

were unable to provide the number of separations specifically 

associated with the movement of work, 14 of which involved 

out-of-country moves. 

Additional information 

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. 
Table 1. Industry distribution: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance,

private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2010 and 2011

Industry

I IV I I IV I I IV I

2010 2010r 2011p 2010r 2010r 2011p 2010r 2010r 2011p 

 Total, private nonfarm1,c ................................ 1,870 1,999 1,397 314,512 338,115 190,895 368,642 388,285 179,686 

 Mining ............................................................. 16 31 11 2,271 3,723 876 2,098 4,491 1,055 

 Utilities ............................................................ 4 ( 2 ) 5 983 ( 2 ) 502 1,089 ( 2 ) 549 

 Constructionc

 ................................................... 444 685 339 50,278 89,036 34,132 66,516 108,149 36,424 

 Manufacturing ................................................. 441 382 281 60,855 66,419 37,249 72,684 76,779 34,843 

 Food ........................................................... 76 86 64 11,833 22,752 7,970 14,670 19,620 7,847 

 Beverage and tobacco products ................ 7 12 5 978 1,830 823 1,706 2,193 803 

 Textile mills ................................................ ( 2 ) 3 3 ( 2 ) 759 248 ( 2 ) 1,031 836 

 Textile product mills ................................... 8 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 1,080 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 1,202 ( 2 ) ( 2 )

 Apparel ....................................................... 8 12 4 824 2,245 1,707 941 2,610 1,692 

 Leather and allied products ........................ ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 )

 Wood products ........................................... 18 18 14 1,697 2,173 1,767 3,691 4,700 2,086 

 Paper ......................................................... 9 10 13 1,402 1,434 1,541 2,052 1,297 1,249 

 Printing and related support activities ........ 20 11 10 2,277 2,090 1,520 2,904 1,986 1,330 

 Petroleum and coal products ..................... 5 17 4 455 2,463 357 527 2,804 340 

 Chemicals ................................................. 20 5 13 3,103 464 1,925 3,259 567 1,521 

 Plastics and rubber products ..................... 15 14 9 1,320 1,697 924 1,779 1,805 830 

 Nonmetallic mineral products ..................... 33 50 35 3,451 6,367 2,952 4,127 7,447 3,548 

 Primary metals ........................................... 20 13 9 2,940 2,125 861 2,457 2,123 675 

 Fabricated metal products ......................... 26 19 16 3,020 2,858 1,822 3,496 3,575 1,923 

 Machinery .................................................. 37 18 13 5,690 3,022 1,531 6,193 4,781 1,391 

 Computer and electronic products ............. 30 15 11 5,800 2,029 1,755 5,551 2,523 1,239 

 Electrical equipment and appliances ......... 14 6 3 1,932 1,138 987 1,599 2,155 522 

 Transportation equipment .......................... 60 51 36 8,491 8,062 6,289 10,451 11,500 4,869 

 Furniture and related products ................... 17 8 8 2,397 1,246 1,081 2,960 1,687 886 

 Miscellaneous manufacturing .................... 12 10 7 1,580 1,272 925 1,487 1,226 734 

 Wholesale trade .............................................. 53 33 31 6,049 3,769 3,749 5,835 4,083 3,472 

 Retail tradec

 ..................................................... 201 88 142 53,090 22,417 25,410 68,502 26,276 26,529 

 Transportation and warehousing .................... 92 52 65 19,139 9,345 13,149 18,256 12,910 10,530 

 Information ...................................................... 60 55 52 10,957 15,752 10,747 12,368 26,173 12,205 

 Finance and insurance .................................... 75 50 35 14,116 9,827 3,408 17,339 9,831 5,326 

 Real estate and rental and leasing ................. 13 15 17 2,530 1,740 1,336 2,612 1,812 1,260 

 Professional and technical servicesc

 ............... 69 69 57 8,181 11,294 7,027 11,525 14,472 5,704 

 Management of companies and enterprises ... 11 ( 2 ) 4 2,124 ( 2 ) 507 1,687 ( 2 ) 323 

 Administrative and waste services .................. 205 230 169 48,962 40,729 30,949 53,321 49,418 21,429 

 Educational services ....................................... 5 9 7 887 2,655 781 920 1,457 808 

 Health care and social assistance .................. 34 48 36 5,613 6,475 3,812 5,196 6,874 3,311 

 Arts, entertainment, and recreation ................. 40 59 52 9,745 12,372 5,757 7,051 8,910 5,684 

 Accommodation and food servicesc

 ................ 93 161 81 16,929 38,436 10,309 19,651 31,432 9,048 

 Other services, except public administration .. 14 22 13 1,803 2,794 1,195 1,992 3,423 1,186 

 Unclassified ..................................................... –––––––––

 1

 For the first quarter of 2011, data on layoffs were reported by employers p = preliminary.

in all states and the District of Columbia. c

 = corrected.

