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                                              For release: 10:00 A.M. EST
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                       MASS LAYOFFS IN NOVEMBER 2006
   
   In November, employers took 1,208 mass layoff actions, seasonally
adjusted, as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits
during the month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department
of Labor reported today.  Each action involved at least 50 persons from
a single establishment, and the number of workers involved totaled 136,415,
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 in-
creased by 22,691.  During November, 415 mass layoff events were reported
in the manufacturing sector, seasonally adjusted, resulting in 60,827 ini-
tial claims.  Both the number of events and the number of initial claims
in manufacturing were higher in November than a month earlier.  (See
table 1.)
   
   The national unemployment rate was 4.5 percent in November, seasonally
adjusted, essentially unchanged from 4.4 percent the prior month and down
from 5.0 percent a year earlier.  Total nonfarm payroll employment, sea-
sonally adjusted, increased by 132,000 over the month and by about 1.8
million over the year.
   
Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
   
   The 10 industries reporting the highest numbers of mass layoff initial
claims, not seasonally adjusted, accounted for 30 percent of the total
initial claims in November.  The industry with the highest number of
initial claims was highway, street, and bridge construction with 7,362,
followed by temporary help services with 6,511, and motion picture and
video production with 5,379.  Together, these three industries accounted
for 14 percent of all initial claims due to mass layoffs during the month.
(See table A.)
   
   The manufacturing sector accounted for 35 percent of all mass layoff
events and 43 percent of all initial claims filed in November; a year
earlier, manufacturing comprised 29 percent of events and 36 percent of
initial claims.  In November 2006, the number of manufacturing claimants
was highest in transportation equipment manufacturing (13,352, mostly in
motor vehicle manufacturing), followed by food manufacturing (7,222) and
machinery manufacturing (6,563).  (See table 3.)
   
   Construction accounted for 16 percent of events and 13 percent of
initial claims in November, mostly from heavy and civil engineering
construction.  Administrative and waste services comprised 12 percent 
of events and 9 percent of initial claims filed over the month, with the
majority of layoffs in temporary help services and professional employer
organizations.  Accommodation and food services reported 6 percent of
events and 7 percent of initial claims, mainly from food service contrac-
tors.  Eight percent of all layoff events and 5 percent of initial claims 
filed were from agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, primarily from 
the farm labor contractors and crew leaders industry.

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Table A.  Industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims in November 2006
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                                           |              |          November peak
                   Industry                |Initial claims|--------------------------------   
                                           |              |   Year   |   Initial claims
-------------------------------------------|--------------|----------|---------------------
                                           |              |          | 
                                           |              |          |
Highway, street, and bridge construction ..|     7,362    |   2001   |      14,805
Temporary help services ...................|     6,511    |   2000   |      19,023
Motion picture and video production .......|     5,379    |   2000   |       8,664
Food service contractors ..................|     4,483    |   2006   |       4,483
Travel trailer and camper manufacturing ...|     3,548    |   2006   |       3,548
AC, refrigeration, and forced air heating..|     3,333    |   2006   |       3,333
Automobile manufacturing ..................|     3,031    |   2001   |       7,202
Casino hotels .............................|     2,706    |   2006   |       2,706
Farm labor contractors and crew leaders ...|     2,475    |   1999   |      11,613
Professional employer organizations .......|     2,099    |   2002   |       4,088
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   Government establishments accounted for 3 percent of both events and
initial claims filed, largely from executive, legislative, and general
government and administration of economic programs.
   
   On a not seasonally adjusted basis, the number of mass layoff events 
in November, at 1,315, was up by 61 from a year earlier, and the number of
associated initial claims increased by 20,059 to 136,186.  (See table 2.)
The largest over-the-year increases in initial claims were reported in
machinery manufacturing (+3,653), motion picture and sound recording in-
dustries (+3,487), and wood products manufacturing (+2,691).  The largest
over-the-year decreases in mass layoff initial claims were reported in
apparel manufacturing (-1,305), general merchandise stores (-1,176), and
amusements, gambling, and recreation (-1,118).
   
   From January through November 2006, the total number of initial claims
due to mass layoffs, at 1,229,888, was the lowest reported for any January-
November period in program history.  Collection of comparable mass layoff
data for the January-November period began in 1996.
   
