Technical information: (202) 691-6392 USDL 06-2100 http://www.bls.gov/mls/ For release: 10:00 A.M. EST Media contact: 691-5902 Thursday, December 21, 2006 MASS LAYOFFS IN NOVEMBER 2006 In November, employers took 1,208 mass layoff actions, seasonally adjusted, as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Each action involved at least 50 persons from a single establishment, and the number of workers involved totaled 136,415, on a seasonally adjusted basis. The number of mass layoff events increased by 37 from the prior month, and the number of associated initial claims in- creased by 22,691. During November, 415 mass layoff events were reported in the manufacturing sector, seasonally adjusted, resulting in 60,827 ini- tial claims. Both the number of events and the number of initial claims in manufacturing were higher in November than a month earlier. (See table 1.) The national unemployment rate was 4.5 percent in November, seasonally adjusted, essentially unchanged from 4.4 percent the prior month and down from 5.0 percent a year earlier. Total nonfarm payroll employment, sea- sonally adjusted, increased by 132,000 over the month and by about 1.8 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 30 percent of the total initial claims in November. The industry with the highest number of initial claims was highway, street, and bridge construction with 7,362, followed by temporary help services with 6,511, and motion picture and video production with 5,379. Together, these three industries accounted for 14 percent of all initial claims due to mass layoffs during the month. (See table A.) The manufacturing sector accounted for 35 percent of all mass layoff events and 43 percent of all initial claims filed in November; a year earlier, manufacturing comprised 29 percent of events and 36 percent of initial claims. In November 2006, the number of manufacturing claimants was highest in transportation equipment manufacturing (13,352, mostly in motor vehicle manufacturing), followed by food manufacturing (7,222) and machinery manufacturing (6,563). (See table 3.) Construction accounted for 16 percent of events and 13 percent of initial claims in November, mostly from heavy and civil engineering construction. Administrative and waste services comprised 12 percent of events and 9 percent of initial claims filed over the month, with the majority of layoffs in temporary help services and professional employer organizations. Accommodation and food services reported 6 percent of events and 7 percent of initial claims, mainly from food service contrac- tors. Eight percent of all layoff events and 5 percent of initial claims filed were from agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, primarily from the farm labor contractors and crew leaders industry. - 2 - Table A. Industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims in November 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | November peak Industry |Initial claims|-------------------------------- | | Year | Initial claims -------------------------------------------|--------------|----------|--------------------- | | | | | | Highway, street, and bridge construction ..| 7,362 | 2001 | 14,805 Temporary help services ...................| 6,511 | 2000 | 19,023 Motion picture and video production .......| 5,379 | 2000 | 8,664 Food service contractors ..................| 4,483 | 2006 | 4,483 Travel trailer and camper manufacturing ...| 3,548 | 2006 | 3,548 AC, refrigeration, and forced air heating..| 3,333 | 2006 | 3,333 Automobile manufacturing ..................| 3,031 | 2001 | 7,202 Casino hotels .............................| 2,706 | 2006 | 2,706 Farm labor contractors and crew leaders ...| 2,475 | 1999 | 11,613 Professional employer organizations .......