Technical information: (202) 691-6392 USDL 07-1283 http://www.bls.gov/mls/ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | July peak Industry |Initial |---------------------- | claims | | | | Year | Initial claims ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. - 4 - Technical Note The Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program is a federal-state program that uses a standardized, automated approach to identifying, describing, and tracking the effects of major job cutbacks, using data from each state's unemployment insurance database. Each month, states report on establishments which have at least 50 initial claims filed against them during a consecutive 5-week period. These establishments then are con- tacted by the state agency to determine whether these separations lasted 31 days or longer, and, if so, other information concerning the layoff is collected. States report on layoffs lasting more than 1 month on a quart- erly basis. A given month contains an aggregation of the weekly unemployment insurance claims filings for the Sunday through Saturday weeks in that month. All weeks are included for the particular month, except if the first day of the month falls on Saturday. In this case, the week is included in the prior month's tabulations. This means that some months will contain 4 weeks and others, 5 weeks, the number of weeks in a given month may be different from year to year, and the number of weeks in a year may vary. Therefore, analysis of over-the-month and over-the-year change in not seasonally adjusted series should take this calendar effect into consideration. The MLS program resumed operations in April 1995 after it had been terminated in November 1992 due to lack of funding. Prior to April 1995, monthly layoff statistics were not available. Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-691-5200; TDD message referral phone number: 1-800-877-8339. Definitions Initial claimant. A person who files any notice of unemployment to initiate a request either for a determination of entitlement to and eligibility for compensation, or for a subsequent period of unemployment within a benefit year or period of eligibility. Mass layoff event. Fifty or more initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits filed against an establishment during a 5-week period, regardless of duration. Seasonal adjustment Effective with the release of data for January 2005, BLS began publish- ing six seasonally adjusted monthly MLS series. The six series are the numbers of mass layoff events and mass layoff initial claims for the total, private nonfarm, and manufacturing sectors. Seasonal adjustment is the process of estimating and removing the effect on time series data of regularly recurring seasonal events such as changes in the weather, holidays, and the beginning and ending of the school year. The use of seasonal adjustment makes it easier to observe fundamental changes in time series, particularly those associated with general economic expan- sions and contractions. The MLS data are seasonally adjusted using the X-12-ARIMA seasonal adjust- ment method on a concurrent basis. Concurrent seasonal adjustment uses all available monthly estimates, including those for the current month, in devel- oping seasonal adjustment factors. Revisions to the most recent 5 years of seasonally adjusted data will be made once a year with the issuance of December data. Before the data are seasonally adjusted, prior adjustments are made to the original data to adjust them for differences in the number of weeks used to calculate the monthly data. Because weekly unemployment insurance claims are aggregated to form monthly data, a particular month's value could be calculated with 5 weeks of data in one year and 4 weeks in another. The effects of these differences could seriously distort the seasonal factors if they were ignored in the seasonal adjustment process. These effects are modeled in the X-12-ARIMA program and are permanently removed from the final seasonally adjusted series. Table 1. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, 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.