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USDL 07-1097

For release: 10:00 A.M. EDT

Friday, July 20, 2007

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Chart 1. Mass layoff events, seasonally adjusted,

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Chart 2. Mass layoff initial claims, seasonally adjusted,

July 2002-June 2007

MASS LAYOFFS IN JUNE 2007

In June, employers took 1,219 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; the number of

workers involved totaled 127,897, on a seasonally adjusted basis. The number of mass layoff events

increased by 37 from the prior month, and the number of associated initial claims rose by 9,483. During

June, 340 mass layoff events were reported in the manufacturing sector, seasonally adjusted, resulting in

39,273 initial claims. Compared with the prior month, mass layoff activity in manufacturing decreased by

25 events, and initial claims decreased by 9,599. (See table 1.)

From January through June 2007, the total number of events (seasonally adjusted) at 7,433, and initial

claims (seasonally adjusted) at 773,537, were higher than in January-June 2006 (6,685 and 701,254,

respectively).

The national unemployment rate was 4.5 percent in June, unchanged from the prior month and essentially

unchanged from 4.6 percent a year earlier. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 132,000 over

the month and by 2.0 million over the year.
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Table A. Industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims in June 2007

Industry

Initial claims

June peak

Year

Initial claims

Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

The 10 industries reporting the highest numbers of mass layoff initial claims, not seasonally adjusted,

accounted for 48 percent of the total initial claims in June. The industry with the highest number of initial

claims was school and employee bus transportation with 21,611, followed by food service contractors with

14,527 and elementary and secondary schools with 12,870. Together, these three industries accounted for

28 percent of all initial claims due to mass layoffs during the month. (See table A.)

The manufacturing sector accounted for 20 percent of all mass layoff events and 21 percent of all related

initial claims filed in June; a year earlier, manufacturing made up 21 percent of events and 25 percent of initial

claims. In June 2007, the number of manufacturing claimants was highest in transportation equipment

manufacturing (9,438, largely in automobile manufacturing and in travel trailer and camper manufacturing),

followed by food manufacturing (5,901) and machinery manufacturing (4,268). (See table 3.)

Transportation and warehousing accounted for 11 percent of mass layoff events and 14 percent of initial

claims in June, primarily from school and employee bus transportation. Government comprised 14 percent

of events and 12 percent of initial claims filed over the month, with the majority of layoffs in elementary and

secondary schools. Seven percent of all mass layoff events and 10 percent of related initial claims filed were

from accommodation and food services, mainly from food service contractors. Health care and social assistance made up 10 percent of events and 9 percent of initial claims, mostly from child day care services.

On a not seasonally adjusted basis, the number of mass layoff events in June, at 1,599, was up by 110

from a year earlier, and the number of associated initial claims increased by 8,049 to 172,810. (See table

2.) The largest over-the-year increases in initial claims were reported in administrative and support services

(+3,772), food services and drinking places (+2,650), and transit and ground passenger transportation

(+1,653). The largest over-the-year decreases in mass layoff initial claims were reported in transportation

equipment manufacturing (-6,384) and in motion picture and sound recording industries (-2,723).

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, with 51,847. Administrative and support services, educational services, and motion picture and sound

recording industries together accounted for 38 percent of all mass layoff initial claims in that region during the

School and employee bus transportation................ 21,611 2007 21,611

Food service contractors....................................... 14,527 2007 14,527

Elementary and secondary schools ........................ 12,870 2003 17,360

Temporary help services........................................ 9,161 2000 13,815

Child day care services ......................................... 9,115 2007 9,115

Motion picture and video production..................... 4,428 2000 9,435

Other social advocacy organizations ...................... 2,985 2000 3,815

Professional employer organizations ....................... 2,637 2001 3,358

Payroll services ..................................................... 2,525 2002 6,620

Other individual and family services ....................... 2,348 2006 2,744
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month. The Midwest had the second largest number of initial claims among the regions with 44,703, followed by the South with 39,627 and the Northeast with 36,633. (See table 5.)

