For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Thursday, December 22, 2011 USDL-11- 1779 

Technical information: (202) 691-6392 • mlsinfo@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/mls 

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MASS LAYOFFS — NOVEMBER 2011 

Employers took 1,331 mass layoff actions in November involving 129,887 workers, seasonally adjusted, 

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

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

The number of mass layoff events in November decreased by 22 from October, while the number of 

associated initial claims increased by 11,198. In November, 322 mass layoff events were reported in the 

manufacturing sector, seasonally adjusted, resulting in 36,343 initial claims. (See table 1.) 

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Chart 1. Masslayoff initial claims and unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, November 2000‐November 2011   

The national unemployment rate was 8.6 percent in November, down from 9.0 percent the prior month 

and from 9.8 percent a year earlier. In November, total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 

120,000 over the month and by 1,600,000 over the year. 

Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted) 

The number of mass layoff events in November was 1,393, not seasonally adjusted, resulting in 127,750 

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

mass layoff events decreased by 71 to 348, and associated average weekly initial claims decreased by 

7,574 to 31,938. Thirteen of the 19 major industry sectors in the private economy reported over-the-year 

decreases in average weekly initial claims, with the largest decreases occurring in information, 

construction, and administrative and waste services. (See table 3.) The six-digit industry with the largest 
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Table A. Six-digit NAICS industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims

in November 2011, private nonfarm, not seasonally adjusted

Highway, street, and bridge construction ................... 9,355 2001 14,641 

Temporary help services 1

 ........................................ 8,767 2000 19,023 

Food service contractors .......................................... 5,672 2007 6,163 

School and employee bus transportation ................... 5,068 2011 5,068 

Automobile manufacturing ........................................ 3,074 2007 8,416 

Motion picture and video production ........................ 2,073 2000 8,664 

Professional employer organizations 1

 ....................... 2,007 2008 5,873 

Travel trailer and camper manufacturing .................... 1,793 2006 3,548 

Landscaping services ................................................ 1,653 2002 2,129 

Industrial building construction .................................. 1,555 2002 3,306 

 1 See the Technical Note for more information on these industries.

Industry Initial Claims

November peak

Year Initial claims

number of private nonfarm initial claims in November 2011 was highway, street, and bridge 

construction. (See table A.) 

The manufacturing sector accounted for 25 percent of all mass layoff events and 30 percent of initial 

claims filed in November. A year earlier, manufacturing made up 23 percent of events and 26 percent of 

initial claims. Within this sector, the numbers of mass layoff claimants in November 2011 was greatest 

in the transportation equipment, food, and machinery subsectors. Fifteen of the 21 manufacturing 

subsectors experienced over-the-year decreases in average weekly initial claims, with the largest 

decrease occurring in electrical equipment and appliances. (See table 3.) 

Geographic Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted) 

Among the census regions, the Midwest registered the greatest numbers of initial claims in November. 

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

largest decline occurring in the West. (See table 4.) 

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

followed by Wisconsin, Texas, Pennsylvania, and Michigan. Thirty-three states and the District of 

Columbia experienced over-the-year declines in average weekly initial claims, led by California and 

North Carolina. (See table 4.) 

Note 

The monthly data series in this release cover mass layoffs of 50 or more workers beginning in a given 

month, regardless of the duration of the layoffs. For private nonfarm establishments, information on the 

length of the layoff is obtained later and issued in a quarterly release that reports on mass layoffs lasting 

more than 30 days (referred to as "extended mass layoffs"). The quarterly release provides more 

information on the industry classification and location of the establishment and on the demographics of 
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the laid-off workers. The monthly data series in this release are subjected to average weekly analysis, 

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

definitions and for a description of average weekly analysis. 

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The Mass Layoffs news release for December 2011 and Annual Totals for 2011 is scheduled to be 

released on Wednesday, January 25, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. (EST). 

