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                                             For release: 10:00 A.M. EDT
Media contact:                 691-5902      Friday, September 23, 2005



                        MASS LAYOFFS IN AUGUST 2005

   In August 2005, employers took 1,142 mass layoff actions, seasonally
adjusted, as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits
during the month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of
Labor reported today.  Each action involved at least 50 persons from a single
establishment, and the number of workers involved totaled 127,466, on a sea-
sonally adjusted basis.  (See table 1.)  The number of layoff events in August
fell by 107, and the number of associated initial claims decreased by 3,860
from July.  In the manufacturing sector, 328 mass layoff events were reported
during August 2005, seasonally adjusted, resulting in 48,155 initial claims.
Both figures were lower than a month earlier.  (See table 1.)

   From January through August 2005, the total number of events (seasonally
adjusted), at 9,815, and initial claims (seasonally adjusted), at 1,051,809,
were lower than in January-August 2004 (10,773 and 1,089,501, respectively).

Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

   In August, the 10 industries reporting the highest number of mass-layoff
initial claims, not seasonally adjusted, accounted for 25,103 initial claims,
37 percent of the total.  (See table A.)  The two industries with the highest
number of initial claims were motion picture and video production, with 6,233,
and school and employee bus transportation, with 3,921.  Together, these two
industries accounted for 15 percent of all initial claims during the month.

   The manufacturing sector accounted for 29 percent of all mass layoff events
and 33 percent of all initial claims filed in August 2005.  A year earlier,
manufacturing comprised 24 percent of events and 26 percent of initial claims.
Within manufacturing, the number of claimants in August 2005 was highest in
transportation equipment (6,855, mostly automotive-related), followed by food
manufacturing (2,762).  (See table 3.)

   Administrative and waste services accounted for 13 percent of events and
10 percent of initial claims filed in August, with layoffs mostly from tem-
porary help services.  Three percent of all layoff events and 10 percent of
initial claims filed during the month were from the information sector, mainly
from motion picture and video production.  Transportation and warehousing
accounted for 8 percent of events and 9 percent of initial claims in August,
primarily from school and employee bus transportation.  Retail trade ac-
counted for 11 percent of events and 8 percent of initial claims during the
month, primarily from general merchandise stores.  An additional 8 percent
of events and 5 percent of initial claims were from construction, largely
among specialty trade contractors.


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   |                          Hurricane Katrina                         |
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   |    The August 2005 reference period for the Mass Layoff Statistics |
   | program was prior to when Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the   |
   | Gulf Coast states.  Therefore, the August data do not reflect the  |
   | impact of the storm.                                               |
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Table A.  Industries with the largest mass-layoff initial claims in
August 2005p
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                                          |          |       August peak
                 Industry                 | Initial  |--------------------------         
                                          |  claims  |          |
                                          |          |   Year   | Initial claims
------------------------------------------|----------|----------|---------------                                                                                                          
Motion picture and video production ......|   6,233  |    2003  |      6,812
School and employee bus transportation ...|   3,921  |    2003  |      6,538
Temporary help services ..................|   3,416  |    1999  |     11,533
Heavy duty truck manufacturing ...........|   2,452  |    2005  |      2,452
Automobile manufacturing .................|   1,952  |    2001  |      8,166
Supermarkets and other grocery stores ....|   1,685  |    2001  |      2,357
Household laundry equipment mfg. .........|   1,518  |    2005  |      1,518
Payroll services .........................|   1,501  |    2001  |      8,173
Professional employer organizations ......|   1,377  |    2002  |      2,855
All other personal services ..............|   1,048  |    2002  |      1,267 
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     p=preliminary.			


   Government establishments accounted for 5 percent of events and initial
claims filed in August, mostly from executive, legislative, and general
government agencies.

   Over the year, the number of layoff events declined by 164 and the number
of associated initial claims fell by 1,451 (not seasonally adjusted).  The
largest decreases in initial claims were reported in administrative and sup-
port services (-3,460) and general merchandise stores (-1,841).  The largest
over-the-year increases in initial claims were reported in transportation
equipment manufacturing (+4,009) and in motion picture and sound recording
industries (+3,794).

