For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Friday, July 20, 2012 USDL-12-1420 

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MASS LAYOFFS — JUNE 2012 

Employers took 1,317 mass layoff actions in June involving 131,406 workers, seasonally adjusted, as 

measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month, the U.S. Bureau of 

Labor Statistics reported today. Each mass layoff involved at least 50 workers from a single employer. 

Mass layoff events in June decreased by 63 from May, while the number of associated initial claims 

increased by 1,215. Year-to-date mass layoff events (8,085) and initial claims (767,890) both recorded 

their lowest figures for a January-June period since 2007. In June, 267 mass layoff events were reported 

in the manufacturing sector, seasonally adjusted, resulting in 29,093 initial claims. Mass layoff data are 

identified using administrative data sources without regard to layoff duration. (See table 1 and the note 

at the end of this release.) 

The national unemployment rate was 8.2 percent in June, unchanged from the prior month but down 

from 9.1 percent a year earlier. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 80,000 over the month 

and by 1,777,000 over the year. 

Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted) 

The number of mass layoff events in June was 1,890, not seasonally adjusted, resulting in 198,537 initial 

claims for unemployment insurance. (See table 2.) Over the year, the number of average weekly mass 
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Table A. Six-digit NAICS industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims

in June 2012, private nonfarm, not seasonally adjusted

School and employee bus transportation ................... 24,038 2012 24,038 

Food service contractors .......................................... 14,417 2007 14,527 

Temporary help services 1

 ........................................ 11,199 2000 13,815 

Child day care services ............................................. 8,965 2012 8,965 

Motion picture and video production ........................ 5,958 2000 9,435 

Other individual and family services ........................... 3,406 2012 3,406 

Warehouse clubs and supercenters ........................... 2,689 2012 2,689 

Professional employer organizations 1

 ....................... 2,540 2009 5,303 

Supermarkets and other grocery stores ..................... 2,399 2012 2,399 

Iron and steel mills and ferroalloy mfg. ...................... 1,975 2009 2,462 

1

 See the Technical Note for more information on these industries.

Industry Initial claims

June peak

Year Initial claims

layoff events decreased by 37 to 378, and associated average weekly initial claims decreased by 276 to 

39,707. Eight of the 19 major industry sectors in the private economy reported over-the-year decreases 

in average weekly initial claims, with the largest decrease occurring in administrative and waste 

services. (See table 3.) In June 2012, the six-digit industry with the largest number of private nonfarm 

initial claims was school and employee bus transportation. (See table A.) 

In June, the manufacturing sector accounted for 17 percent of mass layoff events and 18 percent of 

associated initial claims in the private economy. Within manufacturing, the numbers of mass layoff 

claimants were highest in food and in transportation equipment. Nine of the 21 manufacturing 

subsectors experienced over-the-year decreases in average weekly initial claims. (See table 3.) 

Geographic Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted) 

Among the census regions, the West registered the largest number of initial claims in June. Three of the 

4 regions experienced over-the-year decreases in average weekly initial claims, with the largest decrease 

occurring in the Midwest. (See table 4.) 

Among the states, California recorded the highest number of mass layoff initial claims in June, followed 

by New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida, and New York. Twenty-eight states experienced over-the-year 

decreases in average weekly initial claims, led by Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, and Missouri. (See 

table 4.) 

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 
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information on the industry classification and location of the establishment and on the demographics of 

the laid-off workers. The monthly data series in this release are subjected to average weekly analysis, 

which mitigates the effect of differing lengths of months. See the Technical Note for more detailed 

definitions and for a description of average weekly analysis. 

____________ 

The Extended Mass Layoffs news release for the Second Quarter 2012 is scheduled to be released 

on Thursday, August 9, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). The Mass Layoffs news release for July is 

scheduled to be released on Thursday, August 23, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). 
Technical Note 

The Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program is a federalstate program that uses a standardized automated approach to 

identifying, describing, and tracking the effects of major job 

cutbacks, using data from each state's unemployment 

insurance database. Each month, states report on employers 

which have at least 50 initial claims filed against them during 

a consecutive 5-week period. These employers then are 

contacted by the state agency to determine whether these 

separations lasted 31 days or longer, and, if so, other 

information concerning the layoff is collected. States report 

on layoffs lasting more than 1 month on a quarterly basis. 

