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USDL 06-1235

For release: 10:00 A.M. EDT

Thursday, July 20, 2006

MASS LAYOFFS IN JUNE 2006

In June 2006, employers took 1,097 mass layoff actions, seasonally adjusted, as measured by new filings

for unemployment insurance benefits during the month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department

of Labor reported today. Each action involved at least 50 persons from a single establishment, and the number of workers involved totaled 119,662, on a seasonally adjusted basis. The number of layoff events increased by 23, and the number of associated initial claims rose by 9,804 from May 2006. In the manufacturing sector, 311 mass layoff events were reported during June 2006, seasonally adjusted, resulting in

37,570 initial claims. The number of events in manufacturing was higher than a month earlier, while the number of initial claims decreased. (See table 1.)

In June 2006, the national unemployment rate was 4.6 percent, seasonally adjusted, unchanged from May

2006 and down from 5.0 percent in June 2005. Total nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, increased by 121,000 over the month and by about 1.9 million over the year.

Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

The 10 industries reporting the highest number of mass layoff initial claims, not seasonally adjusted, accounted for 73,842 initial claims in June, 45 percent of the total. (See table A.) The two industries with the

Chart 1. Mass layoff events, seasonally 

adjusted, July 2001-June 2006

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Note: Shaded area represents recession period.

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Private nonfarm

Total

Manufacturing

Chart 2. Mass layoff initial claims, seasonally 

adjusted, July 2001-June 2006

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Note: Shaded area represents recession period.
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Table A. Industries with the largest mass layoff initial claims in June 2006

Industry Initial claims

 June peak

Year

Initial claims

School and employee bus transportation ................ 18,267 2006 18,267

Food service contractors ....................................... 11,707 2006 11,707

Elementary and secondary schools ......................... 11,029 2003 17,360

Child day care services .......................................... 7,973 1995 8,779

Motion picture and video production ..................... 7,261 2000 9,435

Temporary help services ........................................ 5,607 2000 13,815

Automobile manufacturing ...................................... 4,525 1998 41,501

Other individual and family services ....................... 2,744 2006 2,744

Other social advocacy organizations ...................... 2,555 2000 3,815

Nonupholstered wood household furniture

 mfg. ................................................................... 2,174 2006 2,174

highest number of initial claims were school and employee bus transportation with 18,267 and food service

contractors with 11,707. Together, these two industries accounted for 18 percent of all initial claims in June.

The manufacturing sector accounted for 21 percent of all mass layoff events and 25 percent of all initial

claims filed in June; a year earlier, manufacturing comprised 19 percent of events and 27 percent of initial

claims. In June 2006, the number of manufacturing claimants was highest in transportation equipment

manufacturing (15,822, mostly automotive-related), followed by food manufacturing (5,008). (See table 3.)

Transportation and warehousing accounted for 10 percent of events and 14 percent of initial claims filed

in June 2006, with layoffs mainly in school and employee bus transportation. Seven percent of all layoff

events and 9 percent of initial claims filed during the month were from accommodation and food services,

primarily in food service contractors. Heath care and social assistance accounted for 10 percent of events

and 8 percent of initial claims in June, mostly in child day care services.

Government establishments accounted for 14 percent of events and 12 percent of initial claims filed in

June, largely in educational services as the school year ended.

On a not seasonally adjusted basis, the number of layoff events in June 2006, at 1,489, was up by 332

from a year earlier, and the number of associated initial claims increased by 44,298 to 164,761. These were

the highest number of events reported for any June since 2003 and the highest initial claims totals since 2001.

This is likely due in part to a calendar effect; June 2006 contained 5 weeks for possible mass layoffs compared with 4 weeks in each June of the prior 4 years. (See Technical Note for an explanation of how the

number of weeks for data collection can vary from month to month. Also, note that adjustments are made

for the calendar effects in the previously mentioned seasonally adjusted series.) The largest over-the-year

increases in initial claims were reported in transit and ground passenger transportation (+7,710), food services and drinking places (+4,748), motion picture and sound recording industries (+4,626), and transportation equipment manufacturing (+3,554). The largest over-the-year decreases in initial claims were reported

in electrical equipment and appliance manufacturing (-3,049) and telecommunications (-869).
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Geographic Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Among the four census regions, the highest number of initial claims in June due to mass layoffs was in

the West, 46,445. (See table 5.) Motion picture and sound recording industries and educational services

accounted for 26 percent of all mass layoff initial claims in that region during the month. The Midwest had

the second largest number of initial claims, 44,200, followed by the Northeast, 37,376, and the South with

36,740.