Geographic Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

   Among the four census regions, the highest number of initial claims in
August due to mass layoffs was in the West (22,183).  (See table 5.)  Motion
picture and sound recording industries and administrative and support services
accounted for 40 percent of the West total.  The South had the next largest
number of initial claims (18,286), followed by the Midwest (14,023) and the
Northeast (13,090).

   The number of initial claimants from mass layoffs decreased over the year
in two of the four regions.  The largest decrease occurred in the Northeast
(-4,073), followed by the Midwest (-630).  The South (+1,935) and the West
(+1,317) reported over-the-year increases in initial claims.  Three of the
nine geographic divisions had over-the-year decreases in the number of initial
claims associated with mass layoffs, with the largest in the Middle Atlantic
division (-4,667).  The East South Central division reported the largest over-
the-year increase in initial claims (+2,229).

   Among the states, California recorded the highest number of initial claims
filed due to mass layoff events in August (19,530), mostly in motion picture
and sound recording industries and professional and technical services.  New
York had the next highest, with 6,164 initial claims, followed by Kentucky
(3,954) and Georgia (3,488).  These four states accounted for 40 percent of
all mass layoff events and 49 percent of all initial claims for unemployment
insurance.  (See table 6.)

   Florida had the largest over-the-year decrease in the number of initial
claims (-2,811), followed by New York (-1,899).  The largest over-the-year
increases occurred in Kentucky (+2,772) and Georgia (+1,661).

   From January to August, California reported 249,955 mass layoff initial
claims due to mass layoffs, 22 percent of the national total.  Ohio had the
next largest number of claims over this period (87,271), followed by Michigan
(86,458), New York (67,429), and Pennsylvania (62,410).

                                  - 3 -

Note

   The monthly data series in this release cover mass layoffs of 50 or more
workers beginning in a given month, regardless of the duration of the layoffs.
For private nonfarm establishments, information on the length of the layoff is
obtained later and issued in a quarterly release that reports on mass layoffs
lasting more than 30 days (referred to as "extended mass layoffs").  The quar-
terly release provides more information on the industry classification and lo-
cation of the establishment and on the demographics of the laid-off workers.
Because monthly figures include short-term layoffs of 30 days or less, the sum
of the figures for the 3 months in a quarter will be higher than the quarterly
figure for mass layoffs of more than 30 days.  (See table 4.)  See the Technical
Note for more detailed definitions.


                             _______________________________
                             

   The report on Mass Layoffs in September 2005 is scheduled to be released on
Tuesday, October 25, 2005.










                                  - 4 -

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, September 2001
to August 2005, seasonally adjusted

                                      Total             Private nonfarm        Manufacturing

             Date
                                           Initial               Initial               Initial             
                                 Events   claimants    Events   claimants     Events  claimants   
 
             2001           

September ..................     2,409     277,214     2,235     263,192       834     108,615
October ....................     2,109     233,569     1,986     223,808       897     118,136
November ...................     2,094     218,273     1,935     207,129       944     114,556
December ...................     1,799     194,759     1,658     183,178       722      93,193
             
             2002           

January ....................     1,801     208,835     1,659     195,862       739      96,689
February ...................     1,773     204,089     1,620     192,450       701      91,285
March ......................     1,674     187,924     1,517     175,998       610      75,367
April ......................     1,685     186,574     1,497     169,228       591      69,481
May ........................     1,720     191,841     1,558     178,993       611      74,809
June .......................     1,615     170,307     1,438     156,759       551      73,064
July .......................     1,637     179,165     1,457     164,398       568      73,230
August .....................     1,475     160,855     1,330     149,148       562      65,564
September ..................     1,909     217,475     1,742     202,640       607      79,413
October ....................     1,716     178,860     1,524     162,411       598      71,765
November ...................     1,644     176,462     1,500     165,578       607      70,640
December ...................     1,825     193,627     1,661     179,368       638      86,714
             