Geographic Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
   
   Among the four census regions, the highest number of initial claims in
November due to mass layoffs was in the Midwest, 49,067.  Transportation
equipment manufacturing and administrative and support services together
accounted for 33 percent of all mass layoff initial claims in that region
during the month.  The West had the second largest number of initial claims
among the regions, 38,860, followed by the South, 27,536, and the Northeast
20,723.  (See table 5.)
   
   The number of initial claimants in mass layoffs increased over the year
in three of the four regions--the Midwest (+14,166), the West (+8,196), and
the Northeast (+1,598).  The South experienced the only regional decrease 
(-3,901).  Five geographic divisions had over-the-year increases in the
numbers of initial claims associated with mass layoffs, with the largest
increase in the East North Central division (+12,111), followed by the
Pacific division (+8,291).  Of the four divisions with over-the-year
decreases, the largest were in the West South Central (-2,918) and South
Atlantic (-1,796).

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   Among the states, California recorded the highest number of initial
claims filed due to mass layoff events in November (27,433), followed by
Michigan (10,636), Wisconsin (10,523), Pennsylvania (8,518), and Indiana
(7,285).  These five states accounted for 50 percent of all mass layoff
events and 47 percent of all associated initial claims for unemployment
insurance.  (See table 6.)
   
   California had the largest over-the-year increase in the number of
initial claims (+6,109), mostly due to layoffs in motion picture and sound
recording industries.  Michigan had the next largest increase in initial
claims (+5,650), followed by Indiana (+4,474).  The largest over-the-year
decreases in claims occurred in Florida (-4,931) and Louisiana (-2,801).
   
   From January to November, California reported 283,059 mass layoff ini-
tial claims, 23 percent of the national total.  The states with the next
largest number of claims over this period were Michigan (105,122), Penn-
sylvania (75,112), New York (64,907), and Ohio (64,443).
   
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 quar-
terly 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.
   
   
                      ______________________________
      
   
   The report on Mass Layoffs in December 2006 is scheduled to be released
on Wednesday, January 24, 2007.  Monthly release dates for the balance of
2007 are as follows:
   
   
       February 23      May 23       August 23         November 21
       March 22         June 22      September 21      December 21
       April 20         July 20      October 23
   




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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 con-
tacted 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 quart-
erly 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-the-year
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 publish-
ing 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 expan-
sions and contractions.
   
   The MLS data are seasonally adjusted using the X-12-ARIMA seasonal adjust-
ment method on a concurrent basis.  Concurrent seasonal adjustment uses all
available monthly estimates, including those for the current month, in devel-
oping 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, December 2002 to 
November 2006, seasonally adjusted

                                       Total           Private nonfarm         Manufacturing  

            Date                                                                              
                                          Initial               Initial               Initial 
                                Events   claimants    Events   claimants     Events  claimants

            2002                                                                              

December ...................     1,841     198,678     1,659     184,368       661      84,048
            
            2003                                                                              

January ....................     1,358     131,963     1,168     117,636       387      48,685
February ...................     1,825     190,928     1,647     178,363       646      78,819
March ......................     1,782     175,671     1,595     160,170       617      72,409
April ......................     1,722     174,608     1,564     163,607       640      83,303
May ........................     1,719     184,003     1,542     170,961       625      86,535
June .......................     1,716     164,299     1,524     148,542       636      68,143
July .......................     1,642     163,179     1,442     148,299       580      74,070
August .....................     1,517     171,861     1,367     158,049       551      74,602
September ..................     1,562     147,383     1,374     133,383       484      56,472
October ....................     1,558     156,814     1,336     138,691       427      52,009
November ...................     1,393     141,383     1,244     129,231       401      50,460
December ...................     1,426     144,456     1,265     132,324       434      50,994

            2004                                                                              

January ....................     1,421     142,704     1,223     124,192       395      48,519
February ...................     1,293     132,640     1,145     120,811       362      39,360
March ......................     1,364     140,957     1,234     132,152       407      60,296
April ......................     1,381     141,909     1,207     126,106       341      37,686
May ........................     1,189     111,173     1,030      98,230       314      37,405
June .......................     1,390     141,948     1,226     129,344       360      45,398
July .......................     1,329     137,724     1,185     126,945       371      53,248
August .....................     1,436     131,807     1,243     116,672       342      38,192
September ..................     1,283     125,344     1,155     115,499       344      45,691
October ....................     1,302     129,237     1,181     119,653       369      47,888
November ...................     1,350     135,036     1,202     122,954       407      47,517
December ...................     1,188     120,602     1,038     109,508       293      33,123