Revision of Seasonally Adjusted Mass Layoff Data 

In accordance with usual practice, the release of mass layoff data for December 2011, 

scheduled for January 25, 2012, will incorporate annual updating of seasonal adjustment 

factors. Seasonally adjusted estimates back to January 2007 are subject to revision. 

Upcoming Changes to Mass Layoff Data 

With the release of January 2012 data on February 23, 2012, the Mass Layoff Statistics 

program will update the basis for industry classification from the 2007 North American 

Industry Classification System (NAICS) to the 2012 NAICS. The new classification reflects 

definitional changes within construction, manufacturing, and wholesale trade. Several industry 

codes, titles, and descriptions will also be updated. For more information on the 2012 NAICS 

update, visit www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html. 
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. 

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; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339 

Definitions 

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, December 2007 to 

November 2011, seasonally adjusted

2007

December .................................................... 1,553 154,275 1,435 144,785 463 59,445 

2008

January ........................................................ 1,437 146,900 1,302 135,622 431 55,562 

February ....................................................... 1,604 175,128 1,441 163,475 471 59,118 

March ........................................................... 1,500 150,502 1,388 140,424 435 56,156 

April .............................................................. 1,292 128,901 1,162 118,016 449 58,402 

May .............................................................. 1,582 161,944 1,444 152,230 468 62,452 

June ............................................................. 1,631 164,508 1,488 153,014 491 68,198 

July ............................................................... 1,581 164,497 1,443 153,720 463 62,425 

August .......................................................... 1,791 181,107 1,653 171,705 583 77,874 

September ................................................... 2,192 233,034 2,024 219,532 635 82,471 

October ........................................................ 2,221 229,254 2,062 215,787 697 92,408 

November .................................................... 2,415 228,107 2,256 214,631 900 102,284 

December .................................................... 2,443 245,661 2,264 231,138 927 114,280 

2009

January ........................................................ 2,272 238,717 2,103 224,850 756 100,927 

February ....................................................... 2,801 315,507 2,636 300,042 1,194 138,583 

March ........................................................... 2,950 295,543 2,758 279,027 1,205 144,713 

April .............................................................. 2,579 251,032 2,368 234,796 997 121,435 

May .............................................................. 2,758 288,319 2,557 271,425 1,187 147,548 

June ............................................................. 2,506 250,275 2,293 232,814 1,048 135,389 

July ............................................................... 2,192 223,697 1,977 203,365 620 72,932 

August .......................................................... 2,419 220,262 2,177 201,951 778 83,837 

September ................................................... 2,305 219,924 2,095 204,596 799 91,665 

October ........................................................ 1,975 195,347 1,780 177,977 570 63,646 

November .................................................... 1,754 154,223 1,585 141,439 464 51,891 

December .................................................... 1,725 156,274 1,545 141,649 420 43,584 

2010

January ........................................................ 1,716 171,633 1,541 157,597 494 60,059 

February ....................................................... 1,492 149,369 1,318 135,490 351 40,564 

March ........................................................... 1,635 146,901 1,436 131,953 347 37,273 

April .............................................................. 1,675 159,358 1,498 143,814 371 48,646 

May .............................................................. 1,665 155,352 1,405 133,913 314 30,967 

June ............................................................. 1,729 153,937 1,504 134,837 326 32,646 

July ............................................................... 1,528 138,581 1,316 121,378 296 30,752 

August .......................................................... 1,658 163,325 1,453 141,489 409 47,668 

September ................................................... 1,541 137,941 1,331 119,654 336 34,641 

October ........................................................ 1,649 147,204 1,445 130,264 353 37,394 

November .................................................... 1,579 148,800 1,397 133,845 350 39,072 

December .................................................... 1,483 137,992 1,272 122,688 319 35,977 

2011

January ........................................................ 1,534 149,799 1,344 132,730 341 39,189 

February ....................................................... 1,421 130,818 1,220 116,190 291 26,060 

March ........................................................... 1,286 118,523 1,128 105,636 253 27,619 

April .............................................................. 1,564 143,927 1,401 129,702 327 35,022 