             2003           

January ....................     1,383     134,258     1,193     120,033       402      49,440
February ...................     1,771     185,502     1,589     173,392       643      75,331
March ......................     1,773     176,540     1,577     161,662       618      75,289
April ......................     1,735     176,645     1,574     165,416       646      86,857
May ........................     1,709     186,158     1,532     173,123       624      87,615
June .......................     1,704     163,646     1,515     148,547       636      70,888
July .......................     1,653     163,061     1,444     147,883       590      71,203
August .....................     1,502     170,353     1,364     156,731       540      71,944
September ..................     1,559     145,961     1,370     132,233       471      56,274
October ....................     1,541     154,908     1,312     136,604       412      49,518
November ...................     1,400     137,651     1,241     125,115       397      46,955
December ...................     1,425     141,780     1,281     129,464       420      53,436
             
             2004           

January ....................     1,458     146,147     1,257     127,917       413      50,074
February ...................     1,237     126,421     1,091     115,302       358      36,783
March ......................     1,348     142,480     1,211     134,118       409      63,380
April ......................     1,422     149,049     1,239     132,180       360      43,158
May ........................     1,178     114,247     1,016     100,499       314      37,950
June .......................     1,375     141,300     1,215     129,466       361      47,548
July .......................     1,363     139,374     1,200     127,011       390      49,276
August .....................     1,392     130,483     1,208     115,035       330      36,422
September ..................     1,281     123,761     1,153     114,223       332      45,917
October ....................     1,274     125,414     1,145     116,042       350      44,908
November ...................     1,361     130,168     1,201     117,545       402      43,504
December ...................     1,211     119,649     1,064     108,157       283      34,940
             
             2005           

January ....................     1,457     150,990     1,321     140,826       379      58,908
February ...................     1,128     117,684     1,001     107,415       345      43,186
March ......................     1,194     130,848     1,060     121,408       371      55,377
April ......................     1,274     136,837     1,142     126,807       395      63,121
May ........................     1,196     128,771     1,060     117,036       359      53,243
June .......................     1,175     127,887     1,059     118,736       347      55,820
July(p) ....................     1,249     131,326     1,107     118,835       360      48,967
August(p) ..................     1,142     127,466     1,002     115,674       328      48,155


    p = preliminary. 






Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance,  September 2001
to August 2005, not seasonally adjusted            

                                      Total             Private nonfarm        Manufacturing

             Date
                                           Initial               Initial               Initial
                                 Events   claimants    Events   claimants    Events   claimants

             2001                      

September ..................     1,327     160,402     1,214     151,161       485      58,544
October ....................     1,831     215,483     1,676     202,053       742     107,030
November ...................     2,721     295,956     2,373     270,268     1,122     151,969
December ...................     2,440     268,893     2,319     259,497     1,103     136,820
                       
             2002           

January ....................     2,146     263,777     2,028     252,245       892     128,825
February ...................     1,382     138,808     1,253     129,849       481      58,784
March ......................     1,460     161,316     1,335     151,305       500      59,613
April ......................     1,506     165,814     1,378     153,216       461      50,897
May ........................     1,723     179,799     1,571     166,801       488      52,720
June .......................     1,584     162,189     1,266     136,424       336      42,130
July .......................     2,042     245,294     1,819     226,892       907     135,271
August .....................     1,248     128,103     1,151     119,874       427      48,668
September ..................     1,062     124,522       957     114,736       352      43,755
October ....................     1,497     171,100     1,270     149,327       493      64,655
November ...................     2,153     240,171     1,860     216,237       719      92,712
December ...................     2,474     264,158     2,324     252,807       984     126,826
                       
             2003           

January ....................     2,315     225,430     2,130     210,918       822      90,244
February ...................     1,363     124,965     1,222     116,264       435      48,161
March ......................     1,207     113,026     1,099     104,468       390      41,063
April ......................     1,581     161,412     1,470     152,937       499      62,349
May ........................     1,703     174,204     1,538     160,729       499      61,278
June .......................     1,691     157,552     1,336     127,743       389      40,845
July .......................     2,087     226,435     1,815     206,901       946     136,410
August .....................     1,258     133,839     1,163     124,131       405      52,620
September ..................       868      82,647       756      73,914       271      31,428
October ....................     1,523     158,240     1,265     137,706       438      53,741
November ...................     1,438     138,543     1,234     123,524       408      48,419
December ...................     1,929     192,633     1,793     182,750       648      77,915
                       
