For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Wednesday, August 11, 2010 USDL-10-1102 

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

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

EXTENDED MASS LAYOFFS – SECOND QUARTER 2010 

Employers initiated 1,851 mass layoff events in the second quarter of 2010 that resulted in the 

separation of 338,064 workers from their jobs for at least 31 days, according to preliminary figures 

released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Over the year, both events and separations decreased 

sharply from program high second quarter levels (with data available back to 1995). (See table A.) 

Manufacturing accounted for 16 percent of private nonfarm extended layoff events and 15 percent of 

related separations in the second quarter of 2010, the lowest proportions for any quarter in program 

history. Fifty-six percent of employers reporting an extended mass layoff during the quarter indicated 

they anticipated some type of recall, up from 37 percent a year earlier. Over the year, the percentage of 

initial claimants who are women increased from 42 percent to 51 percent during the quarter. Second 

quarter 2010 layoff data are preliminary and are subject to revision. (See the Technical Note.) 

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

2010, up from 9.1 percent a year earlier. Private nonfarm payroll employment, not seasonally adjusted, 

decreased by 2.3 million over the year. 

Industry Distribution of Extended Layoffs 

Sixteen of 18 major industry sectors in the private nonfarm economy registered declines over the year in 

the number of extended mass layoff events. Nineteen of 21 manufacturing subsectors experienced overthe-year decreases in the number of layoff events. 

Manufacturing firms reported 299 events involving the separation of 51,085 workers. This sector 

accounted for 16 percent of private nonfarm extended layoff events and 15 percent of related separations 

in the second quarter of 2010, the lowest proportions for any quarter in program history. A year earlier, 

manufacturing made up 31 percent of events and 30 percent of separations. (See table 1.) The largest 

numbers of separations were associated with food and transportation equipment manufacturing. 

Construction firms recorded 276 events and 34,642 separations, primarily in specialty trade contracting 

and heavy and civil engineering construction. Layoffs in this sector comprised 15 percent of events and 

10 percent of separations. 
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Table A. Selected measures of extended mass layoff activity

Period Layoff events Separations Initial claimants

2006

January-March..................... 963 183,089 193,510 

April-June............................ 1,353 295,964 264,927 

July-September.................... 929 160,254 161,764 

October-December.............. 1,640 296,662 330,954 

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-Juner

 .......................... 3,395 651,318 731,049 

July-Septemberr

 .................. 2,034 345,531 406,802 

October-Decemberr

 ............ 2,416 406,212 468,368 

2010

January-Marchr

 ................... 1,870 313,660 360,208 

April-Junep

 .......................... 1,851 338,064 273,860 

 r

 = revised.

 p

 = preliminary.

Reasons for Extended Layoffs 

Layoffs due to the completion of seasonal work accounted for 41 percent of events and 48 percent of 

related separations during the second quarter of 2010, up from 22 percent of events and 25 percent of 

separations in the same period a year earlier. (See table 2.) Separations related to business demand 

factors decreased over the year by 139,687, or 61 percent. The largest over-the-year decrease in 

separations related to business demand was due to slack work/insufficient demand (-114,079). (See 

chart.) 

Movement of Work 

In the second quarter of 2010, 53 extended mass layoffs involved movement of work and were 

associated with 10,206 separated workers. Over the year, the number of events decreased from 116 to 53, 

and the number of separations decreased from 21,365 to 10,206. Movement of work layoffs accounted 

for 5 percent of the nonseasonal layoff events during the quarter. (See table 9.) 
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Table B. Metropolitan areas with the largest number of initial claimants associated with

extended mass layoff events in the second quarter 2010, by residency of claimants

 Total, 372 metropolitan areas.................. 588,820 226,982 

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif. .... 49,256 1 23,877 1 

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long

 Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa. ................................ 34,383 2 14,957 2 

Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, Ill.-Ind.-Wis. ......... 26,461 4 13,387 3 

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, Calif. ......... 19,285 5 9,771 4 

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif. ....... 19,245 6 6,870 5 

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pa.

 -N.J.-Del.-Md. .......................................... 11,623 8 6,598 6 

St. Louis, Mo.-Ill. .......................................... 8,207 14 4,954 7 

Pittsburgh, Pa. ............................................... 6,969 16 4,441 8 

San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, Calif. ........ 12,082 7 4,412 9 

Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville, Calif. .. 8,876 12 4,170 10 

 r

 = revised.

 p

 = preliminary.

 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

2009 IIr 2010 IIp

Initial 

claimants Rank Initial claimants Rank

Nearly half of the extended mass layoff events related to movement of work were from manufacturing 

industries. (See table 6.) Employers cited organizational changes as the reason for the layoff in 45 

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

numbers of workers affected by the movement of work were in the Midwest and South. (See table 8.) 

Illinois, Iowa, and Virginia reported the highest numbers of separations associated with movement of 

work. 

The 53 extended layoff events with movement of work for the second quarter of 2010 involved 71 

identifiable relocations of work actions. (See table 9.) Employers were able to provide more complete 

separation information for 44 of the actions. Of these, 93 percent involved work moving within the same 

company, and 75 percent were domestic reassignments. (See table 10.) 