The number of initial claimants in mass layoffs increased over the year in all four of the regions. The

largest increase was in the Northeast (+14,655), followed by the West (+13,367), the South (+11,061)

and the Midwest (+5,215). All nine geographic divisions had over-the-year increases in the number of initial claims associated with mass layoffs, with the largest increases in the Middle Atlantic (+12,004) and

Pacific (+11,974).

Among the states, California recorded the highest number of initial claims filed due to mass layoff events

in June (35,270), followed by Pennsylvania (13,932), New Jersey (13,182), Michigan (9,298), and Illinois

(9,144). These five states accounted for 48 percent of all mass layoff events and 49 percent of all initial

claims for unemployment insurance. (See table 6.)

California had the largest over-the-year increase in the number of initial claims (+10,618), largely due to

layoffs in motion picture and sound recording industries and professional and technical services. New Jersey

had the next largest increase in initial claims (+5,687), followed closely by Pennsylvania (+5,327). The largest over-the-year decrease in claims occurred in Ohio (-5,638).

From January to June, California reported 161,329 mass layoff initial claims, 24 percent of the national

total. The states with the next largest number of claims over this period were Pennsylvania (43,038), New

York (42,409), and Michigan (40,986).

Note

The monthly data series in this release cover mass layoffs of 50 or more workers beginning in a given

month, regardless of the duration of the layoffs. For private nonfarm establishments, information on the length

of the layoff is obtained later and issued in a quarterly release that reports on mass layoffs lasting more than

30 days (referred to as “extended mass layoffs”). The quarterly release provides more information on the

industry classification and location of the establishment and on the demographics of the laid-off workers. 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.

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The report on Extended Mass Layoffs in the Second Quarter of 2006 is scheduled to be released

on Thursday, August 10, 2006. The report on Mass Layoffs in July 2006 is scheduled to be released

on Wednesday, August 23, 2006.
Technical Note

The Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program is a federal-state

program that uses a standardized, automated approach to

identifying, describing, and tracking the effects of major job

cutbacks, using data from each state’s unemployment insurance

database. Each month, states report on establishments which

have at least 50 initial claims filed against them during a

consecutive 5-week period. These establishments 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-theyear 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;

TDD message referral phone number: 1-800-877-8339.

Definitions

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

establishment 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-12-

ARIMA 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 one 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-12-

ARIMA program and are permanently removed from the final

seasonally adjusted series.
Table 1. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, July 2002 to June 2006,

seasonally adjusted

2002

July ......................................................................... 1,635 179,806 1,460 164,944 564 74,834 

August ..................................................................... 1,478 162,040 1,324 150,118 569 67,779 

September .............................................................. 1,911 218,875 1,747 203,849 617 80,528 

October ................................................................... 1,774 186,940 1,582 169,660 625 73,904 

November ............................................................... 1,652 178,402 1,507 167,335 613 71,693 

December ............................................................... 1,841 198,678 1,659 184,368 661 84,048 

2003

January ................................................................... 1,358 131,963 1,168 117,636 387 48,685 

February ................................................................. 1,825 190,928 1,647 178,363 646 78,819 

March ...................................................................... 1,782 175,671 1,595 160,170 617 72,409 

April ......................................................................... 1,722 174,608 1,564 163,607 640 83,303 

May ......................................................................... 1,719 184,003 1,542 170,961 625 86,535 

June ........................................................................ 1,716 164,299 1,524 148,542 636 68,143 

July ......................................................................... 1,642 163,179 1,442 148,299 580 74,070 

August ..................................................................... 1,517 171,861 1,367 158,049 551 74,602 

September .............................................................. 1,562 147,383 1,374 133,383 484 56,472 

October ................................................................... 1,558 156,814 1,336 138,691 427 52,009 

November ............................................................... 1,393 141,383 1,244 129,231 401 50,460 

December ............................................................... 1,426 144,456 1,265 132,324 434 50,994 