| 2,099 | 2002 | 4,088 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Government establishments accounted for 3 percent of both events and initial claims filed, largely from executive, legislative, and general government and administration of economic programs. On a not seasonally adjusted basis, the number of mass layoff events in November, at 1,315, was up by 61 from a year earlier, and the number of associated initial claims increased by 20,059 to 136,186. (See table 2.) The largest over-the-year increases in initial claims were reported in machinery manufacturing (+3,653), motion picture and sound recording in- dustries (+3,487), and wood products manufacturing (+2,691). The largest over-the-year decreases in mass layoff initial claims were reported in apparel manufacturing (-1,305), general merchandise stores (-1,176), and amusements, gambling, and recreation (-1,118). From January through November 2006, the total number of initial claims due to mass layoffs, at 1,229,888, was the lowest reported for any January- November period in program history. Collection of comparable mass layoff data for the January-November period began in 1996. Geographic Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted) Among the four census regions, the highest number of initial claims in November due to mass layoffs was in the Midwest, 49,067. Transportation equipment manufacturing and administrative and support services together accounted for 33 percent of all mass layoff initial claims in that region during the month. The West had the second largest number of initial claims among the regions, 38,860, followed by the South, 27,536, and the Northeast 20,723. (See table 5.) The number of initial claimants in mass layoffs increased over the year in three of the four regions--the Midwest (+14,166), the West (+8,196), and the Northeast (+1,598). The South experienced the only regional decrease (-3,901). Five geographic divisions had over-the-year increases in the numbers of initial claims associated with mass layoffs, with the largest increase in the East North Central division (+12,111), followed by the Pacific division (+8,291). Of the four divisions with over-the-year decreases, the largest were in the West South Central (-2,918) and South Atlantic (-1,796). - 3 - Among the states, California recorded the highest number of initial claims filed due to mass layoff events in November (27,433), followed by Michigan (10,636), Wisconsin (10,523), Pennsylvania (8,518), and Indiana (7,285). These five states accounted for 50 percent of all mass layoff events and 47 percent of all associated initial claims for unemployment insurance. (See table 6.) California had the largest over-the-year increase in the number of initial claims (+6,109), mostly due to layoffs in motion picture and sound recording industries. Michigan had the next largest increase in initial claims (+5,650), followed by Indiana (+4,474). The largest over-the-year decreases in claims occurred in Florida (-4,931) and Louisiana (-2,801). From January to November, California reported 283,059 mass layoff ini- tial claims, 23 percent of the national total. The states with the next largest number of claims over this period were Michigan (105,122), Penn- sylvania (75,112), New York (64,907), and Ohio (64,443). 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 quar- terly 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 December 2006 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, January 24, 2007. Monthly release dates for the balance of 2007 are as follows: February 23 May 23 August 23 November 21 March 22 June 22 September 21 December 21 April 20 July 20 October 23 - 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, December 2002 to November 2006, seasonally adjusted Total Private nonfarm Manufacturing Date Initial Initial Initial Events claimants Events claimants Events claimants 2002 December ................... 1,841 198,678 1,659 184,368 661 84,048 2003 January .................... 1,358 131,963 1,168 117,636 387 48,685 February ................... 1,825 190,928 1,647 178,363 646 78,819 March ...................... 1,782 175,671 1,595 160,170 617 72,409 April ...................... 1,722 174,608 1,564 163,607 640 83,303 May ........................ 1,719 184,003 1,542 170,961 625 86,535 June ....................... 1,716 164,299 1,524 148,542 636 68,143 July ....................... 1,642 163,179 1,442 148,299 580 74,070 August ..................... 1,517 171,861 1,367 158,049 551 74,602 September .................. 1,562 147,383 1,374 133,383 484 56,472 October .................... 1,558 156,814 1,336 138,691 427 52,009 November ................... 