            2005                                                                              

January ....................     1,465     153,676     1,330     143,295       380      58,778
February ...................     1,135     120,190     1,010     109,964       350      43,966
March ......................     1,204     133,935     1,071     124,273       384      56,253
April ......................     1,278     139,575     1,145     128,478       390      60,726
May ........................     1,194     129,214     1,059     117,660       359      52,055
June .......................     1,184     128,430     1,065     119,271       349      53,930
July .......................     1,248     131,136     1,107     118,994       356      49,070
August .....................     1,145     127,592     1,006     116,011       334      48,904
September ..................     2,219     283,772     1,975     237,831       438      53,399
October ....................     1,114     104,584       986      94,798       328      45,475
November ...................     1,205     120,783     1,074     109,680       359      45,069
December ...................     1,308     149,565     1,185     138,234       365      49,641

            2006                                                                              

January ....................     1,113     108,378       985      97,832       274      29,541
February ...................     1,073     111,468       973     103,268       321      45,073
March ......................     1,082     118,555       984     110,275       328      49,023
April ......................     1,148     118,504     1,023     109,150       358      48,086
May ........................     1,074     109,858       963     101,080       293      42,006
June .......................     1,097     119,662       974     109,041       311      37,570
July .......................     1,125     114,895     1,009     105,829       363      47,287
August .....................     1,193     127,944     1,060     117,993       357      59,256
September ..................     1,132     116,773     1,008     107,431       381      45,040
October ....................     1,171     113,724     1,045     104,126       398      54,852
November ...................     1,208     136,415     1,099     127,657       415      60,827





Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, December 2002 to
November 2006, not seasonally adjusted

                                       Total           Private nonfarm        Manufacturing   

            Date                                                                              
                                          Initial               Initial               Initial 
                                Events   claimants    Events   claimants    Events   claimants

            2002                                                                              

December ...................     2,474     264,158     2,324     252,807       984     126,826

            2003                                                                              

January ....................     2,315     225,430     2,130     210,918       822      90,244
February ...................     1,363     124,965     1,222     116,264       435      48,161
March ......................     1,207     113,026     1,099     104,468       390      41,063
April ......................     1,581     161,412     1,470     152,937       499      62,349
May ........................     1,703     174,204     1,538     160,729       499      61,278
June .......................     1,691     157,552     1,336     127,743       389      40,845
July .......................     2,087     226,435     1,815     206,901       946     136,410
August .....................     1,258     133,839     1,163     124,131       405      52,620
September ..................       868      82,647       756      73,914       271      31,428
October ....................     1,523     158,240     1,265     137,706       438      53,741
November ...................     1,438     138,543     1,234     123,524       408      48,419
December ...................     1,929     192,633     1,793     182,750       648      77,915

            2004                                                                              

January ....................     2,428     239,454     2,226     220,687       848      89,551
February ...................       941      84,201       832      76,577       240      23,043
March ......................       920      92,554       847      87,782       258      34,686
April ......................     1,458     157,314     1,316     142,657       343      36,172
May ........................       988      87,501       878      78,786       219      22,141
June .......................     1,379     134,588     1,077     110,804       222      27,307
July .......................     2,094     253,929     1,860     234,877       885     145,895
August .....................       809      69,033       745      63,876       194      17,698
September ..................       708      68,972       637      63,102       189      25,808
October ....................     1,242     127,918     1,101     117,375       372      48,265
November ...................     1,399     130,423     1,201     115,549       412      44,243
December ...................     1,614     161,271     1,487     152,092       436      50,726

            2005                                                                              

January ....................     2,564     263,952     2,421     253,409       823     108,985
February ...................       810      74,644       722      68,372       230      24,931
March ......................       806      88,937       733      83,793       246      33,030
April ......................     1,373     158,582     1,263     148,133       395      59,129
May ........................       986     101,358       891      93,332       249      30,424
June .......................     1,157     120,463       941     103,307       216      32,783
July .......................     1,981     244,216     1,745     222,377       856     136,210
August .....................       645      67,582       598      63,484       188      22,531
September ..................     1,662     213,281     1,505     179,042       318      47,497
October ....................       905      91,941       757      80,694       249      37,276
November ...................     1,254     116,127     1,079     102,182       363      41,442
December ...................     2,323     254,258     2,168     242,753       706      96,382