Recall Expectations 

Fifty-six percent of employers reporting an extended mass layoff in the second quarter 2010 indicated 

they anticipated some type of recall, up from 37 percent a year earlier. Excluding extended mass layoff 

events due to seasonal work and vacation period, in which 96 percent of the employers expected a recall, 

employers anticipated recalling laid-off workers in 28 percent of the events. Of those employers expecting to recall workers, 44 percent indicated that the offer would be extended to all displaced employees, 

and 79 percent of employers anticipated extending the offer to at least half of the workers. Seventy-four 
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percent of employers expecting to recall laid-off employees intend to do so within 6 months. (See 

table 11.) 

Size of Extended Layoffs 

In second quarter 2010, the average size of a layoff (as measured by separations per layoff event) was 

183, the smallest second quarter average size in program history. (See table 12.) Events were primarily 

concentrated at the lower end of the extended layoff-size spectrum, with 67 percent involving fewer than 

150 workers, up from 64 percent a year ago; 7 percent of the events involved 500 or more workers, the 

highest proportion since second quarter 2006. (See table 13.) 

Initial Claimant Characteristics 

A total of 273,860 initial claimants for unemployment insurance were associated with extended mass 

layoffs in the second quarter of 2010. Of these claimants, 16 percent were black, 17 percent were 

Hispanic, 51 percent were women, and 24 percent were 55 years of age or older. (See table 3.) Among 

persons in the civilian labor force for the same period, 12 percent were black, 15 percent were Hispanic, 

47 percent were women, and 19 percent were 55 years of age or older. 

Geographic Distribution 

Among the four census regions, the Midwest and the West recorded the highest numbers of separations 

due to extended mass layoff events in the second quarter of 2010. Among the nine census divisions, the 

highest numbers of separations were in the East North Central and Pacific. All regions and divisions 

registered over-the-year decreases in the number of separations. (See table 4.) 

California recorded the largest number of worker separations, followed by Illinois, New Jersey, 

Pennsylvania, and Ohio. (See table 5.) Over the year, 42 states and the District of Columbia reported 

decreased numbers of laid-off workers, led by California, Florida, and Ohio. 

Eighty-three percent of the initial claimants associated with extended mass layoff events in the second 

quarter of 2010 resided within metropolitan areas, nearly the same as a year earlier (81 percent). Among 

the 372 metropolitan areas, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif., reported the highest number of 

resident initial claimants. Sacramento—Arden-Arcade—Roseville, Calif., St. Louis, Mo.-Ill., and 

Pittsburgh, Pa., moved into the top 10 metropolitan areas in terms of initial claims by residency of 

claimant in the quarter, replacing Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Fla., Detroit-WarrenLivonia, Mich., and Las Vegas-Paradise, Nev., from the previous year. (See table B.) 

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 
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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 in July 2010 news release is scheduled to be released on Friday, August 20, 

2010, 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 second 

quarter of 2010, outright refusal to participate in the employer 

interview accounted for 3.9 percent of all private nonfarm 

events. Although included in the total number of instances 

involving the movement of work, for the second quarter, 

employers in 27 relocations were unable to provide the 

number of separations specifically associated with the 

movement of work, 4 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, 2009 and 2010

Industry

II I II II I II II I II

 2009r 2010r 2010p 2009r 2010r 2010p 2009r 2010r 2010p 

 Total, private nonfarm1 .................................. 3,395 1,870 1,851 651,318 313,660 338,064 731,049 360,208 273,860 

 Mining ............................................................. 50 16 7 8,393 2,271 734 7,505 2,098 719 

 Utilities ............................................................ 4 4 7 902 983 713 980 1,089 1,072 

 Construction .................................................... 380 444 276 44,355 50,278 34,642 56,837 66,057 31,398 

 Manufacturing ................................................. 1,062 441 299 194,215 60,823 51,085 266,027 72,128 44,297 

 Food ........................................................... 82 76 67 15,975 11,833 12,325 17,481 14,644 9,667 

 Beverage and tobacco products ................ 4 7 ( 2 ) 421 978 ( 2 ) 622 1,682 ( 2 )

 Textile mills ................................................ 15 ( 2 ) 4 2,268 ( 2 ) 844 4,590 ( 2 ) 1,088 

 Textile product mills ................................... 7 8 ( 2 ) 734 1,080 ( 2 ) 1,039 1,200 ( 2 )

 Apparel ....................................................... 28 8 9 4,563 824 1,185 4,467 941 1,291 

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

 Wood products ........................................... 41 18 9 4,542 1,697 1,211 5,978 3,685 998 

 Paper ......................................................... 29 9 10 3,626 1,402 1,306 3,588 1,909 985 

 Printing and related support activities ........ 31 20 10 3,103 2,277 986 5,078 2,900 1,158 

 Petroleum and coal products ..................... 3 5 ( 2 ) 315 455 ( 2 ) 330 527 ( 2 )

 Chemicals ................................................. 26 20 10 2,646 3,073 1,119 3,478 3,227 928 

 Plastics and rubber products ..................... 56 15 6 7,355 1,320 499 9,838 1,777 490 

 Nonmetallic mineral products ..................... 42 33 16 5,374 3,451 1,410 5,330 4,127 1,727 

 Primary metals ........................................... 83 20 17 15,853 2,940 2,172 18,891 2,453 2,019 

 Fabricated metal products ......................... 97 26 16 13,237 3,020 1,394 14,716 3,496 1,577 

 Machinery .................................................. 110 37 33 22,621 5,690 4,488 38,993 6,112 4,234 