1,393 141,383 1,244 129,231 401 50,460 December ................... 1,426 144,456 1,265 132,324 434 50,994 2004 January .................... 1,421 142,704 1,223 124,192 395 48,519 February ................... 1,293 132,640 1,145 120,811 362 39,360 March ...................... 1,364 140,957 1,234 132,152 407 60,296 April ...................... 1,381 141,909 1,207 126,106 341 37,686 May ........................ 1,189 111,173 1,030 98,230 314 37,405 June ....................... 1,390 141,948 1,226 129,344 360 45,398 July ....................... 1,329 137,724 1,185 126,945 371 53,248 August ..................... 1,436 131,807 1,243 116,672 342 38,192 September .................. 1,283 125,344 1,155 115,499 344 45,691 October .................... 1,302 129,237 1,181 119,653 369 47,888 November ................... 1,350 135,036 1,202 122,954 407 47,517 December ................... 1,188 120,602 1,038 109,508 293 33,123 2005 January .................... 1,465 153,676 1,330 143,295 380 58,778 February ................... 1,135 120,190 1,010 109,964 350 43,966 March ...................... 1,204 133,935 1,071 124,273 384 56,253 April ...................... 1,278 139,575 1,145 128,478 390 60,726 May ........................ 1,194 129,214 1,059 117,660 359 52,055 June ....................... 1,184 128,430 1,065 119,271 349 53,930 July ....................... 1,248 131,136 1,107 118,994 356 49,070 August ..................... 1,145 127,592 1,006 116,011 334 48,904 September .................. 2,219 283,772 1,975 237,831 438 53,399 October .................... 1,114 104,584 986 94,798 328 45,475 November ................... 1,205 120,783 1,074 109,680 359 45,069 December ................... 1,308 149,565 1,185 138,234 365 49,641 2006 January .................... 1,113 108,378 985 97,832 274 29,541 February ................... 1,073 111,468 973 103,268 321 45,073 March ...................... 1,082 118,555 984 110,275 328 49,023 April ...................... 1,148 118,504 1,023 109,150 358 48,086 May ........................ 1,074 109,858 963 101,080 293 42,006 June ....................... 1,097 119,662 974 109,041 311 37,570 July ....................... 1,125 114,895 1,009 105,829 363 47,287 August ..................... 1,193 127,944 1,060 117,993 357 59,256 September .................. 1,132 116,773 1,008 107,431 381 45,040 October .................... 1,171 113,724 1,045 104,126 398 54,852 November ................... 1,208 136,415 1,099 127,657 415 60,827 Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, December 2002 to November 2006, not seasonally adjusted Total Private nonfarm Manufacturing Date Initial Initial Initial Events claimants Events claimants Events claimants 2002 December ................... 2,474 264,158 2,324 252,807 984 126,826 2003 January .................... 2,315 225,430 2,130 210,918 822 90,244 February ................... 1,363 124,965 1,222 116,264 435 48,161 March ...................... 1,207 113,026 1,099 104,468 390 41,063 April ...................... 1,581 161,412 1,470 152,937 499 62,349 May ........................ 1,703 174,204 1,538 160,729 499 61,278 June ....................... 1,691 157,552 1,336 127,743 389 40,845 July ....................... 2,087 226,435 1,815 206,901 946 136,410 August ..................... 1,258 133,839 1,163 124,131 405 52,620 September .................. 868 82,647 756 73,914 271 31,428 October .................... 1,523 158,240 1,265 137,706 438 53,741 November ................... 1,438 138,543 1,234 123,524 408 48,419 December ................... 1,929 192,633 1,793 182,750 648 77,915 2004 January .................... 2,428 239,454 2,226 220,687 848 89,551 February ................... 941 84,201 832 76,577 240 23,043 March ...................... 920 92,554 847 87,782 258 34,686 April ...................... 1,458 157,314 1,316 142,657 343 36,172 May ........................ 988 87,501 878 78,786 219 22,141 June ....................... 1,379 134,588 1,077 110,804 222 27,307 July ....................... 2,094 253,929 1,860 234,877 885 145,895 August ..................... 809 69,033 745 63,876 194 17,698 September .................. 708 68,972 637 63,102 189 25,808 October .................... 