 2

 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. NOTE: Dash represents zero.

 r

 = revised.

Layoff events Separations Initial claimants for

unemployment insurance
Table 2. Reason for layoff: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, 

private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2010 and 2011

Reason for layoff

I IV I I IV I I IV I

2010 2010r 2011p 2010r 2010r 2011p 2010r 2010r 2011p 

 Total, private nonfarm1,c ................................................. 1,870 1,999 1,397 314,512 338,115 190,895 368,642 388,285 179,686 

Business demandc

 ............................................................ 738 661 535 112,821 100,546 68,928 142,338 143,659 69,621 

 Contract cancellation ..................................................... 42 24 28 6,225 4,174 5,449 6,085 5,696 4,472 

 Contract completionc

 ...................................................... 253 377 262 48,110 62,433 37,698 63,276 90,895 38,677 

 Domestic competition ..................................................... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Excess inventory/saturated market ................................ 8 – 4 1,577 – 434 1,835 – 300 

 Import competition ......................................................... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 )

 Slack work/insufficient demand/non-seasonal

 business slowdownc ............................................... 431 255 238 55,121 33,261 24,596 69,433 46,416 25,808 

Organizational changesc

 ................................................... 117 79 87 20,105 17,864 12,027 26,108 16,720 10,851 

 Business-ownership change .......................................... 31 18 21 5,323 9,311 2,587 4,414 2,973 1,559 

 Reorganization or restructuring of company

c

 ................. 86 61 66 14,782 8,553 9,440 21,694 13,747 9,292 

Financial issues ................................................................ 165 110 116 27,450 15,995 25,732 38,929 17,008 15,507 

 Bankruptcy ..................................................................... 17 14 12 4,159 3,505 2,580 3,479 1,863 1,325 

 Cost control/cost cutting/increase profitability ................ 98 65 71 12,992 7,445 10,906 26,879 10,909 10,485 

 Financial difficulty ........................................................... 50 31 33 10,299 5,045 12,246 8,571 4,236 3,697 

Production specific ............................................................ 15 10 21 2,663 1,422 3,192 2,860 2,400 2,875 

 Automation/technological advances .............................. 4 ( 2

 ) – 549 ( 2 ) – 676 ( 2 ) –

 Energy related ................................................................ – ( 2 ) ( 2 ) – ( 2 ) ( 2 ) – ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Governmental regulations/intervention .......................... 3 4 5 416 629 358 289 660 303 

 Labor dispute/contract negotiations/strike ..................... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 4 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 761 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 593 

 Material or supply shortage ............................................ – – ( 2 ) – – ( 2 ) – – ( 2 ) Model changeover ......................................................... 3 – 3 654 – 990 910 – 1,203 

 Plant or machine repair/maintenance ............................ ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 4 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 400 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 393 

 Product line discontinued ............................................... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 )

Disaster/safety .................................................................. 7 5 7 940 521 1,056 1,094 512 799 

 Hazardous work environment ........................................ – ( 2

 ) – – ( 2 ) – – ( 2 ) –

 Natural disaster (not weather related) ............................ ( 2 ) – ( 2 ) ( 2 ) – ( 2 ) ( 2 ) – ( 2 ) Non-natural disaster ....................................................... 4 ( 2 ) – 530 ( 2 ) – 668 ( 2 ) –

 Extreme weather-related event ...................................... ( 2 ) – ( 2 ) ( 2 ) – ( 2 ) ( 2 ) – ( 2 )

Seasonalc .......................................................................... 418 826 381 68,625 137,477 50,007 75,725 142,957 50,508 

 Seasonalc

 ....................................................................... ( 2

 ) 819 377 ( 2 ) 136,836 49,743 ( 2 ) 142,041 50,094 

 Vacation period–school related or otherwise ................. ( 2 ) 7 4 ( 2 ) 641 264 ( 2 ) 916 414 

Other/miscellaneousc

 ........................................................ 410 308 250 81,908 64,290 29,953 81,588 65,029 29,525 

 Otherc

 ............................................................................. 23 19 29 3,883 2,565 3,132 3,598 3,107 2,804 

 Data not provided: refusal

c

 ............................................. 86 82 69 23,214 18,679 7,713 23,207 18,677 7,711 

 Data not provided: does not know ................................. 301 207 152 54,811 43,046 19,108 54,783 43,245 19,010 

 1

 See footnote 1, table 1. p = preliminary.

 2

 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. c = corrected.

 r

 = revised. NOTE: Dash represents zero.