 Computer and electronic products ............. 96 30 27 13,917 5,800 3,511 15,349 5,544 3,632 

 Electrical equipment and appliances ......... 34 14 6 5,630 1,932 818 6,875 1,599 700 

 Transportation equipment .......................... 217 60 38 64,320 8,489 10,614 97,328 10,232 11,249 

 Furniture and related products ................... 37 17 7 4,380 2,397 1,535 8,047 2,954 816 

 Miscellaneous manufacturing .................... 24 12 10 3,335 1,580 1,779 4,009 1,487 1,325 

 Wholesale trade .............................................. 89 53 31 15,261 6,049 3,575 14,686 5,830 3,059 

 Retail trade ...................................................... 199 201 97 45,003 52,422 21,166 53,797 66,994 18,774 

 Transportation and warehousing .................... 259 92 173 59,211 19,118 38,003 57,719 18,193 32,836 

 Information ...................................................... 92 60 48 16,867 10,936 11,903 18,605 12,342 12,586 

 Finance and insurance .................................... 128 75 56 29,400 14,115 10,871 26,487 16,933 7,272 

 Real estate and rental and leasing ................. 27 13 25 4,733 2,530 3,183 4,463 2,083 2,568 

 Professional and technical services ................ 141 69 92 34,472 8,181 27,054 27,475 11,326 20,287 

 Management of companies and enterprises ... 13 11 7 3,809 2,124 1,562 4,031 1,585 824 

 Administrative and waste services .................. 300 205 150 64,682 48,913 23,721 73,937 49,076 21,224 

 Educational services ....................................... 29 5 28 3,650 887 2,666 4,318 850 2,472 

 Health care and social assistance .................. 218 34 201 28,863 5,612 25,312 26,956 5,123 20,435 

 Arts, entertainment, and recreation ................. 89 40 73 17,914 9,745 19,416 11,011 7,047 7,722 

 Accommodation and food services ................. 241 93 203 70,156 16,870 52,041 66,353 19,469 38,482 

 Other services, except public administration .. 74 14 78 9,432 1,803 10,417 9,862 1,985 7,833 

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

 1

 For the second quarter of 2010, data on layoffs were reported by employers r = revised.

in all states and the District of Columbia. p

 = preliminary.

 2

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

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, 2009 and 2010

Reason for layoff

II I II II I II II I II

 2009r 2010r 2010p 2009r 2010r 2010p 2009r 2010r 2010p 

 Total, private nonfarm1 ................................................... 3,395 1,870 1,851 651,318 313,660 338,064 731,049 360,208 273,860 

Business demand ............................................................. 1,457 738 604 228,473 112,292 88,786 320,773 136,716 84,297 

 Contract cancellation ..................................................... 78 42 49 12,837 6,225 8,985 14,967 6,049 7,314 

 Contract completion ....................................................... 310 253 262 51,259 48,110 37,552 63,752 59,200 35,552 

 Domestic competition ..................................................... – ( 2 ) 3 – ( 2 ) 266 – ( 2 ) 320 

 Excess inventory/saturated market ................................ 25 8 ( 2 ) 7,263 1,048 ( 2 ) 17,537 1,291 ( 2 ) Import competition ......................................................... 8 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 1,261 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 1,133 ( 2 ) ( 2 )

 Slack work/insufficient demand/non-seasonal

 business slowdown ................................................. 1,036 431 287 155,853 55,121 41,774 223,384 68,472 40,901 

Organizational changes .................................................... 170 117 109 35,873 20,075 23,587 37,300 25,461 14,370 

 Business-ownership change .......................................... 32 31 29 12,480 5,293 9,871 7,587 4,171 2,592 

 Reorganization or restructuring of company .................. 138 86 80 23,393 14,782 13,716 29,713 21,290 11,778 

Financial issues ................................................................ 295 165 112 74,301 27,450 25,517 77,205 37,601 18,533 

 Bankruptcy ..................................................................... 51 17 13 32,265 4,159 4,713 29,543 2,949 1,843 

 Cost control/cost cutting/increase profitability ................ 169 98 58 24,117 12,992 9,880 33,161 26,267 8,811 

 Financial difficulty ........................................................... 75 50 41 17,919 10,299 10,924 14,501 8,385 7,879 

Production specific ............................................................ 14 15 11 2,014 2,663 1,951 2,243 2,843 1,013 

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

 ) 4 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 549 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 676 ( 2 )

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

 Governmental regulations/intervention .......................... 3 3 4 598 416 1,139 279 272 330 

 Labor dispute/contract negotiations/strike ..................... – ( 2 ) ( 2 ) – ( 2 ) ( 2 ) – ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Material or supply shortage ............................................ ( 2 ) – ( 2 ) ( 2 ) – ( 2 ) ( 2 ) – ( 2 ) Model changeover ......................................................... ( 2 ) 3 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 654 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 910 ( 2 ) Plant or machine repair/maintenance ............................ ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Product line discontinued ............................................... 5 ( 2 ) – 577 ( 2 ) – 777 ( 2 ) –

Disaster/safety .................................................................. 3 7 11 508 940 1,681 231 863 1,434 

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

 Natural disaster (not weather related) ............................ – ( 2 ) – – ( 2 ) – – ( 2 ) –

 Non-natural disaster ....................................................... ( 2 ) 4 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 530 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 438 ( 2 ) Extreme weather-related event ...................................... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 )