             2004           

January ....................     2,428     239,454     2,226     220,687       848      89,551
February ...................       941      84,201       832      76,577       240      23,043
March ......................       920      92,554       847      87,782       258      34,686
April ......................     1,458     157,314     1,316     142,657       343      36,172
May ........................       988      87,501       878      78,786       219      22,141
June .......................     1,379     134,588     1,077     110,804       222      27,307
July .......................     2,094     253,929     1,860     234,877       885     145,895
August .....................       809      69,033       745      63,876       194      17,698
September ..................       708      68,972       637      63,102       189      25,808
October ....................     1,242     127,918     1,101     117,375       372      48,265
November ...................     1,399     130,423     1,201     115,549       412      44,243
December ...................     1,614     161,271     1,487     152,092       436      50,726
                       
             2005           

January ....................     2,564     263,952     2,421     253,409       823     108,985
February ...................       810      74,644       722      68,372       230      24,931
March ......................       806      88,937       733      83,793       246      33,030
April ......................     1,373     158,582     1,263     148,133       395      59,129
May ........................       986     101,358       891      93,332       249      30,424
June .......................     1,157     120,463       941     103,307       216      32,783
July(p) ....................     1,981     244,216     1,745     222,377       856     136,210
August(p) ..................       645      67,582       598      63,484       188      22,531


    p = preliminary. 






Table 3. Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance
                           
                                                                                                     Initial claimants for         
                                                             Mass layoff events                      unemployment insurance        
                    Industry         

                                                    August      June    July     August     August      June      July       August 
                                                     2004       2005    2005p    2005p       2004       2005      2005p      2005p 

                Seasonally adjusted
   
       Total ....................................    1,392     1,175    1,249     1,142     130,483    127,887   131,326    127,466     

  Total, private nonfarm ........................    1,208     1,059    1,107     1,002     115,035    118,736   118,835    115,674
   Manufacturing ................................      330       347      360       328      36,422     55,820    48,967     48,155     
      
      	       Not seasonally adjusted
      
      Total(1) ..................................      809     1,157    1,981       645      69,033    120,463   244,216     67,582
							
Total, private ..................................      769       990    1,849       610      65,294    106,219   231,250     64,211
  Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting ....       24        49      104        12       1,418      2,912     8,873        727

 Total, private nonfarm .........................      745       941    1,745       598      63,876    103,307   222,377     63,484
  Mining ........................................    ( 2 )         -    ( 2 )     ( 2 )       ( 2 )          -     ( 2 )      ( 2 )
  Utilities .....................................        -     ( 2 )    ( 2 )     ( 2 )           -      ( 2 )     ( 2 )      ( 2 )
  Construction ..................................       75        61       80        51       5,266      4,304     6,252      3,458
  Manufacturing .................................      194       216      856       188      17,698     32,783   136,210     22,531
      Food ......................................       28        43       72        28       2,797      4,245     6,874      2,762
      Beverage and tobacco products .............        4     ( 2 )        7     ( 2 )         216      ( 2 )       377      ( 2 )
      Textile mills .............................       10         8       16        13       1,313      1,089     1,682      1,177
      Textile product mills .....................    ( 2 )         4       12         3       ( 2 )        486     1,597        268
      Apparel ...................................       12         7       27        10         898        789     2,666        560
      Leather and allied products ...............    ( 2 )     ( 2 )        7     ( 2 )       ( 2 )      ( 2 )     1,426      ( 2 )
      Wood products .............................        7     ( 2 )       39         7         566      ( 2 )     5,109        547
      Paper .....................................        3         7        9         7         193        633       582        615
      Printing and related support activities ...        6         7        4         5         447        569       271        452
      Petroleum and coal products ...............    ( 2 )         -        -     ( 2 )       ( 2 )          -         -      ( 2 )