Layoff events Separations Initial claimants for

unemployment insurance
Table 3. State and selected claimant characteristics: Extended mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, 

private nonfarm sector, fourth quarter, 2010 and first quarter, 2011

Total Percent of total

State

Layoff events initial

claimants Black Hispanic

origin Women Persons age 55and over

IV I IV I IV I IV I IV I IV I

 2010r 2011p 2010r 2011p 2010r 2011p 2010r 2011p 2010r 2011p 2010r 2011p 

 Total, private nonfarm1,c ......... 1,999 1,397 388,285 179,686 12.2 14.7 19.3 17.9 30.7 36.7 18.5 19.2 

Alabama ...................................... 6 9 2,225 1,425 51.2 50.5 2.7 1.6 58.3 47.9 11.4 15.5 

Alaska .......................................... 14 ( 2 ) 2,478 ( 2 ) 5.2 5.5 10.5 9.6 23.8 19.0 20.5 21.5 

Arizona ........................................ 17 12 3,285 1,657 10.5 6.3 32.9 35.4 45.0 42.2 16.2 15.8 

Arkansas ..................................... 5 ( 2 ) 1,685 ( 2 ) 16.7 71.7 2.3 2.1 32.2 39.3 29.3 23.6 

Californiac

 .................................... 472 394 106,569 49,078 7.3 7.9 37.0 36.6 36.8 37.9 16.8 16.6 

Colorado ...................................... 24 3 3,075 222 4.4 5.0 36.3 27.5 24.8 27.9 21.3 20.7 

Connecticut ................................. 13 10 2,149 1,074 16.8 20.8 12.4 17.0 38.1 32.9 25.3 15.2 

Delaware ..................................... 5 3 525 632 30.3 46.7 11.8 8.9 31.8 37.5 39.2 12.5 

District of Columbia ..................... 3 3 434 287 64.5 53.3 11.1 16.7 59.7 27.2 13.1 22.3 

Florida ......................................... 46 42 10,579 5,424 18.9 19.5 25.7 28.0 40.9 41.9 20.7 23.5 

Georgia ........................................ 20 22 2,746 2,649 58.9 48.8 1.3 4.0 44.5 42.4 16.8 16.9 

Hawaii .......................................... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 6.8 1.1 3.9 10.4 25.2 25.7 34.0 18.0 

Idaho ........................................... 12 5 2,010 423 .1 .2 9.6 14.7 27.9 28.1 16.7 18.2 

Illinois .......................................... 155 100 26,332 11,448 12.4 18.5 21.2 15.7 21.6 36.6 15.3 17.4 

Indiana ......................................... 40 26 7,987 3,184 10.7 14.2 3.3 2.4 19.7 25.4 17.5 16.0 

Iowa ............................................. 11 7 2,559 808 1.2 1.1 1.4 1.6 23.0 39.1 23.9 23.6 

Kansas ........................................ 15 12 3,558 1,578 6.4 5.9 8.2 4.2 32.5 24.7 22.0 23.5 

Kentucky ...................................... 26 20 3,323 2,491 11.7 14.7 .1 .2 21.5 32.9 19.2 14.5 

Louisiana ..................................... 23 16 4,024 2,367 36.9 47.6 6.0 3.5 18.9 43.9 18.9 20.3 

Maine ........................................... 9 5 1,460 583 1.8 2.2 .3 .3 25.3 39.1 23.2 26.9 

Maryland ...................................... 18 10 2,509 958 47.9 42.6 2.2 3.7 51.6 27.5 19.9 24.2 

Massachusetts ............................ 26 25 3,335 3,545 7.8 9.1 1.0 1.0 34.0 45.0 23.8 18.9 

Michigan ...................................... 67 29 9,407 2,798 6.5 8.4 9.4 3.1 18.4 29.5 14.3 22.7 

Minnesota .................................... 66 21 10,062 2,550 4.5 4.9 8.4 8.4 15.5 23.7 19.3 18.8 

Mississippi ................................... 11 13 1,504 1,184 52.3 71.8 4.3 1.8 28.1 49.5 18.3 12.2 

Missouri ....................................... 41 21 6,364 1,636 14.7 9.0 1.4 5.6 31.5 42.2 25.6 20.5 

Montana ...................................... 15 ( 2

 ) 1,592 ( 2 ) .3 1.2 4.0 3.5 18.7 14.0 20.8 23.3 

Nebraska ..................................... 9 5 1,108 407 3.2 2.9 10.5 7.9 27.3 19.9 22.3 21.6 

Nevada ........................................ 31 ( 2 ) 7,667 ( 2 ) 8.1 6.3 28.9 22.1 36.1 6.3 19.5 9.5 

New Hampshire ........................... 4 4 616 322 .3 1.6 .6 6.5 13.6 9.9 40.4 23.3 

New Jersey .................................. 48 56 9,819 7,867 15.4 20.5 10.4 7.0 35.0 35.6 19.4 23.8 

New Mexico ................................. 10 5 1,413 629 1.4 1.9 56.8 47.9 37.5 40.1 18.3 14.3 

New York ..................................... 138 122 27,772 16,735 12.3 15.7 12.4 13.6 31.9 37.6 23.0 22.4 

North Carolina3

 ............................ 48 20 11,174 2,720 40.6 45.6 12.1 7.2 35.2 44.9 18.4 23.6 

