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                                                For release: 10:00 A.M. EDT
Media contact:                 691-5902         Wednesday, August 23, 2006


                         MASS LAYOFFS IN JULY 2006
   
   
   In July 2006, employers took 1,125 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 114,895,
on a seasonally adjusted basis.  The number of layoff events increased by
28; the number of associated initial claims decreased by 4,767 from June
2006.  In the manufacturing sector, 363 mass layoff events were reported
during July 2006, seasonally adjusted, resulting in 47,287 initial claims.
Both the number of events and initial claims in manufacturing were higher
than a month earlier.  (See table 1.)
   
   In July 2006, the national unemployment rate was 4.8 percent, seasonally
adjusted, up from 4.6 percent in June and down from 5.0 percent in July 2005.
Total nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, increased by 113,000
over the month and by about 1.7 million over the year.
   
Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
   
   The 10 industries reporting the highest number of mass layoff initial
claims, not seasonally adjusted, had 61,660 claims in July, 37 percent of
the total.  (See table A.)  The two industries with the highest number of
initial claims were automobile manufacturing with 16,796 and temporary help
services with 11,057.  Together, these two industries accounted for 17 per-
cent of all initial claims in July.
   
   The manufacturing sector accounted for 43 percent of all mass layoff
events and 58 percent of all initial claims filed in July, little changed
from a year earlier.  In July 2006, the number of manufacturing claimants
was highest in transportation equipment manufacturing (51,048, mostly
automotive-related), followed by plastics and rubber products manufactur-
ing (6,842).  (See table 3.)
   
   Administrative and waste services accounted for 13 percent of events
and 10 percent of initial claims filed in July 2006, with layoffs mainly
in temporary help services.  Six percent of all layoff events and 5 per-
cent of initial claims filed during the month were from transportation
and warehousing, primarily in transit and ground passenger transportation.
Retail trade accounted for 6 percent of events and 5 percent of initial
claims in July, mostly in general merchandise stores.

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Table A.  Industries with the largest mass layoff initial claims in July 2006
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                                          | Initial |        July peak
                 Industry                 | claims  |------------------------
                                          |         |  Year  | Initial claims
------------------------------------------|---------|--------|---------------
Automobile manufacturing .................|  16,796 |  1996  |    22,644
Temporary help services ................. |  11,057 |  1998  |    24,601
All other motor vehicle parts mfg. .......|   6,573 |  2004  |     9,691
Motor vehicle metal stamping .............|   5,494 |  2005  |     8,198
Motor vehicle seating and interior        |         |        |
  trim mfg. ..............................|   5,070 |  2005  |     9,238
All other plastics product mfg. ..........|   4,148 |  2004  |     8,864
Elementary and secondary schools .........|   3,892 |  2005  |     7,104
School and employee bus transportation ...|   2,945 |  1997  |     8,081
Motor vehicle power train components mfg. |   2,918 |  2003  |     8,905
Motion picture and video production ......|   2,767 |  1998  |    12,310
                                          |         |        |
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   Government establishments accounted for 6 percent of events and 4 per-
cent of initial claims filed over the month, largely in educational services
as the school year ended.
   
   On a not seasonally adjusted basis, the number of layoff events in July
2006, at 1,511, was down by 470 from a year earlier, and the number of
associated initial claims decreased by 77,359 to 166,857.  These were the
lowest number of events and initial claims reported for any July since 2000.
This is likely due in part to a calendar effect; July 2006 contained 4 weeks
for possible mass layoffs, compared with 5 weeks in each July of the prior
2 years.  (See Technical Note for an explanation of how the number of weeks
for data collection can vary from month to month.  Also, note that adjust-
ments are made for the calendar effects in the previously mentioned season-
ally adjusted series.)  The largest over-the-year decreases in initial claims
were reported in transportation equipment manufacturing (-18,285), adminis-
trative and support services (-7,487), primary metal manufacturing (-4,339),
and transit and ground passenger transportation (-3,991).  The largest over-
the-year increases in initial claims were reported in support activities for
transportation (+988) and textile mills (+535).