2004

January ................................................................... 1,421 142,704 1,223 124,192 395 48,519 

February ................................................................. 1,293 132,640 1,145 120,811 362 39,360 

March ...................................................................... 1,364 140,957 1,234 132,152 407 60,296 

April ......................................................................... 1,381 141,909 1,207 126,106 341 37,686 

May ......................................................................... 1,189 111,173 1,030 98,230 314 37,405 

June ........................................................................ 1,390 141,948 1,226 129,344 360 45,398 

July ......................................................................... 1,329 137,724 1,185 126,945 371 53,248 

August ..................................................................... 1,436 131,807 1,243 116,672 342 38,192 

September .............................................................. 1,283 125,344 1,155 115,499 344 45,691 

October ................................................................... 1,302 129,237 1,181 119,653 369 47,888 

November ............................................................... 1,350 135,036 1,202 122,954 407 47,517 

December ............................................................... 1,188 120,602 1,038 109,508 293 33,123 

2005

January ................................................................... 1,465 153,676 1,330 143,295 380 58,778 

February ................................................................. 1,135 120,190 1,010 109,964 350 43,966 

March ...................................................................... 1,204 133,935 1,071 124,273 384 56,253 

April ......................................................................... 1,278 139,575 1,145 128,478 390 60,726 

May ......................................................................... 1,194 129,214 1,059 117,660 359 52,055 

June ........................................................................ 1,184 128,430 1,065 119,271 349 53,930 

July ......................................................................... 1,248 131,136 1,107 118,994 356 49,070 

August ..................................................................... 1,145 127,592 1,006 116,011 334 48,904 

September .............................................................. 2,219 283,772 1,975 237,831 438 53,399 

October ................................................................... 1,114 104,584 986 94,798 328 45,475 

November ............................................................... 1,205 120,783 1,074 109,680 359 45,069 

December ............................................................... 1,308 149,565 1,185 138,234 365 49,641 

2006

January ................................................................... 1,113 108,378 985 97,832 274 29,541 

February ................................................................. 1,073 111,468 973 103,268 321 45,073 

March ...................................................................... 1,082 118,555 984 110,275 328 49,023 

April ......................................................................... 1,148 118,504 1,023 109,150 358 48,086 

May ......................................................................... 1,074 109,858 963 101,080 293 42,006 

June ........................................................................ 1,097 119,662 974 109,041 311 37,570 

Total Private nonfarm Manufacturing

Date

Events Events Events Initial

claimants

Initial

claimants

Initial

claimants
Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, July 2002 to June 2006,

not seasonally adjusted

2002

July ......................................................................... 2,042 245,294 1,819 226,892 907 135,271 

August ..................................................................... 1,248 128,103 1,151 119,874 427 48,668 

September .............................................................. 1,062 124,522 957 114,736 352 43,755 

October ................................................................... 1,497 171,100 1,270 149,327 493 64,655 

November ............................................................... 2,153 240,171 1,860 216,237 719 92,712 

December ............................................................... 2,474 264,158 2,324 252,807 984 126,826 

2003

January ................................................................... 2,315 225,430 2,130 210,918 822 90,244 

February ................................................................. 1,363 124,965 1,222 116,264 435 48,161 

March ...................................................................... 1,207 113,026 1,099 104,468 390 41,063 

April ......................................................................... 1,581 161,412 1,470 152,937 499 62,349 

May ......................................................................... 1,703 174,204 1,538 160,729 499 61,278 

June ........................................................................ 1,691 157,552 1,336 127,743 389 40,845 

July ......................................................................... 2,087 226,435 1,815 206,901 946 136,410 

August ..................................................................... 1,258 133,839 1,163 124,131 405 52,620 

September .............................................................. 868 82,647 756 73,914 271 31,428 

October ................................................................... 1,523 158,240 1,265 137,706 438 53,741 

November ............................................................... 1,438 138,543 1,234 123,524 408 48,419 

December ............................................................... 1,929 192,633 1,793 182,750 648 77,915 

2004

January ................................................................... 2,428 239,454 2,226 220,687 848 89,551 

February ................................................................. 941 84,201 832 76,577 240 23,043 

March ...................................................................... 920 92,554 847 87,782 258 34,686 