North Dakota ............................... 10 ( 2 ) 1,551 ( 2 ) .6 1.4 3.2 6.5 8.2 31.5 21.9 22.9 

Ohio ............................................. 105 64 18,105 7,986 8.5 13.1 3.7 3.3 19.1 32.3 18.4 17.5 

Oklahoma .................................... 4 3 1,245 239 14.8 9.2 3.3 4.2 24.9 22.6 9.6 23.4 

Oregon ........................................ 23 19 7,773 4,226 1.1 1.6 28.8 20.2 41.5 38.2 19.5 21.4 

Pennsylvania ............................... 134 97 24,186 15,133 7.6 7.7 4.3 4.7 24.5 34.4 20.0 22.5 

Rhode Island ............................... 4 6 364 504 1.9 3.2 9.3 11.3 36.0 47.6 19.0 32.5 

South Carolina ............................. 20 11 4,161 1,469 59.1 67.1 1.2 1.4 45.6 57.5 11.6 10.6 

South Dakota ............................... – – – – – – – – – – – –

Tennessee ................................... 25 20 4,220 1,629 34.7 20.4 – .2 38.1 38.0 27.4 26.2 

Texas ........................................... 31 36 6,233 4,560 11.3 13.1 54.8 51.7 20.6 27.3 12.8 14.7 

Utah ............................................. 17 8 3,203 1,007 .7 2.1 11.9 21.2 12.1 25.8 16.8 11.0 

Vermont ....................................... ( 2 ) 3 ( 2 ) 218 – 1.4 1.0 .5 14.4 23.4 26.9 22.0 

Virginia ........................................ 32 26 6,966 4,072 37.8 47.9 4.4 4.3 34.1 48.0 21.0 21.7 

Washington ................................. 48 37 9,198 4,903 4.5 6.7 22.8 10.4 35.0 37.1 17.5 16.7 

West Virginia ............................... 4 5 1,085 596 .1 .3 – – 2.3 7.6 13.3 12.4 

Wisconsin .................................... 90 30 17,769 5,127 5.9 3.7 9.6 6.5 24.2 35.5 17.6 23.2 

Wyoming ..................................... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 1.6 – 3.5 10.9 41.1 35.9 26.3 15.6 

Puerto Rico .................................. 5 6 1,399 2,438 – – 99.1 99.5 55.0 61.9 4.6 8.1 

 1 See footnote 1, table 1. r

 = revised.

 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. p

 = preliminary.

 3 Data starting in November 2010 may not be comparable to prior data c

 = corrected.

due to a change in MLS unemployment insurance input procedures. NOTE: Dash represents zero.
Table 4. Census region and division: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, 

private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2010 and 2011

Census region and division

Layoff events Separations Initial claimants for

unemployment insurance

I IV I I IV I I IV I

2010 2010r 2011p 2010r 2010r 2011p 2010r 2010r 2011p 

 United States1,c ................................ 1,870 1,999 1,397 314,512 338,115 190,895 368,642 388,285 179,686 

Northeast ................................................. 383 377 328 57,417 53,597 43,230 68,926 69,902 45,981 

 New England ........................................ 57 57 53 10,550 9,863 10,662 10,329 8,125 6,246 

 Middle Atlantic ...................................... 326 320 275 46,867 43,734 32,568 58,597 61,777 39,735 

South ........................................................ 371 327 261 74,510 55,276 34,301 90,568 64,638 32,893 

 South Atlantic ....................................... 216 196 142 47,131 33,224 17,706 56,193 40,179 18,807 

 East South Central ............................... 71 68 62 11,751 11,485 8,855 12,351 11,272 6,729 

 West South Central .............................. 84 63 57 15,628 10,567 7,740 22,024 13,187 7,357 

Midwest .................................................... 433 609 317 66,502 101,848 45,501 71,413 104,802 37,801 

 East North Central ............................... 326 457 249 54,189 74,564 35,203 56,992 79,600 30,543 

 West North Central .............................. 107 152 68 12,313 27,284 10,298 14,421 25,202 7,258 

Westc

 ....................................................... 683 686 491 116,083 127,394 67,863 137,735 148,943 63,011 

 Mountain .............................................. 88 128 37 13,394 25,009 5,091 13,268 22,822 4,310 

 Pacificc

 ................................................. 595 558 454 102,689 102,385 62,772 124,467 126,121 58,701 

 1 See footnote 1, table 1. Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and

 r = revised. West Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and 

 p = preliminary. Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and

 c = corrected. Texas; East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin;

 NOTE: The States (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North

census divisions are: New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana,

New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska, California,

New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.
Table 5. State distribution: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance,

private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2010 and 2011

State

I IVI IIVI IIV I

2010 2010r 2011p 2010r 2010r 2011p 2010r 2010r 2011p 

 Total, private nonfarm1,c ...................... 1,870 1,999 1,397 314,512 338,115 190,895 368,642 388,285 179,686 