Seasonal ........................................................................... 757 418 757 160,045 68,625 162,585 140,563 75,487 120,804 

 Seasonal ........................................................................ 387 ( 2

 ) 459 87,563 ( 2 ) 110,213 71,414 ( 2 ) 76,156 

 Vacation period–school related or otherwise ................. 370 ( 2 ) 298 72,482 ( 2 ) 52,372 69,149 ( 2 ) 44,648 

Other/miscellaneous ......................................................... 699 410 247 150,104 81,615 33,957 152,734 81,237 33,409 

 Other .............................................................................. 38 23 9 5,953 3,883 1,303 8,465 3,540 894 

 Data not provided: refusal .............................................. 170 86 73 42,676 22,964 11,552 42,670 22,957 11,527 

 Data not provided: does not know ................................. 491 301 165 101,475 54,768 21,102 101,599 54,740 20,988 

 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 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, first and second quarters, 2010

Total Percent of total

State

Layoff events initial

claimants Black Hispanic

origin Women Persons age 55and over

I II I II I II I II I II I II

 2010r 2010p 2010r 2010p 2010r 2010p 2010r 2010p 2010r 2010p 2010r 2010p 

 Total, private nonfarm1 ........... 1,870 1,851 360,208 273,860 15.0 16.4 19.3 16.8 38.1 50.7 18.6 24.1 

Alabama ...................................... 11 19 3,469 3,544 44.3 58.2 1.3 2.2 34.5 66.2 15.7 20.1 

Alaska .......................................... 7 15 1,844 2,633 9.9 5.7 15.9 13.5 28.9 39.0 24.0 26.5 

Arizona ........................................ 14 29 2,221 4,265 9.5 4.5 25.7 50.5 33.0 58.9 11.7 19.8 

Arkansas ..................................... 7 10 2,152 1,655 28.0 16.1 3.2 6.8 43.7 59.3 17.3 16.9 

California ..................................... 530 482 111,140 71,906 9.7 9.0 36.6 33.6 40.9 39.8 16.3 18.3 

Colorado ...................................... 14 24 1,783 3,480 7.0 3.8 19.5 23.2 34.7 55.9 18.5 19.1 

Connecticut ................................. 19 23 3,527 2,712 15.8 14.0 12.0 13.2 45.0 63.2 19.8 29.4 

Delaware ..................................... ( 2 ) 7 ( 2 ) 576 19.9 52.3 2.8 9.5 3.5 72.0 17.4 25.9 

District of Columbia ..................... 3 5 261 394 56.3 68.5 3.4 8.9 47.1 58.9 26.4 26.9 

Florida ......................................... 62 71 22,970 8,885 16.5 23.4 29.5 27.0 43.0 57.6 17.8 30.0 

Georgia ........................................ 22 19 4,224 2,840 47.5 52.8 4.9 6.3 47.8 53.7 23.3 19.6 

Hawaii .......................................... ( 2 ) 3 ( 2 ) 266 .7 1.1 3.3 10.9 34.0 30.1 17.6 13.9 

Idaho ........................................... 7 9 833 719 .1 – 8.9 5.0 31.2 51.6 19.6 30.5 

Illinois .......................................... 118 119 20,467 21,386 18.8 21.8 14.1 11.0 38.3 56.6 17.7 22.0 

Indiana ......................................... 31 31 4,830 3,948 12.3 13.0 2.3 2.1 27.6 46.7 20.2 19.3 

Iowa ............................................. 6 11 2,625 2,208 1.3 3.2 1.7 11.4 38.5 46.0 21.0 22.3 

Kansas ........................................ 9 17 1,050 2,323 11.3 14.7 6.2 2.9 36.2 54.8 18.7 25.8 

Kentucky ...................................... 27 26 3,107 2,926 7.0 13.6 – .1 19.5 37.5 19.6 18.7 

Louisiana ..................................... 19 35 3,255 5,016 53.3 66.1 3.2 3.5 39.6 64.9 12.5 19.1 

Maine ........................................... 9 8 1,547 1,031 3.5 1.3 .5 .3 51.8 52.1 26.1 22.9 

Maryland ...................................... 29 7 3,452 849 42.1 56.4 3.7 1.4 37.7 58.8 23.2 28.2 

Massachusetts ............................ 23 12 3,420 1,765 12.1 15.6 1.7 2.8 41.5 60.6 21.1 29.7 

Michigan ...................................... 40 42 5,466 5,237 8.4 18.6 3.8 3.5 33.3 76.1 19.1 26.1 

Minnesota .................................... 34 19 4,445 2,034 4.2 9.8 5.9 5.7 26.8 42.6 20.6 24.5 

Mississippi ................................... 6 9 576 925 78.1 61.8 2.6 1.0 38.0 47.6 10.2 16.2 

Missouri ....................................... 48 48 5,463 6,415 11.3 25.5 1.6 1.4 37.5 67.4 21.4 30.6 

Montana ...................................... 5 8 757 715 .5 .6 2.2 3.5 24.2 59.3 37.0 20.3 

Nebraska ..................................... 4 7 254 1,038 3.9 12.1 5.9 2.0 13.8 70.1 33.1 35.5 

Nevada ........................................ 27 13 4,988 1,591 7.4 8.7 31.3 23.5 34.2 35.5 18.9 19.9 