May .............................................................. 1,599 143,540 1,405 127,494 373 38,673 

June ............................................................. 1,532 143,444 1,348 128,105 341 35,693 

July ............................................................... 1,579 145,000 1,363 124,745 342 35,460 

August .......................................................... 1,587 165,547 1,373 150,136 391 48,997 

September ................................................... 1,495 153,229 1,347 139,151 376 39,929 

October ........................................................ 1,353 118,689 1,221 107,101 345 33,849 

November .................................................... 1,331 129,887 1,192 119,061 322 36,343 

Date

Total Private nonfarm Manufacturing

Events Initial

claimants Events Initial

claimants Events Initial

claimants
Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, December 2007 to 

November 2011, not seasonally adjusted

2007

December .................................................... 2,167 224,214 2,071 216,898 699 91,754 

2008

January ........................................................ 1,647 154,503 1,520 144,191 488 54,418 

February ....................................................... 1,269 119,508 1,178 113,587 361 42,527 

March ........................................................... 1,089 114,541 1,039 110,147 333 43,740 

April .............................................................. 1,272 130,810 1,172 121,625 394 48,188 

May .............................................................. 1,552 159,471 1,438 150,462 388 51,698 

June ............................................................. 1,622 166,742 1,315 140,916 309 42,097 

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

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

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

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

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

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

2009

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2010

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2011

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Date

Total Private nonfarm Manufacturing

Events Initial

claimants Events Initial

claimants Events Initial

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

November November November November November November November November

2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011

 Total 2

 ........................................................................ 1,676 1,393 158,048 127,750 419 348 39,512 31,938 

Total, private ................................................................... 1,614 1,332 152,651 123,294 404 333 38,163 30,824 

 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting ..................... 137 87 10,060 5,820 34 22 2,515 1,455 

 Total, private nonfarm ................................................... 1,477 1,245 142,591 117,474 369 311 35,648 29,369 

 Mining ..

........................................................................ 13 10 943 739 3 3 236 185 

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

 Construction ................................................................ 325 260 26,767 21,526 81 65 6,692 5,382 

 Construction of buildings ......................................... 37 32 2,817 2,772 9 8 704 693 

 Heavy and civil engineering construction ................ 189 156 16,720 13,320 47 39 4,180 3,330 

 Specialty trade contractors ..................................... 99 72 7,230 5,434 25 18 1,808 1,359 

 Manufacturing ............................................................. 389 349 41,383 37,799 97 87 10,346 9,450 

 Food ........................................................................ 69 64 7,242 6,312 17 16 1,811 1,578 

 Beverage and tobacco products ............................. 7 12 655 925 2 3 164 231 

 Textile mills ............................................................. 15 11 1,631 1,181 4 3 408 295 

 Textile product mills ................................................ ( 3 ) 4 ( 3 ) 362 ( 3 ) 1 ( 3 ) 91 

 Apparel .................................................................... 8 7 993 1,198 2 2 248 300 

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

 Wood products ........................................................ 28 25 2,568 2,410 7 6 642 603 

 Paper ...................................................................... 8 12 653 851 2 3 163 213 

 Printing and related support activities ..................... 14 8 1,312 624 4 2 328 156 

 Petroleum and coal products .................................. 8 3 796 160 2 1 199 40 

 Chemicals ............................................................... 9 5 685 394 2 1 171 99 

 Plastics and rubber products .................................. 20 13 1,912 947 5 3 478 237 

 Nonmetallic mineral products .................................. 21 20 1,839 1,360 5 5 460 340 

 Primary metals ........................................................ 17 13 1,352 1,092 4 3 338 273 

 Fabricated metal products ...................................... 21 17 1,766 1,315 5 4 442 329 

 Machinery ............................................................... 24 26 2,980 3,223 6 7 745 806 

 Computer and electronic products .......................... 12 17 990 990 3 4 248 248 

 Electrical equipment and appliances ...................... 11 8 1,808 745 3 2 452 186 

