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MASS LAYOFFS — MAY 2013 

Employers took 1,301 mass layoff actions in May involving 127,821 workers as measured by new 

filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 

reported today. (Data are seasonally adjusted.) Each mass layoff involved at least 50 workers from a 

single employer. Mass layoff events increased by 102 from April, and the number of associated initial 

claims increased by 10,972. In May, 276 mass layoff events occurred in the manufacturing sector 

resulting in 33,527 initial claims. Monthly mass layoff events are identified using administrative data 

sources without regard to layoff duration. (See table 1 and the note at the end of this release.) 

Mass Layoffs Data Discontinued 

On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the-board spending cuts (commonly 

referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as 

amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more 

than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help 

achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass 

Layoff Statistics, and all "measuring green jobs" products. This news release is the final publication of 

monthly mass layoff survey data. 

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Chart 1. Masslayoff initial claims and unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, May 2002‐May 2013   
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The national unemployment rate was 7.6 percent in May, essentially unchanged from the prior month 

and down from 8.2 percent a year earlier. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 175,000 over 

the month, and increased by 2,115,000 over the year. 

Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted) 

The number of mass layoff events in May was 1,383, not seasonally adjusted, resulting in 134,483 initial 

claims for unemployment insurance. (See table 2.) Over the year, the number of average weekly mass 

layoff events for May decreased by 23 to 277, and associated average weekly initial claims decreased by 

418 to 26,897. Ten of the 19 major industry sectors in the private economy reported over-the-year 

decreases in average weekly initial claims, with the largest decrease occurring in retail trade and 

information. (See table 3.) Temporary help services was the six-digit industry with the largest number of 

private nonfarm initial claims due to mass layoffs in May. (See table A.) 

The manufacturing sector accounted for 18 percent of mass layoff events and 21 percent of the 

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

layoff claimants were highest in machinery and in food. Eleven of the 21 manufacturing subsectors 

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

Geographic Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted) 

Among the census regions, the South had the largest number of initial claims due to mass layoffs in 

May. Three of the 4 regions experienced over-the-year increases in average weekly initial claims, with 

the largest increase occurring in the South. (See table 4.) 

Among the states, California had the highest number of mass layoff initial claims in May, followed by 

Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Texas. Twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia experienced overthe-year decreases in average weekly initial claims, led by Missouri and New York. (See table 4.) 

Table A. Six-digit NAICS industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims

in May 2013, private nonfarm, not seasonally adjusted

Temporary help services 1

 ........................................ 11,779 2002 16,992 

Food service contractors .......................................... 10,421 2009 11,216 

Child day care services ............................................. 10,327 2013 10,327 

Construction machinery manufacturing ...................... 4,084 2013 4,084 

School and employee bus transportation ................... 2,783 2008 6,323 

Other individual and family services ........................... 2,427 2013 2,427 

Motion picture and video production ........................ 2,222 1999 8,985 

Professional employer organizations 1

 ....................... 2,189 2009 5,898 

Discount department stores ...................................... 1,880 2002 3,981 

Supermarkets and other grocery stores ..................... 1,851 1996 4,492 

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 See the Technical Note for more information on these industries.

Industry Initial claims

May peak

Year Initial claims
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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. The monthly data series in this release are subjected to 

average weekly analysis, which mitigates the effect of differing lengths of months. See the Technical 

Note for more detailed definitions and for a description of average weekly analysis. 
Technical Note 

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

identifying, describing, and tracking the effects of major job 

cutbacks, using data from each state's unemployment 

insurance database. Each month, states report on employers 

which have at least 50 initial claims filed against them during 

a consecutive 5-week period. These employers then are 

contacted by the state agency to determine whether these 

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

information concerning the layoff is collected. States report 

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

The monthly data present preliminary mass layoff 

activity in the reference month and are not revised in 

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

layoffs in states affected by Hurricane Katrina). Counts of 

initial claims associated with mass layoff events reflect 

activity through the end of the reference month. Additional 

mass layoff event and initial claims activity received after 

data for the reference month have been published by BLS are 

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

may not match revised mass layoff data issued in state 

publications. However, any additional mass layoff 

information meeting the extended mass layoff criteria will be 

reflected in BLS’ quarterly publication of extended mass 

layoff data. 