New Hampshire ........................... 3 11 407 1,528 1.7 .7 3.4 1.3 38.3 66.4 26.0 29.3 

New Jersey .................................. 55 65 9,028 12,571 21.5 18.2 8.0 6.2 48.8 66.9 24.8 35.4 

New Mexico ................................. 11 17 1,227 1,923 2.7 2.1 45.5 41.9 23.6 49.7 16.4 19.8 

New York ..................................... 155 98 27,111 14,160 13.6 14.0 12.4 11.8 33.4 43.1 21.4 26.5 

North Carolina ............................. 33 19 6,483 3,218 55.2 42.9 5.0 6.5 49.2 43.8 16.2 16.4 

North Dakota ............................... 5 5 719 592 .4 4.9 1.9 2.2 10.0 36.8 20.9 18.9 

Ohio ............................................. 90 90 14,895 12,246 12.8 13.5 2.5 3.2 32.9 42.8 22.4 25.2 

Oklahoma .................................... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 10.2 13.8 4.7 .7 54.8 50.0 20.6 11.2 

Oregon ........................................ 22 28 4,109 5,147 2.2 2.2 14.7 14.9 35.2 57.2 17.2 30.6 

Pennsylvania ............................... 116 121 22,449 20,082 5.9 8.9 2.8 3.2 28.4 56.2 24.7 38.6 

Rhode Island ............................... 3 13 582 2,257 2.1 2.5 33.8 14.2 67.0 74.5 34.5 38.5 

South Carolina ............................. 25 18 4,357 2,821 51.4 55.3 2.1 1.2 49.2 52.4 9.1 15.6 

South Dakota ............................... ( 2 ) – ( 2 ) – 4.8 – 12.4 – 69.7 – 16.6 –

Tennessee ................................... 27 30 4,813 4,225 32.0 26.9 .1 – 53.2 55.7 19.2 29.6 

Texas ........................................... 56 64 15,632 9,942 20.3 17.7 36.5 44.2 32.5 45.4 13.9 17.4 

Utah ............................................. 8 10 1,238 1,239 .4 .2 10.1 7.3 21.2 35.9 17.2 16.8 

Vermont ....................................... – 12 – 1,689 – .6 – .4 – 47.7 – 24.6 

Virginia ........................................ 34 32 7,105 4,756 37.3 47.5 2.8 7.0 38.5 64.1 22.8 21.2 

Washington ................................. 35 29 6,082 3,546 6.1 6.9 10.6 18.2 33.2 31.2 15.2 16.9 

West Virginia ............................... 7 9 955 983 – .2 .1 .1 17.7 22.0 14.6 14.9 

Wisconsin .................................... 47 48 11,120 7,228 7.7 14.5 7.2 4.2 41.5 65.4 18.7 34.9 

Wyoming ..................................... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 1.5 .7 18.4 5.5 15.8 20.5 18.4 10.6 

Puerto Rico .................................. 14 10 5,409 1,626 .1 – 99.4 99.6 47.2 60.8 6.1 10.6 

 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.
Table 4. Census region and division: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, 

private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2009 and 2010

Census region and division

Layoff events Separations Initial claimants for

unemployment insurance

II I II II I II II I II

 2009r 2010r 2010p 2009r 2010r 2010p 2009r 2010r 2010p 

 United States1 .................................. 3,395 1,870 1,851 651,318 313,660 338,064 731,049 360,208 273,860 

Northeast ................................................. 616 383 363 113,542 56,858 64,336 124,121 68,071 57,795 

 New England ........................................ 94 57 79 17,226 10,021 15,429 16,719 9,483 10,982 

 Middle Atlantic ...................................... 522 326 284 96,316 46,837 48,907 107,402 58,588 46,813 

South ........................................................ 750 371 382 146,800 74,217 62,059 156,317 84,087 53,707 

 South Atlantic ....................................... 413 216 187 84,836 47,128 27,928 95,042 50,123 25,322 

 East South Central ............................... 154 71 84 28,001 11,481 14,634 29,138 11,965 11,620 

 West South Central .............................. 183 84 111 33,963 15,608 19,497 32,137 21,999 16,765 

Midwest .................................................... 896 433 437 181,930 66,502 76,890 233,971 71,479 64,655 

 East North Central ............................... 678 326 330 142,155 54,189 57,522 186,215 56,778 50,045 

 West North Central .............................. 218 107 107 39,775 12,313 19,368 47,756 14,701 14,610 

West ......................................................... 1,133 683 669 209,046 116,083 134,779 216,640 136,571 97,703 

 Mountain .............................................. 194 88 112 37,582 13,394 30,883 32,935 13,243 14,205 

 Pacific .................................................. 939 595 557 171,464 102,689 103,896 183,705 123,328 83,498 

 1 See footnote 1, table 1. West Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and 

 r = revised. Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and

 p = preliminary. 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.

Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and
Table 5. State distribution: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance,

private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2009 and 2010

State

II I II II I II II I II

 2009r 2010r 2010p 2009r 2010r 2010p 2009r 2010r 2010p 

 Total, private nonfarm1 ........................ 3,395 1,870 1,851 651,318 313,660 338,064 731,049 360,208 273,860 

Alabama ................................................... 35 11 19 10,345 2,406 3,647 11,111 3,469 3,544 

Alaska ...................................................... 14 7 15 3,901 1,844 3,912 2,903 1,844 2,633 

Arizona ..................................................... 41 14 29 7,656 1,834 6,870 7,456 2,221 4,265 

Arkansas .................................................. 21 7 10 4,231 1,060 1,209 3,611 2,152 1,655 

California .................................................. 803 530 482 142,958 93,972 89,286 155,173 111,140 71,906 

Colorado .................................................. 34 14 24 8,928 2,309 10,341 4,882 1,783 3,480 

Connecticut .............................................. 27 19 23 5,433 4,083 4,002 5,108 3,527 2,712 

Delaware .................................................. 11 ( 2 ) 7 1,354 ( 2 ) 863 1,376 ( 2 ) 576 

District of Columbia .................................. 4 3 5 405 261 394 405 261 394 

Florida ...................................................... 190 62 71 42,566 26,724 11,709 38,857 22,970 8,885 

Georgia .................................................... 34 22 19 6,137 2,485 2,577 11,685 4,224 2,840 

Hawaii ...................................................... 10 ( 2 ) 3 1,343 ( 2 ) 285 1,315 ( 2 ) 266 

Idaho ........................................................ 7 7 9 1,447 804 1,920 828 833 719 

Illinois ....................................................... 196 118 119 42,599 19,388 25,923 52,251 20,467 21,386 

Indiana ..................................................... 87 31 31 16,931 3,602 4,138 19,423 4,830 3,948 

Iowa ......................................................... 25 6 11 3,091 815 2,780 7,237 2,625 2,208 

Kansas ..................................................... 25 9 17 7,549 967 2,658 10,206 1,050 2,323 

Kentucky .................................................. 62 27 26 7,759 3,477 4,018 8,386 3,107 2,926 

Louisiana .................................................. 52 19 35 9,699 3,690 8,513 8,503 3,255 5,016 

Maine ....................................................... 11 9 8 2,729 1,625 1,724 1,882 1,547 1,031 

Maryland .................................................. 19 29 7 2,533 3,587 807 2,242 3,452 849 

Massachusetts ......................................... 30 23 12 5,326 2,976 2,345 5,898 3,420 1,765 

Michigan ................................................... 121 40 42 23,040 4,562 6,771 56,096 5,466 5,237 

Minnesota ................................................ 73 34 19 10,113 3,731 2,363 12,732 4,445 2,034 

Mississippi ................................................ 16 6 9 2,845 874 1,874 1,937 576 925 

Missouri .................................................... 75 48 48 14,530 5,587 9,123 13,741 5,463 6,415 

Montana ................................................... 12 5 8 2,145 821 1,775 1,564 757 715 

Nebraska .................................................. 9 4 7 2,237 359 1,937 1,622 254 1,038 

Nevada ..................................................... 55 27 13 9,430 4,832 2,749 12,278 4,988 1,591 

New Hampshire ....................................... 7 3 11 1,275 638 2,358 1,354 407 1,528 

New Jersey .............................................. 112 55 65 27,424 9,108 20,546 24,110 9,028 12,571 

New Mexico ............................................. 29 11 17 4,316 1,133 4,388 3,338 1,227 1,923 

New York ................................................. 162 155 98 31,222 22,599 12,836 33,175 27,111 14,160 

North Carolina .......................................... 51 33 19 15,065 3,049 2,100 20,565 6,483 3,218 

North Dakota ............................................ 10 5 5 2,160 704 507 2,160 719 592 

Ohio ......................................................... 178 90 90 43,243 15,200 13,011 39,713 14,895 12,246 

Oklahoma ................................................. 17 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 2,996 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 2,950 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Oregon ..................................................... 57 22 28 11,445 3,736 7,165 13,707 4,109 5,147 

Pennsylvania ............................................ 248 116 121 37,670 15,130 15,525 50,117 22,449 20,082 

Rhode Island ............................................ 7 3 13 821 699 2,734 835 582 2,257 

South Carolina ......................................... 34 25 18 5,914 3,978 2,887 6,481 4,357 2,821 

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

Tennessee ............................................... 41 27 30 7,052 4,724 5,095 7,704 4,813 4,225 

Texas ....................................................... 93 56 64 17,037 9,865 9,503 17,073 15,632 9,942 

Utah ......................................................... 14 8 10 2,725 1,378 1,490 2,201 1,238 1,239 

Vermont ................................................... 12 – 12 1,642 – 2,266 1,642 – 1,689 

Virginia ..................................................... 47 34 32 7,146 5,650 4,953 10,590 7,105 4,756 

Washington .............................................. 55 35 29 11,817 3,082 3,248 10,607 6,082 3,546 

West Virginia ............................................ 23 7 9 3,716 1,004 1,638 2,841 955 983 

Wisconsin ................................................. 96 47 48 16,342 11,437 7,679 18,732 11,120 7,228 

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

Puerto Rico .............................................. 10 14 10 1,184 1,313 659 2,526 5,409 1,626 

 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 Initial claimants for

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

selected quarters, 2009 and 2010

II I II II I II

 2009r 2010r 2010p 2009r 2010r 2010p 

 Total, private nonfarm1 ............................................... 116 72 53 21,365 10,962 10,206 

 Mining .......................................................................... ( 2

 ) – – ( 2 ) – –

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

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

 Manufacturing .............................................................. 75 39 24 12,483 5,928 5,365 

