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                                            For release: 10:00 A.M. EDT
Media contact:                 691-5902     Thursday, July 20, 2006


                         MASS LAYOFFS IN JUNE 2006
   
   In June 2006, employers took 1,097 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 119,662,
on a seasonally adjusted basis.  The number of layoff events increased by
23, and the number of associated initial claims rose by 9,804 from May 2006.
In the manufacturing sector, 311 mass layoff events were reported during
June 2006, seasonally adjusted, resulting in 37,570 initial claims. The num-
ber of events in manufacturing was higher than a month earlier, while the
number of initial claims decreased.  (See table 1.)
   
   In June 2006, the national unemployment rate was 4.6 percent, seasonally
adjusted, unchanged from May 2006 and down from 5.0 percent in June 2005.
Total nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, increased by 121,000
over the month and by about 1.9 million over the year.

Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
   
   The 10 industries reporting the highest number of mass layoff initial
claims, not seasonally adjusted, accounted for 73,842 initial claims in
June, 45 percent of the total.  (See table A.)  The two industries with
the highest number of initial claims were school and employee bus trans-
portation with 18,267 and food service contractors with 11,707.  Together,
these two industries accounted for 18 percent of all initial claims in June.
   
   The manufacturing sector accounted for 21 percent of all mass layoff
events and 25 percent of all initial claims filed in June; a year earlier,
manufacturing comprised 19 percent of events and 27 percent of initial claims.  
In June 2006, the number of manufacturing claimants was highest in transporta-
tion equipment manufacturing (15,822, mostly automotive-related), followed
by food manufacturing (5,008).  (See table 3.)
   
   Transportation and warehousing accounted for 10 percent of events and 14
percent of initial claims filed in June 2006, with layoffs mainly in school
and employee bus transportation.  Seven percent of all layoff events and 9
percent of initial claims filed during the month were from accommodation
and food services, primarily in food service contractors.  Heath care and
social assistance accounted for 10 percent of events and 8 percent of ini-
tial claims in June, mostly in child day care services.

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Table A.  Industries with the largest mass layoff initial claims in
June 2006
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                                       | Initial |        June peak
                 Industry              | claims  |-------------------------
                                       |         |   Year  | Initial claims
---------------------------------------|---------|---------|---------------
                                       |         |         |
School and employee bus transportation | 18,267  |   2006  |    18,267
Food service contractors ..............| 11,707  |   2006  |    11,707
Elementary and secondary schools ......| 11,029  |   2003  |    17,360
Child day care services ...............|  7,973  |   1995  |     8,779
Motion picture and video production ...|  7,261  |   2000  |     9,435
Temporary help services .............. |  5,607  |   2000  |    13,815
Automobile manufacturing ..............|  4,525  |   1998  |    41,501
Other individual and family services ..|  2,744  |   2006  |     2,744
Other social advocacy organizations ...|  2,555  |   2000  |     3,815
Nonupholstered wood household furni- ..|         |         |      
  ture mfg. ...........................|  2,174  |   2006  |     2,174
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   Government establishments accounted for 14 percent of events and 12 per-
cent of initial claims filed in June, largely in educational services as the
school year ended.
   
   On a not seasonally adjusted basis, the number of layoff events in June
2006, at 1,489, was up by 332 from a year earlier, and the number of associ-
ated initial claims increased by 44,298 to 164,761.  These were the highest
number of events reported for any June since 2003 and the highest initial
claims totals since 2001.  This is likely due in part to a calendar effect;
June 2006 contained 5 weeks for possible mass layoffs compared with 4 weeks
in each June of the prior 4 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 adjustments are made for the calendar effects in the pre-
viously mentioned seasonally adjusted series.)  The largest over-the-year
increases in initial claims were reported in transit and ground passenger
transportation (+7,710), food services and drinking places (+4,748), motion
picture and sound recording industries (+4,626), and transportation equipment
manufacturing (+3,554).  The largest over-the-year decreases in initial claims
were reported in electrical equipment and appliance manufacturing (-3,049)
and telecommunications (-869).


Geographic Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
   
   Among the four census regions, the highest number of initial claims
in June due to mass layoffs was in the West, 46,445.  (See table 5.)
Motion picture and sound recording industries and educational services
accounted for 26 percent of all mass layoff initial claims in that region
during the month.  The Midwest had the second largest number of initial
claims, 44,200, followed by the Northeast, 37,376, and the South with 36,740.
   
   The number of initial claimants in mass layoffs increased over the year
in all four of the regions.  The largest increase was in the Northeast
(+14,655), followed by the West (+13,367), the South (+11,061) and the
Midwest (+5,215).  All nine geographic divisions had over-the-year in-
creases in the number of initial claims associated with mass layoffs,
with the largest increases in the Middle Atlantic (+12,004) and Pacific
(+11,974).
   
