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                                             For release: 10:00 A.M. EDT
Media contact:                 691-5902      Thursday, August 23, 2007


                         MASS LAYOFFS IN JULY 2007

   In July, employers took 1,221 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; the number of workers involved totaled 124,835, on a sea-
sonally adjusted basis.  The number of mass layoff events in July remained
about the same when compared with the prior month, and the number of asso-
ciated initial claims decreased by 3,062.  Over the month, 383 mass layoff
events were reported in the manufacturing sector, seasonally adjusted, re-
sulting in 50,036 initial claims.  Compared with June, mass layoff activity
in manufacturing increased by 43 events, and initial claims increased by
10,763.  (See table 1.)

   From January through July 2007, the total number of events (seasonally
adjusted) at 8,654, and initial claims (seasonally adjusted) at 898,372,
were higher than in January-July 2006 (7,845 and 820,097, respectively).

   The national unemployment rate was 4.6 percent in July, essentially un-
changed from 4.5 percent in the prior month, but down from 4.8 percent a
year earlier.  Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 92,000 over
the month and by 1.9 million over the year.

Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

   The 10 industries reporting the highest numbers of mass layoff initial
claims, not seasonally adjusted, accounted for 34 percent of the total
initial claims in July.  The industry with the highest number of initial
claims was automobile manufacturing with 13,186, followed by temporary help
services with 10,738 and all other motor vehicle parts manufacturing with
6,748.  Together, these three industries accounted for 17 percent of all
initial claims due to mass layoffs during the month.  (See table A.)

                                  - 2 -

Table A.  Industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims
in July 2007
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                                              |        |       July peak    
                   Industry                   |Initial |----------------------
                                              | claims |      |               
                                              |        | Year | Initial claims
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Automobile manufacturing .....................| 13,186 | 1996 |      22,644   
Temporary help services ......................| 10,738 | 1998 |      24,601   
All other motor vehicle parts manufacturing ..|  6,748 | 2004 |       9,691   
Motor vehicle metal stamping .................|  6,167 | 2005 |       8,198   
All other plastics product manufacturing .....|  4,465 | 2004 |       8,864   
Professional employer organizations ..........|  4,019 | 2004 |       4,425   
Motor vehicle seating and interior trim       |        |      |               
 manufacturing ...............................|  4,012 | 2005 |       9,238   
Elementary and secondary schools .............|  3,739 | 2005 |       7,104   
School and employee bus transportation .......|  3,627 | 1997 |       8,081   
Motion picture and video production ..........|  3,323 | 1998 |      12,310   
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   The manufacturing sector accounted for 43 percent of all mass layoff
events and 58 percent of all related initial claims filed in July, unchang-
ed from a year earlier.  In July 2007, the number of manufacturing claimants
was highest in transportation equipment manufacturing (48,795, largely in
automobile manufacturing, all other motor vehicle parts manufacturing, and
motor vehicle metal stamping), followed by plastics and rubber products
manufacturing (7,487) and machinery manufacturing (6,994).  (See table 3.)

   Administrative and waste services accounted for 14 percent of mass lay-
off events and 10 percent of initial claims in July, primarily from tempo-
rary help services and professional employer organizations.  Transportation
and warehousing comprised 6 percent of events and 5 percent of initial claims
filed over the month, with the majority of layoffs in transit and ground
passenger transportation and truck transportation.  Six percent of all mass
layoff events and 4 percent of related initial claims filed were from govern-
ment, mainly from elementary and secondary schools.  Retail trade made up 5
percent of events and 4 percent of initial claims, mostly from general mer-
chandise stores.

   On a not seasonally adjusted basis, the number of mass layoff events in
July, at 1,599, was up by 88 from a year earlier, and the number of associ-
ated initial claims increased by 8,562 to 175,419.  (See table 2.)  The
largest over-the-year increases in initial claims were reported in primary
metal manufacturing (+2,673), machinery manufacturing (+2,278), and admini-
strative and support services (+1,617).  The largest over-the-year decreases
in mass layoff initial claims were reported in transportation equipment man-
ufacturing (-2,313) and in agriculture and forestry support activities
(-1,368).
                                  - 3 -

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, with 85,557.  Transportation
equipment manufacturing accounted for 47 percent of all mass layoff initial
claims in that region during the month.  In each July of the years 2002-
2006, between 40 and 51 percent of all mass layoff initial claims in the
Midwest were due to layoffs in transportation equipment manufacturing.  In
July 2007, the South had the second largest number of initial claims among
the regions with 35,763, followed by the West with 33,064 and the Northeast
with 21,035.  (See table 5.)

