Mass layoff separations, private nonfarm sector, 
selected metropolitan areas, first quarter, 2003 and 2004


			
			
Metropolitan area		2003 I	  2004 I	

San Jose, CA			 4,105	   1,831	
Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA	 2,669	   1,910	
Detroit, MI			 1,009	   2,428	
New York, NY			 6,057	   2,592	
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA	12,345	   3,161	
Medford-Ashland, OR		     0	   3,360	
Chicago, IL			14,608	  10,859	
	
		
Data for the first quarter of 2004 are preliminary and may be revised.