   Among the states, California recorded the highest number of initial
claims filed due to mass layoff events in June (35,270), followed by
Pennsylvania (13,932), New Jersey (13,182), Michigan (9,298), and
Illinois (9,144).  These five states accounted for 48 percent of all
mass layoff events and 49 percent of all initial claims for unemploy-
ment insurance.  (See table 6.)
   
   California had the largest over-the-year increase in the number of
initial claims (+10,618), largely due to layoffs in motion picture and
sound recording industries and professional and technical services.  New
Jersey had the next largest increase in initial claims (+5,687), followed
closely by Pennsylvania (+5,327).  The largest over-the-year decrease in
claims occurred in Ohio (-5,638).
   
   From January to June, California reported 161,329 mass layoff initial
claims, 24 percent of the national total.  The states with the next larg-
est number of claims over this period were Pennsylvania (43,038), New York
(42,409), and Michigan (40,986).
   
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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 lay-
offs.  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 Extended Mass Layoffs in the Second Quarter of 2006
is scheduled to be released on Thursday, August 10, 2006.  The report
on Mass Layoffs in July 2006 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday,
August 23, 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, July 2002 to June 2006,
seasonally adjusted

                                       Total            Private nonfarm         Manufacturing   

             Date                                                                               
                                           Initial               Initial               Initial  
                                 Events   claimants    Events   claimants     Events  claimants 

            2002                                                                              

July .......................     1,635     179,806     1,460     164,944       564      74,834
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








Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance,  July 2002 to June 2006,
not seasonally adjusted

                                       Total            Private nonfarm        Manufacturing    

             Date                                                                               
                                           Initial               Initial               Initial  
                                 Events   claimants    Events   claimants    Events   claimants 

            2002                                                                              

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 .......................     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








Table 3. Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance

                                                                                                     Initial claimants for        
                                                             Mass layoff events                     unemployment insurance        
                    Industry                                                                                                      

                                                      June      April     May      June        June      April     May      June  
                                                      2005      2006      2006     2006        2005      2006      2006     2006  

               Seasonally adjusted                                                                                               

      Total .....................................     1,184      1,148    1,074    1,097     128,430    118,504  109,858  119,662

  Total, private nonfarm ........................     1,065      1,023      963      974     119,271    109,150  101,080  109,041
    Manufacturing ...............................       349        358      293      311      53,930     48,086   42,006   37,570

             Not seasonally adjusted                                                                                             

      Total(1) ..................................     1,157      1,140      872    1,489     120,463    121,589   84,809  164,761

Total, private ..................................       990      1,098      813    1,286     106,219    118,236   79,738  145,567
    Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting ..        49         60       19       62       2,912      5,272    1,075    4,880

  Total, private nonfarm ........................       941      1,038      794    1,224     103,307    112,964   78,663  140,687
    Mining ......................................         -          5        3        4           -        385      213      347
    Utilities ...................................     ( 2 )      ( 2 )    ( 2 )    ( 2 )       ( 2 )      ( 2 )    ( 2 )    ( 2 )
    Construction ................................        61         98       90       75       4,304      6,324    6,116    6,089
    Manufacturing ...............................       216        296      192      319      32,783     39,538   23,570   41,095
        Food ....................................        43         80       39       55       4,245      8,192    3,335    5,008
        Beverage and tobacco products ...........     ( 2 )      ( 2 )    ( 2 )    ( 2 )       ( 2 )      ( 2 )    ( 2 )    ( 2 )
        Textile mills ...........................         8         14        8       12       1,089      2,935      780    1,432
        Textile product mills ...................         4          9    ( 2 )    ( 2 )         486        773    ( 2 )    ( 2 )
        Apparel .................................         7         12        6       11         789      1,724      525    1,340
        Leather and allied products .............     ( 2 )      ( 2 )    ( 2 )    ( 2 )       ( 2 )      ( 2 )    ( 2 )    ( 2 )
        Wood products ...........................     ( 2 )         24       12       17       ( 2 )      2,342      853    1,562
        Paper ...................................         7          5        7       10         633        333      527      725
        Printing and related support activities .         7          9       10        4         569        804      860      382
        Petroleum and coal products .............         -          -    ( 2 )    ( 2 )           -          -    ( 2 )    ( 2 )