A given month contains an aggregation of the weekly 

unemployment insurance claims filings for the Sunday 

through Saturday weeks in that month. All weeks are 

included for the particular month, except if the first day of the 

month falls on Saturday. In this case, the week is included in 

the prior month's tabulations. This means that some months 

will contain 4 weeks and others, 5 weeks. The number of 

weeks in a given month may be different from year to year, 

and the number of weeks in a year may vary. Therefore, data 

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

in the not seasonally adjusted series should use the average 

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

release. The average weekly adjustment process produces a 

consistent series for each month across all years, permitting 

over-the-year analysis to be performed using strictly 

comparable data. 

The MLS program resumed operations in April 1995 

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

funding. Prior to April 1995, monthly layoff statistics were 

not available. 

Information in this release will be made available to 

sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 

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

Definitions 

Average weekly mass layoff events and initial claimants. 

The number of events and initial claimants in a given month 

divided by the number of weeks contained within that month.

Employer. Employers in the MLS program include 

those covered by state unemployment insurance laws. 

Information on employers is obtained from the Quarterly 

Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program, which 

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

Industry. Employers are classified according to the 2007 

version of the North American Industry Classification System 

(NAICS). For temporary help and professional employer 

organization industries, monthly MLS-related statistics 

generally reflect layoffs related to underlying client 

companies in other industries. An individual layoff action at a 

client company can be small, but when initial claimants 

associated with many such layoffs are assigned to a 

temporary help or professional employer organization firm, a 

mass layoff event may trigger. 

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

entitlement to and eligibility for compensation, or for a 

subsequent period of unemployment within a benefit year or 

period of eligibility. 

Mass layoff event. Fifty or more initial claims for 

unemployment insurance benefits filed against an employer 

during a 5-week period, regardless of duration. 

Seasonal adjustment 

Effective with the release of data for January 2005, BLS 

began publishing six seasonally adjusted monthly MLS 

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

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

and manufacturing sectors. 

Seasonal adjustment is the process of estimating and 

removing the effect on time series data of regularly recurring 

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

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

seasonal adjustment makes it easier to observe fundamental 

changes in time series, particularly those associated with 

general economic expansions and contractions. 

The MLS data are seasonally adjusted using the X-12-

ARIMA seasonal adjustment method on a concurrent basis. 
Concurrent seasonal adjustment uses all available monthly 

estimates, including those for the current month, in 

developing seasonal adjustment factors. Revisions to the most 

recent 5 years of seasonally adjusted data will be made once a 

year with the issuance of December data. Before the data are 

seasonally adjusted, prior adjustments are made to the 

original data to adjust them for differences in the number of 

weeks used to calculate the monthly data. Because weekly 

unemployment insurance claims are aggregated to form 

monthly data, a particular month's value could be calculated 

with 5 weeks of data in 1 year and 4 weeks in another. The 

effects of these differences could seriously distort the 

seasonal factors if they were ignored in the seasonal 

adjustment process. These effects are modeled in the X-12-

ARIMA program and are permanently removed from the 

final seasonally adjusted series.
Table 1. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, June 2009

 to May 2013, seasonally adjusted

2009

June .............................................................. 2,470 248,680 2,261 231,529 1,063 140,105 

July ................................................................ 2,184 222,776 1,976 203,347 639 76,345 

August ........................................................... 2,358 218,380 2,119 198,877 743 75,387 

September .................................................... 2,274 216,959 2,054 200,863 754 90,250 

October ......................................................... 1,970 196,370 1,775 178,648 567 64,681 

November ..................................................... 1,764 159,283 1,598 146,802 469 51,887 

December ..................................................... 1,720 155,738 1,549 141,699 425 44,455 

2010

January ......................................................... 1,699 169,561 1,522 155,298 461 53,303 

February ........................................................ 1,647 161,694 1,480 147,259 387 47,272 

March ............................................................ 1,703 153,784 1,501 138,188 373 43,022 

April ............................................................... 1,622 154,962 1,442 138,849 378 44,860 

May ............................................................... 1,585 150,959 1,345 131,482 317 31,677 

June .............................................................. 1,701 152,080 1,481 133,366 335 34,653 

July ................................................................ 1,521 137,750 1,315 121,313 303 32,064 

August ........................................................... 1,612 162,455 1,409 138,849 384 41,123 

September .................................................... 1,526 137,074 1,303 117,582 310 33,906 

October ......................................................... 1,661 149,985 1,454 132,373 349 38,157 

November ..................................................... 1,584 153,394 1,407 138,925 353 38,097 

December ..................................................... 1,476 136,252 1,277 121,849 322 36,611 

2011

January ......................................................... 1,522 150,406 1,335 132,659 327 37,431 

February ........................................................ 1,456 137,938 1,263 123,141 312 30,036 

March ............................................................ 1,307 119,691 1,156 106,721 269 31,699 