Alabama ................................................... 11 6 9 2,406 1,929 1,309 3,469 2,225 1,425 

Alaska ...................................................... 7 14 ( 2 ) 1,844 3,970 ( 2 ) 1,844 2,478 ( 2 ) Arizona ..................................................... 14 17 12 1,834 3,250 1,368 2,246 3,285 1,657 

Arkansas .................................................. 7 5 ( 2 ) 1,080 864 ( 2 ) 2,177 1,685 ( 2 )

Californiac ................................................. 530 472 394 93,972 86,005 55,631 112,279 106,569 49,078 

Colorado .................................................. 14 24 3 2,309 4,835 380 1,783 3,075 222 

Connecticut .............................................. 19 13 10 4,612 3,109 3,375 4,367 2,149 1,074 

Delaware .................................................. ( 2 ) 5 3 ( 2 ) 490 393 ( 2 ) 525 632 

District of Columbia .................................. 3 3 3 261 434 296 261 434 287 

Florida ...................................................... 62 46 42 26,724 11,030 5,532 27,451 10,579 5,424 

Georgia .................................................... 22 20 22 2,485 1,725 1,525 4,224 2,746 2,649 

Hawaii ...................................................... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Idaho ........................................................ 7 12 5 804 2,312 472 833 2,010 423 

Illinois ....................................................... 118 155 100 19,388 25,348 14,683 20,474 26,332 11,448 

Indiana ..................................................... 31 40 26 3,602 4,121 2,607 4,830 7,987 3,184 

Iowa ......................................................... 6 11 7 815 1,375 1,421 2,345 2,559 808 

Kansas ..................................................... 9 15 12 967 1,836 2,196 1,050 3,558 1,578 

Kentucky .................................................. 27 26 20 3,477 3,836 3,986 3,107 3,323 2,491 

Louisiana .................................................. 19 23 16 3,690 4,560 2,509 3,255 4,024 2,367 

Maine ....................................................... 9 9 5 1,625 1,336 1,528 1,547 1,460 583 

Maryland .................................................. 29 18 10 3,589 3,781 1,175 3,454 2,509 958 

Massachusetts ......................................... 23 26 25 2,976 4,207 4,431 3,426 3,335 3,545 

Michigan ................................................... 40 67 29 4,562 8,347 3,343 5,475 9,407 2,798 

Minnesota ................................................ 34 66 21 3,731 11,550 3,105 4,445 10,062 2,550 

Mississippi ................................................ 6 11 13 874 1,996 1,569 576 1,504 1,184 

Missouri .................................................... 48 41 21 5,587 9,232 2,862 5,463 6,364 1,636 

Montana ................................................... 5 15 ( 2

 ) 821 2,528 ( 2 ) 757 1,592 ( 2 )

Nebraska .................................................. 4 9 5 359 2,179 444 254 1,108 407 

Nevada ..................................................... 27 31 ( 2 ) 4,832 4,400 ( 2 ) 4,988 7,667 ( 2 )

New Hampshire ....................................... 3 4 4 638 631 382 407 616 322 

New Jersey .............................................. 55 48 56 9,138 11,849 8,896 9,037 9,819 7,867 

New Mexico ............................................. 11 10 5 1,133 1,800 740 1,227 1,413 629 

New York ................................................. 155 138 122 22,599 18,928 13,489 27,111 27,772 16,735 

North Carolina3

 ......................................... 33 48 20 3,049 5,142 2,260 7,914 11,174 2,720 

North Dakota ............................................ 5 10 ( 2 ) 704 1,112 ( 2 ) 719 1,551 ( 2 ) Ohio ......................................................... 90 105 64 15,200 15,066 9,615 15,093 18,105 7,986 

Oklahoma ................................................. ( 2 ) 4 3 ( 2 ) 503 329 ( 2 ) 1,245 239 

Oregon ..................................................... 22 23 19 3,736 6,148 3,594 4,109 7,773 4,226 

Pennsylvania ............................................ 116 134 97 15,130 12,957 10,183 22,449 24,186 15,133 

Rhode Island ............................................ 3 4 6 699 320 555 582 364 504 

South Carolina ......................................... 25 20 11 3,978 3,993 1,420 4,357 4,161 1,469 

South Dakota ........................................... ( 2 ) – – ( 2 ) – – ( 2 ) – –

Tennessee ............................................... 27 25 20 4,994 3,724 1,991 5,199 4,220 1,629 

Texas ....................................................... 56 31 36 9,865 4,640 4,740 15,632 6,233 4,560 

Utah ......................................................... 8 17 8 1,378 3,284 1,300 1,238 3,203 1,007 

Vermont ................................................... – ( 2 ) 3 – ( 2 ) 391 – ( 2 ) 218 

Virginia ..................................................... 34 32 26 5,651 5,271 4,509 7,251 6,966 4,072 

Washington .............................................. 35 48 37 3,082 6,159 2,975 6,082 9,198 4,903 

West Virginia ............................................ 7 4 5 1,004 1,358 596 955 1,085 596 

Wisconsin ................................................. 47 90 30 11,437 21,682 4,955 11,120 17,769 5,127 

Wyoming .................................................. ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 )

Puerto Rico .............................................. 14 5 6 1,313 482 868 5,412 1,399 2,438 

 1 See footnote 1, table 1. r

 = revised.