The monthly data present preliminary mass layoff 

activity in the reference month and are not revised in 

subsequent months except in special circumstances (e.g., 

layoffs in states affected by Hurricane Katrina). Counts of 

initial claims associated with mass layoff events reflect 

activity through the end of the reference month. Additional 

mass layoff event and initial claims activity received after 

data for the reference month have been published by BLS are 

not updated in the monthly mass layoff series and, therefore, 

may not match revised mass layoff data issued in state 

publications. However, any additional mass layoff 

information meeting the extended mass layoff criteria will be 

reflected in BLS’ quarterly publication of extended mass 

layoff data. 

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, data 

users who intend to perform analysis of over-the-year change 

in the not seasonally adjusted series should use the average 

weekly mass layoff figures displayed in tables 3 and 4 of this 

release. The average weekly adjustment process produces a 

consistent series for each month across all years, permitting 

over-the-year analysis to be performed using strictly 

comparable data. 

The MLS program resumed operations in April 1995 

after it had been terminated in November 1992 due to lack of 

funding. Prior to April 1995, monthly layoff statistics were 

not available. 

Information in this release will be made available to 

sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 

(202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339 

Definitions 

Average weekly mass layoff events and initial claimants. 

The number of events and initial claimants in a given month 

divided by the number of weeks contained within that month.

Employer. Employers in the MLS program include 

those covered by state unemployment insurance laws. 

Information on employers is obtained from the Quarterly 

Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program, which 

is administered by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). 

Industry. Employers are classified according to the 2007 

version of the North American Industry Classification System 

(NAICS). For temporary help and professional employer 

organization industries, monthly MLS-related statistics 

generally reflect layoffs related to underlying client 

companies in other industries. An individual layoff action at a 

client company can be small, but when initial claimants 

associated with many such layoffs are assigned to a 

temporary help or professional employer organization firm, a 

mass layoff event may trigger. 

Initial claimant. A person who files any notice of unemployment to initiate a request either for a determination of 

entitlement to and eligibility for compensation, or for a 

subsequent period of unemployment within a benefit year or 

period of eligibility. 

Mass layoff event. Fifty or more initial claims for 

unemployment insurance benefits filed against an employer 

during a 5-week period, regardless of duration. 

Seasonal adjustment 

Effective with the release of data for January 2005, BLS 

began publishing six seasonally adjusted monthly MLS 

series. The six series are the numbers of mass layoff events 

and mass layoff initial claims for the total, private nonfarm, 

and manufacturing sectors. 

Seasonal adjustment is the process of estimating and 

removing the effect on time series data of regularly recurring 

seasonal events such as changes in the weather, holidays, and 

the beginning and ending of the school year. The use of 

seasonal adjustment makes it easier to observe fundamental 

changes in time series, particularly those associated with 

general economic expansions and contractions. 

The MLS data are seasonally adjusted using the X-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 1 year and 4 weeks in another. The 

effects of these differences could seriously distort the 

seasonal factors if they were ignored in the seasonal 

adjustment process. These effects are modeled in the X-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 2008 to June 2012,

seasonally adjusted

2008

July ............................................................... 1,589 163,572 1,452 153,060 465 62,210 

August .......................................................... 1,763 181,853 1,632 172,147 578 77,464 

September ................................................... 2,159 229,180 1,990 215,749 629 82,011 

October ........................................................ 2,201 226,853 2,043 213,454 698 93,252 

November .................................................... 2,406 239,239 2,247 225,404 907 103,836 

December .................................................... 2,437 244,889 2,261 230,621 935 116,181 

2009

January ........................................................ 2,254 235,371 2,083 221,653 726 92,293 

February ....................................................... 3,059 326,392 2,901 310,378 1,251 145,839 

March ........................................................... 2,999 299,322 2,800 282,414 1,230 154,168 

April .............................................................. 2,566 249,129 2,349 232,632 1,007 116,051 

May .............................................................. 2,710 284,468 2,516 267,869 1,181 147,184 

June ............................................................. 2,466 247,597 2,257 230,502 1,048 137,649 

July ............................................................... 2,186 222,941 1,979 203,911 636 75,728 

August .......................................................... 2,340 216,047 2,115 197,172 751 77,894 

September ................................................... 2,261 214,018 2,048 198,761 786 91,125 

October ........................................................ 1,969 195,752 1,772 178,172 571 65,217 

November .................................................... 1,757 164,454 1,588 151,172 472 52,855 