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

largest increase was in the West (+5,402), followed by the South (+2,887). The Northeast (-743) reported

an over-the-year decrease in initial claims. Five of the 9 geographic divisions had over-the-year increases in

the numbers of initial claims associated with mass layoffs, with the largest increases in the Pacific (+5,156),

the East South Central (+2,249), and the West South Central (+2,138). The division with the largest overthe-year decrease was the South Atlantic (-1,500).

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

in June (40,833), followed by Pennsylvania (12,997), New Jersey (12,720), Florida (9,348), and Michigan

(9,041). These five states accounted for 51 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 (+5,563); this was due to

more mass layoff activity in administrative and support services. States having the next largest increases in

initial claims were Kentucky (+2,042), Florida (+1,767), Iowa (+1,686), and Ohio (+1,398). The largest

over-the-year decreases in claims occurred in Indiana (-2,438) and Delaware (-1,490).

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 Mass Layoffs in July 2007 is scheduled to be released on Thursday, August 23.
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 2003 to June 2007,

seasonally adjusted

2003

July ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,649 164,146 1,443 148,650 567 72,023 

August ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,498 169,799 1,362 156,687 546 74,509 

September ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,562 147,054 1,370 132,262 479 57,332 

October ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,536 158,137 1,328 140,298 420 52,105 

November ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,366 138,079 1,223 126,597 377 49,716 

December ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,412 139,423 1,243 127,356 445 50,923 

2004

January ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,428 146,692 1,232 128,191 394 45,544 

February ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,320 134,626 1,170 122,329 367 40,849 

March ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,372 139,716 1,237 130,737 401 59,987 

April ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,374 140,190 1,202 124,962 349 38,197 

May ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,209 113,091 1,047 99,615 330 38,965 

June ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,403 141,048 1,231 128,137 366 47,015 

July ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,330 137,484 1,180 126,106 372 51,424 

August ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,394 127,671 1,224 113,376 345 36,963 

September ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,277 125,351 1,154 115,343 338 46,955 

October ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,288 132,250 1,172 122,831 362 47,571 

November ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,314 130,558 1,171 118,904 378 46,276 

December ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,170 114,641 1,013 103,434 301 33,022 

2005

January ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,489 160,986 1,353 150,640 383 56,133 

February ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,172 123,377 1,045 112,752 358 45,794 

March ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,219 132,035 1,079 122,013 377 55,061 

April ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,263 137,381 1,132 126,747 398 60,826 

May ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,226 133,221 1,085 120,899 382 54,886 

June ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,194 126,834 1,074 117,712 359 57,018 

July ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,248 131,500 1,101 118,800 353 47,136 

August ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,109 123,125 986 111,879 338 46,915 

September ..................................................................................................................................................................... 2,217 292,177 1,998 246,227 419 56,289 

October ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,098 108,665 977 99,402 321 44,666 

November ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,167 115,803 1,036 104,576 330 43,307 

December ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,253 135,721 1,125 124,632 372 48,592 

2006

January ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,112 109,429 984 99,277 282 29,911 

February ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,065 112,742 973 105,055 329 46,548 

March ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,105 120,954 1,003 112,730 335 50,149 

April ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,175 121,376 1,041 111,369 365 48,038 

May ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,098 113,195 982 103,839 297 42,993 

June ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,130 123,558 1,007 113,037 331 40,500 

July ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,160 118,843 1,038 109,509 372 49,069 

August ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,218 131,105 1,083 120,923 367 58,983 

September ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,158 120,795 1,043 111,876 392 46,802 

October ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,186 119,914 1,069 111,036 401 55,795 

November ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,220 136,340 1,111 127,286 411 60,599 

December ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,201 133,818 1,099 124,526 390 53,828 

2007

January ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,237 126,368 1,095 115,615 389 51,141 

February ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,280 143,977 1,166 135,252 419 64,072 

March ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,276 130,687 1,165 122,150 420 54,441 

April r ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,239 126,194 1,109 115,870 387 43,939 

May r ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,182 118,414 1,079 110,880 365 48,872 

June ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,219 127,897 1,094 117,787 340 39,273 

 r = revised.