April ......................................................................... 1,458 157,314 1,316 142,657 343 36,172 

May ......................................................................... 988 87,501 878 78,786 219 22,141 

June ........................................................................ 1,379 134,588 1,077 110,804 222 27,307 

July ......................................................................... 2,094 253,929 1,860 234,877 885 145,895 

August ..................................................................... 809 69,033 745 63,876 194 17,698 

September .............................................................. 708 68,972 637 63,102 189 25,808 

October ................................................................... 1,242 127,918 1,101 117,375 372 48,265 

November ............................................................... 1,399 130,423 1,201 115,549 412 44,243 

December ............................................................... 1,614 161,271 1,487 152,092 436 50,726 

2005

January ................................................................... 2,564 263,952 2,421 253,409 823 108,985 

February ................................................................. 810 74,644 722 68,372 230 24,931 

March ...................................................................... 806 88,937 733 83,793 246 33,030 

April ......................................................................... 1,373 158,582 1,263 148,133 395 59,129 

May ......................................................................... 986 101,358 891 93,332 249 30,424 

June ........................................................................ 1,157 120,463 941 103,307 216 32,783 

July ......................................................................... 1,981 244,216 1,745 222,377 856 136,210 

August ..................................................................... 645 67,582 598 63,484 188 22,531 

September .............................................................. 1,662 213,281 1,505 179,042 318 47,497 

October ................................................................... 905 91,941 757 80,694 249 37,276 

November ............................................................... 1,254 116,127 1,079 102,182 363 41,442 

December ............................................................... 2,323 254,258 2,168 242,753 706 96,382 

2006

January ................................................................... 1,245 117,946 1,123 108,701 331 35,097 

February ................................................................. 719 66,555 658 62,208 210 24,892 

March ...................................................................... 921 111,838 856 106,177 285 44,688 

April ......................................................................... 1,140 121,589 1,038 112,964 296 39,538 

May ......................................................................... 872 84,809 794 78,663 192 23,570 

June ........................................................................ 1,489 164,761 1,224 140,687 319 41,095 

Total Private nonfarm Manufacturing

Date

Events Events Events Initial

claimants

Initial

claimants

Initial

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

Mass layoff events Initial claimants for

unemployment insurance

June April May June June April May June

2005 2006 2006 2006 2005 2006 2006 2006

Seasonally adjusted

 Total ..................................................................... 1,184 1,148 1,074 1,097 128,430 118,504 109,858 119,662 

 Total, private nonfarm .............................................. 1,065 1,023 963 974 119,271 109,150 101,080 109,041 

 Manufacturing ........................................................ 349 358 293 311 53,930 48,086 42,006 37,570 

Not seasonally adjusted

 Total1

 .................................................................... 1,157 1,140 872 1,489 120,463 121,589 84,809 164,761 

Total, private .............................................................. 990 1,098 813 1,286 106,219 118,236 79,738 145,567 

 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting ................ 49 60 19 62 2,912 5,272 1,075 4,880 

 Total, private nonfarm .............................................. 941 1,038 794 1,224 103,307 112,964 78,663 140,687 

 Mining ..................................................................... – 5 3 4 – 385 213 347 

 Utilities .................................................................... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 )

 Construction ........................................................... 61 98 90 75 4,304 6,324 6,116 6,089 

 Manufacturing ........................................................ 216 296 192 319 32,783 39,538 23,570 41,095 

 Food ................................................................... 43 80 39 55 4,245 8,192 3,335 5,008 

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

 Textile mills ........................................................ 8 14 8 12 1,089 2,935 780 1,432 

 Textile product mills ........................................... 4 9 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 486 773 ( 2 ) ( 2 )

 Apparel ............................................................... 7 12 6 11 789 1,724 525 1,340 

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

 Wood products ................................................... ( 2 ) 24 12 17 ( 2 ) 2,342 853 1,562 

 Paper .................................................................. 7 5 7 10 633 333 527 725 

 Printing and related support activities ................ 7 9 10 4 569 804 860 382 

 Petroleum and coal products ............................. – – ( 2 ) ( 2 ) – – ( 2 ) ( 2 )