1,242 127,918 1,101 117,375 372 48,265 November ................... 1,399 130,423 1,201 115,549 412 44,243 December ................... 1,614 161,271 1,487 152,092 436 50,726 2005 January .................... 2,564 263,952 2,421 253,409 823 108,985 February ................... 810 74,644 722 68,372 230 24,931 March ...................... 806 88,937 733 83,793 246 33,030 April ...................... 1,373 158,582 1,263 148,133 395 59,129 May ........................ 986 101,358 891 93,332 249 30,424 June ....................... 1,157 120,463 941 103,307 216 32,783 July ....................... 1,981 244,216 1,745 222,377 856 136,210 August ..................... 645 67,582 598 63,484 188 22,531 September .................. 1,662 213,281 1,505 179,042 318 47,497 October .................... 905 91,941 757 80,694 249 37,276 November ................... 1,254 116,127 1,079 102,182 363 41,442 December ................... 2,323 254,258 2,168 242,753 706 96,382 2006 January .................... 1,245 117,946 1,123 108,701 331 35,097 February ................... 719 66,555 658 62,208 210 24,892 March ...................... 921 111,838 856 106,177 285 44,688 April ...................... 1,140 121,589 1,038 112,964 296 39,538 May ........................ 872 84,809 794 78,663 192 23,570 June ....................... 1,489 164,761 1,224 140,687 319 41,095 July ....................... 1,511 166,857 1,335 154,342 648 96,152 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 Table 3. Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance Initial claimants for Mass layoff events unemployment insurance Industry November September October November November September October November 2005 2006 2006 2006 2005 2006 2006 2006 Seasonally adjusted Total ..................................... 1,205 1,132 1,171 1,208 120,783 116,773 113,724 136,415 Total, private nonfarm ........................ 1,074 1,008 1,045 1,099 109,680 107,431 104,126 127,657 Manufacturing ............................... 359 381 398 415 45,069 45,040 54,852 60,827 Not seasonally adjusted Total (1) ................................. 1,254 865 964 1,315 116,127 87,699 98,804 136,186 Total, private .................................. 1,187 819 913 1,273 109,395 83,317 93,939 132,337 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting .. 108 34 93 101 7,213 2,043 5,806 7,328 Total, private nonfarm ........................ 1,079 785 820 1,172 102,182 81,274 88,133 125,009 Mining ...................................... 7 (2) (2) 7 509 (2) (2) 648 Utilities ................................... (2) (2) - 3 (2) (2) - 161 Construction ................................ 192 99 100 212 15,824 6,643 6,445 17,364 Manufacturing ............................... 363 296 311 455 41,442 39,076 46,737 58,473 Food .................................... 66 32 56 59 7,092 2,763 5,246 7,222 Beverage and tobacco products ........... 6 6 9 8 416 581 711 502 Textile mills ........................... 19 12 11 14 2,734 1,751 1,388 2,247 Textile product mills ................... 6 5 (2) 9 444 465 (2) 1,325 Apparel ................................. 13 9 9 6 2,125 1,073 667 820 Leather and allied products ............. (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Wood products ........................... 20 28 35 53 2,353 2,645 3,548 5,044 Paper ................................... 8 6 6 9 479 741 456 854 Printing and related support activities . 8 (2) 5 (2) 574 (2) 315 (2) Petroleum and coal products ............. (2) 4 (2) 8 (2) 235 (2) 635 Chemicals ............................... 7 4 4 6 510 284 332 489 Plastics and rubber products ............ 19 16 13 24 1,469 1,786 1,295 2,716 Nonmetallic mineral products ............ 11 6 11 17 1,005 835 787 1,991 Primary metals .......................... 17 7 15 28 1,475 876 1,349 3,154 Fabricated metal products ............... 20 22 16 35 1,751 2,149 1,395 3,710 Machinery ............................... 24 24 24 34 2,910 4,772 5,167 6,563 Computer and electronic products ........ 12 8 8 21 1,001 451 631 1,711 Electrical equipment and appliances ..... 5 11 9 11 554 1,395 1,879 2,588 Transportation equipment ................ 76 69 55 79 11,665 13,330 19,224 13,352 Furniture and related products .......... 