   The number of initial claimants in mass layoffs increased over the year
in three of the four regions.  The largest increase was in the South
(+4,897), followed by the Northeast (+3,992).  The Midwest (-1,229) report-
ed the only over-the-year decrease in initial claims.  Six of the 9 geo-
graphic divisions had over-the-year increases in the numbers of initial
claims associated with mass layoffs, with the largest increases in the East
South Central (+5,533), West North Central (+3,418), and Mountain (+2,374)
divisions.  The division with the largest over-the-year decrease was the
East North Central (-4,647).

   Reflecting transportation equipment manufacturing layoffs, Michigan
recorded the highest number of initial claims filed due to mass layoff
events in July (36,356).  Other states with large numbers of mass layoff
related claims were California (25,054), Ohio (10,435), Wisconsin (9,712),
and Illinois (8,175).  These five states accounted for 49 percent of all
mass layoff events and 51 percent of all initial claims for unemployment
insurance in July.  (See table 6.)

   Alabama had the largest over-the-year increase in the number of initial
claims (+5,000); this was partially due to more mass layoff activity in
transportation equipment manufacturing.  States having the next largest
increases in initial claims were New York (+3,338), South Carolina (+1,951),
Wisconsin (+1,818), and Massachusetts (+1,732).  The largest over-the-year
decreases in claims occurred in Michigan (-5,366), Indiana (- 2,268), and
Louisiana (-2,025).
   
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 lay-
offs").  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 2007 is scheduled to be released on
Friday, September 21.







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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 2003 to 
July 2007, seasonally adjusted

                                       Total            Private nonfarm          Manufacturing

             Date                                                                             
                                           Initial               Initial               Initial
                                 Events   claimants    Events   claimants    Events   claimants
                                                                                              
             2003                                                                             

August .....................     1,498     169,799     1,362     156,687       546      74,509
September ..................     1,562     147,054     1,370     132,262       479      57,332
October ....................     1,536     158,137     1,328     140,298       420      52,105
November ...................     1,366     138,079     1,223     126,597       377      49,716
December ...................     1,412     139,423     1,243     127,356       445      50,923

             2004                                                                             

January ....................     1,428     146,692     1,232     128,191       394      45,544
February ...................     1,320     134,626     1,170     122,329       367      40,849
March ......................     1,372     139,716     1,237     130,737       401      59,987
April ......................     1,374     140,190     1,202     124,962       349      38,197
May ........................     1,209     113,091     1,047      99,615       330      38,965
June .......................     1,403     141,048     1,231     128,137       366      47,015
July .......................     1,330     137,484     1,180     126,106       372      51,424
August .....................     1,394     127,671     1,224     113,376       345      36,963
September ..................     1,277     125,351     1,154     115,343       338      46,955
October ....................     1,288     132,250     1,172     122,831       362      47,571
November ...................     1,314     130,558     1,171     118,904       378      46,276
December ...................     1,170     114,641     1,013     103,434       301      33,022

             2005                                                                             

January ....................     1,489     160,986     1,353     150,640       383      56,133
February ...................     1,172     123,377     1,045     112,752       358      45,794
March ......................     1,219     132,035     1,079     122,013       377      55,061
April ......................     1,263     137,381     1,132     126,747       398      60,826
May ........................     1,226     133,221     1,085     120,899       382      54,886
June .......................     1,194     126,834     1,074     117,712       359      57,018
July .......................     1,248     131,500     1,101     118,800       353      47,136
August .....................     1,109     123,125       986     111,879       338      46,915
September ..................     2,217     292,177     1,998     246,227       419      56,289
October ....................     1,098     108,665       977      99,402       321      44,666
November ...................     1,167     115,803     1,036     104,576       330      43,307
December ...................     1,253     135,721     1,125     124,632       372      48,592

             2006                                                                             

January ....................     1,112     109,429       984      99,277       282      29,911
February ...................     1,065     112,742       973     105,055       329      46,548
March ......................     1,105     120,954     1,003     112,730       335      50,149
April ......................     1,175     121,376     1,041     111,369       365      48,038
May ........................     1,098     113,195       982     103,839       297      42,993
June .......................     1,130     123,558     1,007     113,037       331      40,500
July .......................     1,160     118,843     1,038     109,509       372      49,069
August .....................     1,218     131,105     1,083     120,923       367      58,983
September ..................     1,158     120,795     1,043     111,876       392      46,802
October ....................     1,186     119,914     1,069     111,036       401      55,795
November ...................     1,220     136,340     1,111     127,286       411      60,599
December ...................     1,201     133,818     1,099     124,526       390      53,828