December .................................................... 1,719 155,056 1,543 140,835 424 44,096 

2010

January ........................................................ 1,707 168,044 1,529 154,187 471 53,817 

February ....................................................... 1,631 156,292 1,465 141,831 374 43,620 

March ........................................................... 1,676 149,816 1,469 134,518 356 40,705 

April .............................................................. 1,637 154,558 1,452 138,503 368 44,506 

May .............................................................. 1,608 150,996 1,357 130,273 302 29,932 

June ............................................................. 1,695 151,435 1,475 132,742 325 33,298 

July ............................................................... 1,519 138,091 1,316 122,162 304 32,253 

August .......................................................... 1,588 159,329 1,399 136,697 390 43,154 

September ................................................... 1,510 133,576 1,295 115,349 328 34,333 

October ........................................................ 1,654 149,589 1,446 132,146 354 38,937 

November .................................................... 1,592 161,145 1,410 145,494 360 39,977 

December .................................................... 1,477 135,849 1,271 121,171 322 36,267 

2011

January ........................................................ 1,536 148,952 1,348 131,869 337 37,477 

February ....................................................... 1,434 131,569 1,242 116,745 297 26,696 

March ........................................................... 1,275 115,391 1,118 102,722 251 28,988 

April .............................................................. 1,548 145,836 1,383 131,317 341 37,053 

May .............................................................. 1,600 144,412 1,404 127,793 374 39,180 

June ............................................................. 1,513 143,384 1,334 128,410 344 36,265 

July ............................................................... 1,562 145,078 1,348 125,285 346 36,312 

August .......................................................... 1,551 164,275 1,347 149,874 382 49,194 

September ................................................... 1,447 147,353 1,306 134,038 364 38,026 

October ........................................................ 1,335 118,924 1,205 107,330 341 33,926 

November .................................................... 1,332 131,627 1,192 120,760 324 36,563 

December .................................................... 1,384 145,648 1,238 130,583 351 39,081 

2012

January ........................................................ 1,434 129,920 1,298 119,102 341 33,597 

February ....................................................... 1,293 119,463 1,153 108,577 282 27,388 

March ........................................................... 1,273 121,310 1,125 109,421 261 26,348 

April .............................................................. 1,388 135,600 1,222 120,213 287 33,243 

May .............................................................. 1,380 130,191 1,222 117,654 264 29,675 

June ............................................................. 1,317 131,406 1,171 118,451 267 29,093 

Date

Total Private nonfarm Manufacturing

Events Initial

claimants Events Initial

claimants Events Initial

claimants
Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, July 2008 to June 2012,

not seasonally adjusted

2008

July ............................................................... 1,891 200,382 1,687 186,018 760 108,733 

August .......................................................... 1,427 139,999 1,343 133,146 414 51,912 

September ................................................... 1,292 129,586 1,202 122,505 361 46,391 

October ........................................................ 2,125 221,784 1,917 205,553 689 100,457 

November .................................................... 2,574 241,589 2,389 226,657 997 107,620 

December .................................................... 3,377 351,305 3,232 340,220 1,378 172,529 

2009

January ........................................................ 3,806 388,813 3,633 375,293 1,461 172,757 

February ....................................................... 2,262 218,438 2,173 210,755 945 103,588 

March ........................................................... 2,191 228,387 2,107 221,397 940 114,747 

April .............................................................. 2,547 256,930 2,385 243,321 887 100,872 

May .............................................................. 2,738 289,628 2,572 274,047 1,005 123,683 

June ............................................................. 2,519 256,357 2,051 216,063 674 85,726 

July ............................................................... 3,054 336,654 2,659 296,589 1,133 154,208 

August .......................................................... 1,428 125,024 1,334 117,193 436 41,151 

September ................................................... 1,371 123,177 1,258 115,141 448 51,126 

October ........................................................ 1,934 193,904 1,678 172,883 566 69,655 

November .................................................... 1,870 164,496 1,679 150,751 517 55,053 

December .................................................... 2,310 214,648 2,166 203,655 615 64,540 

2010

January ........................................................ 2,860 278,679 2,682 265,074 962 104,846 

February ....................................................... 1,183 102,818 1,091 96,022 282 30,728 

March ........................................................... 1,197 111,727 1,111 105,514 273 29,745 

April .............................................................. 1,840 199,690 1,697 184,654 424 55,178 