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

 ) 4 8 4 ( 2 ) 272 464 557 

 Plastics and rubber products .............................. 6 12 5 25 544 912 341 2,526 

 Nonmetallic mineral products ............................. ( 2 ) 14 5 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 914 526 ( 2 )

 Primary metals ................................................... 11 11 4 11 1,478 731 448 997 

 Fabricated metal products .................................. 12 16 8 17 963 1,083 508 1,506 

 Machinery ........................................................... 18 10 9 23 2,365 1,387 2,432 3,194 

 Computer and electronic products ..................... 13 13 11 13 1,074 946 1,058 1,278 

 Electrical equipment and appliances .................. 16 7 6 10 4,010 762 1,449 961 

 Transportation equipment .................................. 41 39 35 79 12,268 14,093 7,657 15,822 

 Furniture and related products ........................... 9 8 8 15 1,084 709 709 2,742 

 Miscellaneous manufacturing ............................. ( 2 ) 5 5 6 ( 2 ) 394 615 552 

 Wholesale trade ..................................................... 12 19 11 9 1,340 1,933 847 591 

 Retail trade ............................................................. 58 86 77 78 4,656 7,780 7,570 8,353 

 Transportation and warehousing ............................ 126 152 30 155 15,593 19,558 2,270 23,033 

 Information ............................................................. 41 30 33 25 4,687 4,570 4,360 8,398 

 Finance and insurance ........................................... 23 26 24 38 1,637 1,670 1,864 2,900 

 Real estate and rental and leasing ......................... 5 ( 2 ) 6 6 239 ( 2 ) 424 392 

 Professional and technical services ....................... 17 41 35 28 1,978 5,776 3,019 4,107 

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

 Administrative and waste services ......................... 102 134 122 135 9,051 10,725 12,323 10,992 

 Educational services .............................................. 10 5 5 16 551 572 384 1,057 

 Health care and social assistance .......................... 133 21 49 152 11,354 1,676 4,598 12,932 

 Arts, entertainment, and recreation ........................ 25 25 21 30 1,338 1,895 1,257 1,735 

 Accommodation and food services ........................ 71 74 69 104 10,150 7,937 7,535 14,670 

 Other services, except public administration .......... 35 17 23 44 3,079 2,000 2,078 3,577 

 Unclassified ........................................................... – 4 1 2 – 240 39 102 

Government ............................................................... 167 42 59 203 14,244 3,353 5,071 19,194 

 Federal ................................................................... 10 9 9 14 964 796 767 1,521 

 State ....................................................................... 15 10 6 17 1,009 909 308 1,758 

 Local ....................................................................... 142 23 44 172 12,271 1,648 3,996 15,915 

 1

 Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia. NOTE: Dash represents zero.

 2

 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.

Industry
Table 4. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, April 2004 to June 2006,

not seasonally adjusted

Extended mass layoffs 

lasting more than 30 days Realization rates1

Events Initial

claimants Events Initial

claimants Events Initial

claimants Events Initial

claimants

2004

April .................................................... 1,458 157,314 1,316 142,657 

May .................................................... 988 87,501 878 78,786 

June ................................................... 1,379 134,588 1,077 110,804 

Second Quarter ................................. 3,825 379,403 3,271 332,247 1,358 254,063 41.5 76.5 

July ..................................................... 2,094 253,929 1,860 234,877 

August ................................................ 809 69,033 745 63,876 

September ......................................... 708 68,972 637 63,102 

Third Quarter ..................................... 3,611 391,934 3,242 361,855 886 148,575 27.3 41.1 

October .............................................. 1,242 127,918 1,101 117,375 

November .......................................... 1,399 130,423 1,201 115,549 

December .......................................... 1,614 161,271 1,487 152,092 

Fourth Quarter ................................... 4,255 419,612 3,789 385,016 1,427 262,049 37.7 68.1 

2005

January .............................................. 2,564 263,952 2,421 253,409 

February ............................................ 810 74,644 722 68,372 

March ................................................. 806 88,937 733 83,793 

First Quarter ....................................... 4,180 427,533 3,876 405,574 1,142 185,486 29.5 45.7 

April .................................................... 1,373 158,582 1,263 148,133 

May .................................................... 986 101,358 891 93,332 

June ................................................... 1,157 120,463 941 103,307 

