USDL-11-0085 For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Thursday, January 27, 2011 Technical information: (202) 691-6392 • mlsinfo@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/mls Media contact: (202) 691-5902 • PressOffice@bls.gov MASS LAYOFFS – DECEMBER 2010 ANNUAL TOTALS – 2010 Employers took 1,483 mass layoff actions in December involving 137,992 workers, seasonally adjusted, as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Each mass layoff involved at least 50 persons from a single employer. The number of mass layoff events in December decreased by 96 from the prior month, and the number of associated initial claims decreased by 10,808. The number of events reached its lowest level since April 2008. In December, 319 mass layoff events were reported in the manufacturing sector, seasonally adjusted, resulting in 35,977 initial claims; both figures declined over the month. (See table 1.) Chart 1. Mass layoff events, seasonally adjusted, January 2006-December 2010 Events 3,500 Chart 2. Mass layoff initial claims, seasonally adjusted, January 2006-December 2010 Claims 350,000 3,000 300,000 2,500 250,000 Total 2,000 200,000 1,500 150,000 1,000 500 0 Manufacturing Private nonfarm Total 100,000 Private nonfarm 50,000 Manufacturing 0 Revision of Seasonally Adjusted Mass Layoff Data Seasonally adjusted mass layoffs data have been revised using updated seasonal adjustment factors that incorporate 2010 data. Seasonally adjusted estimates back to January 2006 were subject to revision. Revised seasonally adjusted data from January 2007 forward are shown in table 1. The originally published and revised figures for January 2006-November 2010 will be available at www.bls.gov/mls/mlssarevision.htm, along with additional information about the revisions. Table A. Industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims in December 2010, not seasonally adjusted December peak Industry Initial claims Year Initial claims Food service contractors ................................... Highway, street, and bridge construction ............ School and employee bus transportation ............. 1 Temporary help services .................................. Automobile manufacturing .................................. Hotels and motels, except casino hotels .............. 1 Professional employer organizations ................. Supermarkets and other grocery stores .............. Landscaping services ......................................... Ready-mix concrete manufacturing ..................... 1 18,725 12,682 10,775 2010 2005 2006 18,725 20,088 14,747 8,309 4,547 2,318 2005 2005 2008 16,656 9,021 3,528 2,280 2,256 2,220 2,158 2008 1996 2005 2005 6,101 2,297 2,691 3,232 See the Technical Note for more information on these industries. The total number of mass layoff events in 2010, at 19,564, not seasonally adjusted, and initial claims, at 1,854,596, were lower than in 2009 when both events and claims reached their highest annual levels on record. (Data begin in 1996. See table B.) Among the 19 major industry sectors in the private economy, 17 reported over-the-year decreases in initial claims. The national unemployment rate was 9.4 percent in December, down from 9.8 percent the prior month and 9.9 percent a year earlier. In December, total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 103,000 over the month and by 1,124,000 from a year earlier. Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted) The number of mass layoff events in December was 1,931 on a not seasonally adjusted basis; the number of associated initial claims was 184,130. (See table 2.) The number of mass layoff events was down by 379 from December 2009, and associated initial claims decreased by 30,518. Twelve of the 19 major industry sectors in the private economy reported over-the-year decreases in initial claims, with manufacturing having the largest decrease. The manufacturing sector accounted for 24 percent of all mass layoff events and 29 percent of initial claims filed in December. A year earlier, manufacturing made up 27 percent of events and 30 percent of initial claims. Within manufacturing, the number of claimants in December was greatest in transportation equipment and in food. (See table 3.) Thirteen of the 21 manufacturing subsectors experienced over-the-year decreases in initial claims, with the largest declines in machinery, furniture and related products, and fabricated metal products. The six-digit industry with the largest number of initial claims in December was food service contractors, which reached a program high number of claims for the month of December. (See table A.) The table includes both publicly and privately owned entities. -2- Table B. Number of mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, 1996-2010, not seasonally adjusted Initial claimants for Year Layoff events unemployment insurance 1996 ........................ 1997 ........................ 1998 ........................ 1999 ........................ 2000 ........................ 2001 ........................ 2002 ........................ 2003 ........................ 2004 ........................ 2005 ........................ 