            2006                                                                              

January ....................     1,245     117,946     1,123     108,701       331      35,097
February ...................       719      66,555       658      62,208       210      24,892
March ......................       921     111,838       856     106,177       285      44,688
April ......................     1,140     121,589     1,038     112,964       296      39,538
May ........................       872      84,809       794      78,663       192      23,570
June .......................     1,489     164,761     1,224     140,687       319      41,095
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





Table 3. Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance

                                                                                                     Initial claimants for          
                                                             Mass layoff events                     unemployment insurance          
                    Industry                                                                                                        

                                                    November  September  October  November    November  September  October  November
                                                      2005       2006      2006     2006        2005       2006      2006     2006  

               Seasonally adjusted                                                                                                  

      Total .....................................     1,205      1,132    1,171    1,208     120,783    116,773   113,724  136,415

  Total, private nonfarm ........................     1,074      1,008    1,045    1,099     109,680    107,431   104,126  127,657
    Manufacturing ...............................       359        381      398      415      45,069     45,040    54,852   60,827
 
             Not seasonally adjusted                                                                                             

      Total (1) .................................     1,254        865      964    1,315     116,127     87,699    98,804  136,186

Total, private ..................................     1,187        819      913    1,273     109,395     83,317    93,939  132,337
    Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting ..       108         34       93      101       7,213      2,043     5,806    7,328

  Total, private nonfarm ........................     1,079        785      820    1,172     102,182     81,274    88,133  125,009
    Mining ......................................         7        (2)      (2)        7         509       (2)       (2)       648
    Utilities ...................................       (2)        (2)       -         3        (2)        (2)        -        161
    Construction ................................       192         99      100      212      15,824      6,643     6,445   17,364
    Manufacturing ...............................       363        296      311      455      41,442     39,076    46,737   58,473
        Food ....................................        66         32       56       59       7,092      2,763     5,246    7,222
        Beverage and tobacco products ...........         6          6        9        8         416        581       711      502
        Textile mills ...........................        19         12       11       14       2,734      1,751     1,388    2,247
        Textile product mills ...................         6          5      (2)        9         444        465      (2)     1,325
        Apparel .................................        13          9        9        6       2,125      1,073       667      820
        Leather and allied products .............       (2)        (2)      (2)      (2)        (2)        (2)       (2)      (2) 
        Wood products ...........................        20         28       35       53       2,353      2,645     3,548    5,044
        Paper ...................................         8          6        6        9         479        741       456      854
        Printing and related support activities .         8        (2)        5      (2)         574       (2)        315     (2)
        Petroleum and coal products .............       (2)         4       (2)        8        (2)         235      (2)      635

        Chemicals ...............................         7          4        4        6         510        284       332      489
        Plastics and rubber products ............        19         16       13       24       1,469      1,786     1,295    2,716
        Nonmetallic mineral products ............        11          6       11       17       1,005        835       787    1,991
        Primary metals ..........................        17          7       15       28       1,475        876     1,349    3,154
        Fabricated metal products ...............        20         22       16       35       1,751      2,149     1,395    3,710
        Machinery ...............................        24         24       24       34       2,910      4,772     5,167    6,563
        Computer and electronic products ........        12          8        8       21       1,001        451       631    1,711
        Electrical equipment and appliances .....         5         11        9       11         554      1,395     1,879    2,588
        Transportation equipment ................        76         69       55       79      11,665     13,330    19,224   13,352
        Furniture and related products ..........        15         15       11       21       1,804      1,919     1,040    2,075
        Miscellaneous manufacturing .............         6          7        6        9         676        571       629    1,145

    Wholesale trade .............................        21         12       13       17       1,687        908       829    1,328
    Retail trade ................................        61         72       75       54       5,176      6,619     6,557    4,681
    Transportation and warehousing ..............        45         24       31       48       3,479      1,965     3,053    3,583
    Information .................................        21         31       23       20       2,395      3,337     2,516    6,096
    Finance and insurance .......................        14         26       26       23       1,307      1,937     2,123    1,376
    Real estate and rental and leasing ..........         3          4        3        5         122        311       416      270
    Professional and technical services .........        34         22       17       27       3,056      3,222     1,325    3,137
    Management of companies and enterprises .....       (2)        (2)      (2)        5        (2)        (2)       (2)       387
    Administrative and waste services ...........       138        110      140      158      11,350      9,950    12,596   12,907
    Educational services ........................       (2)          6      (2)        3        (2)         436      (2)       200
    Health care and social assistance ...........        34         21        9       21       2,555      2,383       546    1,696
    Arts, entertainment, and recreation .........        40         15       22       27       3,623        944     1,475    2,266
    Accommodation and food services .............        88         36       40       81       8,204      2,728     2,583    9,883
    Other services, except public administration          8          6        5        6         668        453       287      553
    Unclassified  ...............................         6         -        -        -          436         -         -        - 

Government ......................................        67         46       51       42       6,732      4,382     4,865    3,849
    Federal .....................................        15          8       16       10       1,608        852     1,721      970
    State .......................................        24         10       17       12       2,527      1,272     1,489    1,057
    Local .......................................        28         28       18       20       2,597      2,258     1,655    1,822

    1 Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia.
    2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.   
    NOTE: Dash represents zero.
    