May .............................................................. 1,354 123,333 1,170 109,203 216 19,334 

June ............................................................. 1,861 171,190 1,355 125,872 212 21,083 

July ............................................................... 2,124 206,254 1,732 172,248 532 64,200 

August .......................................................... 976 92,435 897 83,021 230 23,088 

September ................................................... 920 77,654 806 67,987 187 19,403 

October ........................................................ 1,642 148,638 1,373 127,865 351 40,861 

November .................................................... 1,676 158,048 1,477 142,591 389 41,383 

December .................................................... 1,931 184,130 1,763 172,881 465 52,816 

2011

January ........................................................ 2,558 246,463 2,372 229,765 693 75,006 

February ....................................................... 1,024 85,585 919 78,718 222 18,471 

March ........................................................... 908 85,095 844 80,014 191 20,869 

April .............................................................. 1,750 189,919 1,625 176,478 397 47,104 

May .............................................................. 1,367 119,911 1,221 108,531 270 25,199 

June ............................................................. 1,661 159,930 1,238 122,821 226 22,986 

July ............................................................... 2,176 216,774 1,759 174,078 602 71,814 

August .......................................................... 961 99,213 875 93,159 228 26,916 

September ................................................... 1,189 117,232 1,095 107,300 296 32,058 

October ........................................................ 1,101 96,914 950 83,748 265 28,447 

November .................................................... 1,393 127,750 1,245 117,474 349 37,799 

December .................................................... 2,433 263,665 2,258 247,916 658 75,033 

2012

January ........................................................ 1,705 141,703 1,587 132,754 415 38,021 

February ....................................................... 895 73,974 820 69,076 196 16,555 

March ........................................................... 1,125 117,817 1,040 110,954 242 24,241 

April .............................................................. 1,421 146,358 1,293 132,697 256 32,518 

May .............................................................. 1,201 109,259 1,081 100,434 186 18,800 

June ............................................................. 1,890 198,537 1,485 158,334 255 28,570 

Date

Total Private nonfarm Manufacturing

Events Initial

claimants Events Initial

claimants Events Initial

claimants
Table 3. Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, not seasonally adjusted

June June June June June June June June

2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012

 Total 2

 ....................................................................... 1,661 1,890 159,930 198,537 415 378 39,983 39,707 

Total, private ................................................................... 1,282 1,539 125,944 162,321 321 308 31,486 32,464 

 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting .................... 44 54 3,123 3,987 11 11 781 797 

 Total, private nonfarm .................................................. 1,238 1,485 122,821 158,334 310 297 30,705 31,667 

 Mining ......................................................................... ( 3 ) 8 ( 3 ) 824 ( 3 ) 2 ( 3 ) 165 

 Utilities ........................................................................ ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 )

 Construction ............................................................... 84 91 6,847 7,909 21 18 1,712 1,582 

 Construction of buildings ........................................ 18 21 1,467 1,999 5 4 367 400 

 Heavy and civil engineering construction ............... 22 25 2,227 2,808 6 5 557 562 

 Specialty trade contractors ..................................... 44 45 3,153 3,102 11 9 788 620 

 Manufacturing ............................................................. 226 255 22,986 28,570 57 51 5,747 5,714 

 Food ....................................................................... 51 63 5,011 6,158 13 13 1,253 1,232 

 Beverage and tobacco products ............................ - ( 3 ) - ( 3 ) - ( 3 ) - ( 3 )

 Textile mills ............................................................. 8 8 1,131 1,335 2 2 283 267 

 Textile product mills ................................................ 6 10 420 1,028 2 2 105 206 

 Apparel ................................................................... 10 8 1,119 758 3 2 280 152 

 Leather and allied products .................................... ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 )

 Wood products ....................................................... 12 5 1,083 290 3 1 271 58 

 Paper ...................................................................... 5 5 427 551 1 1 107 110 

 Printing and related support activities .................... 5 9 383 744 1 2 96 149 

 Petroleum and coal products ................................. ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 )

 Chemicals ............................................................... ( 3 ) 5 ( 3 ) 549 ( 3 ) 1 ( 3 ) 110 

 Plastics and rubber products .................................. 11 5 880 374 3 1 220 75 

 Nonmetallic mineral products ................................. 5 4 380 1,007 1 1 95 201 

 Primary metals ....................................................... 11 12 914 2,741 3 2 229 548 