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 2003 to June 2007,

not seasonally adjusted

2003

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 

July ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,511 166,857 1,335 154,342 648 96,152 

August ..................................................................................................................................................................... 708 72,844 656 69,054 203 28,494 

September ..................................................................................................................................................................... 865 87,699 785 81,274 296 39,076 

October ..................................................................................................................................................................... 964 98,804 820 88,133 311 46,737 

November ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,315 136,186 1,172 125,009 455 58,473 

December ..................................................................................................................................................................... 2,249 254,503 2,126 244,783 735 105,462 

2007

January ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,407 134,984 1,263 124,475 456 53,615 

February ..................................................................................................................................................................... 935 86,696 861 82,097 273 36,170 

March ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,082 123,974 1,015 118,431 367 49,886 

April r ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,219 127,444 1,115 118,040 309 35,229 

May r ..................................................................................................................................................................... 923 85,816 856 81,153 224 26,527 

June ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,599 172,810 1,318 148,669 313 36,571 

 r = revised.

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

2006 2007 r2007 r 2007 2006 2007 r2007 r 2007

Seasonally adjusted

 Total ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,130 1,239 1,182 1,219 123,558 126,194 118,414 127,897 

 Total, private nonfarm ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,007 1,109 1,079 1,094 113,037 115,870 110,880 117,787 

 Manufacturing ..................................................................................................................................................................... 331 387 365 340 40,500 43,939 48,872 39,273 

Not seasonally adjusted

 Total 1 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,489 1,219 923 1,599 164,761 127,444 85,816 172,810 

Total, private ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,286 1,177 880 1,372 145,567 124,672 82,760 152,740 

 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting ..................................................................................................................................................................... 62 62 24 54 4,880 6,632 1,607 4,071 

 Total, private nonfarm ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,224 1,115 856 1,318 140,687 118,040 81,153 148,669 

 Mining ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4 ( 2

 ) ( 2 ) – 347 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) –

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

 ) – 5 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) – 439 ( 2 )

 Construction ..................................................................................................................................................................... 75 88 91 106 6,089 6,423 6,230 8,157 

 Manufacturing ..................................................................................................................................................................... 319 309 224 313 41,095 35,229 26,527 36,571 

 Food ..................................................................................................................................................................... 55 61 34 50 5,008 5,976 2,579 5,901 

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

 ) 3 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 251 ( 2 ) ( 2 )

 Textile mills ..................................................................................................................................................................... 12 15 9 7 1,432 1,234 920 871 

 Textile product mills ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2

 ) 8 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 1,030 ( 2 ) ( 2 )

 Apparel ..................................................................................................................................................................... 11 12 5 9 1,340 951 562 770 

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

 ) ( 2 ) – 4 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) – 435 

 Wood products ..................................................................................................................................................................... 17 21 20 22 1,562 1,907 1,823 2,063 

 Paper ..................................................................................................................................................................... 10 3 8 8 725 214 680 592 

 Printing and related support activities ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4 5 7 11 382 578 551 1,033 

 Petroleum and coal products ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2

 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) – ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) –

 Chemicals ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4 7 6 5 557 682 377 367 

 Plastics and rubber products ..................................................................................................................................................................... 25 11 11 10 2,526 945 810 971 

 Nonmetallic mineral products ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2

 ) 11 7 12 ( 2 ) 1,021 583 899 

 Primary metals ..................................................................................................................................................................... 11 12 13 15 997 1,415 963 1,613 

 Fabricated metal products ..................................................................................................................................................................... 17 22 10 15 1,506 1,649 699 1,377 