 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. p

 = preliminary.

 3 Data starting in November 2010 may not be comparable to prior data c

 = corrected.

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

Layoff events Separations Initial claimants for

unemployment insurance
Table 6. Industry distribution: Extended mass layoff events and separations associated with the movement of work,

selected quarters, 2010 and 2011

I IVI IIV I

2010 2010r 2011p 2010r 2010r 2011p 

 Total, private nonfarm1 ............................................... 72 50 44 11,491 9,073 10,144 

 Mining .......................................................................... ––––––

 Utilities ......................................................................... – – – – – –

 Construction ................................................................. – ( 2 ) – – ( 2 ) –

 Manufacturing .............................................................. 39 30 26 5,928 5,219 5,962 

 Food ........................................................................ ( 2 ) 3 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 195 ( 2 )

 Beverage and tobacco products ............................. ( 2 ) ( 2 ) – ( 2 ) ( 2 ) –

 Textile mills ............................................................. – – – – – –

 Textile product mills ................................................ ( 2 ) – ( 2 ) ( 2 ) – ( 2 )

 Apparel ................................................................... ( 2 ) – – ( 2 ) – –

 Leather and allied products .................................... ( 2 ) – – ( 2 ) – –

 Wood products ........................................................ – – ( 2 ) – – ( 2 )

 Paper ...................................................................... ( 2 ) 3 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 390 ( 2 )

 Printing and related support activities ..................... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 )

 Petroleum and coal products .................................. – – – – – –

 Chemicals .............................................................. ( 2

 )( 2 ) 4 ( 2 )( 2 ) 345 

 Plastics and rubber products .................................. ( 2 ) 4 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 462 ( 2 )

 Nonmetallic mineral products ................................. – ( 2 ) ( 2 ) – ( 2 ) ( 2 )

 Primary metals ........................................................ 3 ( 2 ) – 431 ( 2 ) –

 Fabricated metal products ...................................... 3 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 373 ( 2 ) ( 2 )

 Machinery ............................................................... 6 3 ( 2 ) 908 281 ( 2 )

 Computer and electronic products .......................... 6 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 780 ( 2 ) ( 2 )

 Electrical equipment and appliances ...................... 3 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 670 ( 2 ) ( 2 )

 Transportation equipment ....................................... 3 4 4 610 1,101 1,539 

 Furniture and related products ................................ ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 )

 Miscellaneous manufacturing ................................. ( 2 ) ( 2 ) – ( 2 ) ( 2 ) –

 Wholesale trade ........................................................... 4 ( 2

 ) 3 524 ( 2 ) 1,422 

 Retail trade .................................................................. 10 3 5 2,062 203 1,219 

 Transportation and warehousing ................................. 3 – ( 2 ) 511 – ( 2 )

 Information ................................................................... 5 ( 2 ) 3 777 ( 2 ) 510 

 Finance and insurance ................................................ 4 5 – 588 1,635 –

 Real estate and rental and leasing .............................. – – – – – –

 Professional and technical services ............................. ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 )

 Management of companies and enterprises ............... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) – ( 2 ) ( 2 ) –

 Administrative and waste services ............................... ( 2 ) 3 3 ( 2 ) 617 357 

 Educational services .................................................... – – – – – –

 Health care and social assistance ............................... – – – – – –

 Arts, entertainment, and recreation ............................. ( 2 ) – – ( 2 ) – –

 Accommodation and food services .............................. ( 2 ) ( 2 ) – ( 2 ) ( 2 ) –

 Other services, except public administration ............... ( 2 ) – ( 2 ) ( 2 ) – ( 2 )

 Unclassified ................................................................. ––––––

 

 1 See footnote 1, table 1. p = preliminary.

 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. NOTE: Dash represents zero.

 r = revised.

Industry

Layoff events Separations
Table 7. Reason for layoff: Extended mass layoff events and separations associated with the movement of work, 

selected quarters, 2010 and 2011

Reason for layoff

I IV I I IV I

2010 2010r 2011p 2010r 2010r 2011p 

 Total, private nonfarm1 ................................................... 72 50 44 11,491 9,073 10,144 

Business demand ............................................................. 15 8 9 2,681 1,663 3,564 

 Contract cancellation ..................................................... – ( 2

 ) ( 2 ) – ( 2 ) ( 2 )

 Contract completion ....................................................... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Domestic competition ..................................................... – – – – – –

 Excess inventory/saturated market ................................ ( 2 ) – – ( 2 ) – –

 Import competition ......................................................... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 )

 Slack work/insufficient demand/non-seasonal

 business slowdown ................................................. 10 4 5 1,360 1,101 1,341 