Geographic Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

   Among the four census regions, the highest number of initial claims in
July due to mass layoffs was in the Midwest, 86,786.  Transportation equip-
ment manufacturing accounted for 50 percent of all mass layoff initial claims
in that region during the month.  The West had the second largest number of
initial claims, 32,162, followed by the South with 30,866 and the Northeast
with 17,043.  (See table 5.)
   
   The number of initial claimants in mass layoffs decreased over the year in
all four of the regions.  The largest decrease was in the Midwest (-27,372),
followed by the West (-19,943), the Northeast (-15,915), and the South
(-14,129).  All nine geographic divisions had over-the-year decreases in the
number of initial claims associated with mass layoffs, with the largest de-
creases in the East North Central (-17,198) and Pacific (-16,431) divisions.
   
   Among the states, Michigan recorded the highest number of initial claims
filed due to mass layoff events in July (41,722), followed by California
(26,385), Ohio (10,108), Indiana (10,104), and Wisconsin (7,894).  These
five states accounted for 52 percent of all mass layoff events and 58 per-
cent of all initial claims for unemployment insurance.  (See table 6.)

   California had the largest over-the-year decrease in the number of ini-
tial claims (-15,356).  Ohio had the next largest decrease in initial claims
(-15,198), followed by New York (-7,299).  The largest over-the-year increase
in claims occurred in Michigan (+7,161), largely due to layoffs in transpor-
tation equipment manufacturing.
   
   From January to July, California reported 187,714 mass layoff initial
claims, 22 percent of the national total.  The states with the next largest
number of claims over this period were Michigan (82,708), Pennsylvania
(49,964), Ohio (47,507), and New York (47,246).

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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.  For private nonfarm establishments, information on the length of
the layoff is obtained later and issued in a quarterly release that reports
on mass layoffs lasting more than 30 days (referred to as "extended mass
layoffs").  The quarterly release provides more information on the industry
classification and location of the establishment and on the demographics of
the laid-off workers.  Because monthly figures include short-term layoffs
of 30 days or less, the sum of the figures for the 3 months in a quarter
will be higher than the quarterly figure for mass layoffs of more than 30
days.  (See table 4.)  See the Technical Note for more detailed definitions.
   
                      ______________________________
   

   The report on Mass Layoffs in August 2006 is scheduled to be released
on Thursday, September 21, 2006.




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Technical Note
   
   
   The Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program is a federal-state program
that uses a standardized, automated approach to identifying, describing,
and tracking the effects of major job cutbacks, using data from each
state's unemployment insurance database.  Each month, states report on
establishments which have at least 50 initial claims filed against them
during a consecutive 5-week period.  These establishments then are con-
tacted by the state agency to determine whether these separations lasted
31 days or longer, and, if so, other information concerning the layoff is
collected.  States report on layoffs lasting more than 1 month on a quart-
erly basis.
   
   A given month contains an aggregation of the weekly unemployment
insurance claims filings for the Sunday through Saturday weeks in that
month.  All weeks are included for the particular month, except if the
first day of the month falls on Saturday.  In this case, the week is
included in the prior month's tabulations.  This means that some months
will contain 4 weeks and others, 5 weeks, the number of weeks in a
given month may be different from year to year, and the number of weeks in
a year may vary.  Therefore, analysis of over-the-month and over-the-year
change in not seasonally adjusted series should take this calendar effect
into consideration.
   
   The MLS program resumed operations in April 1995 after it had been
terminated in November 1992 due to lack of funding.  Prior to April 1995,
monthly layoff statistics were not available.
   
   Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request.  Voice phone: 202-691-5200; TDD message referral
phone number:  1-800-877-8339.
   
Definitions
   
   Initial claimant.  A person who files any notice of unemployment to
initiate a request either for a determination of entitlement to and
eligibility for compensation, or for a subsequent period of unemployment
within a benefit year or period of eligibility.
   