        Chemicals ...............................     ( 2 )          4        8        4       ( 2 )        272      464      557
        Plastics and rubber products ............         6         12        5       25         544        912      341    2,526
        Nonmetallic mineral products ............     ( 2 )         14        5    ( 2 )       ( 2 )        914      526    ( 2 )
        Primary metals ..........................        11         11        4       11       1,478        731      448      997
        Fabricated metal products ...............        12         16        8       17         963      1,083      508    1,506
        Machinery ...............................        18         10        9       23       2,365      1,387    2,432    3,194
        Computer and electronic products ........        13         13       11       13       1,074        946    1,058    1,278
        Electrical equipment and appliances .....        16          7        6       10       4,010        762    1,449      961
        Transportation equipment ................        41         39       35       79      12,268     14,093    7,657   15,822
        Furniture and related products ..........         9          8        8       15       1,084        709      709    2,742
        Miscellaneous manufacturing .............     ( 2 )          5        5        6       ( 2 )        394      615      552

    Wholesale trade .............................        12         19       11        9       1,340      1,933      847      591
    Retail trade ................................        58         86       77       78       4,656      7,780    7,570    8,353
    Transportation and warehousing ..............       126        152       30      155      15,593     19,558    2,270   23,033
    Information .................................        41         30       33       25       4,687      4,570    4,360    8,398
    Finance and insurance .......................        23         26       24       38       1,637      1,670    1,864    2,900
    Real estate and rental and leasing ..........         5      ( 2 )        6        6         239      ( 2 )      424      392
    Professional and technical services .........        17         41       35       28       1,978      5,776    3,019    4,107
    Management of companies and enterprises .....     ( 2 )      ( 2 )    ( 2 )    ( 2 )       ( 2 )      ( 2 )    ( 2 )    ( 2 )
    Administrative and waste services ...........       102        134      122      135       9,051     10,725   12,323   10,992
    Educational services ........................        10          5        5       16         551        572      384    1,057
    Health care and social assistance ...........       133         21       49      152      11,354      1,676    4,598   12,932
    Arts, entertainment, and recreation .........        25         25       21       30       1,338      1,895    1,257    1,735
    Accommodation and food services .............        71         74       69      104      10,150      7,937    7,535   14,670
    Other services, except public administration         35         17       23       44       3,079      2,000    2,078    3,577
    Unclassified  ...............................         -          4        1        2           -        240       39      102

Government ......................................       167         42       59      203      14,244      3,353    5,071   19,194
    Federal .....................................        10          9        9       14         964        796      767    1,521
    State .......................................        15         10        6       17       1,009        909      308    1,758
    Local .......................................       142         23       44      172      12,271      1,648    3,996   15,915


 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, April 2004 to June 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                                                                                                                

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       148,575          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       212,452          38.9         61.6

July ....................         1,981    244,216     1,745     222,377                                                       
August ..................           645     67,582       598      63,484                                                       
September ...............         1,662    213,281     1,505     179,042                                                       

Third Quarter ...........         4,288    525,079     3,848     464,903         1,136       190,119          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       244,943          35.0         57.5

           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      (2)(p)892  (2)(p)129,607     (p)33.8      (p)46.8

April ...................         1,140    121,589     1,038     112,964                                                       
May .....................           872     84,809       794      78,663                                                       
June ....................         1,489    164,761     1,224     140,687                                                       

Second Quarter ..........         3,501    371,159     3,056     332,314                                                       


  1 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                                                                                       

                                 June      April      May    June        June        April      May      June  
                                 2005      2006       2006   2006        2005        2006       2006     2006  
											    	       
        United States(1) ...     1,157     1,140      872    1,489       120,463    121,589    84,809   164,761
											    	       
Northeast ..................       183       308      134      296        22,721     34,615    12,744    37,376
											    	       
    New England ............        26        52       30       48         3,158      6,268     3,083     5,809
    Middle Atlantic ........       157       256      104      248        19,563     28,347     9,661    31,567
											    	       
South ......................       269       177      204      344        25,679     18,283    18,518    36,740
											    	       
    South Atlantic .........       164        98      100      190        15,133     10,728     8,321    20,426
    East South Central .....        41        41       51       80         3,656      4,108     5,259     8,564
    West South Central .....        64        38       53       74         6,890      3,447     4,938     7,750
											    	       
Midwest ....................       299       243      220      378        38,985     34,494    26,538    44,200
											    	       
    East North Central .....       246       203      157      292        33,393     30,704    17,516    36,225
    West North Central .....        53        40       63       86         5,592      3,790     9,022     7,975
											    	       
West .......................       406       412      314      471        33,078     34,197    27,009    46,445
											    	       
    Mountain ...............        44        47       28       55         4,003      5,769     2,637     5,396
    Pacific ................       362       365      286      416        29,075     28,428    24,372    41,049