 Machinery ..................................................................................................................................................................... 23 16 16 24 3,194 2,392 1,430 4,268 

 Computer and electronic products ..................................................................................................................................................................... 13 14 11 20 1,278 1,031 758 1,668 

 Electrical equipment and appliances ..................................................................................................................................................................... 10 5 7 13 961 996 1,622 1,540 

 Transportation equipment ..................................................................................................................................................................... 79 63 40 59 15,822 11,503 10,268 9,438 

 Furniture and related products ..................................................................................................................................................................... 15 7 11 19 2,742 518 1,063 1,840 

 Miscellaneous manufacturing ..................................................................................................................................................................... 6 10 5 4 552 758 613 314 

 Wholesale trade ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9 17 10 21 591 1,719 1,021 1,398 

 Retail trade ..................................................................................................................................................................... 78 95 87 77 8,353 7,630 7,827 8,548 

 Transportation and warehousing ..................................................................................................................................................................... 155 162 31 173 23,033 19,296 2,782 24,861 

 Information ..................................................................................................................................................................... 25 35 23 39 8,398 8,715 4,355 6,323 

 Finance and insurance ..................................................................................................................................................................... 38 46 33 31 2,900 3,961 2,414 2,323 

 Real estate and rental and leasing ..................................................................................................................................................................... 6 5 4 8 392 251 344 570 

 Professional and technical services ..................................................................................................................................................................... 28 48 41 29 4,107 6,715 3,168 4,960 

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

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

 Administrative and waste services ..................................................................................................................................................................... 135 142 119 146 10,992 10,953 9,762 14,846 

 Educational services ..................................................................................................................................................................... 16 7 4 17 1,057 1,341 204 1,144 

 Health care and social assistance ..................................................................................................................................................................... 152 30 54 166 12,932 3,468 4,684 15,124 

 Arts, entertainment, and recreation ..................................................................................................................................................................... 30 28 20 30 1,735 1,979 1,166 1,620 

 Accommodation and food services ..................................................................................................................................................................... 104 80 87 109 14,670 7,800 8,401 17,231 

 Other services, except public administration ..................................................................................................................................................................... 44 17 20 47 3,577 1,823 1,684 4,441 

 Unclassified ..................................................................................................................................................................... 2 1 – – 102 282 – –

Government ..................................................................................................................................................................... 203 42 43 227 19,194 2,772 3,056 20,070 

 Federal ..................................................................................................................................................................... 14 9 8 12 1,521 698 634 1,337 

 State ..................................................................................................................................................................... 17 9 7 20 1,758 524 594 1,438 

 Local ..................................................................................................................................................................... 172 24 28 195 15,915 1,550 1,828 17,295 

1

 Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia. r = revised.

2

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

 

Industry
Table 4. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, April 2005 to June 2007,

not seasonally adjusted

Extended mass layoffs 

lasting more than 30 days Realization rates 1

Events Initial

claimants Events Initialclaimants Events Initialclaimants Events Initialclaimants

2005

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 1,203 212,673 38.9 61.7 

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 1,136 190,186 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 1,400 246,188 35.0 57.8 

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 2,637 277,086 963 193,510 36.5 69.8 

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 1,353 264,807 44.3 79.7 

July ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,511 166,857 1,335 154,342 

August ..................................................................................................................................................................... 708 72,844 656 69,054 

September ..................................................................................................................................................................... 865 87,699 785 81,274 

Third Quarter ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3,084 327,400 2,776 304,670 929 161,716 33.5 53.1 

October ..................................................................................................................................................................... 964 98,804 820 88,133 

November ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,315 136,186 1,172 125,009 

December ..................................................................................................................................................................... 2,249 254,503 2,126 244,783 

Fourth Quarter ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4,528 489,493 4,118 457,925 1,640 330,124 39.8 72.1 

2007

January ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,407 134,984 1,263 124,475 

February ..................................................................................................................................................................... 935 86,696 861 82,097 

March ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,082 123,974 1,015 118,431 