   Mass layoff event.  Fifty or more initial claims for unemployment
insurance benefits filed against an establishment during a 5-week period,
regardless of duration.
   
Seasonal adjustment

   Effective with the release of data for January 2005, BLS began publish-
ing six seasonally adjusted monthly MLS series.  The six series are the
numbers of mass layoff events and mass layoff initial claims for the total,
private nonfarm, and manufacturing sectors.
   
   Seasonal adjustment is the process of estimating and removing the effect
on time series data of regularly recurring seasonal events such as changes
in the weather, holidays, and the beginning and ending of the school year.
The use of seasonal adjustment makes it easier to observe fundamental changes
in time series, particularly those associated with general economic expan-
sions and contractions.
   
   The MLS data are seasonally adjusted using the X-12-ARIMA seasonal adjust-
ment method on a concurrent basis.  Concurrent seasonal adjustment uses all
available monthly estimates, including those for the current month, in devel-
oping seasonal adjustment factors.  Revisions to the most recent 5 years
of seasonally adjusted data will be made once a year with the issuance of
December data.  Before the data are seasonally adjusted, prior adjustments
are made to the original data to adjust them for differences in the number
of weeks used to calculate the monthly data.  Because weekly unemployment
insurance claims are aggregated to form monthly data, a particular month's
value could be calculated with 5 weeks of data in one year and 4 weeks
in another.  The effects of these differences could seriously distort the
seasonal factors if they were ignored in the seasonal adjustment process.
These effects are modeled in the X-12-ARIMA program and are permanently
removed from the final seasonally adjusted series.




Table 1. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, August 2002 to July 2006,
seasonally adjusted

                                       Total            Private nonfarm         Manufacturing   

            Date                                                                               
                                           Initial               Initial               Initial  
                                 Events   claimants    Events   claimants     Events  claimants 

            2002                                                                              

August .....................     1,478     162,040     1,324     150,118       569      67,779
September ..................     1,911     218,875     1,747     203,849       617      80,528
October ....................     1,774     186,940     1,582     169,660       625      73,904
November ...................     1,652     178,402     1,507     167,335       613      71,693
December ...................     1,841     198,678     1,659     184,368       661      84,048

            2003                                                                              

January ....................     1,358     131,963     1,168     117,636       387      48,685
February ...................     1,825     190,928     1,647     178,363       646      78,819
March ......................     1,782     175,671     1,595     160,170       617      72,409
April ......................     1,722     174,608     1,564     163,607       640      83,303
May ........................     1,719     184,003     1,542     170,961       625      86,535
June .......................     1,716     164,299     1,524     148,542       636      68,143
July .......................     1,642     163,179     1,442     148,299       580      74,070
August .....................     1,517     171,861     1,367     158,049       551      74,602
September ..................     1,562     147,383     1,374     133,383       484      56,472
October ....................     1,558     156,814     1,336     138,691       427      52,009
November ...................     1,393     141,383     1,244     129,231       401      50,460
December ...................     1,426     144,456     1,265     132,324       434      50,994

            2004                                                                              

January ....................     1,421     142,704     1,223     124,192       395      48,519
February ...................     1,293     132,640     1,145     120,811       362      39,360
March ......................     1,364     140,957     1,234     132,152       407      60,296
April ......................     1,381     141,909     1,207     126,106       341      37,686
May ........................     1,189     111,173     1,030      98,230       314      37,405
June .......................     1,390     141,948     1,226     129,344       360      45,398
July .......................     1,329     137,724     1,185     126,945       371      53,248
August .....................     1,436     131,807     1,243     116,672       342      38,192
September ..................     1,283     125,344     1,155     115,499       344      45,691
October ....................     1,302     129,237     1,181     119,653       369      47,888
November ...................     1,350     135,036     1,202     122,954       407      47,517
December ...................     1,188     120,602     1,038     109,508       293      33,123