Second Quarter ................................. 3,516 380,403 3,095 344,772 1,203 212,452 38.9 61.6 

July ..................................................... 1,981 244,216 1,745 222,377 

August ................................................ 645 67,582 598 63,484 

September ......................................... 1,662 213,281 1,505 179,042 

Third Quarter ..................................... 4,288 525,079 3,848 464,903 1,136 190,119 29.5 40.9 

October .............................................. 905 91,941 757 80,694 

November .......................................... 1,254 116,127 1,079 102,182 

December .......................................... 2,323 254,258 2,168 242,753 

Fourth Quarter ................................... 4,482 462,326 4,004 425,629 1,400 244,943 35.0 57.5 

2006

January .............................................. 1,245 117,946 1,123 108,701 

February ............................................ 719 66,555 658 62,208 

March ................................................. 921 111,838 856 106,177 

First Quarter ....................................... 2,885 296,339 2,637 277,086 2,p 892 2,p 129,607 p

 33.8 p 46.8

April .................................................... 1,140 121,589 1,038 112,964 

May .................................................... 872 84,809 794 78,663 

June ................................................... 1,489 164,761 1,224 140,687 

Second Quarter ................................. 3,501 371,159 3,056 332,314 

 1 The event realization rate is the percentage of all private nonfarm data on these layoffs become available. Experience suggests that the

mass layoff events lasting more than 30 days. The initial claimant realization number of extended mass layoff events is generally revised upwards

rate is the percentage of all private nonfarm mass layoff initial claimants by less than 10 percent and the number of initial claimants associated

associated with layoffs lasting more than 30 days. with such events increases by 25-40 percent.

 2

 These quarterly numbers are provisional and will be revised as more p = preliminary.

Mass layoffs Total mass layoffs

Private nonfarm

Date
Table 5. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance by census region and division,

not seasonally adjusted

Mass layoff events Initial claimants for

unemployment insurance

June April May June June April May June

2005 2006 2006 2006 2005 2006 2006 2006

 United States1

 .................................................... 1,157 1,140 872 1,489 120,463 121,589 84,809 164,761 

Northeast .................................................................... 183 308 134 296 22,721 34,615 12,744 37,376 

 New England .......................................................... 26 52 30 48 3,158 6,268 3,083 5,809 

 Middle Atlantic ........................................................ 157 256 104 248 19,563 28,347 9,661 31,567 

South .......................................................................... 269 177 204 344 25,679 18,283 18,518 36,740 

 South Atlantic ......................................................... 164 98 100 190 15,133 10,728 8,321 20,426 

 East South Central ................................................. 41 41 51 80 3,656 4,108 5,259 8,564 

 West South Central ................................................ 64 38 53 74 6,890 3,447 4,938 7,750 

Midwest ...................................................................... 299 243 220 378 38,985 34,494 26,538 44,200 

 East North Central .................................................. 246 203 157 292 33,393 30,704 17,516 36,225 

 West North Central ................................................. 53 40 63 86 5,592 3,790 9,022 7,975 

West ........................................................................... 406 412 314 471 33,078 34,197 27,009 46,445 

 Mountain ................................................................. 44 47 28 55 4,003 5,769 2,637 5,396 

 Pacific ..................................................................... 362 365 286 416 29,075 28,428 24,372 41,049 

 1

 See footnote 1, table 3. Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas, 

 NOTE: The States (including the District of Columbia) that comprise Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, 

 the census divisions are: New England: Connecticut, Maine, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, 

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, 

Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska, 

Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.

Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central:

Census region and division
Table 6. State distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance,

not seasonally adjusted

Mass layoff events Initial claimants for

unemployment insurance

June April May June June April May June

2005 2006 2006 2006 2005 2006 2006 2006

 Total1

 ....................................................................... 1,157 1,140 872 1,489 120,463 121,589 84,809 164,761 

Alabama ..................................................................... 8 9 13 15 833 741 1,347 1,636 

Alaska ......................................................................... 3 5 ( 2 ) 4 238 694 ( 2 ) 375 

Arizona ....................................................................... 7 17 5 12 475 2,709 625 1,262 

Arkansas .................................................................... ( 2 ) 5 ( 2 ) 4 ( 2 ) 432 ( 2 ) 819 