First Quarter ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3,424 345,654 3,139 325,003 2,p 965 2,p 122,595 p 30.7 p 37.7 

April r ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,219 127,444 1,115 118,040 

May r ..................................................................................................................................................................... 923 85,816 856 81,153 

June ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,599 172,810 1,318 148,669 

Second Quarter ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3,741 386,070 3,289 347,862 

 1 The event realization rate is the percentage of all private nonfarm number of extended mass layoff events is generally revised upwards

mass layoff events lasting more than 30 days. The initial claimant realization by less than 10 percent and the number of initial claimants associated

rate is the percentage of all private nonfarm mass layoff initial claimants with such events increases by 25-40 percent.

associated with layoffs lasting more than 30 days. r = revised.

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

data on these layoffs become available. Experience suggests that the

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

2006 2007 r 2007 r2007 2006 2007 r 2007 r2007

 United States 1 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,489 1,219 923 1,599 164,761 127,444 85,816 172,810 

Northeast ..................................................................................................................................................................... 296 315 150 297 37,376 35,637 12,593 36,633 

 New England ..................................................................................................................................................................... 48 39 25 44 5,809 4,637 1,887 5,098 

 Middle Atlantic ..................................................................................................................................................................... 248 276 125 253 31,567 31,000 10,706 31,535 

South ..................................................................................................................................................................... 344 248 222 386 36,740 26,211 22,490 39,627 

 South Atlantic ..................................................................................................................................................................... 190 147 113 216 20,426 13,763 9,597 18,926 

 East South Central ..................................................................................................................................................................... 80 54 55 82 8,564 6,813 7,748 10,813 

 West South Central ..................................................................................................................................................................... 74 47 54 88 7,750 5,635 5,145 9,888 

Midwest ..................................................................................................................................................................... 378 222 217 386 44,200 23,045 23,747 44,703 

 East North Central ..................................................................................................................................................................... 292 190 153 296 36,225 20,560 15,731 35,106 

 West North Central ..................................................................................................................................................................... 86 32 64 90 7,975 2,485 8,016 9,597 

West ..................................................................................................................................................................... 471 434 334 530 46,445 42,551 26,986 51,847 

 Mountain ..................................................................................................................................................................... 55 73 29 67 5,396 8,024 2,309 5,642 

 Pacific ..................................................................................................................................................................... 416 361 305 463 41,049 34,527 24,677 46,205 

1

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

 r = revised. Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; East North Central: 

NOTE: The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North 

the census divisions are: New England: Connecticut, Maine, Mass- Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North 

achusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, 

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

District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.

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

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

2006 2007 r2007 r2007 2006 2007 r2007 r2007

 Total 1 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1,489 1,219 923 1,599 164,761 127,444 85,816 172,810 

Alabama ..................................................................................................................................................................... 15 17 14 19 1,636 1,684 1,379 2,148 

Alaska ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4 5 ( 2

 ) – 375 621 ( 2 ) –

Arizona ..................................................................................................................................................................... 12 32 6 16 1,262 4,656 524 1,605 

Arkansas ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4 4 5 8 819 409 432 776 

California ..................................................................................................................................................................... 361 314 270 416 35,270 29,053 21,582 40,833 

Colorado ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4 10 3 11 355 784 276 978 

Connecticut ..................................................................................................................................................................... 14 ( 2

 ) 6 11 1,735 ( 2 ) 521 1,452 

Delaware ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5 ( 2

 ) – 3 1,671 ( 2 ) – 181 

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

 ) ( 2 ) – – ( 2 ) ( 2 )

Florida ..................................................................................................................................................................... 92 59 60 116 7,581 3,524 4,066 9,348 

Georgia ..................................................................................................................................................................... 40 26 21 37 4,456 2,369 2,641 3,641 

Hawaii ..................................................................................................................................................................... 6 3 3 5 408 185 251 413 