            2005                                                                              

January ....................     1,465     153,676     1,330     143,295       380      58,778
February ...................     1,135     120,190     1,010     109,964       350      43,966
March ......................     1,204     133,935     1,071     124,273       384      56,253
April ......................     1,278     139,575     1,145     128,478       390      60,726
May ........................     1,194     129,214     1,059     117,660       359      52,055
June .......................     1,184     128,430     1,065     119,271       349      53,930
July .......................     1,248     131,136     1,107     118,994       356      49,070
August .....................     1,145     127,592     1,006     116,011       334      48,904
September ..................     2,219     283,772     1,975     237,831       438      53,399
October ....................     1,114     104,584       986      94,798       328      45,475
November ...................     1,205     120,783     1,074     109,680       359      45,069
December ...................     1,308     149,565     1,185     138,234       365      49,641

            2006                                                                              

January ....................     1,113     108,378       985      97,832       274      29,541
February ...................     1,073     111,468       973     103,268       321      45,073
March ......................     1,082     118,555       984     110,275       328      49,023
April ......................     1,148     118,504     1,023     109,150       358      48,086
May ........................     1,074     109,858       963     101,080       293      42,006
June .......................     1,097     119,662       974     109,041       311      37,570
July .......................     1,125     114,895     1,009     105,829       363      47,287








Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance,  August 2002 to July 2006,
not seasonally adjusted

                                       Total            Private nonfarm        Manufacturing    

            Date                                                                               
                                           Initial               Initial               Initial  
                                 Events   claimants    Events   claimants    Events   claimants 

            2002                                                                              

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 .......................     1,981     244,216     1,745     222,377       856     136,210
August .....................       645      67,582       598      63,484       188      22,531
September ..................     1,662     213,281     1,505     179,042       318      47,497
October ....................       905      91,941       757      80,694       249      37,276
November ...................     1,254     116,127     1,079     102,182       363      41,442
December ...................     2,323     254,258     2,168     242,753       706      96,382

            2006                                                                              

January ....................     1,245     117,946     1,123     108,701       331      35,097
February ...................       719      66,555       658      62,208       210      24,892
March ......................       921     111,838       856     106,177       285      44,688
April ......................     1,140     121,589     1,038     112,964       296      39,538
May ........................       872      84,809       794      78,663       192      23,570
June .......................     1,489     164,761     1,224     140,687       319      41,095
July .......................     1,511     166,857     1,335     154,342       648      96,152








Table 3. Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance

                                                                                                     Initial claimants for        
                                                             Mass layoff events                     unemployment insurance        
                    Industry                                                                                                      

                                                      July       May      June     July        July       May      June     July  
                                                      2005       2006     2006     2006        2005       2006     2006     2006  

               Seasonally adjusted                                                                                               

      Total .....................................     1,248      1,074    1,097    1,125     131,136    109,858  119,662  114,895

  Total, private nonfarm ........................     1,107        963      974    1,009     118,994    101,080  109,041  105,829
    Manufacturing ...............................       356        293      311      363      49,070     42,006   37,570   47,287

             Not seasonally adjusted                                                                                             

      Total(1) ..................................     1,981        872    1,489    1,511     244,216     84,809  164,761  166,857

Total, private ..................................     1,849        813    1,286    1,414     231,250     79,738  145,567  160,148
    Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting ..       104         19       62       79       8,873      1,075    4,880    5,806

  Total, private nonfarm ........................     1,745        794    1,224    1,335     222,377     78,663  140,687  154,342
    Mining ......................................       (2)          3        4      (2)         (2)        213      347      (2) 
    Utilities ...................................       (2)        (2)      (2)      (2)         (2)        (2)      (2)      (2)
    Construction ................................        80         90       75       69       6,252      6,116    6,089    4,457
    Manufacturing ...............................       856        192      319      648     136,210     23,570   41,095   96,152
        Food ....................................        72         39       55       60       6,874      3,335    5,008    5,607
        Beverage and tobacco products ...........         7        (2)      (2)      (2)         377        (2)      (2)      (2)
        Textile mills ...........................        16          8       12       16       1,682        780    1,432    2,217
        Textile product mills ...................        12        (2)      (2)        9       1,597        (2)      (2)      663
        Apparel .................................        27          6       11       19       2,666        525    1,340    2,009
        Leather and allied products .............         7        (2)      (2)      (2)       1,426        (2)      (2)      (2)
        Wood products ...........................        39         12       17       35       5,109        853    1,562    3,480
        Paper ...................................         9          7       10        7         582        527      725      522
        Printing and related support activities .         4         10        4        5         271        860      382      418
        Petroleum and coal products .............         -        (2)      (2)      (2)          -         (2)      (2)      (2)