 Transportation equipment ....................................... 60 63 7,754 10,771 15 16 1,939 2,693 

 Furniture and related products ................................ 23 14 2,945 2,285 6 4 736 571 

 Miscellaneous manufacturing ................................. 9 7 775 654 2 2 194 164 

 Wholesale trade .......................................................... 28 18 2,347 1,414 7 5 587 354 

 Retail trade 4

 .............................................................. 99 69 8,433 6,001 25 17 2,108 1,500 

 Building material and garden supply stores ............ 12 11 1,075 826 3 3 269 207 

 Food and beverage stores ...................................... 21 16 1,561 1,372 5 4 390 343 

 Clothing and clothing accessories stores ................ 13 4 726 183 3 1 182 46 

 General merchandise stores ................................... 33 23 3,600 2,525 8 6 900 631 

 Transportation and warehousing 4

 .............................. 68 72 6,236 6,993 17 18 1,559 1,748 

 Truck transportation ................................................ 14 10 771 521 4 3 193 130 

 Transit and ground passenger transportation ......... 42 49 4,456 5,242 11 12 1,114 1,311 

 Support activities for transportation ........................ 4 ( 3 ) 404 ( 3 ) 1 ( 3 ) 101 ( 3 ) Information .................................................................. 48 33 10,136 3,682 12 8 2,534 921 

 Finance and insurance ................................................ 22 17 1,742 2,061 6 4 436 515 

 Real estate and rental and leasing ............................. 5 ( 3 ) 287 ( 3 ) 1 ( 3 ) 72 ( 3 ) Professional and technical services ............................ 57 48 6,284 4,724 14 12 1,571 1,181 

 Management of companies and enterprises ............... ( 3 ) 6 ( 3 ) 449 ( 3 ) 2 ( 3 ) 112 

 Administrative and waste services .............................. 225 206 20,778 16,714 56 52 5,195 4,179 

 Educational services ................................................... 3 7 147 434 1 2 37 109 

 Health care and social assistance .............................. 31 26 2,523 2,233 8 7 631 558 

 Arts, entertainment, and recreation ............................. 32 30 2,703 2,864 8 8 676 716 

 Accommodation and food services ............................. 112 78 10,219 8,560 28 20 2,555 2,140 

 Accommodation ...................................................... 47 20 3,639 1,866 12 5 910 467 

 Food services and drinking places .......................... 65 58 6,580 6,694 16 15 1,645 1,674 

 Other services, except public administration .............. 15 9 1,168 710 4 2 292 178 

 Unclassified ................................................................ 1 - 79 - - - 20 -

Government .................................................................... 62 61 5,397 4,456 16 15 1,349 1,114 

 Federal ........................................................................ 10 11 945 913 3 3 236 228 

 State ............................................................................ 17 19 1,472 1,384 4 5 368 346 

 State government education .................................. 4 3 414 174 1 1 104 44 

 Local ........................................................................... 35 31 2,980 2,159 9 8 745 540 

 Local government education .................................. 7 8 1,125 496 2 2 281 124 

 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 November 2010 3 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.

 and 4 weeks in November 2011. 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 layoffs 1

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

not seasonally adjusted

November November November November November November November November

2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011

 Total 2 ............................................... 1,676 1,393 158,048 127,750 419 348 39,512 31,938

Northeast ............................................. 223 237 20,305 21,086 56 59 5,076 5,272

 Connecticut ..................................... 9 9 837 805 2 2 209 201

 Maine .............................................. 6 ( 3 ) 528 ( 3 ) 2 ( 3 ) 132 ( 3 ) Massachusetts ................................ 17 16 1,449 1,248 4 4 362 312

 New Hampshire ............................... ( 3 ) 4 ( 3 ) 296 ( 3 ) 1 ( 3 ) 74

 New Jersey ..................................... 33 35 4,247 4,114 8 9 1,062 1,029

 New York ......................................... 54 61 4,471 5,520 14 15 1,118 1,380