15 15 11 21 1,804 1,919 1,040 2,075 Miscellaneous manufacturing ............. 6 7 6 9 676 571 629 1,145 Wholesale trade ............................. 21 12 13 17 1,687 908 829 1,328 Retail trade ................................ 61 72 75 54 5,176 6,619 6,557 4,681 Transportation and warehousing .............. 45 24 31 48 3,479 1,965 3,053 3,583 Information ................................. 21 31 23 20 2,395 3,337 2,516 6,096 Finance and insurance ....................... 14 26 26 23 1,307 1,937 2,123 1,376 Real estate and rental and leasing .......... 3 4 3 5 122 311 416 270 Professional and technical services ......... 34 22 17 27 3,056 3,222 1,325 3,137 Management of companies and enterprises ..... (2) (2) (2) 5 (2) (2) (2) 387 Administrative and waste services ........... 138 110 140 158 11,350 9,950 12,596 12,907 Educational services ........................ (2) 6 (2) 3 (2) 436 (2) 200 Health care and social assistance ........... 34 21 9 21 2,555 2,383 546 1,696 Arts, entertainment, and recreation ......... 40 15 22 27 3,623 944 1,475 2,266 Accommodation and food services ............. 88 36 40 81 8,204 2,728 2,583 9,883 Other services, except public administration 8 6 5 6 668 453 287 553 Unclassified ............................... 6 - - - 436 - - - Government ...................................... 67 46 51 42 6,732 4,382 4,865 3,849 Federal ..................................... 15 8 16 10 1,608 852 1,721 970 State ....................................... 24 10 17 12 2,527 1,272 1,489 1,057 Local ....................................... 28 28 18 20 2,597 2,258 1,655 1,822 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, October 2004 to November 2006, not seasonally adjusted Private nonfarm Total mass layoffs Extended mass layoffs Date Mass layoffs lasting more than 30 days Realization rates (1) Initial Initial Initial Initial Events claimants Events claimants Events claimants Events claimants 2004 October ................. 1,242 127,918 1,101 117,375 November ................ 1,399 130,423 1,201 115,549 December ................ 1,614 161,271 1,487 152,092 Fourth Quarter .......... 4,255 419,612 3,789 385,016 1,427 262,049 37.7 68.1 2005 January ................. 2,564 263,952 2,421 253,409 February ................ 810 74,644 722 68,372 March ................... 806 88,937 733 83,793 First Quarter ........... 4,180 427,533 3,876 405,574 1,142 185,486 29.5 45.7 April ................... 1,373 158,582 1,263 148,133 May ..................... 986 101,358 891 93,332 June .................... 1,157 120,463 941 103,307 Second Quarter .......... 3,516 380,403 3,095 344,772 1,203 212,673 38.9 61.7 July .................... 1,981 244,216 1,745 222,377 August .................. 645 67,582 598 63,484 September ............... 1,662 213,281 1,505 179,042 Third Quarter ........... 4,288 525,079 3,848 464,903 1,136 190,186 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 1,400 246,181 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 2,637 277,086 963 192,793 36.5 69.6 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 1,353 263,787 44.3 79.4 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 (2)(p) 836 (2)(p)104,458 (p)30.1 (p)34.3 October ................. 964 98,804 820 88,133 November ................ 1,315 136,186 1,172 125,009 1 The event realization rate is the percentage of all private nonfarm mass layoff events lasting more than 30 days. The initial claimant realization rate is the percentage of all private nonfarm mass layoff initial claimants associated with layoffs lasting more than 30 days. 2 These quarterly numbers are provisional and will be revised as more data on these layoffs become available. Experience suggests that the number of extended mass layoff events is generally revised upwards by less than 10 percent and the number of initial claimants associated with such events increases by 25-40 percent. p = preliminary. Table 5. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance by census region and division, not seasonally adjusted Initial claimants for Mass layoff events unemployment insurance Census region and division November September October November November September October November 2005 2006 2006 2006 2005 2006 2006 2006 United States (1) .. 