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                                             For release: 10:00 A.M. EDT
Media contact:                691-5902       Friday, July 20, 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 manufac-
turing 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.
   
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.)

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Table A.  Industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims
in June 2007
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                                          |        |         June peak
                 Industry                 |Initial |------------------------
                                          | claims |      |
                                          |        | Year |  Initial claims
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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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   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 auto-
mobile manufacturing and in travel trailer and camper manufacturing), fol-
lowed 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 lay-
offs in elementary and secondary schools.  Seven percent of all mass layoff 
events and 10 percent of related initial claims filed were from accommoda-
tion 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).
   
                                  - 3 -  

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 record-
ing industries together accounted for 38 percent of all mass layoff initial 
claims in that region during the 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 over-the-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.
 
 
 
 
 
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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, July 2003 to 
June 2007, seasonally adjusted

                                       Total            Private nonfarm         Manufacturing

             Date                                                                             
                                           Initial               Initial               Initial
                                 Events   claimants    Events   claimants    Events   claimants
                                                                                              
             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.





Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance,  July 2003 to 
June 2007, not seasonally adjusted

                                       Total            Private nonfarm        Manufacturing   

             Date                                                                              
                                           Initial               Initial               Initial 
                                 Events   claimants    Events   claimants    Events   claimants

             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.





Table 3. Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance

                                                                                                     Initial claimants for        
                                                             Mass layoff events                     unemployment insurance        
                     Industry                                                                                                     

                                                    June     April       May      June       June       April      May      June  
                                                    2006     2007r      2007r     2007       2006       2007r     2007r     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.
   2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.   
   r = revised.
   NOTE:  Dash represents zero.





Table 4. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, April 2005 to June 2007,
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

             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 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.
   r = revised.
   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                                                                                            

                                    June      April      May         June       June      April        May         June 
                                    2006      2007r     2007r        2007       2006      2007r       2007r        2007
                                                                                                                        
        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.
   r  = revised.
   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                                                                                                      
                              June        April        May       June        June         April        May        June
                              2006        2007r       2007r      2007        2006         2007r       2007r       2007

   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.
   2  Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
   r = revised.
   NOTE: Dash represents zero.