 Food ........................................................................ 10 ( 2 ) 3 2,000 ( 2 ) 1,656 

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

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

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

 Apparel ................................................................... 4 ( 2 ) – 565 ( 2 ) –

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

 Wood products ........................................................ – – – – – –

 Paper ...................................................................... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) – ( 2 ) ( 2 ) –

 Printing and related support activities ..................... 4 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 594 ( 2 ) ( 2 )

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

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

 )( 2 )( 2 )( 2 )( 2 )( 2 )

 Plastics and rubber products .................................. 6 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 838 ( 2 ) ( 2 )

 Nonmetallic mineral products ................................. – – – – – –

 Primary metals ........................................................ 3 3 – 257 431 –

 Fabricated metal products ...................................... 8 3 ( 2 ) 924 373 ( 2 )

 Machinery ............................................................... 5 6 5 1,138 908 622 

 Computer and electronic products .......................... 12 6 ( 2 ) 1,945 780 ( 2 )

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

 Transportation equipment ....................................... 8 3 4 1,540 610 793 

 Furniture and related products ................................ 4 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 612 ( 2 ) ( 2 )

 Miscellaneous manufacturing ................................. 5 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 1,206 ( 2 ) ( 2 )

 Wholesale trade ........................................................... 6 4 3 459 524 235 

 Retail trade .................................................................. 6 10 4 2,426 1,533 695 

 Transportation and warehousing ................................. 3 3 ( 2 ) 315 511 ( 2 )

 Information ................................................................... 3 5 ( 2 ) 464 777 ( 2 )

 Finance and insurance ................................................ 5 4 9 1,380 588 1,805 

 Real estate and rental and leasing .............................. ( 2 ) – – ( 2 ) – –

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

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

 Administrative and waste services ............................... 7 ( 2 ) 3 1,072 ( 2 ) 610 

 Educational services .................................................... ( 2 ) – – ( 2 ) – –

 Health care and social assistance ............................... ( 2 ) – ( 2 ) ( 2 ) – ( 2 )

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

 Accommodation and food services .............................. ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 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, 2009 and 2010

Reason for layoff

II I II II I II

 2009r 2010r 2010p 2009r 2010r 2010p 

 Total, private nonfarm1 ................................................... 116 72 53 21,365 10,962 10,206 

Business demand ............................................................. 38 15 ( 2

 ) 5,848 2,152 ( 2 )

 Contract cancellation ..................................................... 3 – – 555 – –

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

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

 Import competition ......................................................... 6 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 831 ( 2 ) ( 2 )

 Slack work/insufficient demand/non-seasonal

 business slowdown ................................................. 29 10 ( 2

 ) 4,462 1,360 ( 2 )

Organizational changes .................................................... 46 32 24 7,627 5,550 4,223 

 Business-ownership change .......................................... 3 4 3 901 774 645 

 Reorganization or restructuring of company .................. 43 28 21 6,726 4,776 3,578 

Financial issues ................................................................ 24 22 14 6,497 2,992 1,643 

 Bankruptcy ..................................................................... 4 ( 2

 ) – 1,254 ( 2 ) –

 Cost control/cost cutting/increase profitability ................ 14 19 ( 2 ) 2,587 2,587 ( 2 ) Financial difficulty ........................................................... 6 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 2,656 ( 2 ) ( 2 )

Production specific ............................................................ 5 – ( 2

 ) 558 – ( 2 )

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

 ) – – ( 2 ) – –

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

 Governmental regulations/intervention .......................... – – ( 2 ) – – ( 2 ) Labor dispute/contract negotiations/strike ..................... – – – – – –

 Material or supply shortage ............................................ – – – – – –

 Model changeover ......................................................... – – – – – –

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

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

Disaster/safety .................................................................. – – ( 2

 ) – – ( 2 )

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

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

 Non-natural disaster ....................................................... – – ( 2 ) – – ( 2 ) Extreme weather-related event ...................................... – – – – – –

Other/miscellaneous ......................................................... 3 3 – 835 268 –

 Other .............................................................................. ( 2

 ) 3 – ( 2 ) 268 –

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

 Data not provided: does not know ................................. ( 2 ) – – ( 2 ) – –

 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, 2009 and 2010

Census region and division

Layoff events Separations

II I II II I II

 2009r 2010r 2010p 2009r 2010r 2010p 

 United States1 ...................................... 116 72 53 21,365 10,962 10,206 

Northeast ..................................................... 16 14 9 3,056 2,176 1,334 

 New England ........................................... 8 8 4 1,313 1,272 400 

 Middle Atlantic ......................................... 8 6 5 1,743 904 934 

South ........................................................... 41 26 24 6,088 3,744 3,686 

 South Atlantic .......................................... 19 13 13 3,303 1,787 1,947 

 East South Central .................................. 16 9 7 1,446 1,207 1,009 

 West South Central ................................. 6 4 4 1,339 750 730 

Midwest ....................................................... 35 14 16 5,684 2,661 4,815 

 East North Central ................................... 24 9 9 4,107 1,892 2,117 

 West North Central .................................. 11 5 7 1,577 769 2,698 

West ............................................................ 24 18 4 6,537 2,381 371 

 Mountain .................................................. ( 2

 ) 3 ( 2 )( 2 ) 484 ( 2 )

 Pacific ...................................................... ( 2 ) 15 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 1,897 ( 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, 2009 and 2010

II I II II I II

 2009r 2010r 2010p 2009r 2010r 2010p

Total, private nonfarm1 ................................. 3,395 1,870 1,851 651,318 313,660 338,064 

 Total, excluding seasonal

 and vacation events2

 ............................ 2,638 1,452 1,094 491,273 245,035 175,479 

 Total, movement of work3

 .................... 116 72 53 21,365 10,962 10,206 

 Movement of work actions .............. 158 101 71 ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 )

 With separations reported ......... 102 67 44 11,478 5,949 4,188 

 With separations unknown ........ 56 34 27 ( 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.