14,111 14,960 15,904 14,909 15,738 21,467 20,277 18,963 15,980 16,466 1,437,628 1,542,543 1,771,069 1,572,399 1,835,592 2,514,862 2,245,051 1,888,926 1,607,158 1,795,341 2006 ........................ 2007 ........................ 2008 ........................ 2009 ........................ 2010 ........................ 13,998 15,493 21,137 28,030 19,564 1,484,391 1,598,875 2,130,220 2,796,456 1,854,596 Geographic Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted) Three of the 4 regions and 7 of the 9 divisions experienced over-the-year decreases in initial claims due to mass layoffs in December. Among the census regions, the Midwest registered the largest over-theyear declines in initial claims. Of the geographic divisions, the East North Central had the largest overthe-year decline in initial claims. (See table 5.) California recorded the highest number of initial claims in December, followed by Illinois, New York, and Pennsylvania. Thirty-nine states and the District of Columbia experienced over-the-year decreases in initial claims, led by California, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Missouri. (See table 6.) Review of 2010 For all of 2010, on a not seasonally adjusted basis, the total numbers of mass layoff events, at 19,564, and initial claims, at 1,854,596, were lower than in 2009 when totals reached their highest annual levels on record. (Data begin in 1996. See table B.) Among the 19 major industry sectors in the private economy, 17 reported over-the-year decreases in initial claims, led by manufacturing, which declined to its lowest annual level on record. Of the 17 sectors reporting over-the-year declines in claims, 9 decreased by record amounts. The manufacturing sector accounted for 25 percent of all mass layoff events and 29 percent of initial claims filed in the private economy in 2010; in 2009 manufacturing made up 36 percent of events and 43 percent of initial claims. The number of manufacturing claimants in 2010 was highest in transporta-3- Table C. Industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims in 2010, not seasonally adjusted 2009 2010 Industry Initial claims Rank Initial claims Rank 1 Temporary help services ...................................... School and employee bus transportation ................. Food service contractors ........................................ Elementary and secondary schools .......................... Motion picture and video production ...................... Highway, street, and bridge construction ................. 1 Professional employer organizations ..................... Automobile manufacturing ...................................... Discount department stores .................................... Supermarkets and other grocery stores ................... 1 151,957 92,324 68,888 62,774 53,275 40,186 1 2 3 5 7 10 117,391 91,066 75,004 64,755 45,856 42,096 1 2 3 4 5 6 65,280 46,306 35,577 24,883 4 8 11 14 40,396 35,416 29,986 24,534 7 8 9 10 See the Technical Note for more information on these industries. tion equipment and in food. Total initial claims for all 21 manufacturing subsectors decreased between 2009 and 2010, with transportation equipment and machinery experiencing the largest declines. The six-digit industry with the greatest number of initial claims in 2010 was temporary help services. Discount department stores and supermarkets and other grocery stores entered the highest 10 industries in terms of initial claims for the entire year, displacing construction machinery manufacturing and light truck and utility vehicle manufacturing. Among the highest 10 industries, food service contractors and elementary and secondary schools reached annual program highs in 2010. (See table C.) The table includes both publicly and privately owned entities. All census regions and divisions experienced over-the-year decreases in initial claims from 2009 to 2010. The Midwest recorded the largest over-the-year decline among the regions. Of the geographic divisions, the East North Central and the Pacific experienced the greatest decreases in initial claims from 2009 to 2010. Among the states, California, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Florida recorded the greatest numbers of initial claims during 2010. Forty-eight states and the District of Columbia experienced over-theyear decreases in total initial claims for the year, led by California, Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio. Note The monthly data series in this release cover mass layoffs of 50 or more workers beginning in a given month, regardless of the duration of the layoffs. For private nonfarm establishments, information on the length of the layoff is obtained later and issued in a quarterly release that reports on mass layoffs lasting more than 30 days (referred to as "extended mass layoffs"). The quarterly release provides more information on the industry classification and location of the establishment and on the demographics of the laid-off workers. Because monthly figures include short-term layoffs of 30 days or less, the sum of the -4- 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 Extended Mass Layoffs news release for the Fourth Quarter 2010 