        Chemicals ...............................        18          8        4       11       2,164        464      557    1,503
        Plastics and rubber products ............        77          5       25       57       9,202        341    2,526    6,842
        Nonmetallic mineral products ............        16          5      (2)       19       2,178        526      (2)    2,070
        Primary metals ..........................        53          4       11       32       7,984        448      997    3,645
        Fabricated metal products ...............        67          8       17       54       7,052        508    1,506    5,549
        Machinery ...............................        44          9       23       33       5,426      2,432    3,194    4,716
        Computer and electronic products ........        32         11       13       20       3,729      1,058    1,278    1,979
        Electrical equipment and appliances .....        24          6       10       19       3,409      1,449      961    1,943
        Transportation equipment ................       286         35       79      233      69,393      7,657   15,822   51,048
        Furniture and related products ..........        26          8       15        7       2,917        709    2,742      490
        Miscellaneous manufacturing .............        20          5        6        7       2,172        615      552      508

    Wholesale trade .............................        33         11        9       17       2,889        847      591    1,218
    Retail trade ................................       102         77       78       85      10,765      7,570    8,353    7,540
    Transportation and warehousing ..............       123         30      155       88      11,543      2,270   23,033    8,327
    Information .................................        32         33       25       37       5,599      4,360    8,398    4,274
    Finance and insurance .......................        18         24       38       26       1,416      1,864    2,900    1,695
    Real estate and rental and leasing ..........        12          6        6        8       1,083        424      392      895
    Professional and technical services .........        51         35       28       40       7,387      3,019    4,107    4,530
    Management of companies and enterprises .....       (2)        (2)      (2)        3         (2)        (2)      (2)      204
    Administrative and waste services ...........       239        122      135      190      23,794     12,323   10,992   16,115
    Educational services ........................        16          5       16        8       1,118        384    1,057      533
    Health care and social assistance ...........        56         49      152       40       4,000      4,598   12,932    3,068
    Arts, entertainment, and recreation .........        34         21       30       18       2,517      1,257    1,735    1,018
    Accommodation and food services .............        73         69      104       46       5,857      7,535   14,670    3,419
    Other services, except public administration         10         23       44        8         619      2,078    3,577      442
    Unclassified  ...............................         4          1        2        1         354         39      102      192

Government ......................................       132         59      203       97      12,966      5,071   19,194    6,709
    Federal .....................................        19          9       14        7       2,243        767    1,521      685
    State .......................................        20          6       17       12       1,553        308    1,758      826
    Local .......................................        93         44      172       78       9,170      3,996   15,915    5,198


    1 Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia.
    2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.   
    NOTE: Dash represents zero.





Table 4. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, July 2004 to July 2006,
not seasonally adjusted

                                                                                   Private nonfarm                               

                                Total mass layoffs                              Extended mass layoffs                            
           Date                                        Mass layoffs           lasting more than 30 days     Realization rates(1) 

                                          Initial               Initial                      Initial                    Initial  
                                Events   claimants    Events   claimants        Events      claimants       Events     claimants 


           2004                                                                                                                

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       148,575          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         1,142       185,486          29.5         45.7

April ...................         1,373    158,582     1,263     148,133                                                       
May .....................           986    101,358       891      93,332                                                       
June ....................         1,157    120,463       941     103,307                                                       