Idaho ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5 3 ( 2

 ) 9 393 499 ( 2 ) 696 

Illinois ..................................................................................................................................................................... 61 34 30 66 9,144 4,497 3,074 8,155 

Indiana ..................................................................................................................................................................... 40 20 18 30 6,786 1,887 1,416 4,348 

Iowa ..................................................................................................................................................................... 12 7 5 17 813 632 481 2,499 

Kansas ..................................................................................................................................................................... 10 3 10 9 880 235 613 971 

Kentucky ..................................................................................................................................................................... 26 17 19 31 3,246 2,936 4,593 5,288 

Louisiana ..................................................................................................................................................................... 22 7 8 22 2,361 1,755 878 2,112 

Maine ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4 3 ( 2

 ) 6 287 201 ( 2 ) 447 

Maryland ..................................................................................................................................................................... 16 9 5 22 1,455 1,048 426 1,999 

Massachusetts ..................................................................................................................................................................... 10 11 9 6 795 1,020 649 373 

Michigan ..................................................................................................................................................................... 88 34 46 73 9,298 3,789 4,520 9,041 

Minnesota ..................................................................................................................................................................... 21 11 9 22 1,971 817 1,090 1,923 

Mississippi ..................................................................................................................................................................... 13 4 9 9 1,023 217 461 725 

Missouri ..................................................................................................................................................................... 33 7 35 36 3,017 445 5,459 3,217 

Montana ..................................................................................................................................................................... 7 ( 2

 ) 6 6 559 ( 2 ) 419 361 

Nebraska ..................................................................................................................................................................... 6 ( 2

 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 615 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 )

Nevada ..................................................................................................................................................................... 14 14 6 11 1,597 1,050 429 942 

New Hampshire ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4 6 ( 2

 ) 4 625 631 ( 2 ) 581 

New Jersey ..................................................................................................................................................................... 85 50 31 70 13,182 4,749 2,936 12,720 

New Mexico ..................................................................................................................................................................... 10 8 3 11 891 592 312 756 

New York ..................................................................................................................................................................... 44 116 29 47 4,453 15,254 2,358 5,818 

North Carolina ..................................................................................................................................................................... 14 13 8 11 1,332 1,210 547 1,011 

North Dakota ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3 ( 2

 ) ( 2 ) 3 365 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 344 

Ohio ..................................................................................................................................................................... 59 55 34 68 5,903 6,024 3,350 7,301 

Oklahoma ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4 4 5 4 288 354 428 1,375 

Oregon ..................................................................................................................................................................... 26 21 15 26 3,275 2,790 1,528 3,507 

Pennsylvania ..................................................................................................................................................................... 119 110 65 136 13,932 10,997 5,412 12,997 

Rhode Island ..................................................................................................................................................................... 11 8 ( 2

 ) 10 1,825 1,589 ( 2 ) 1,541 

South Carolina ..................................................................................................................................................................... 11 26 6 7 1,190 3,291 473 652 

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

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

Tennessee ..................................................................................................................................................................... 26 16 13 23 2,659 1,976 1,315 2,652 

Texas ..................................................................................................................................................................... 44 32 36 54 4,282 3,117 3,407 5,625 

Utah ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3 4 ( 2

 ) 3 339 315 ( 2 ) 304 

Vermont ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5 10 5 7 542 1,052 317 704 

Virginia ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9 9 12 17 2,480 628 1,370 1,834 

Washington ..................................................................................................................................................................... 19 18 15 16 1,721 1,878 1,206 1,452 

West Virginia ..................................................................................................................................................................... ( 2

 ) 4 – 2 ( 2 ) 305 – 194 

Wisconsin ..................................................................................................................................................................... 44 47 25 59 5,094 4,363 3,371 6,261 

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

 ) – – – ( 2 ) –

Puerto Rico ..................................................................................................................................................................... 19 16 12 17 2,071 1,556 978 2,417 

1

 See footnote 1, table 3. r = revised.

2

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

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