is scheduled to be released on Friday, February 11, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. (EST). The Mass Layoffs news release for January is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, February 23, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. (EST). -5- Technical Note The Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program is a federalstate program that uses a standardized automated approach to identifying, describing, and tracking the effects of major job cutbacks, using data from each state's unemployment insurance database. Each month, states report on employers which have at least 50 initial claims filed against them during a consecutive 5-week period. These employers then are contacted by the state agency to determine whether these separations lasted 31 days or longer, and, if so, other information concerning the layoff is collected. States report on layoffs lasting more than 1 month on a quarterly basis. A given month contains an aggregation of the weekly unemployment insurance claims filings for the Sunday through Saturday weeks in that month. All weeks are included for the particular month, except if the first day of the month falls on Saturday. In this case, the week is included in the prior month's tabulations. This means that some months will contain 4 weeks and others, 5 weeks. The number of weeks in a given month may be different from year to year, and the number of weeks in a year may vary. Therefore, analysis of over-the-month and over-the-year change in not seasonally adjusted series should take this calendar effect into consideration. The MLS program resumed operations in April 1995 after it had been terminated in November 1992 due to lack of funding. Prior to April 1995, monthly layoff statistics were not available. Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339 Definitions Employer. Employers in the MLS program include those covered by state unemployment insurance laws. Information on employers is obtained from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program, which is administered by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Industry. Employers are classified according to the 2007 version of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For temporary help and professional employer organization industries, monthly MLS-related statistics generally reflect layoffs related to underlying client companies in other industries. An individual layoff action at a client company can be small, but when initial claimants associated with many such layoffs are assigned to a temporary help or professional employer organization firm, a mass layoff event may trigger. Initial claimant. A person who files any notice of unemployment to initiate a request either for a determination of entitlement to and eligibility for compensation, or for a subsequent period of unemployment within a benefit year or period of eligibility. Mass layoff event. Fifty or more initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits filed against an employer during a 5-week period, regardless of duration. Seasonal adjustment Effective with the release of data for January 2005, BLS began publishing six seasonally adjusted monthly MLS series. The six series are the numbers of mass layoff events and mass layoff initial claims for the total, private nonfarm, and manufacturing sectors. Seasonal adjustment is the process of estimating and removing the effect on time series data of regularly recurring seasonal events such as changes in the weather, holidays, and the beginning and ending of the school year. The use of seasonal adjustment makes it easier to observe fundamental changes in time series, particularly those associated with general economic expansions and contractions. The MLS data are seasonally adjusted using the X-12ARIMA seasonal adjustment method on a concurrent basis. Concurrent seasonal adjustment uses all available monthly estimates, including those for the current month, in developing seasonal adjustment factors. Revisions to the most recent 5 years of seasonally adjusted data will be made once a year with the issuance of December data. Before the data are seasonally adjusted, prior adjustments are made to the original data to adjust them for differences in the number of weeks used to calculate the monthly data. Because weekly unemployment insurance claims are aggregated to form monthly data, a particular month's value could be calculated with 5 weeks of data in 1 year and 4 weeks in another. The effects of these differences could seriously distort the seasonal factors if they were ignored in the seasonal adjustment process. These effects are modeled in the X-12ARIMA program and are permanently removed from the final seasonally adjusted series. Table 1. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, January 2007 to December 2010, seasonally adjusted Total Date Private nonfarm Manufacturing Initial claimants Events Initial claimants Events Initial claimants 2007 January ........................................................ February ....................................................... March ........................................................... April .............................................................. May .............................................................. June ............................................................. July ............................................................... August .......................................................... September ................................................... October ........................................................ November .................................................... December .................................................... 1,235 1,198 1,202 1,238 1,159 1,207 1,295 1,217 1,233 1,330 1,397 1,553 128,523 129,244 124,521 126,334 113,578 127,776 136,168 122,450 121,998 133,063 145,339 154,275 1,082 1,072 1,092 1,102 1,064 1,097 1,193 1,126 1,140 1,210 1,269 1,435 117,096 120,459 115,835 115,271 106,573 119,007 128,208 115,305 115,675 124,455 135,651 144,785 403 371 384 358 347 342 401 312 430 439 408 463 54,843 53,420 47,658 42,989 44,637 37,552 55,906 34,877 51,731 56,970 56,985 59,445 2008 January ........................................................ February ....................................................... March ........................................................... April .............................................................. May .............................................................. June ............................................................. July ............................................................... August .......................................................... September ................................................... October ........................................................ November .................................................... December .................................................... 1,437 1,604 1,500 1,292 1,582 1,631 1,581 1,791 2,192 2,221 2,415 2,443 146,900 175,128 150,502 128,901 161,944 164,508 164,497 181,107 233,034 229,254 228,107 245,661 1,302 1,441 1,388 1,162 1,444 1,488 1,443 1,653 2,024 2,062 2,256 2,264 135,622 163,475 140,424 118,016 152,230 153,014 153,720 171,705 219,532 215,787 214,631 231,138 431 471 435 449 468 491 463 583 635 697 900 927 55,562 59,118 56,156 58,402 62,452 68,198 62,425 77,874 82,471 92,408 102,284 114,280 2009 January ........................................................ February ....................................................... March ........................................................... April .............................................................. May .............................................................. June ............................................................. July ............................................................... August .......................................................... September ................................................... October ........................................................ November .................................................... December .................................................... 2,272 2,801 2,950 2,579 2,758 2,506 2,192 2,419 2,305 1,975 1,754 1,725 238,717 315,507 295,543 251,032 288,319 250,275 223,697 220,262 219,924 195,347 154,223 156,274 2,103 2,636 2,758 2,368 2,557 2,293 1,977 2,177 2,095 1,780 1,585 1,545 224,850 300,042 279,027 234,796 271,425 232,814 203,365 201,951 204,596 177,977 141,439 141,649 756 1,194 1,205 997 1,187 1,048 620 778 799 570 464 420 100,927 138,583 144,713 121,435 147,548 135,389 72,932 83,837 91,665 63,646 51,891 43,584 2010 January ........................................................ February ....................................................... March ........................................................... April .............................................................. May .............................................................. June ............................................................. July ............................................................... August .......................................................... September ................................................... October ........................................................ November .................................................... December .................................................... 1,716 1,492 1,635 1,675 1,665 1,729 1,528 1,658 1,541 1,649 1,579 1,483 171,633 149,369 146,901 159,358 155,352 153,937 138,581 163,325 137,941 147,204 148,800 137,992 1,541 1,318 1,436 1,498 1,405 1,504 1,316 1,453 1,331 1,445 1,397 1,272 157,597 135,490 131,953 143,814 133,913 134,837 121,378 141,489 119,654 130,264 133,845 122,688 494 351 347 371 314 326 296 409 336 353 350 319 60,059 40,564 37,273 48,646 30,967 32,646 30,752 47,668 34,641 37,394 39,072 35,977 Events Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, January 2007 to December 2010, not seasonally adjusted Total Date Private nonfarm Manufacturing Initial claimants Events Initial claimants Events Initial claimants 2007 January ........................................................ February ....................................................... March ........................................................... April .............................................................. May .............................................................. June ............................................................. July ............................................................... August .......................................................... September ................................................... October ........................................................ November .................................................... December .................................................... 1,407 935 1,082 1,219 923 1,599 1,599 963 717 1,083 1,799 2,167 134,984 86,696 123,974 127,444 85,816 172,810 175,419 93,458 67,385 108,455 198,220 224,214 1,263 861 1,015 1,115 856 1,318 1,450 908 667 929 1,593 2,071 124,475 82,097 118,431 118,040 81,153 148,669 164,939 88,345 64,026 97,716 181,184 216,898 456 273 367 309 224 313 684 220 246 338 514 699 53,615 36,170 49,886 35,229 26,527 36,571 101,390 23,361 29,381 50,918 75,413 91,754 2008 January ........................................................ February ....................................................... March ........................................................... April .............................................................. May .............................................................. June ............................................................. July ............................................................... August .......................................................... September ................................................... October ........................................................ November .................................................... December .................................................... 1,647 1,269 1,089 1,272 1,552 1,622 1,891 1,427 1,292 2,125 2,574 3,377 154,503 119,508 114,541 130,810 159,471 166,742 200,382 139,999 129,586 221,784 241,589 351,305 1,520 1,178 1,039 1,172 1,438 1,315 1,687 1,343 1,202 1,917 2,389 3,232 144,191 113,587 110,147 121,625 150,462 140,916 186,018 133,146 122,505 205,553 226,657 340,220 488 361 333 394 388 309 760 414 361 689 997 1,378 54,418 42,527 43,740 48,188 51,698 42,097 108,733 51,912 46,391 100,457 107,620 172,529 2009 January ........................................................ February ....................................................... March ........................................................... April .............................................................. May .............................................................. June ............................................................. July ............................................................... August .......................................................... September ................................................... October ........................................................ November .................................................... December .................................................... 3,806 2,262 2,191 2,547 2,738 2,519 3,054 1,428 1,371 1,934 1,870 2,310 388,813 218,438 228,387 256,930 289,628 256,357 336,654 125,024 123,177 193,904 164,496 214,648 3,633 2,173 2,107 2,385 2,572 2,051 2,659 1,334 1,258 1,678 1,679 2,166 375,293 210,755 221,397 243,321 274,047 216,063 296,589 117,193 115,141 172,883 150,751 203,655 1,461 945 940 887 1,005 674 1,133 436 448 566 517 615 172,757 103,588 114,747 100,872 123,683 85,726 154,208 41,151 51,126 69,655 55,053 64,540 2010 January ........................................................ February ....................................................... March ........................................................... April .............................................................. May .............................................................. June ............................................................. July ............................................................... August .......................................................... September ................................................... October ........................................................ November .................................................... December .................................................... 2,860 1,183 1,197 1,840 1,354 1,861 2,124 976 920 1,642 1,676 1,931 278,679 102,818 111,727 199,690 123,333 171,190 206,254 92,435 77,654 148,638 158,048 184,130 2,682 1,091 1,111 1,697 1,170 1,355 1,732 897 806 1,373 1,477 1,763 265,074 96,022 105,514 184,654 109,203 125,872 172,248 83,021 67,987 127,865 142,591 172,881 962 282 273 424 216 212 532 230 187 351 389 465 104,846 30,728 29,745 55,178 19,334 21,083 64,200 23,088 19,403 40,861 41,383 52,816 Events Table 3. Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance Initial claimants for unemployment insurance Mass layoff events Industry December 2009 October 2010 November 2010 December 2010 December 2009 October 2010 1,725 1,545 420 1,649 1,445 353 1,579 1,397 350 1,483 1,272 319 156,274 141,649 43,584 147,204 130,264 37,394 November 2010 December 2010 148,800 133,845 39,072 137,992 122,688 35,977 Seasonally adjusted Total ............................................................. Total, private nonfarm ...................................... Manufacturing ................................................ Not seasonally adjusted 1 Total ........................................................... 2,310 1,642 1,676 1,931 214,648 148,638 158,048 184,130 Total, private ...................................................... Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting ........ Total, private nonfarm ...................................... Mining ............................................................ Utilities ............................................................ Construction ................................................... Manufacturing ................................................ Food ........................................................... Beverage and tobacco products ................ Textile mills ................................................ Textile product mills ................................... Apparel ....................................................... Leather and allied products ........................ Wood products ........................................... Paper ......................................................... Printing and related support activities ........ Petroleum and coal products ..................... 2,219 53 2,166 34 6 485 615 63 5 14 3 19 5 40 12 14 10 1,493 120 1,373 6 1,614 137 1,477 13 1,830 67 1,763 29 136,178 8,313 127,865 390 152,651 10,060 142,591 943 176,405 3,524 172,881 2,439 (2) 175 351 80 15 7 4 10 (2) 325 389 69 7 15 (2) 13,500 40,861 8,639 1,166 1,019 271 1,399 (2) 26,767 41,383 7,242 655 1,631 (2) 26 4 6 (2) 28 8 14 8 (2) 379 465 52 8 21 8 18 3 39 14 13 10 206,930 3,275 203,655 2,807 444 35,718 64,540 6,447 396 2,242 300 1,661 324 3,218 850 1,659 866 (2) 2,570 334 435 Chemicals .................................................. Plastics and rubber products ..................... Nonmetallic mineral products ..................... Primary metals ........................................... Fabricated metal products ......................... Machinery .................................................. Computer and electronic products ............. Electrical equipment and appliances ......... Transportation equipment .......................... Furniture and related products ................... Miscellaneous manufacturing .................... 10 35 59 34 54 53 23 19 106 28 9 9 20 21 17 21 24 12 11 60 23 9 8 25 48 21 29 18 13 12 78 20 7 768 3,487 4,990 3,456 4,387 6,827 1,429 2,191 13,537 4,617 888 (2) 723 656 1,460 1,358 1,667 4,968 851 1,935 8,581 1,929 596 (2) 2,568 653 1,312 796 (2) 29,458 52,816 6,590 856 2,239 981 1,294 850 3,623 1,055 934 892 685 1,912 1,839 1,352 1,766 2,980 990 1,808 7,754 2,945 775 561 2,392 4,212 1,919 2,380 2,724 1,214 2,372 12,534 2,521 673 Wholesale trade ............................................. Retail trade ..................................................... Transportation and warehousing ................... Information ..................................................... Finance and insurance ................................... Real estate and rental and leasing ................ Professional and technical services ............... Management of companies and enterprises .. Administrative and waste services ................. Educational services ...................................... Health care and social assistance ................. Arts, entertainment, and recreation ................ Accommodation and food services ................ Other services, except public administration . Unclassified .................................................... 50 121 157 51 30 12 47 5 253 12 38 19 214 16 1 30 126 45 52 31 9 43 28 99 68 48 22 5 57 23 105 114 25 29 13 44 2,079 13,260 3,948 5,640 2,342 455 3,447 2,347 8,433 6,236 10,136 1,742 287 6,284 1,706 9,985 13,341 2,818 2,151 1,408 3,549 (2) 275 11 54 31 118 10 1 (2) 225 3 31 32 112 15 1 (2) 225 9 46 24 208 15 1 3,858 12,300 17,909 7,042 2,357 763 3,746 545 21,653 755 2,653 1,734 23,507 1,171 153 (2) 23,531 657 4,056 2,674 10,024 506 73 (2) 20,778 147 2,523 2,703 10,219 1,168 79 (2) 17,203 958 3,904 1,843 27,239 1,153 92 Government ....................................................... Federal ........................................................... State ............................................................... Local .............................................................. 91 11 26 54 149 41 32 76 62 10 17 35 101 10 22 69 7,718 921 2,560 4,237 12,460 4,336 2,967 5,157 5,397 945 1,472 2,980 7,725 1,215 1,724 4,786 1 2 Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia. Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. (2) 8 9 15 16 20 26 13 15 50 17 6 (2) 8 (2) 993 Table 4. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, October 2008 to December 2010, not seasonally adjusted Private nonfarm Total mass layoffs Date Mass layoffs Events Initial claimants Events Initial claimants Extended mass layoffs lasting more than 30 days Realization rates 1 Events Initial claimants 3,582 766,780 47.5 99.3 3,979 835,551 50.3 103.5 3,395 731,049 48.4 99.7 2,034 406,823 38.7 76.9 2,416 468,560 43.7 88.9 1,870 367,930 38.3 78.9 2,011 393,435 47.6 93.7 Events Initial claimants 2008 October ...................................... November .................................. December .................................. 2,125 2,574 3,377 221,784 241,589 351,305 1,917 2,389 3,232 205,553 226,657 340,220 Fourth Quarter ........................... 8,076 814,678 7,538 772,430 January ...................................... February .................................... March ......................................... 3,806 2,262 2,191 388,813 218,438 228,387 3,633 2,173 2,107 375,293 210,755 221,397 First Quarter ............................... 8,259 835,638 7,913 807,445 April ............................................ May ............................................ June ........................................... 2,547 2,738 2,519 256,930 289,628 256,357 2,385 2,572 2,051 243,321 274,047 216,063 Second Quarter ......................... 7,804 802,915 7,008 733,431 July ............................................ August ........................................ September ................................. 3,054 1,428 1,371 336,654 125,024 123,177 2,659 1,334 1,258 296,589 117,193 115,141 Third Quarter ............................. 5,853 584,855 5,251 528,923 October ...................................... November .................................. December .................................. 1,934 1,870 2,310 193,904 164,496 214,648 1,678 1,679 2,166 172,883 150,751 203,655 Fourth Quarter ........................... 6,114 573,048 5,523 527,289 January ...................................... February .................................... March ......................................... 2,860 1,183 1,197 278,679 102,818 111,727 2,682 1,091 1,111 265,074 96,022 105,514 First Quarter ............................... 5,240 493,224 4,884 466,610 April ............................................ May ............................................ June ........................................... 1,840 1,354 1,861 199,690 123,333 171,190 1,697 1,170 1,355 184,654 109,203 125,872 Second Quarter ......................... 5,055 494,213 4,222 419,729 July ............................................ August ........................................ September ................................. 2,124 976 920 206,254 92,435 77,654 1,732 897 806 172,248 83,021 67,987 Third Quarter ............................. 4,020 376,343 3,435 323,256 October ...................................... November .................................. December .................................. 1,642 1,676 1,931 148,638 158,048 184,130 1,373 1,477 1,763 127,865 142,591 172,881 Fourth Quarter ........................... 5,249 490,816 4,613 443,337 2009 2010 1 The event realization rate is the percentage of all private nonfarm 2,p 1,297 2,p 177,807 p 37.8 p 55.0 data on these layoffs become available. Experience suggests that the mass layoff events lasting more than 30 days. The initial claimant realization number of extended mass layoff events is generally revised upwards rate is the percentage of all private nonfarm mass layoff initial claimants by less than 10 percent and the number of initial claimants associated associated with layoffs lasting more than 30 days. 2 These quarterly numbers are provisional and will be revised as more 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 unemployment insurance Mass layoff events Census region and division December 2009 October 2010 November 2010 December 2010 United States 1 ......................................... 2,310 1,642 1,676 1,931 214,648 Northeast .......................................................... New England ................................................ Middle Atlantic .............................................. 461 71 390 246 25 221 223 41 182 356 50 306 South ................................................................ South Atlantic ............................................... East South Central ....................................... West South Central ...................................... 494 284 115 95 368 213 70 85 426 245 83 98 Midwest ............................................................ East North Central ........................................ West North Central ....................................... 739 508 231 316 227 89 West ................................................................. Mountain ....................................................... Pacific ........................................................... 616 126 490 712 99 613 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, December 2009 October 2010 November 2010 December 2010 148,638 158,048 184,130 41,913 6,743 35,170 20,922 1,940 18,982 20,305 3,878 16,427 35,601 5,278 30,323 493 287 110 96 48,248 25,236 13,749 9,263 35,853 21,191 7,095 7,567 38,416 20,773 7,182 10,461 51,554 27,744 12,784 11,026 431 317 114 565 394 171 76,826 51,903 24,923 34,290 25,674 8,616 43,401 31,834 11,567 58,560 42,375 16,185 596 101 495 517 90 427 47,661 10,700 36,961 57,573 9,563 48,010 55,926 8,789 47,137 38,415 7,274 31,141 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 unemployment insurance Mass layoff events State December 2009 October 2010 November 2010 December 2010 Total 1 .............................................. 