      Chemicals .................................        3     ( 2 )       18     ( 2 )         189      ( 2 )     2,164      ( 2 )
      Plastics and rubber products ..............        9         6       77         7         614        544     9,202        588
      Nonmetallic mineral products ..............        4     ( 2 )       16         6         369      ( 2 )     2,178        420
      Primary metals ............................       10        11       53         7         740      1,478     7,984        852
      Fabricated metal products .................       21        12       67        13       2,031        963     7,052      1,012
      Machinery .................................       15        18       44        20       1,946      2,365     5,426      1,815
      Computer and electronic products ..........       12        13       32        12         963      1,074     3,729      1,235
      Electrical equipment and appliances .......        4        16       24         6         293      4,010     3,409      1,693
      Transportation equipment ..................       30        41      286        27       2,846     12,268    69,393      6,855
      Furniture and related products ............        4         9       26         3         394      1,084     2,917        383
      Miscellaneous manufacturing ...............        7     ( 2 )       20         8         534      ( 2 )     2,172        910

  Wholesale trade ...............................       11        12       33        15         749      1,340     2,889      1,259
  Retail trade ..................................       98        58      102        72       8,752      4,656    10,765      5,434
  Transportation and warehousing ................       52       126      123        50       5,130     15,593    11,543      5,878
  Information ...................................       37        41       32        21       4,909      4,687     5,599      6,889
  Finance and insurance .........................       29        23       18        14       2,117      1,637     1,416      1,493
  Real estate and rental and leasing ............    ( 2 )         5       12     ( 2 )       ( 2 )        239     1,083      ( 2 )
  Professional and technical services ...........       21        17       51        18       1,641      1,978     7,387      3,104
  Management of companies and enterprises .......    ( 2 )     ( 2 )    ( 2 )         -       ( 2 )      ( 2 )     ( 2 )          -
  Administrative and waste services .............      124       102      239        84      10,220      9,051    23,794      6,764
  Educational services ..........................        5        10       16         6         368        551     1,118        454
  Health care and social assistance .............       32       133       56        19       2,117     11,354     4,000      1,227
  Arts, entertainment, and recreation ...........        7        25       34         7         459      1,338     2,517        486
  Accommodation and food services ...............       41        71       73        35       2,581     10,150     5,857      2,436
  Other services, except public administration ..       12        35       10         9       1,486      3,079       619      1,400
  Unclassified ..................................        2         -        4         1          72          -       354         96
 
 Government .....................................       40       167      132        35       3,739     14,244    12,966      3,371
  Federal .......................................        8        10       19         8         602        964     2,243      1,041
  State .........................................        8        15       20        11         800      1,009     1,553        862
  Local .........................................       24       142       93        16       2,337     12,271     9,170      1,468


   1 Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia.
   2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. 
   p = preliminary.
   NOTE:  Dash represents zero. 






Table 4. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, July 2003 to August 2005,
not seasonally adjusted

                                                                                   Private nonfarm                              

                                 Total mass layoffs                             Extended mass layoffs           Realization
             Date                                       Mass layoffs          lasting more than 30 days          rates (1)   

                                          Initial               Initial                     Initial                     Initial 
                                Events   claimants    Events   claimants        Events     claimants        Events     claimants


           2003          

July ....................       2,087      226,435     1,815     206,901	        			    
August ..................       1,258      133,839     1,163     124,131	        			    
September ...............         868       82,647       756      73,914	        			    

Third Quarter ...........       4,213      442,921     3,734     404,946         1,190        227,909        31.9         56.3

October .................       1,523      158,240     1,265     137,706	        			    
November ................       1,438      138,543     1,234     123,524	        			    
December ................       1,929      192,633     1,793     182,750	        			    

Fourth Quarter ..........       4,890      489,416     4,292     443,980         1,690        326,328        39.4         73.5

           2004          

January .................       2,428      239,454     2,226     220,687	        			    
February ................         941       84,201       832      76,577	        			    
March ...................         920       92,554       847      87,782	        			    

First Quarter ...........       4,289      416,209     3,905     385,046         1,339        238,392        34.3         61.9