 Pennsylvania ................................... 95 102 7,709 8,178 24 26 1,927 2,045

 Rhode Island ................................... ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) Vermont ........................................... 5 5 736 543 1 1 184 136

South ................................................... 426 349 38,416 33,887 107 87 9,604 8,472

 Alabama .......................................... 26 19 2,499 1,798 7 5 625 450

 Arkansas ......................................... 10 19 1,224 1,843 3 5 306 461

 Delaware ......................................... ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) District of Columbia ......................... ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) Florida ............................................. 72 53 3,911 3,420 18 13 978 855

 Georgia ........................................... 28 28 3,012 2,372 7 7 753 593

 Kentucky ......................................... 21 25 1,744 2,934 5 6 436 734

 Louisiana ......................................... 17 17 1,351 1,404 4 4 338 351

 Maryland ......................................... 7 7 529 643 2 2 132 161

 Mississippi ....................................... 25 17 1,964 1,607 6 4 491 402

 North Carolina ................................. 78 30 8,019 2,524 20 8 2,005 631

 Oklahoma ........................................ 5 7 441 1,464 1 2 110 366

 South Carolina ................................ 19 9 1,501 894 5 2 375 224

 Tennessee ...................................... 11 14 975 988 3 4 244 247

 Texas .............................................. 66 73 7,445 8,862 17 18 1,861 2,216

 Virginia ............................................ 32 26 3,111 2,788 8 7 778 697

 West Virginia ................................... 5 ( 3 ) 457 ( 3 ) 1 ( 3 ) 114 ( 3 )

Midwest ............................................... 431 391 43,401 40,372 108 98 10,850 10,093

 Illinois .............................................. 59 57 5,386 5,056 15 14 1,347 1,264

 Indiana ............................................ 30 32 3,799 4,367 8 8 950 1,092

 Iowa ................................................. 24 22 3,716 2,797 6 6 929 699

 Kansas ............................................ 8 ( 3 ) 1,205 ( 3 ) 2 ( 3 ) 301 ( 3 ) Michigan .......................................... 74 54 7,199 7,046 19 14 1,800 1,762

 Minnesota ........................................ 39 36 3,316 2,991 10 9 829 748

 Missouri ........................................... 29 22 2,159 1,440 7 6 540 360

 Nebraska ......................................... 8 6 643 399 2 2 161 100

 North Dakota ................................... 6 ( 3 ) 528 ( 3 ) 2 ( 3 ) 132 ( 3 ) Ohio ................................................. 64 66 6,234 6,017 16 17 1,559 1,504

 South Dakota .................................. - - - -----

 Wisconsin ........................................ 90 90 9,216 9,359 23 23 2,304 2,340

West .................................................... 596 416 55,926 32,405 149 104 13,982 8,101

 Alaska ............................................. 4 6 266 395 1 2 67 99

 Arizona ............................................ 5 7 365 666 1 2 91 167

 California ......................................... 424 275 40,704 19,677 106 69 10,176 4,919

 Colorado .......................................... 17 16 1,379 1,358 4 4 345 340

 Hawaii ............................................. ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) Idaho ............................................... 21 17 2,085 1,214 5 4 521 304

 Montana .......................................... 12 10 1,074 895 3 3 269 224

 Nevada ............................................ 28 15 2,186 1,754 7 4 547 439

 New Mexico ..................................... 8 ( 3 ) 636 ( 3 ) 2 ( 3 ) 159 ( 3 ) Oregon ............................................ 28 21 2,676 2,225 7 5 669 556

 Utah ................................................. 9 10 977 704 2 3 244 176

 Washington ..................................... 37 33 3,294 3,033 9 8 824 758

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

 Puerto Rico ..................................... 11 10 1,046 1,048 3 3 262 262

 1 See footnote 1, table 3. 3 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.

 2 See footnote 2, table 3. NOTE: Dash represents zero.

Census region and state

Mass layoff totals Average weekly mass layoffs1

Events Initial Claimants Events Initial Claimants