 Fabricated metal products ...................................... 10 12 607 1,139 3 2 152 228 

 Machinery ............................................................... 16 25 2,042 2,489 4 5 511 498 

 Computer and electronic products ......................... 10 17 716 1,240 3 3 179 248 

 Electrical equipment and appliances ...................... 9 6 915 414 2 1 229 83 

 Transportation equipment ...................................... 34 39 4,871 5,618 9 8 1,218 1,124 

 Furniture and related products ............................... 7 15 771 1,361 2 3 193 272 

 Miscellaneous manufacturing ................................. 9 ( 3 ) 826 ( 3 ) 2 ( 3 ) 207 ( 3 )

 Wholesale trade ......................................................... 18 20 1,440 1,476 5 4 360 295 

 Retail trade 4

 .............................................................. 82 132 7,177 12,962 21 26 1,794 2,592 

 Building material and garden supply stores ........... 12 15 845 1,320 3 3 211 264 

 Food and beverage stores ..................................... 17 28 1,175 2,540 4 6 294 508 

 Clothing and clothing accessories stores ............... 7 6 345 393 2 1 86 79 

 General merchandise stores .................................. 27 55 3,454 6,283 7 11 864 1,257 

 Transportation and warehousing 4

 ............................. 144 191 19,513 25,973 36 38 4,878 5,195 

 Truck transportation ............................................... 4 ( 3 ) 228 ( 3 ) 1 ( 3 ) 57 ( 3 )

 Transit and ground passenger transportation ........ 126 177 17,854 25,086 32 35 4,464 5,017 

 Support activities for transportation ........................ 5 4 583 249 1 1 146 50 

 Information ................................................................. 41 48 5,721 8,612 10 10 1,430 1,722 

 Finance and insurance ............................................... 18 24 1,158 2,099 5 5 290 420 

 Real estate and rental and leasing ............................. 7 11 779 821 2 2 195 164 

 Professional and technical services ........................... 32 37 3,378 4,057 8 7 845 811 

 Management of companies and enterprises .............. 5 ( 3 ) 351 ( 3 ) 1 ( 3 ) 88 ( 3 )

 Administrative and waste services ............................. 170 201 16,582 18,652 43 40 4,146 3,730 

 Educational services .................................................. 26 41 1,604 2,955 7 8 401 591 

 Health care and social assistance .............................. 177 201 14,975 17,167 44 40 3,744 3,433 

 Arts, entertainment, and recreation ............................ 30 40 1,664 2,812 8 8 416 562 

 Accommodation and food services ............................ 120 131 14,179 18,642 30 26 3,545 3,728 

 Accommodation ...................................................... 16 13 1,074 901 4 3 269 180 

 Food services and drinking places ......................... 104 118 13,105 17,741 26 24 3,276 3,548 

 Other services, except public administration .............. 53 47 4,129 3,718 13 9 1,032 744 

 Unclassified ................................................................ - - - - - - - - 

Government .................................................................... 379 351 33,986 36,216 95 70 8,497 7,243 

 Federal ....................................................................... 18 6 1,942 499 5 1 486 100 

 State ........................................................................... 29 36 2,086 3,028 7 7 522 606 

 State government education ................................. 19 24 1,450 1,731 5 5 363 346 

 Local ........................................................................... 332 309 29,958 32,689 83 62 7,490 6,538 

 Local government education ................................. 286 266 26,127 29,008 72 53 6,532 5,802 

 1

 Average weekly analysis mitigates the effect of differing 2 Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia.

 lengths of months. There were 4 weeks in June 2011 3

 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.

 and 5 weeks in June 2012. Average weekly events 4

 Includes other industries not shown.

 and initial claimants may not sum to subtotals and totals NOTE: Dash represents zero.

 due to rounding.

Industry

Mass layoff totals Average weekly mass layoffs1

Events Initial claimants Events Initial claimants
Table 4. Region and state distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance,

not seasonally adjusted

June June June June June June June June

2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012

 Total 2 ............................................... 1,661 1,890 159,930 198,537 415 378 39,983 39,707

Northeast ............................................ 276 382 30,513 46,039 69 76 7,628 9,208

 Connecticut ..................................... 10 15 807 2,233 3 3 202 447

 Maine .............................................. 7 6 458 399 2 1 115 80

 Massachusetts ................................ 16 19 1,133 1,850 4 4 283 370

 New Hampshire .............................. 3 6 614 1,154 1 1 154 231

 New Jersey ..................................... 44 90 6,432 15,028 11 18 1,608 3,006