    
    
    
    
Table 4. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, October 2004 to November 2006,
not seasonally adjusted

                                                                                   Private nonfarm                              

                                Total mass layoffs                              Extended mass layoffs                           
             Date                                        Mass layoffs         lasting more than 30 days    Realization rates (1)
                                                                                                                                
                                           Initial              Initial                      Initial                    Initial 
                                 Events   claimants   Events   claimants        Events      claimants       Events     claimants

           2004                                                                                                                

October .................         1,242    127,918     1,101     117,375                                                       
November ................         1,399    130,423     1,201     115,549                                                       
December ................         1,614    161,271     1,487     152,092                                                       

Fourth Quarter ..........         4,255    419,612     3,789     385,016         1,427       262,049          37.7         68.1

           2005                                                                                                                

January .................         2,564    263,952     2,421     253,409                                                       
February ................           810     74,644       722      68,372                                                       
March ...................           806     88,937       733      83,793                                                       

First Quarter ...........         4,180    427,533     3,876     405,574         1,142       185,486          29.5         45.7

April ...................         1,373    158,582     1,263     148,133                                                       
May .....................           986    101,358       891      93,332                                                       
June ....................         1,157    120,463       941     103,307                                                       

Second Quarter ..........         3,516    380,403     3,095     344,772         1,203       212,673          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       246,181          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       192,793          36.5         69.6

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       263,787          44.3         79.4

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    (2)(p) 836 (2)(p)104,458       (p)30.1      (p)34.3

October .................           964     98,804       820      88,133                                                       
November ................         1,315    136,186     1,172     125,009                                                       

    1 The event realization rate is the percentage of all private nonfarm mass layoff events lasting more than 30 days. The
initial claimant realization rate is the percentage of all private nonfarm mass layoff initial claimants associated with
layoffs lasting more than 30 days.
    2 These quarterly numbers are provisional and will be revised as more data on these layoffs become available.
Experience suggests that the number of extended mass layoff events is generally revised upwards by less than 10 percent and
the number of initial claimants associated with such events increases by 25-40 percent.
    p = preliminary.





Table 5. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance by census region and division,
not seasonally adjusted

                                                                                    Initial claimants for        
                                           Mass layoff events                       unemployment insurance       
 Census region and division                                                                                      

                                November   September  October November     November   September October  November
                                  2005        2006      2006    2006         2005        2006     2006     2006  

        United States (1) ..     1,254         865      964    1,315       116,127      87,699   98,804  136,186

Northeast ..................       218         126      143      207        19,125      12,451   13,504   20,723

    New England ............        24          20       14       25         2,703       2,532      966    2,090
    Middle Atlantic ........       194         106      129      182        16,422       9,919   12,538   18,633

South ......................       279         209      183      227        31,437      23,990   23,687   27,536

    South Atlantic .........       165          98      111      113        14,596      10,807    9,228   12,800
    East South Central .....        42          50       46       54         5,296       7,830   11,517    6,109
    West South Central .....        72          61       26       60        11,545       5,353    2,942    8,627

Midwest ....................       355         208      223      429        34,901      25,348   28,833   49,067

    East North Central .....       279         167      177      333        27,180      19,269   22,646   39,291
    West North Central .....        76          41       46       96         7,721       6,079    6,187    9,776

West .......................       402         322      415      452        30,664      25,910   32,780   38,860

    Mountain ...............        50          18       35       49         4,552       2,092    3,180    4,457
    Pacific ................       352         304      380      403        26,112      23,818   29,600   34,403

    1 See footnote 1, table 3.
    NOTE:  The States (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the census divisions are:  New England:
Connecticut, Maine,  Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic:  New Jersey, 
New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, 
North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central:  Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi,
and Tennessee; West South Central:  Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; East North Central:  Illinois, Indiana,
Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central:  Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and 
South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific:  Alaska,
California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.