April ...................       1,458      157,314     1,316     142,657	        			    
May .....................         988       87,501       878      78,786	        			    
June ....................       1,379      134,588     1,077     110,804	        			    

Second Quarter ..........       3,825      379,403     3,271     332,247         1,358        254,063        41.5         76.5

July ....................       2,094      253,929     1,860     234,877	        			    
August ..................         809       69,033       745      63,876	        			    
September ...............         708       68,972       637      63,102	        			    

Third Quarter ...........       3,611      391,934     3,242     361,855           886        148,549        27.3         41.1

October .................       1,242      127,918     1,101     117,375	        			    
November ................       1,399      130,423     1,201     115,549	        			    
December ................       1,614      161,271     1,487     152,092	        			    

Fourth Quarter ..........       4,255      419,612     3,789     385,016         1,427        262,049        37.7         68.1

           2005          

January .................       2,564      263,952     2,421     253,409	        			    
February ................         810       74,644       722      68,372	        			    
March ...................         806       88,937       733      83,793	        			    

First Quarter ...........       4,180      427,533     3,876     405,574         1,144        186,030        29.5         45.9

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  (2)(p) 1,056 (2)(p) 150,140     (p)34.1      (p)43.5

July (p) ................       1,981      244,216     1,745     222,377	        			    
August (p)  .............         645       67,582       598      63,484	        			    


    1 The event realization rate is the percentage of all private nonfarm mass layoff events lasting more than 30 days. The
initial claimant realization rate is the percentage of all private nonfarm mass layoff initial claimants associated with
layoffs lasting more than 30 days. 
    2 These quarterly numbers are provisional and will be revised as more data on these layoffs become available.
Experience suggests that the number of extended mass layoff events is generally revised upwards by less than 10 percent and
the number of initial claimants associated with such events increases by 25-40 percent. 
    p = preliminary. 






Table 5. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance by census region and division,
not seasonally adjusted

                           
                                                                                     Initial claimants for            
                                          Mass layoff events                         unemployment insurance           
 Census region and division
 
                                August     June     July       August      August       June      July       August
                                 2004      2005     2005p      2005p        2004        2005      2005p      2005p 

        United States(1)....      809     1,157     1,981       645        69,033     120,463    244,216     67,582

Northeast ..................      166       183       319       126        17,163      22,721     32,958     13,090
    
    New England ............       14        26        45        23         1,274       3,158      4,353      1,868
    Middle Atlantic ........      152       157       274       103        15,889      19,563     28,605     11,222

South ......................      217       269       415       170        16,351      25,679     44,995     18,286
    
    South Atlantic .........      116       164       193        92         7,914      15,133     18,350      8,771
    East South Central .....       41        41       136        34         3,759       3,656     17,428      5,988
    West South Central .....       60        64        86        44         4,678       6,890      9,217      3,527

Midwest ....................      151       299       695       138        14,653      38,985    114,158     14,023
    
    East North Central .....      125       246       581       111        11,886      33,393     94,359     10,618
    West North Central .....       26        53       114        27         2,767       5,592     19,799      3,405

West .......................      275       406       552       211        20,866      33,078     52,105     22,183
    
    Mountain ...............       17        44        56        17         1,099       4,003      5,836      1,717
    Pacific ................      258       362       496       194        19,767      29,075     46,269     20,466


    1 See footnote 1, table 3.
    p = preliminary.
    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         
                             August       June       July        August      August       June        July      August
                              2004        2005       2005p        2005p       2004        2005        2005p      2005p 

   Total(1) .............      809       1,157       1,981         645       69,033      120,463     244,216     67,582