Second Quarter ..........         3,516    380,403     3,095     344,772         1,203    (r)212,673          38.9      (r)61.7

July ....................         1,981    244,216     1,745     222,377                                                       
August ..................           645     67,582       598      63,484                                                       
September ...............         1,662    213,281     1,505     179,042                                                       

Third Quarter ...........         4,288    525,079     3,848     464,903         1,136    (r)190,180          29.5         40.9

October .................           905     91,941       757      80,694                                                       
November ................         1,254    116,127     1,079     102,182                                                       
December ................         2,323    254,258     2,168     242,753                                                       

Fourth Quarter ..........         4,482    462,326     4,004     425,629         1,400    (r)246,169          35.0      (r)57.8

           2006                                                                                                                

January .................         1,245    117,946     1,123     108,701                                                       
February ................           719     66,555       658      62,208                                                       
March ...................           921    111,838       856     106,177                                                       

First Quarter ...........         2,885    296,339     2,637     277,086        (r)963    (r)189,634       (r)36.5      (r)68.4

April ...................         1,140    121,589     1,038     112,964                                                       
May .....................           872     84,809       794      78,663                                                       
June ....................         1,489    164,761     1,224     140,687                                                       

Second Quarter ..........         3,501    371,159     3,056     332,314  (2)(p) 1,213(2)(p) 184,534       (p)39.7      (p)55.5

July ....................         1,511    166,857     1,335     154,342                                                       

    1 The event realization rate is the percentage of all private nonfarm mass layoff events lasting more than 30 days. The
initial claimant realization rate is the percentage of all private nonfarm mass layoff initial claimants associated with
layoffs lasting more than 30 days.
    2 These quarterly numbers are provisional and will be revised as more data on these layoffs become available.
Experience suggests that the number of extended mass layoff events is generally revised upwards by less than 10 percent and
the number of initial claimants associated with such events increases by 25-40 percent.
    r = revised.
    p = preliminary.





Table 5.  Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance by census region and division,
not seasonally adjusted


                                                                                    Initial claimants for
                                           Mass layoff events                       unemployment insurance
 Census region and division                                                                                       

                                  July       May        June       July        July        May       June      July  
                                  2005       2006       2006       2006        2005        2006      2006      2006  

        United States(1) ...     1,981        872      1,489      1,511      244,216      84,809   164,761   166,857

Northeast ..................       319        134        296        218       32,958      12,744    37,376    17,043

    New England ............        45         30         48         23        4,353       3,083     5,809     1,618
    Middle Atlantic ........       274         04        248        195       28,605       9,661    31,567    15,425

South ......................       415        204        344        313       44,995      18,518    36,740    30,866

    South Atlantic .........       193        100        190        178       18,350       8,321    20,426    15,176
    East South Central .....       136         51         80         82       17,428       5,259     8,564     8,541
    West South Central .....        86         53         74         53        9,217       4,938     7,750     7,149

Midwest ....................       695        220        378        569      114,158      26,538    44,200    86,786

    East North Central .....       581        157        292        487       94,359      17,516    36,225    77,161
    West North Central .....       114         63         86         82       19,799       9,022     7,975     9,625

West .......................       552        314        471        411       52,105      27,009    46,445    32,162

    Mountain ...............        56         28         55         32        5,836       2,637     5,396     2,324
    Pacific ................       496        286        416        379       46,269      24,372    41,049    29,838


    1 See footnote 1, table 3.
    NOTE:  The States (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the census divisions are: New England:
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, and
Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South Central:
Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North
Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho,
Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.