             2007                                                                             

January ....................     1,237     126,368     1,095     115,615       389      51,141
February ...................     1,280     143,977     1,166     135,252       419      64,072
March ......................     1,276     130,687     1,165     122,150       420      54,441
April ......................     1,239     126,194     1,109     115,870       387      43,939
May ........................     1,182     118,414     1,079     110,880       365      48,872
June .......................     1,219     127,897     1,094     117,787       340      39,273
July .......................     1,221     124,835     1,115     116,744       383      50,036





Table 2.  Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, August 2003 to 
July 2007, not seasonally adjusted

                                       Total            Private nonfarm        Manufacturing  

             Date                                                                             
                                           Initial               Initial               Initial
                                 Events   claimants    Events   claimants    Events   claimants

             2003                                                                             

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
August .....................       708      72,844       656      69,054       203      28,494
September ..................       865      87,699       785      81,274       296      39,076
October ....................       964      98,804       820      88,133       311      46,737
November ...................     1,315     136,186     1,172     125,009       455      58,473
December ...................     2,249     254,503     2,126     244,783       735     105,462

             2007                                                                             

January ....................     1,407     134,984     1,263     124,475       456      53,615
February ...................       935      86,696       861      82,097       273      36,170
March ......................     1,082     123,974     1,015     118,431       367      49,886
April ......................     1,219     127,444     1,115     118,040       309      35,229
May ........................       923      85,816       856      81,153       224      26,527
June .......................     1,599     172,810     1,318     148,669       313      36,571
July .......................     1,599     175,419     1,450     164,939       684     101,390





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 
                                                     2006      2007     2007      2007        2006      2007      2007       2007 

               Seasonally adjusted                                                                                                

                                                                                                                                  
      Total .....................................    1,160     1,182    1,219     1,221     118,843   118,414   127,897    124,835

                                                                                                                                  
  Total, private nonfarm ........................    1,038     1,079    1,094     1,115     109,509   110,880   117,787    116,744
    Manufacturing ...............................      372       365      340       383      49,069    48,872    39,273     50,036
                                                                                                                                  
              Not seasonally adjusted                                                                                             

                                                                                                                                  
      Total (1) ................................     1,511       923    1,599     1,599     166,857    85,816   172,810    175,419

Total, private ..................................    1,414       880    1,372     1,503     160,148    82,760   152,740    168,280
    Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting ..       79        24       54        53       5,806     1,607     4,071      3,341

  Total, private nonfarm ........................    1,335       856    1,318     1,450     154,342    81,153   148,669    164,939
    Mining ......................................     (2)       (2)       -        (2)         (2)       (2)        -         (2) 
    Utilities ...................................     (2)         5      (2)       (2)         (2)       439       (2)        (2) 
    Construction ................................       69        91      106        88       4,457     6,230     8,157      5,844
    Manufacturing ...............................      648       224      313       684      96,152    26,527    36,571    101,390
        Food ....................................       60        34       50        46       5,607     2,579     5,901      4,927
        Beverage and tobacco products ...........     (2)       (2)      (2)          5         (2)       (2)       (2)        316
        Textile mills ...........................       16         9        7        19       2,217       920       871      2,272
        Textile product mills ...................        9      (2)      (2)          8         663       (2)       (2)        857
        Apparel .................................       19         5        9        19       2,009       562       770      1,678
        Leather and allied products .............     (2)        -          4         7        (2)        -         435      1,212
        Wood products ...........................       35        20       22        27       3,480     1,823     2,063      2,901
        Paper ...................................        7         8        8         4         522       680       592        259
        Printing and related support activities .        5         7       11         5         418       551     1,033        499
        Petroleum and coal products .............      (2)      (2)       -         -          (2)       (2)        -          -  

        Chemicals ...............................       11         6        5         8       1,503       377       367        826
        Plastics and rubber products ............       57        11       10        65       6,842       810       971      7,487
        Nonmetallic mineral products ............       19         7       12        10       2,070       583       899      1,373
        Primary metals ..........................       32        13       15        36       3,645       963     1,613      6,318
        Fabricated metal products ...............       54        10       15        63       5,549       699     1,377      6,364
        Machinery ...............................       33        16       24        49       4,716     1,430     4,268      6,994
        Computer and electronic products ........       20        11       20        20       1,979       758     1,668      2,549
        Electrical equipment and appliances .....       19         7       13        20       1,943     1,622     1,540      3,271
        Transportation equipment ................      233        40       59       249      51,048    10,268     9,438     48,795
        Furniture and related products ..........        7        11       19        14         490     1,063     1,840      1,394
        Miscellaneous manufacturing .............        7         5        4        10         508       613       314      1,098