California .................................................................... 319 321 259 361 24,652 24,551 22,138 35,270 

Colorado ..................................................................... ( 2 ) 6 5 4 ( 2 ) 768 443 355 

Connecticut ................................................................ 6 8 6 14 734 673 461 1,735 

Delaware .................................................................... 4 – – 5 1,674 – – 1,671 

District of Columbia .................................................... – – ( 2 ) ––– ( 2 ) –

Florida ........................................................................ 93 34 48 92 6,661 2,363 3,165 7,581 

Georgia ....................................................................... 19 20 17 40 1,924 4,191 1,734 4,456 

Hawaii ......................................................................... 3 6 4 6 210 422 359 408 

Idaho .......................................................................... 4 3 4 5 301 349 255 393 

Illinois ......................................................................... 56 29 43 61 5,273 3,380 6,641 9,144 

Indiana ........................................................................ 34 22 22 40 5,771 2,260 1,815 6,786 

Iowa ............................................................................ 7 7 12 12 847 987 3,239 813 

Kansas ....................................................................... 6 ( 2 ) 9 10 822 ( 2 ) 685 880 

Kentucky ..................................................................... 11 17 17 26 962 2,174 2,065 3,246 

Louisiana .................................................................... 21 ( 2 ) 12 22 1,965 ( 2 ) 973 2,361 

Maine .......................................................................... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 4 4 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 314 287 

Maryland ..................................................................... 4 15 5 16 478 1,277 414 1,455 

Massachusetts ........................................................... 7 17 13 10 592 2,001 1,692 795 

Michigan ..................................................................... 55 41 40 88 6,580 7,191 4,028 9,298 

Minnesota ................................................................... 14 12 11 21 1,314 814 2,678 1,971 

Mississippi .................................................................. 7 6 7 13 391 430 495 1,023 

Missouri ...................................................................... 16 13 25 33 1,719 1,008 1,957 3,017 

Montana ..................................................................... 6 3 3 7 378 220 182 559 

Nebraska .................................................................... 7 4 4 6 556 495 324 615 

Nevada ....................................................................... 12 11 ( 2 ) 14 1,713 1,053 ( 2 ) 1,597 

New Hampshire .......................................................... 3 5 ( 2 ) 4 661 504 ( 2 ) 625 

New Jersey ................................................................. 39 53 16 85 7,495 6,259 1,591 13,182 

New Mexico ................................................................ 8 ( 2 ) 4 10 623 ( 2 ) 570 891 

New York .................................................................... 37 102 40 44 3,463 13,386 4,570 4,453 

North Carolina ............................................................ 13 7 12 14 1,127 568 1,355 1,332 

North Dakota .............................................................. ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 )

Ohio ............................................................................ 62 53 30 59 11,541 12,182 3,102 5,903 

Oklahoma ................................................................... 4 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 4 296 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 288 

Oregon ....................................................................... 20 16 16 26 2,253 1,296 1,242 3,275 

Pennsylvania .............................................................. 81 101 48 119 8,605 8,702 3,500 13,932 

Rhode Island .............................................................. 7 7 ( 2

 ) 11 948 1,528 ( 2 ) 1,825 

South Carolina ............................................................ 17 11 10 11 1,564 1,314 988 1,190 

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

Tennessee .................................................................. 15 9 14 26 1,470 763 1,352 2,659 

Texas .......................................................................... 37 30 37 44 3,329 2,354 3,688 4,282 

Utah ............................................................................ 5 4 5 ( 2 ) 338 381 447 ( 2 )

Vermont ...................................................................... ( 2 ) 13 4 5 ( 2 ) 1,311 404 542 

Virginia ....................................................................... 11 9 7 9 1,495 830 593 2,480 

Washington ................................................................ 17 17 6 19 1,722 1,465 570 1,721 

West Virginia .............................................................. 3 ( 2 ) – ( 2 ) 210 ( 2 ) – ( 2 )

Wisconsin ................................................................... 39 58 22 44 4,228 5,691 1,930 5,094 

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

Puerto Rico ................................................................. 12 8 60 19 2,023 767 14,229 2,071 

 1 See footnote 1, table 3. NOTE: Dash represents zero. 2

 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.

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