Alabama .................       10           8          58           5        1,080          833       6,449        709
Alaska ..................    ( 2 )           3       ( 2 )           -        ( 2 )          238       ( 2 )          -
Arizona .................        5           7          22       ( 2 )          353          475       2,288      ( 2 )
Arkansas ................        3       ( 2 )           8           3          261        ( 2 )         698        201
California ..............      246         319         445         182       18,768       24,652      41,741     19,530
Colorado ................    ( 2 )       ( 2 )           5       ( 2 )        ( 2 )        ( 2 )         434      ( 2 )
Connecticut .............        4           6           7           4          268          734         553        397
Delaware ................        -           4           -           -            -        1,674           -          -
District of Columbia ....        -           -       ( 2 )       ( 2 )            -            -       ( 2 )      ( 2 )
Florida .................       78          93          86          35        4,842        6,661       6,526      2,031
Georgia .................       21          19          46          22        1,827        1,924       4,374      3,488
Hawaii ..................    ( 2 )           3           3           -        ( 2 )          210         246          -
Idaho ...................        5           4           7           6          266          301         981        684

Illinois ................       30          56          57          27        3,358        5,273       6,808      2,128
Indiana .................       19          34          82          10        1,707        5,771      15,176      1,000
Iowa ....................        5           7          23           6          491          847       5,154      1,755
Kansas ..................        4           6           8           5          587          822         720        487
Kentucky ................       15          11          62          13        1,182          962       9,576      3,954
Louisiana ...............       16          21          20          11        1,155        1,965       1,916        596
Maine ...................    ( 2 )       ( 2 )           4       ( 2 )        ( 2 )        ( 2 )         303      ( 2 )
Maryland ................    ( 2 )           4           8           3        ( 2 )          478         811        219
Massachusetts ...........        7           7          24          12          678          592       2,333        873
Michigan ................       25          55         248          29        2,409        6,580      34,561      2,838
Minnesota ...............        7          14          27           6          897        1,314       4,573        502
Mississippi .............        6           7           5           6          613          391         374        481
Missouri ................        6          16          49           6          540        1,719       8,285        404

Montana .................        -           6       ( 2 )           -            -          378       ( 2 )          -
Nebraska ................    ( 2 )           7           6           3        ( 2 )          556         991        200
Nevada ..................        4          12          13           5          302        1,713       1,084        648
New Hampshire ...........    ( 2 )           3           5           -        ( 2 )          661         497          -
New Jersey ..............       26          39          37          20        2,979        7,495       3,325      1,786
New Mexico ..............    ( 2 )           8           5       ( 2 )        ( 2 )          623         287      ( 2 )
New York ................       73          37         107          42        8,063        3,463      12,136      6,164
North Carolina ..........        9          13          19          10          577        1,127       2,121      1,323
North Dakota ............    ( 2 )       ( 2 )       ( 2 )       ( 2 )        ( 2 )        ( 2 )       ( 2 )      ( 2 )
Ohio ....................       23          62         115          26        1,822       11,541      25,306      2,881
Oklahoma ................    ( 2 )           4           7           -        ( 2 )          296       1,303          -
Oregon ..................    ( 2 )          20          26       ( 2 )        ( 2 )        2,253       2,399      ( 2 )
Pennsylvania ............       53          81         130          41        4,847        8,605      13,144      3,272

Rhode Island ............    ( 2 )           7           3           4        ( 2 )          948         419        326
South Carolina ..........    ( 2 )          17          11           9        ( 2 )        1,564       1,627        678
South Dakota ............        -       ( 2 )           -           -            -        ( 2 )           -          -
Tennessee ...............       10          15          11          10          884        1,470       1,029        844
Texas ...................       40          37          51          30        3,201        3,329       5,300      2,730
Utah ....................        -           5       ( 2 )       ( 2 )            -          338       ( 2 )      ( 2 )
Vermont .................        -       ( 2 )       ( 2 )       ( 2 )            -        ( 2 )       ( 2 )      ( 2 )
Virginia ................        4          11          20          11          272        1,495       2,589        918
Washington ..............        8          17          21          10          753        1,722       1,809        730
West Virginia ...........    ( 2 )           3       ( 2 )       ( 2 )        ( 2 )          210       ( 2 )      ( 2 )
Wisconsin ...............       28          39          79          19        2,590        4,228      12,508      1,771
Wyoming .................        -           -           -           -            -            -           -          -

Puerto Rico .............        9          12          12           8          803        2,023       1,270      1,210

    1 See footnote 1, table 3.
    2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. 
    p = preliminary.
    NOTE:  Dash represents zero.