    Wholesale trade .............................       17        10       21        18       1,218     1,021     1,398      1,347
    Retail trade ................................       85        87       77        83       7,540     7,827     8,548      6,663
    Transportation and warehousing ..............       88        31      173        90       8,327     2,782    24,861      9,132
    Information .................................       37        23       39        37       4,274     4,355     6,323      4,253
    Finance and insurance .......................       26        33       31        39       1,695     2,414     2,323      2,499
    Real estate and rental and leasing ..........        8         4        8         7         895       344       570        605
    Professional and technical services .........       40        41       29        45       4,530     3,168     4,960      4,072
    Management of companies and enterprises .....        3      (2)      (2)          5         204      (2)       (2)         329
    Administrative and waste services ...........      190       119      146       216      16,115     9,762    14,846     18,257
    Educational services ........................        8         4       17         7         533       204     1,144        486
    Health care and social assistance ...........       40        54      166        49       3,068     4,684    15,124      3,911
    Arts, entertainment, and recreation .........       18        20       30        17       1,018     1,166     1,620      1,007
    Accommodation and food services .............       46        87      109        50       3,419     8,401    17,231      3,967
    Other services, except public administration         8        20       47         7         442     1,684     4,441        578
    Unclassified ................................        1        -        -          3         192       -         -          218

Government ......................................       97        43      227        96       6,709     3,056    20,070      7,139
    Federal .....................................        7         8       12         8         685       634     1,337        925
    State .......................................       12         7       20        10         826       594     1,438        901
    Local .......................................       78        28      195        78       5,198     1,828    17,295      5,313

   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 2005 to July 2007, 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


             2005                                                                                                                

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       190,186          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       246,188          35.0         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           963       193,510          36.5         69.8

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         1,353    (r)264,927          44.3         79.7

July .......................    1,511      166,857     1,335     154,342                                                       
August .....................      708       72,844       656      69,054                                                       
September ..................      865       87,699       785      81,274                                                       

Third Quarter ..............    3,084      327,400     2,776     304,670           929    (r)161,743          33.5         53.1

October ....................      964       98,804       820      88,133                                                       
November ...................    1,315      136,186     1,172     125,009                                                       
December ...................    2,249      254,503     2,126     244,783                                                       

Fourth Quarter .............    4,528      489,493     4,118     457,925         1,640    (r)330,848          39.8      (r)72.2

             2007                                                                                                              

January ....................    1,407      134,984     1,263     124,475                                                       
February ...................      935       86,696       861      82,097                                                       
March ......................    1,082      123,974     1,015     118,431                                                       

First Quarter ..............    3,424      345,654     3,139     325,003      (r)1,111    (r)197,623       (r)35.4      (r)60.8

April ......................    1,219      127,444     1,115     118,040                                                       
May ........................      923       85,816       856      81,153                                                       
June .......................    1,599      172,810     1,318     148,669                                                       

Second Quarter .............    3,741      386,070     3,289     347,862   (2)(p)1,249 (2)(p)173,487       (p)38.0      (p)49.9

July .......................    1,599      175,419     1,450     164,939                                                       

   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 
                                    2006       2007     2007         2007       2006       2007       2007         2007 
                                                                                                                        
        United States (1) ...      1,511       923     1,599        1,599     166,857     85,816     172,810     175,419

Northeast ...................        218       150       297          241      17,043     12,593      36,633      21,035

    New England .............         23        25        44           39       1,618      1,887       5,098       3,608
    Middle Atlantic .........        195       125       253          202      15,425     10,706      31,535      17,427

South .......................        313       222       386          360      30,866     22,490      39,627      35,763

    South Atlantic ..........        178       113       216          180      15,176      9,597      18,926      15,861
    East South Central ......         82        55        82          122       8,541      7,748      10,813      14,074
    West South Central ......         53        54        88           58       7,149      5,145       9,888       5,828

Midwest .....................        569       217       386          573      86,786     23,747      44,703      85,557

    East North Central ......        487       153       296          485      77,161     15,731      35,106      72,514
    West North Central ......         82        64        90           88       9,625      8,016       9,597      13,043