  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                                                                                                         
                            June        April        May        June         June        April        May       June  
                            2005        2006         2006       2006         2005        2006         2006      2006  

   Total(1) .............   1,157       1,140        872        1,489       120,463     121,589      84,809    164,761

Alabama .................       8           9         13           15           833         741       1,347      1,636
Alaska ..................       3           5      ( 2 )            4           238         694       ( 2 )        375
Arizona .................       7          17          5           12           475       2,709         625      1,262
Arkansas ................   ( 2 )           5      ( 2 )            4         ( 2 )         432       ( 2 )        819
California ..............     319         321        259          361        24,652      24,551      22,138     35,270
Colorado ................   ( 2 )           6          5            4         ( 2 )         768         443        355
Connecticut .............       6           8          6           14           734         673         461      1,735
Delaware ................       4           -          -            5         1,674           -           -      1,671
District of Columbia ....       -           -      ( 2 )            -             -           -       ( 2 )          -
Florida .................      93          34         48           92         6,661       2,363       3,165      7,581
Georgia .................      19          20         17           40         1,924       4,191       1,734      4,456
Hawaii ..................       3           6          4            6           210         422         359        408
Idaho ...................       4           3          4            5           301         349         255        393

Illinois ................      56          29         43           61         5,273       3,380       6,641      9,144
Indiana .................      34          22         22           40         5,771       2,260       1,815      6,786
Iowa ....................       7           7         12           12           847         987       3,239        813
Kansas ..................       6       ( 2 )          9           10           822       ( 2 )         685        880
Kentucky ................      11          17         17           26           962       2,174       2,065      3,246
Louisiana ...............      21       ( 2 )         12           22         1,965       ( 2 )         973      2,361
Maine ...................   ( 2 )       ( 2 )          4            4         ( 2 )       ( 2 )         314        287
Maryland ................       4          15          5           16           478       1,277         414      1,455
Massachusetts ...........       7          17         13           10           592       2,001       1,692        795
Michigan ................      55          41         40           88         6,580       7,191       4,028      9,298
Minnesota ...............      14          12         11           21         1,314         814       2,678      1,971
Mississippi .............       7           6          7           13           391         430         495      1,023
Missouri ................      16          13         25           33         1,719       1,008       1,957      3,017

Montana .................       6           3          3            7           378         220         182        559
Nebraska ................       7           4          4            6           556         495         324        615
Nevada ..................      12          11      ( 2 )           14         1,713       1,053       ( 2 )      1,597
New Hampshire ...........       3           5      ( 2 )            4           661         504       ( 2 )        625
New Jersey ..............      39          53         16           85         7,495       6,259       1,591     13,182
New Mexico ..............       8       ( 2 )          4           10           623       ( 2 )         570        891
New York ................      37         102         40           44         3,463      13,386       4,570      4,453
North Carolina ..........      13           7         12           14         1,127         568       1,355      1,332
North Dakota ............   ( 2 )       ( 2 )      ( 2 )        ( 2 )         ( 2 )       ( 2 )       ( 2 )      ( 2 )
Ohio ....................      62          53         30           59        11,541      12,182       3,102      5,903
Oklahoma ................       4       ( 2 )      ( 2 )            4           296       ( 2 )       ( 2 )        288
Oregon ..................      20          16         16           26         2,253       1,296       1,242      3,275
Pennsylvania ............      81         101         48          119         8,605       8,702       3,500     13,932

Rhode Island ............       7           7      ( 2 )           11           948       1,528       ( 2 )      1,825
South Carolina ..........      17          11         10           11         1,564       1,314         988      1,190
South Dakota ............   ( 2 )       ( 2 )      ( 2 )        ( 2 )         ( 2 )       ( 2 )       ( 2 )      ( 2 )
Tennessee ...............      15           9         14           26         1,470         763       1,352      2,659
Texas ...................      37          30         37           44         3,329       2,354       3,688      4,282
Utah ....................       5           4          5        ( 2 )           338         381         447      ( 2 )
Vermont .................   ( 2 )          13          4            5         ( 2 )       1,311         404        542
Virginia ................      11           9          7            9         1,495         830         593      2,480
Washington ..............      17          17          6           19         1,722       1,465         570      1,721
West Virginia ...........       3       ( 2 )          -        ( 2 )           210       ( 2 )           -      ( 2 )
Wisconsin ...............      39          58         22           44         4,228       5,691       1,930      5,094
Wyoming .................       -       ( 2 )          -            -             -       ( 2 )           -          -

Puerto Rico .............      12           8         60           19         2,023         767      14,229      2,071

  1  See footnote 1, table 3.
  2  Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.  
  NOTE: Dash represents zero.