Organizational changes .................................................... 32 24 19 5,550 4,873 2,929 

 Business-ownership change .......................................... 4 3 3 774 1,413 250 

 Reorganization or restructuring of company .................. 28 21 16 4,776 3,460 2,679 

Financial issues ................................................................ 22 18 11 2,992 2,537 2,743 

 Bankruptcy ..................................................................... ( 2

 ) – ( 2 ) ( 2 ) – ( 2 )

 Cost control/cost cutting/increase profitability ................ 19 14 ( 2 ) 2,587 1,733 ( 2 ) Financial difficulty ........................................................... ( 2 ) 4 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 804 ( 2 )

Production specific ............................................................ – – ( 2

 ) – – ( 2 )

 Automation/technological advances .............................. ––––––

 Energy related ................................................................ – – – – – –

 Governmental regulations/intervention .......................... – – – – – –

 Labor dispute/contract negotiations/strike ..................... – – ( 2 ) – – ( 2 ) Material or supply shortage ............................................ – – ( 2 ) – – ( 2 ) Model changeover ......................................................... – – – – – –

 Plant or machine repair/maintenance ............................ – – – – – –

 Product line discontinued ............................................... – – – – – –

Disaster/safety .................................................................. ––––––

 Hazardous work environment ........................................ ––––––

 Natural disaster (not weather related) ............................ – – – – – –

 Non-natural disaster ....................................................... – – – – – –

 Extreme weather-related event ...................................... – – – – – –

Other/miscellaneous ......................................................... 3 – ( 2

 ) 268 – ( 2 )

 Other .............................................................................. 3 – ( 2

 ) 268 – ( 2 )

 Data not provided: refusal .............................................. – – – – – –

 Data not provided: does not know ................................. – – – – – –

 1 See footnote 1, table 1. p = preliminary.

 2

 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. NOTE: Dash represents zero.

 r

 = revised.

Layoff events Separations
Table 8. Census region and division: Extended mass layoff events and separations associated with the movement of work,

selected quarters, 2010 and 2011

Census region and division

Layoff events Separations

I IVI IIV I

2010 2010r 2011p 2010r 2010r 2011p 

 United States1 ...................................... 72 50 44 11,491 9,073 10,144 

Northeast ..................................................... 14 12 12 2,705 1,622 4,002 

 New England ........................................... 8 8 7 1,801 1,272 2,421 

 Middle Atlantic ......................................... 6 4 5 904 350 1,581 

South ........................................................... 26 14 12 3,744 2,511 1,385 

 South Atlantic ........................................... 13 7 6 1,787 1,039 821 

 East South Central ................................... 9 ( 2

 )( 2 ) 1,207 ( 2 )( 2 )

 West South Central .................................. 4 ( 2

 )( 2 ) 750 ( 2 )( 2 )

Midwest ........................................................ 14 11 12 2,661 2,328 2,932 

 East North Central ................................... 9 8 9 1,892 1,890 1,782 

 West North Central .................................. 5 3 3 769 438 1,150 

West ............................................................. 18 13 8 2,381 2,612 1,825 

 Mountain .................................................. 3 5 ( 2

 ) 484 865 ( 2 )

 Pacific ...................................................... 15 8 ( 2

 ) 1,897 1,747 ( 2 )

 1 See footnote 1, table 1. District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South 

 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, 

 r = revised. Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas,

 p = preliminary. Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, 

 NOTE: The States (including the District of Columbia) that comprise Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, 

 the census divisions are: New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massa- Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain

chusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and 

New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.
Table 9. Extended mass layoff events and separations, selected measures, selected quarters, 2010 and 2011

I IVI IIV I

2010 2010r 2011p 2010r 2010r 2011p

Total, private nonfarm1,c ................................................. 1,870 1,999 1,397 314,512 338,115 190,895 

 Total, excluding seasonal

 and vacation events2,c ............................................ 1,452 1,173 1,016 245,887 200,638 140,888 

 Total, movement of work3

 ....................................... 72 50 44 11,491 9,073 10,144 

 Movement of work actions ................................. 101 68 68 ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 )

 With separations reported ............................ 67 46 30 5,949 4,422 5,609 

 With separations unknown ........................... 34 22 38 ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 )

 1 See footnote 1, table 1. 4 Data are not available.

 2 The questions on movement of work were not asked of employers r = revised.

when the reason for layoff was either seasonal work or vacation period. p = preliminary.