April ............................................................... 1,526 145,315 1,366 130,841 352 37,177 

May ............................................................... 1,573 144,824 1,387 129,296 399 42,238 

June .............................................................. 1,522 144,060 1,342 129,136 359 38,630 

July ................................................................ 1,566 144,543 1,347 123,815 342 35,458 

August ........................................................... 1,585 168,266 1,364 153,081 374 46,267 

September .................................................... 1,463 150,165 1,319 136,564 346 37,505 

October ......................................................... 1,349 118,135 1,220 106,478 335 32,310 

November ..................................................... 1,312 123,078 1,177 113,239 312 33,715 

December ..................................................... 1,392 144,661 1,247 129,994 346 38,469 

2012

January ......................................................... 1,435 129,169 1,298 118,127 325 32,503 

February ........................................................ 1,275 120,199 1,134 109,458 283 28,236 

March ............................................................ 1,290 125,195 1,141 112,889 269 28,300 

April ............................................................... 1,403 138,164 1,235 122,236 294 34,929 

May ............................................................... 1,370 131,603 1,220 119,788 277 31,873 

June .............................................................. 1,320 133,080 1,178 120,857 282 31,737 

July ................................................................ 1,354 138,694 1,217 128,186 355 43,427 

August ........................................................... 1,297 130,266 1,172 120,391 322 39,389 

September .................................................... 1,346 125,692 1,223 116,792 365 40,287 

October ......................................................... 1,400 136,153 1,249 125,026 346 42,927 

November ..................................................... 1,749 172,879 1,574 159,872 412 47,171 

December ..................................................... 1,509 137,839 1,334 125,505 330 35,211 

2013

January ......................................................... 1,328 134,026 1,197 123,088 357 43,068 

February ........................................................ 1,422 135,468 1,218 119,856 295 39,407 

March ............................................................ 1,337 127,939 1,183 115,664 311 36,696 

April ............................................................... 1,199 116,849 1,051 104,746 293 29,744 

May ............................................................... 1,301 127,821 1,134 115,260 276 33,527 

Date

Total Private nonfarm Manufacturing

Events Initial

claimants Events Initialclaimants Events Initial

claimants
Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, June 2009 to May 2013,

not seasonally adjusted

2009

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2010

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2011

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2012

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

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

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

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

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

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

July ................................................................ 1,515 157,753 1,321 144,340 559 74,963 

August ........................................................... 1,063 104,045 992 97,694 251 31,193 

September .................................................... 811 70,570 749 66,214 221 22,748 

October ......................................................... 1,142 109,829 968 97,390 277 37,702 

November ..................................................... 2,339 249,949 2,078 228,124 551 72,690 

December ..................................................... 1,973 187,137 1,822 177,452 477 50,686 

2013

January ......................................................... 1,528 144,517 1,424 135,970 455 50,793 

February ........................................................ 960 79,786 846 72,391 192 21,630 

March ............................................................ 1,132 114,897 1,048 108,200 268 28,923 

April ............................................................... 1,174 119,196 1,068 109,105 248 25,780 

May ............................................................... 1,383 134,483 1,218 121,545 221 26,125 

Date

Total Private nonfarm Manufacturing

Events Initial

claimants Events Initialclaimants Events Initial

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

May May May May May May May May

2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013

 Total 2

 ....................................................................... 1,201 1,383 109,259 134,483 300 277 27,315 26,897 

Total, private .................................................................. 1,099 1,255 101,354 123,833 275 251 25,339 24,767 

 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting .................... 18 37 920 2,288 5 7 230 458 

 Total, private nonfarm .................................................. 1,081 1,218 100,434 121,545 270 244 25,109 24,309 

 Mining ........................................................................ 5 5 262 353 1 1 66 71 

 Utilities ....................................................................... ( 3 ) 3 ( 3 ) 243 ( 3 ) 1 ( 3 ) 49 

 Construction ............................................................... 129 135 9,617 11,463 32 27 2,404 2,293 

 Construction of buildings ........................................ 26 23 2,250 2,064 7 5 563 413 

 Heavy and civil engineering construction ............... 40 49 3,198 4,677 10 10 800 935 

 Specialty trade contractors .................................... 63 63 4,169 4,722 16 13 1,042 944 

 Manufacturing ............................................................ 186 221 18,800 26,125 47 44 4,700 5,225 

 Food ....................................................................... 48 57 4,487 6,040 12 11 1,122 1,208 

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

 Textile mills ............................................................ 7 7 685 523 2 1 171 105 

 Textile product mills ............................................... 4 4 266 371 1 1 67 74 