Table 6. State distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance,
not seasonally adjusted

                                                                                         Initial claimants for           
                                         Mass layoff events                             unemployment insurance           
           State                                                                                                         
                             July        May        June         July         July        May         June       July  
                             2005        2006       2006         2006         2005        2006        2006       2006  

   Total(1) .............   1,981         872      1,489        1,511       244,216      84,809     164,761    166,857

Alabama .................      58          13         15           12         6,449       1,347       1,636      1,510
Alaska ..................     (2)         (2)          4            3           (2)         (2)         375        217
Arizona .................      22           5         12           14         2,288         625       1,262      1,101
Arkansas ................       8         (2)          4            4           698         (2)         819        414
California ..............     445         259        361          341        41,741      22,138      35,270     26,385
Colorado ................       5           5          4            5           434         443         355        375
Connecticut .............       7           6         14            5           553         461       1,735        297
Delaware ................      -           -          5           (2)            -           -        1,671        (2)
District of Columbia ....     (2)         (2)         -            -            (2)         (2)          -          -
Florida .................      86          48         92           81         6,526       3,165       7,581      5,371
Georgia .................      46          17         40           39         4,374       1,734       4,456      4,104
Hawaii ..................       3           4          6            3           246         359         408        183
Idaho ...................       7           4          5            3           981         255         393        262

Illinois ................      57          43         61           46         6,808       6,641       9,144      7,333
Indiana .................      82          22         40           66        15,176       1,815       6,786     10,104
Iowa ....................      23          12         12           22         5,154       3,239         813      2,846
Kansas ..................       8           9         10            8           720         685         880      1,757
Kentucky ................      62          17         26           53         9,576       2,065       3,246      5,767
Louisiana ...............      20          12         22           12         1,916         973       2,361      2,629
Maine ...................       4           4          4          (2)           303         314         287      ( 2 )
Maryland ................       8           5         16           13           811         414       1,455      1,421
Massachusetts ...........      24          13         10            7         2,333       1,692         795        441
Michigan ................     248          40         88          228        34,561       4,028       9,298     41,722
Minnesota ...............      27          11         21           11         4,573       2,678       1,971        922
Mississippi .............       5           7         13            6           374         495       1,023        364
Missouri ................      49          25         33           32         8,285       1,957       3,017      2,979

Montana .................     (2)           3          7          (2)           (2)         182         559        (2)
Nebraska ................       6           4          6            5           991         324         615        685
Nevada ..................      13         (2)         14            7         1,084         (2)       1,597        439
New Hampshire ...........       5         (2)          4          (2)           497         (2)         625        (2)
New Jersey ..............      37          16         85           42         3,325       1,591      13,182      3,662
New Mexico ..............       5           4         10          (2)           287         570         891        (2)
New York ................     107          40         44           62        12,136       4,570       4,453      4,837
North Carolina ..........      19          12         14           11         2,121       1,355       1,332      1,233
North Dakota ............     (2)         (2)        (2)            4           (2)         (2)         (2)        436
Ohio ....................     115          30         59           79        25,306       3,102       5,903     10,108
Oklahoma ................       7         (2)          4            8         1,303         (2)         288      1,290
Oregon ..................      26          16         26           20         2,399       1,242       3,275      2,186
Pennsylvania ............     130          48        119           91        13,144       3,500      13,932      6,926

Rhode Island ............       3         (2)         11            4           419         (2)       1,825        272
South Carolina ..........      11          10         11           13         1,627         988       1,190      1,143
South Dakota ............      -          (2)        (2)           -             -          (2)         (2)         -
Tennessee ...............      11          14         26           11         1,029       1,352       2,659        900
Texas ...................      51          37         44           29         5,300       3,688       4,282      2,816
Utah ....................     (2)           5        (2)           -            (2)         447         (2)         -
Vermont .................     (2)           4          5            3           (2)         404         542        235
Virginia ................      20           7          9           18         2,589         593       2,480      1,666
Washington ..............      21           6         19           12         1,809         570       1,721        867
West Virginia ...........     (2)          -         (2)          (2)           (2)          -          (2)        (2)
Wisconsin ...............      79          22         44           68        12,508       1,930       5,094      7,894
Wyoming .................      -           -          -            -             -           -           -          -

Puerto Rico .............      12          60         19           10         1,270      14,229       2,071        860

    1  See footnote 1, table 3.
    2  Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.  
    NOTE:  Dash represents zero.