 New York ........................................ 55 99 5,185 10,248 14 20 1,296 2,050

 Pennsylvania .................................. 124 130 13,892 12,394 31 26 3,473 2,479

 Rhode Island ................................... 10 11 1,276 1,925 3 2 319 385

 Vermont .......................................... 7 6 716 808 2 1 179 162

South .................................................. 482 540 45,180 53,862 121 108 11,295 10,772

 Alabama .......................................... 20 26 1,922 2,333 5 5 481 467

 Arkansas ......................................... 29 19 3,185 2,008 7 4 796 402

 Delaware ......................................... 6 4 415 345 2 1 104 69

 District of Columbia ......................... ( 3 ) 3 ( 3 ) 335 ( 3 ) 1 ( 3 ) 67

 Florida ............................................. 114 127 9,161 11,476 29 25 2,290 2,295

 Georgia ........................................... 43 50 4,789 5,246 11 10 1,197 1,049

 Kentucky ......................................... 22 26 2,003 2,452 6 5 501 490

 Louisiana ........................................ 28 26 2,056 2,192 7 5 514 438

 Maryland 4

 ....................................... 12 34 1,102 3,891 3 7 276 778

 Mississippi ...................................... 5 17 240 1,243 1 3 60 249

 North Carolina ................................ 45 58 4,871 5,320 11 12 1,218 1,064

 Oklahoma ....................................... 6 4 481 802 2 1 120 160

 South Carolina ................................ 23 23 1,878 2,047 6 5 470 409

 Tennessee ...................................... 13 21 1,438 2,193 3 4 360 439

 Texas .............................................. 86 76 9,229 9,341 22 15 2,307 1,868

 Virginia ............................................ 25 26 2,071 2,638 6 5 518 528

 West Virginia ................................... ( 3 ) - ( 3 ) - ( 3 ) - ( 3 ) -

Midwest ............................................... 326 355 33,813 37,944 82 71 8,453 7,589

 Illinois .............................................. 61 65 6,436 6,223 15 13 1,609 1,245

 Indiana ............................................ 28 32 2,722 2,965 7 6 681 593

 Iowa ................................................ 14 17 1,359 1,513 4 3 340 303

 Kansas ............................................ 8 14 682 1,607 2 3 171 321

 Michigan ......................................... 55 64 5,413 8,103 14 13 1,353 1,621

 Minnesota ....................................... 17 20 1,249 1,989 4 4 312 398

 Missouri .......................................... 42 26 3,176 1,927 11 5 794 385

 Nebraska ........................................ 5 5 441 360 1 1 110 72

 North Dakota ................................... ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) Ohio ................................................ 42 50 6,150 5,491 11 10 1,538 1,098

 South Dakota .................................. ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) Wisconsin ....................................... 50 58 5,681 7,202 13 12 1,420 1,440

West .................................................... 577 613 50,424 60,692 144 123 12,606 12,138

 Alaska ............................................. ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) Arizona ............................................ 18 13 1,561 1,319 5 3 390 264

 California ......................................... 462 489 39,788 49,090 116 98 9,947 9,818

 Colorado ......................................... 9 12 708 1,138 2 2 177 228

 Hawaii ............................................. 4 5 275 467 1 1 69 93

 Idaho ............................................... 8 ( 3 ) 832 ( 3 ) 2 ( 3 ) 208 ( 3 ) Montana .......................................... 6 7 531 514 2 1 133 103

 Nevada ........................................... 12 18 1,292 1,870 3 4 323 374

 New Mexico .................................... 8 8 663 520 2 2 166 104

 Oregon ............................................ 28 30 2,967 2,865 7 6 742 573

 Utah ................................................ ( 3 ) 5 ( 3 ) 422 ( 3 ) 1 ( 3 ) 84

 Washington ..................................... 17 20 1,231 2,064 4 4 308 413

 Wyoming ......................................... --------

 Puerto Rico ..................................... 10 16 941 2,596 3 3 235 519

1

 See footnote 1, table 3. 4 Data starting in June 2012 may not be comparable to prior data 2

 See footnote 2, table 3. due to a change in MLS unemployment insurance procedures. 3

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

Census region and state

Mass layoff totals Average weekly mass layoffs1

Events Initial Claimants Events Initial Claimants