Action

Layoff events Separations
Table 10. Movement of work actions by type of separation where number of separations is known 

by employers, selected quarters, 2009 and 2010 

II I II II I II

 2009r 2010r 2010p 2009r 2010r 2010p

With separations reported2 ................ 102 67 44 11,478 5,949 4,188 

By location

 Out-of-country relocations ............... 22 14 11 2,849 1,023 1,200 

 Within company ........................... 21 11 10 2,759 933 1,160 

 Different company ....................... 1 3 1 90 90 40 

 Domestic relocations ....................... 80 53 33 8,629 4,926 2,988 

 Within company ........................... 73 47 31 7,406 3,992 2,529 

 Different company ....................... 7 6 2 1,223 934 459 

 Unable to assign place of 

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

By company

 Within company ............................... 94 58 41 10,165 4,925 3,689 

 Domestic ..................................... 73 47 31 7,406 3,992 2,529 

 Out of country .............................. 21 11 10 2,759 933 1,160 

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

 Different company ........................... 8 9 3 1,313 1,024 499 

 Domestic ..................................... 7 6 2 1,223 934 459 

 Out of country .............................. 1 3 1 90 90 40 

 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.

Table 11. Summary of employer expectations of a recall from extended mass layoffs, private nonfarm sector, selected quarters

2009 and 2010

II I II II I II II I II

2009 2010r 2010p 2009 2010r 2010p 2009 2010r 2010p

Anticipate a recall .............................. 37.3 38.0 55.8 95.2 85.9 95.8 20.7 24.2 28.1

 Timeframe

Within 6 months ................................ 77.3 63.4 74.3 90.8 78.3 89.8 59.4 48.3 37.8

 Within 3 months .......................... 56.9 41.6 50.9 65.9 47.1 60.0 45.0 36.1 29.3

 Size of recall

At least half ....................................... 78.6 63.6 78.8 94.0 80.5 95.3 58.2 46.3 39.7

 All workers ................................... 41.7 25.2 43.9 57.6 37.9 57.0 20.7 12.2 13.0

 1

 See footnote 1, table 1.

 r

 = revised.

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

Activities

Actions1 Separations
Table 12. Average number of separations in extended mass layoff events by selected

measures, private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2009 and 2010

II I II

2009r 2010r 2010p

 Total, private nonfarm1 ...................................... 192 168 183 

Industry

Mining ...................................................................... 168 142 105 

Utilities ..................................................................... 226 246 102 

Construction ............................................................ 117 113 126 

Manufacturing .......................................................... 183 138 171 

Wholesale trade ....................................................... 171 114 115 

Retail trade .............................................................. 226 261 218 

Transportation and warehousing ............................. 229 208 220 

Information ............................................................... 183 182 248 

Finance and insurance ............................................ 230 188 194 

Real estate and rental and leasing .......................... 175 195 127 

Professional and technical services ........................ 244 119 294 

Management of companies and enterprises ........... 293 193 223 

Administrative and waste services .......................... 216 239 158 

Educational services ................................................ 126 177 95 

Health care and social assistance ........................... 132 165 126 

Arts, entertainment, and recreation ......................... 201 244 266 

Accommodation and food services .......................... 291 181 256 

Other services, except public administration ........... 127 129 134 

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

Reason for layoff groupings

Business demand .................................................... 157 152 147 

Organizational changes ........................................... 211 172 216 

Financial issues ....................................................... 252 166 228 

Production specific .................................................. 144 178 177 

Disaster/Safety ........................................................ 169 134 153 

Seasonal .................................................................. 211 164 215 

Other/miscellaneous ................................................ 215 199 137 

 1

 See footnote 1, table 1. p = preliminary.

 r

 = revised. NOTE: Dash represents zero.

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

second quarter 2010p

Number Percent Number Percent

 Total ............................................................ 1,851 100.0 338,064 100.0 

 50-99 ......................................................... 854 46.1 60,026 17.8 

 100-149 ........................................................ 384 20.7 44,431 13.1 

 150-199 ...................................................... 196 10.6 32,556 9.6 

 200-299 ...................................................... 180 9.7 41,476 12.3 

 300-499 ...................................................... 115 6.2 40,681 12.0 

 500-999 ...................................................... 85 4.6 56,552 16.7 

 1,000 or more ................................................ 37 2.0 62,342 18.4 

 p

 = preliminary.

Measure

Average number of separations

Size Layoff events Separations
Extended Mass Layoff Events by Reason Categories

Second quarters, 2004-10

1400160010001200

600800400

0

200

2004:2 2005:2 2006:2 2007:2 2008:2 2009:2 2004:2 2005:2 2006:2 2007:2 2008:2 2009:2 

Seasonal Business demand Organizational changes Financial issues Production specific 

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