Table 6. State distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance,
not seasonally adjusted

                                                                                         Initial claimants for          
                                         Mass layoff events                             unemployment insurance          
           State                                                                                                        
                           November   September   October      November      November   September    October    November
                             2005        2006       2006         2006          2005        2006        2006       2006  

   Total (1) ............   1,254         865        964        1,315       116,127      87,699      98,804    136,186

Alabama .................       6          13          5           12           783       1,015         467      1,512
Alaska ..................       4         (2)          4            6           401        (2)          266        716
Arizona .................       4         (2)          3          (2)           350        (2)          295       (2) 
Arkansas ................       7         (2)         -            5         1,866         (2)           -       1,014
California ..............     302         281        336          327        21,324      21,642      25,931     27,433
Colorado ................       7           3          6            9           758         294         517        691
Connecticut .............       3           4        (2)            3           235         414        (2)         318
Delaware ................       -         (2)         -            -             -         (2)          -          -  
District of Columbia ....       -          -          -            -             -          -           -          -  
Florida .................     100          46         56           35         7,138       3,627       3,289      2,207
Georgia .................      24          20         16           28         2,511       1,555       2,207      3,904
Hawaii ..................     (2)         (2)          5          (2)          (2)         (2)          422       (2) 
Idaho ...................      11         (2)          6           12           976        (2)          664        963

Illinois ................      34          38         39           55         3,600       3,578       5,508      5,849
Indiana .................      29          25         19           44         2,811       3,166       4,281      7,285
Iowa ....................      20           8         15           19         1,636         817       2,664      2,352
Kansas ..................       6           8          3            7           647         986         176        822
Kentucky ................      23          23         24           24         3,521       5,133       9,645      3,341
Louisiana ...............      36          26          4           13         4,030       2,041         365      1,229
Maine ...................     (2)         (2)        (2)            4          (2)         (2)         (2)         322
Maryland ................     (2)           4          6            9          (2)          433         574      1,236
Massachusetts ...........      10          10         10            9           650         937         707        665
Michigan ................      62          34         43           82         4,986       4,072       6,432     10,636
Minnesota ...............      27           9         10           39         2,503       2,377         880      3,360
Mississippi .............     (2)           7          3            8          (2)          847         202        443
Missouri ................      19          12         13           26         2,640       1,254         901      2,448

Montana .................       7         (2)          5            7           770        (2)          672        789
Nebraska ................     (2)           4          4          (2)          (2)          645         345       (2) 
Nevada ..................      13           7          4           15         1,144       1,018         274      1,704
New Hampshire ...........     (2)         (2)         -           (2)          (2)         (2)          -         (2) 
New Jersey ..............      32          12         15           47         3,239       1,898       1,043      7,197
New Mexico ..............       3           3          6            5           201         175         465        258
New York ................      36          33         39           33         3,197       3,126       4,575      2,918
North Carolina ..........      10           7          7           13           841         842         592      1,423
North Dakota ............     (2)          -         (2)            4          (2)           -         (2)         406
Ohio ....................      52          39         35           48         5,607       5,276       2,890      4,998
Oklahoma ................       4           3          4            5           596         269         691        890
Oregon ..................      16           9         19           32         1,610         958       1,818      2,668
Pennsylvania ............     126          61         75          102         9,986       4,895       6,920      8,518

Rhode Island ............     (2)         (2)         -           (2)          (2)         (2)          -         (2) 
South Carolina ..........      18           9         16           16         2,251       1,645       1,837      1,994
South Dakota ............      -           -          -            -            -           -           -          -  
Tennessee ...............      11           7         14           10           905         835       1,203        813
Texas ...................      25          30         18           37         5,053       2,916       1,886      5,494
Utah ....................       3          -         (2)           -            218         -          (2)         -  
Vermont .................       7         (2)        (2)            6         1,285        (2)         (2)         582
Virginia ................      10           8          9           11         1,570       1,748         598      1,979
Washington ..............      29          10         16           36         2,695         909       1,163      3,390
West Virginia ...........     (2)           3        (2)          (2)          (2)          207        (2)        (2) 
Wisconsin ...............     102          31         41          104        10,176       3,177       3,535     10,523
Wyoming .................     (2)          -           3           -           (2)          -           179        -  

Puerto Rico .............      12          12          6            7         1,202       1,714         729        626

   1 See footnote 1, table 3.
   2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.  
   NOTE: Dash represents zero.