 Apparel ................................................................... 10 8 711 664 3 2 178 133 

 Leather and allied products .................................... - - - - - - - - 

 Wood products ....................................................... 4 6 262 530 1 1 66 106 

 Paper ..................................................................... 6 6 628 554 2 1 157 111 

 Printing and related support activities .................... 16 4 1,373 307 4 1 343 61 

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

 Chemicals .............................................................. 5 5 546 385 1 1 137 77 

 Plastics and rubber products ................................. 5 5 300 469 1 1 75 94 

 Nonmetallic mineral products ................................. 5 3 488 195 1 1 122 39 

 Primary metals ....................................................... 9 16 641 1,125 2 3 160 225 

 Fabricated metal products ..................................... 6 12 384 804 2 2 96 161 

 Machinery .............................................................. 12 29 1,175 7,155 3 6 294 1,431 

 Computer and electronic products ......................... 12 11 913 729 3 2 228 146 

 Electrical equipment and appliances ..................... 4 5 723 551 1 1 181 110 

 Transportation equipment ...................................... 19 22 3,836 4,020 5 4 959 804 

 Furniture and related products ............................... 9 11 1,049 1,041 2 2 262 208 

 Miscellaneous manufacturing ................................ ( 3 ) 5 ( 3 ) 329 ( 3 ) 1 ( 3 ) 66 

 Wholesale trade ......................................................... 16 26 976 1,674 4 5 244 335 

 Retail trade 4

 .............................................................. 117 103 11,529 9,008 29 21 2,882 1,802 

 Building material and garden supply stores ........... 8 8 767 759 2 2 192 152 

 Food and beverage stores ..................................... 18 22 1,302 1,851 5 4 326 370 

 Clothing and clothing accessories stores ............... 14 8 773 500 4 2 193 100 

 General merchandise stores .................................. 49 32 6,414 3,534 12 6 1,604 707 

 Transportation and warehousing 4

 ............................. 38 45 4,628 5,188 10 9 1,157 1,038 

 Truck transportation ............................................... 7 8 362 552 2 2 91 110 

 Transit and ground passenger transportation ........ 13 21 2,844 3,338 3 4 711 668 

 Support activities for transportation ....................... 3 ( 3 ) 161 ( 3 ) 1 ( 3 ) 40 ( 3 )

 Information ................................................................. 39 43 5,349 4,020 10 9 1,337 804 

 Finance and insurance ............................................... 31 18 2,478 1,273 8 4 620 255 

 Real estate and rental and leasing ............................ 4 7 428 540 1 1 107 108 

 Professional and technical services ........................... 56 64 3,780 6,685 14 13 945 1,337 

 Management of companies and enterprises .............. 4 4 516 407 1 1 129 81 

 Administrative and waste services ............................. 169 207 12,483 17,588 42 41 3,121 3,518 

 Educational services .................................................. 11 12 843 980 3 2 211 196 

 Health care and social assistance ............................. 95 133 9,725 15,256 24 27 2,431 3,051 

 Arts, entertainment, and recreation ............................ 26 28 1,920 1,720 7 6 480 344 

 Accommodation and food services ............................ 120 130 14,142 15,553 30 26 3,536 3,111 

 Accommodation ..................................................... 13 14 970 972 3 3 243 194 

 Food services and drinking places ......................... 107 116 13,172 14,581 27 23 3,293 2,916 

 Other services, except public administration ............. 29 31 2,595 3,162 7 6 649 632 

 Unclassified ................................................................ ( 3 ) 3 ( 3 ) 307 ( 3 ) 1 ( 3 ) 61 

Government ................................................................... 102 128 7,905 10,650 26 26 1,976 2,130 

 Federal ....................................................................... 7 8 519 782 2 2 130 156 

 State ........................................................................... 24 36 1,856 2,902 6 7 464 580 

 State government education ................................. 15 23 1,008 1,672 4 5 252 334 

 Local .......................................................................... 71 84 5,530 6,966 18 17 1,383 1,393 

 Local government education ................................. 37 52 2,359 3,935 9 10 590 787 

 1

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

 lengths of months. There were 4 weeks in May 2012 3

 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.

 and 5 weeks in May 2013. Average weekly events 4

 Includes other industries not shown.

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

 due to rounding.