1,254 865 964 1,315 116,127 87,699 98,804 136,186 Northeast .................. 218 126 143 207 19,125 12,451 13,504 20,723 New England ............ 24 20 14 25 2,703 2,532 966 2,090 Middle Atlantic ........ 194 106 129 182 16,422 9,919 12,538 18,633 South ...................... 279 209 183 227 31,437 23,990 23,687 27,536 South Atlantic ......... 165 98 111 113 14,596 10,807 9,228 12,800 East South Central ..... 42 50 46 54 5,296 7,830 11,517 6,109 West South Central ..... 72 61 26 60 11,545 5,353 2,942 8,627 Midwest .................... 355 208 223 429 34,901 25,348 28,833 49,067 East North Central ..... 279 167 177 333 27,180 19,269 22,646 39,291 West North Central ..... 76 41 46 96 7,721 6,079 6,187 9,776 West ....................... 402 322 415 452 30,664 25,910 32,780 38,860 Mountain ............... 50 18 35 49 4,552 2,092 3,180 4,457 Pacific ................ 352 304 380 403 26,112 23,818 29,600 34,403 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 November September October November November September October November 2005 2006 2006 2006 2005 2006 2006 2006 Total (1) ............ 1,254 865 964 1,315 116,127 87,699 98,804 136,186 Alabama ................. 6 13 5 12 783 1,015 467 1,512 Alaska .................. 4 (2) 4 6 401 (2) 266 716 Arizona ................. 4 (2) 3 (2) 350 (2) 295 (2) Arkansas ................ 7 (2) - 5 1,866 (2) - 1,014 California .............. 302 281 336 327 21,324 21,642 25,931 27,433 Colorado ................ 7 3 6 9 758 294 517 691 Connecticut ............. 3 4 (2) 3 235 414 (2) 318 Delaware ................ - (2) - - - (2) - - District of Columbia .... - - - - - - - - Florida ................. 100 46 56 35 7,138 3,627 3,289 2,207 Georgia ................. 24 20 16 28 2,511 1,555 2,207 3,904 Hawaii .................. (2) (2) 5 (2) (2) (2) 422 (2) Idaho ................... 11 (2) 6 12 976 (2) 664 963 Illinois ................ 34 38 39 55 3,600 3,578 5,508 5,849 Indiana ................. 29 25 19 44 2,811 3,166 4,281 7,285 Iowa .................... 20 8 15 19 1,636 817 2,664 2,352 Kansas .................. 6 8 3 7 647 986 176 822 Kentucky ................ 23 23 24 24 3,521 5,133 9,645 3,341 Louisiana ............... 36 26 4 13 4,030 2,041 365 1,229 Maine ................... (2) (2) (2) 4 (2) (2) (2) 322 Maryland ................ (2) 4 6 9 (2) 433 574 1,236 Massachusetts ........... 10 10 10 9 650 937 707 665 Michigan ................ 62 34 43 82 4,986 4,072 6,432 10,636 Minnesota ............... 27 9 10 39 2,503 2,377 880 3,360 Mississippi ............. (2) 7 3 8 (2) 847 202 443 Missouri ................ 19 12 13 26 2,640 1,254 901 2,448 Montana ................. 7 (2) 5 7 770 (2) 672 789 Nebraska ................ (2) 4 4 (2) (2) 645 345 (2) Nevada .................. 13 7 4 15 1,144 1,018 274 1,704 New Hampshire ........... (2) (2) - (2) (2) (2) - (2) New Jersey .............. 32 12 15 47 3,239 1,898 1,043 7,197 New Mexico .............. 3 3 6 5 201 175 465 258 New York ................ 36 33 39 33 3,197 3,126 4,575 2,918 North Carolina .......... 10 7 7 13 841 842 592 1,423 North Dakota ............ (2) - (2) 4 (2) - (2) 406 Ohio .................... 52 39 35 48 5,607 5,276 2,890 4,998 Oklahoma ................ 4 3 4 5 596 269 691 890 Oregon .................. 16 9 19 32 1,610 958 1,818 2,668 Pennsylvania ............ 126 61 75 102 9,986 4,895 6,920 8,518 Rhode Island ............ (2) (2) - (2) (2) (2) - (2) South Carolina .......... 18 9 16 16 2,251 1,645 1,837 1,994 South Dakota ............ - - - - - - - - Tennessee ............... 11 7 14 10 905 835 1,203 813 Texas ................... 25 30 18 37 5,053 2,916 1,886 5,494 Utah .................... 3 - (2) - 218 - (2) - Vermont ................. 7 (2) (2) 6 1,285 (2) (2) 582 Virginia ................ 10 8 9 11 1,570 1,748 598 1,979 Washington .............. 29 10 16 36 2,695 909 1,163 3,390 West Virginia ........... (2) 3 (2) (2) (2) 207 (2) (2) Wisconsin ............... 102 31 41 104 10,176 3,177 3,535 10,523 Wyoming ................. (2) - 3 - (2) - 179 - Puerto Rico ............. 12 12 6 7 1,202 1,714 729 626 1 See footnote 1, table 3. 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. NOTE: Dash represents zero.