West ........................        411       334       530          425      32,162     26,986      51,847      33,064

    Mountain ................         32        29        67           44       2,324      2,309       5,642       4,698
    Pacific .................        379       305       463          381      29,838     24,677      46,205      28,366

   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
                              2006         2007       2007       2007        2006          2007       2007        2007

   Total (1) ............    1,511          923      1,599      1,599      166,857       85,816     172,810    175,419

Alabama .................       12           14         19         59        1,510        1,379       2,148      6,510
Alaska ..................        3          (2)        -          -            217         (2)          -          -
Arizona .................       14            6         16         10        1,101          524       1,605        808
Arkansas ................        4            5          8         10          414          432         776      1,133
California ..............      341          270        416        351       26,385       21,582      40,833     25,054
Colorado ................        5            3         11       (2)           375          276         978       (2) 
Connecticut .............        5            6         11          5          297          521       1,452        357
Delaware ................     (2)            -          3        (2)          (2)           -           181       (2) 
District of Columbia ....      -            (2)       (2)        (2)           -           (2)         (2)        (2) 
Florida .................       81           60        116         79        5,371        4,066       9,348      5,214
Georgia .................       39           21         37         50        4,104        2,641       3,641      5,133
Hawaii ..................        3            3          5       (2)           183          251         413       (2) 
Idaho ...................        3          (2)          9          6          262         (2)          696      1,395

Illinois ................       46           30         66         53        7,333        3,074       8,155      8,175
Indiana .................       66           18         30         55       10,104        1,416       4,348      7,836
Iowa ....................       22            5         17         20        2,846          481       2,499      3,631
Kansas ..................        8           10          9         14        1,757          613         971      2,294
Kentucky ................       53           19         31         43        5,767        4,593       5,288      5,958
Louisiana ...............       12            8         22          9        2,629          878       2,112        604
Maine ...................     (2)           (2)          6          4         (2)          (2)          447        266
Maryland ................       13            5         22          4        1,421          426       1,999        455
Massachusetts ...........        7            9          6         20          441          649         373      2,173
Michigan ................      228           46         73        211       41,722        4,520       9,041     36,356
Minnesota ...............       11            9         22         10          922        1,090       1,923      1,558
Mississippi .............        6            9          9          8          364          461         725        822
Missouri ................       32           35         36         38        2,979        5,459       3,217      3,619

Montana .................     (2)             6          6          4         (2)           419         361        379
Nebraska ................        5          (2)       (2)           3          685         (2)         (2)         682
Nevada ..................        7            6         11         15          439          429         942      1,438
New Hampshire ...........     (2)           (2)          4          5         (2)           (2)         581        391
New Jersey ..............       42           31         70         42        3,662        2,936      12,720      3,176
New Mexico ..............     (2)             3         11          6         (2)           312         756        392
New York ................       62           29         47         88        4,837        2,358       5,818      8,175
North Carolina ..........       11            8         11          3        1,233          547       1,011        219
North Dakota ............        4          (2)          3          3          436         (2)          344      1,259
Ohio ....................       79           34         68         86       10,108        3,350       7,301     10,435
Oklahoma ................        8            5          4          4        1,290          428       1,375        307
Oregon ..................       20           15         26         20        2,186        1,528       3,507      2,463
Pennsylvania ............       91           65        136         72        6,926        5,412      12,997      6,076

Rhode Island ............        4          (2)         10          3          272         (2)        1,541        222
South Carolina ..........       13            6          7         24        1,143          473         652      3,094
South Dakota ............      -            (2)       (2)         -            -           (2)        (2)          -  
Tennessee ...............       11           13         23         12          900        1,315       2,652        784
Texas ...................       29           36         54         35        2,816        3,407       5,625      3,784
Utah ....................      -            (2)          3       (2)           -           (2)          304       (2) 
Vermont .................        3            5          7       (2)           235          317         704       (2) 
Virginia ................       18           12         17         15        1,666        1,370       1,834      1,400
Washington ..............       12           15         16          8          867        1,206       1,452        722
West Virginia ...........     (2)            -        (2)        (2)          (2)           -          (2)        (2) 
Wisconsin ...............       68           25         59         80        7,894        3,371       6,261      9,712
Wyoming .................      -            (2)        -          -            -           (2)          -          -  

Puerto Rico .............       10           12         17         13          860          978       2,417      1,221

   1  See footnote 1, table 3.
   2  Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
   NOTE:  Dash represents zero.