Industry

Mass layoff totals Average weekly mass layoffs1

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

not seasonally adjusted

May May May May May May May May

2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013

 Total 2 ................................................ 1,201 1,383 109,259 134,483 300 277 27,315 26,897

Northeast .............................................. 197 182 18,817 16,595 49 36 4,704 3,319

 Connecticut ...................................... 11 6 864 441 3 1 216 88

 Maine ................................................ ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) Massachusetts ................................. 9 5 1,142 338 2 1 286 68

 New Hampshire ................................ ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) New Jersey ....................................... 22 21 1,967 2,033 6 4 492 407

 New York .......................................... 65 52 6,199 5,099 16 10 1,550 1,020

 Pennsylvania .................................... 79 87 7,483 7,450 20 17 1,871 1,490

 Rhode Island .................................... 4 3 439 181 1 1 110 36

 Vermont ............................................ 3 5 334 672 1 1 84 134

South .................................................... 358 428 33,270 45,661 90 86 8,318 9,132

 Alabama ........................................... 13 28 1,019 2,411 3 6 255 482

 Arkansas .......................................... 9 12 1,031 1,398 2 2 258 280

 Delaware .......................................... ( 3 ) 4 ( 3 ) 250 ( 3 ) 1 ( 3 ) 50

 District of Columbia .......................... 3 3 187 177 1 1 47 35

 Florida .............................................. 75 78 4,621 4,914 19 16 1,155 983

 Georgia ............................................. 28 33 2,906 4,629 7 7 727 926

 Kentucky ........................................... 20 18 1,886 2,193 5 4 472 439

 Louisiana .......................................... 21 16 1,884 2,154 5 3 471 431

 Maryland 4

 ......................................... 9 16 706 1,531 2 3 177 306

 Mississippi ........................................ 28 26 3,961 4,634 7 5 990 927

 North Carolina .................................. 46 54 4,247 6,177 12 11 1,062 1,235

 Oklahoma ......................................... 5 3 361 214 1 1 90 43

 South Carolina .................................. 4 11 327 1,570 1 2 82 314

 Tennessee ........................................ 20 24 1,762 3,070 5 5 441 614

 Texas ................................................ 53 76 5,130 7,419 13 15 1,283 1,484

 Virginia ............................................. 21 23 3,038 2,688 5 5 760 538

 West Virginia .................................... ( 3 ) 3 ( 3 ) 232 ( 3 ) 1 ( 3 ) 46

Midwest ................................................ 249 292 26,349 33,002 62 58 6,587 6,600

 Illinois ............................................... 64 60 7,361 11,153 16 12 1,840 2,231

 Indiana .............................................. 23 27 2,078 2,285 6 5 520 457

 Iowa .................................................. 12 13 1,208 1,179 3 3 302 236

 Kansas ............................................. 11 11 1,092 1,603 3 2 273 321

 Michigan ........................................... 22 41 1,922 4,333 6 8 481 867

 Minnesota ......................................... ( 3 ) 16 ( 3 ) 1,565 ( 3 ) 3 ( 3 ) 313

 Missouri ............................................ 28 37 4,491 2,723 7 7 1,123 545

 Nebraska .......................................... 9 7 924 903 2 1 231 181

 North Dakota .................................... ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) Ohio .................................................. 37 44 3,401 3,547 9 9 850 709

 South Dakota .................................... ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) Wisconsin ......................................... 35 31 3,298 3,268 9 6 825 654

West ..................................................... 397 481 30,823 39,225 99 96 7,706 7,845

 Alaska ............................................... 7 8 619 657 2 2 155 131

 Arizona ............................................. 14 15 1,245 1,262 4 3 311 252

 California .......................................... 307 377 22,995 30,069 77 75 5,749 6,014

 Colorado ........................................... 10 9 902 930 3 2 226 186

 Hawaii ............................................... ( 3 ) 8 ( 3 ) 622 ( 3 ) 2 ( 3 ) 124

 Idaho ................................................ 3 ( 3 ) 201 ( 3 ) 1 ( 3 ) 50 ( 3 ) Montana ........................................... 3 6 223 422 1 1 56 84

 Nevada ............................................. 11 13 859 1,102 3 3 215 220

 New Mexico ...................................... 11 10 999 836 3 2 250 167

 Oregon ............................................. 15 19 1,416 2,057 4 4 354 411

 Utah .................................................. 5 ( 3 ) 366 ( 3 ) 1 ( 3 ) 92 ( 3 ) Washington ...................................... 8 9 736 733 2 2 184 147

 Wyoming .......................................... ( 3 ) - ( 3 ) - ( 3 ) - ( 3 ) -

 Puerto Rico ....................................... 5 8 504 923 1 2 126 185

1

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

2

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

3

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

Census region and state

Mass layoff totals Average weekly mass layoffs1

Events Initial claimants Events Initial claimants