2,310 1,642 1,676 1,931 214,648 Alabama .............................................. Alaska ................................................. Arizona ................................................ Arkansas ............................................. California ............................................. Colorado ............................................. Connecticut ......................................... Delaware ............................................. District of Columbia ............................. Florida ................................................. Georgia ............................................... Hawaii ................................................. Idaho ................................................... 36 7 9 7 412 24 8 5 4 96 56 7 16 20 5 24 7 559 17 7 5 26 4 5 10 424 17 9 3 34 9 9 6 365 14 7 6 (2) 105 32 5 5 (2) 72 28 (2) 92 42 (2) 21 – Illinois .................................................. Indiana ................................................ Iowa .................................................... Kansas ................................................ Kentucky ............................................. Louisiana ............................................ Maine .................................................. Maryland ............................................. Massachusetts .................................... Michigan ............................................. Minnesota ........................................... Mississippi .......................................... Missouri .............................................. 142 57 51 28 44 22 3 16 28 119 45 12 86 60 26 14 6 20 19 Montana .............................................. Nebraska ............................................ Nevada ............................................... New Hampshire .................................. New Jersey ......................................... New Mexico ........................................ New York ............................................ North Carolina 3 .................................. North Dakota ....................................... Ohio .................................................... Oklahoma ........................................... Oregon ................................................ Pennsylvania ...................................... 12 12 36 11 67 12 126 Rhode Island ....................................... South Carolina .................................... South Dakota ...................................... Tennessee .......................................... Texas .................................................. Utah .................................................... Vermont .............................................. Virginia ................................................ Washington ......................................... West Virginia ....................................... Wisconsin ........................................... Wyoming ............................................. Puerto Rico ......................................... 18 7 91 10 29 197 6 45 (2) 23 56 16 15 40 35 4 99 (2) 11 November 2010 December 2010 148,638 158,048 184,130 2,244 430 2,392 790 42,458 1,675 523 403 2,499 266 365 1,224 40,704 1,379 837 153 3,758 915 940 563 25,602 964 576 429 (2) 9,277 2,969 401 362 (2) 3,911 3,012 (2) 7,554 4,306 15 4,592 650 817 581 30,229 1,941 890 266 301 7,715 5,244 637 1,099 (2) 2,085 1,006 110 49 39 23 38 21 6 9 19 67 34 19 54 17,639 6,256 6,087 4,878 5,013 1,641 204 1,251 2,990 10,913 3,690 1,000 8,373 7,281 4,349 1,397 737 2,828 1,554 9 11 34 26 15 37 59 30 24 8 21 17 6 7 17 74 39 25 29 796 858 3,010 3,056 1,017 2,866 5,386 3,799 3,716 1,205 1,744 1,351 528 529 1,449 7,199 3,316 1,964 2,159 13,672 5,314 3,897 2,923 5,003 1,741 431 611 2,372 8,985 2,932 2,128 4,763 9 6 26 3 31 7 61 12 8 28 3 33 8 54 8 14 26 3 49 8 115 896 1,166 3,677 867 6,716 954 12,704 831 560 2,396 302 2,517 545 5,443 1,074 643 2,186 218 4,247 636 4,471 470 1,157 2,449 326 6,036 640 12,383 21 78 6 64 5 28 95 80 5 87 6 25 142 1,455 595 8,888 893 2,617 15,750 1,697 4,734 484 2,540 11,022 8,019 528 6,234 441 2,676 7,709 8,876 375 7,826 1,410 2,234 11,904 10 26 713 4,780 (2) (2) 3,479 1,501 (2) 19 63 10 5 30 28 (2) 3,144 6,148 1,256 1,079 3,903 2,828 321 8,207 – – 45 7 22 129 2 ( ) 21 – 15 52 7 2 ( ) 19 22 – 62 4 22 (2) 19 – 11 66 9 5 32 37 5 90 (2) 11 – 81 December 2009 – – – – 1,006 4,739 758 975 7,445 977 736 3,111 3,294 457 9,216 2 ( ) 2,444 2,181 – (2) 6,300 604 1,093 2,191 – 10 October 2010 (2) 1,046 1 See footnote 1, table 3. data due to a change in MLS unemployment insurance 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. input procedures. 3 Data starting in November 2010 may not be comparable to prior NOTE: Dash represents zero. – 1,264 2,648 (2) 1,895 7,312 805 309 3,177 2,390 – 6,578 – 940
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