 3 Movement of work can involve more than one action. c = corrected.

Table 10. Movement of work actions by type of separation where number of separations is known by employers,

selected quarters, 2010 and 2011

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2010 2010r 2011p 2010 2010r 2011p

With separations reported2 ............................................. 67 46 30 5,949 4,422 5,609 

By location

 Out-of-country relocations ............................................ 14 13 10 1,023 1,915 2,298 

 Within company ........................................................ 11 11 9 933 1,115 2,198 

 Different company .................................................... 3 2 1 90 800 100 

 Domestic relocations .................................................... 53 33 20 4,926 2,507 3,311 

 Within company ........................................................ 47 28 15 3,992 2,294 3,102 

 Different company .................................................... 6 5 5 934 213 209 

 Unable to assign place of 

 relocation ................................................................... ––––––

By company

 Within company ............................................................ 58 39 24 4,925 3,409 5,300 

 Domestic .................................................................. 47 28 15 3,992 2,294 3,102 

 Out of country ........................................................... 11 11 9 933 1,115 2,198 

 Unable to assign ....................................................... ––––––

 Different company ........................................................ 9 7 6 1,024 1,013 309 

 Domestic .................................................................. 6 5 5 934 213 209 

 Out of country ........................................................... 3 2 1 90 800 100 

 Unable to assign ....................................................... ––––––

 1

 Only actions for which separations associated with the r = revised.

movement of work were reported are shown. p = preliminary.

 2

 See footnote 1, table 1. Note: Dash represents zero.

Action

Layoff events Separations

Activities

Actions1 Separations
Table 11. Summary of employer expectations of a recall from extended mass layoffs, private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2010 and 2011

I IV I I IV I I IV I

2010 2010r 2011p 2010 2010r 2011p 2010 2010r 2011p

Anticipate a recallc ............................................... 38.0 58.5 48.5 85.9 94.6 90.0 24.2 33.2 33.0

 Timeframe

Within 6 monthsc

 .................................................. 63.4 72.9 60.5 78.3 87.2 81.9 48.3 44.2 38.5

 Within 3 monthsc

 ............................................ 41.6 28.7 42.2 47.1 26.9 52.5 36.1 32.4 31.6

 Size of recall

At least halfc

 ......................................................... 63.6 75.0 63.3 80.5 91.7 88.6 46.3 41.6 37.3

 All workersc

 .................................................... 25.2 32.3 25.1 37.9 41.7 38.5 12.2 13.4 11.3

 1

 See footnote 1, table 1. p = preliminary.

 r

 = revised. c = corrected.

Table 12. Average number of separations in extended mass layoff events by selected

measures, private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2010 and 2011

I IV I

2010r 2010r 2011p

 Total, private nonfarm1 .................................. 168 169 137 

Industry

Mining .................................................................. 142 120 80 

Utilities ................................................................. 246 80 100 

Construction ......................................................... 113 130 101 

Manufacturing ...................................................... 138 174 133 

Wholesale trade ................................................... 114 114 121 

Retail trade .......................................................... 264 255 179 

Transportation and warehousing ......................... 208 180 202 

Information ........................................................... 183 286 207 

Finance and insurance ........................................ 188 197 97 

Real estate and rental and leasing ...................... 195 116 79 

Professional and technical services .................... 119 164 123 

Management of companies and enterprises ....... 193 147 127 

Administrative and waste services ...................... 239 177 183 

Educational services ............................................ 177 295 112 

Health care and social assistance ....................... 165 135 106 

Arts, entertainment, and recreation ..................... 244 210 111 

Accommodation and food servicesc

 .................... 182 239 127 

Other services, except public administration ....... 129 127 92 

Measure

Average number of separations

Nature of recall

Percent of total layoff events1 Percent of layoff events due to seasonal 

work and vacation period

Percent of layoff events, excluding those 

due to seasonal and vacation period

Unclassified establishments ................................ – – –

Reason for layoff groupings

Business demand ................................................ 153 152 129 

Organizational changesc

 ...................................... 172 226 138 

Financial issues ................................................... 166 145 222 

Production specific .............................................. 178 142 152 

Disaster/Safety .................................................... 134 104 151 

Seasonal .............................................................. 164 166 131 

Other/miscellaneousc

 ........................................... 200 209 120 

 1

 See footnote 1, table 1. c = corrected.

 r

 = revised. NOTE: Dash represents zero.

 p

 = preliminary.

Table 13. Distribution of extended layoff events by size of layoff, private nonfarm sector, 

first quarter 2011p

Number Percent Number Percent

Totalc

 .................................................................... 1,397 100.0 190,895 100.0 

 50-99c

 ............................................................... 800 57.3 54,959 28.8 

 100-149c

 ........................................................... 276 19.8 32,751 17.2 

 150-199c

 ........................................................... 129 9.2 21,219 11.1 

 200-240c

 ........................................................... 103 7.4 23,590 12.4 

 300-499 ................................................... 51 3.7 18,436 9.7 

 500-999c

 ........................................................... 26 1.9 17,832 9.3 

 1,000 or more .......................................... 12 0.9 22,108 11.6 

 p

 = preliminary.

 c

 = corrected.

Size Layoff events Separations
Extended Mass Layoff Events by Reason Categories

First quarters, 2005-11

1 The chart excludes information on layoffs due to other/miscellaneous reasons.p = preliminary.c = corrected.