Technical information: (202) 691-6392 USDL 06-122 http://www.bls.gov/mls/ For release: 10:00 A.M. EST Media contact: 691-5902 Wednesday, January 25, 2006 MASS LAYOFFS IN DECEMBER 2005 AND ANNUAL AVERAGES FOR 2005 In December 2005, employers took 1,308 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 149,565. (See table 1.) The number of layoff events in December rose by 103 from November, and the number of associated initial claims increased by 28,782. In the manufacturing sector, 365 mass layoff events were reported during December 2005, seasonally adjusted, resulting in 49,641 initial claims. Both figures were higher than a month earlier. (See table 1.) Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted) In December, the 10 industries reporting the highest number of mass- layoff initial claims, not seasonally adjusted, accounted for 91,499 ini- tial claims, 36 percent of the total. (See table A.) Seven of these in- dustries reached a series peak for December, on a not seasonally adjusted basis, in 2005. The two industries with the highest number of initial claims were highway, street, and bridge construction, with 20,088, and temporary help services, with 16,656. Together, these two industries ac- counted for 14 percent of the 254,258 initial claims filed during the month. The manufacturing sector accounted for 30 percent of all mass layoff e- vents and 38 percent of all initial claims filed in December 2005. A year earlier, manufacturing comprised 27 percent of events and 31 percent of initial claims. Within manufacturing, the number of claimants in December 2005 was highest in transportation equipment (34,508, largely automotive- related), followed by food manufacturing (10,681). (See table 3.) ------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revision of Seasonally Adjusted Mass Layoff Data | | | | Seasonally adjusted mass layoff data have been revised using | | updated seasonal adjustment factors that incorporate 2005 data. | | Seasonally adjusted estimates back to January 2001 were subject | | to revision. The totals for each of the six seasonally adjusted | | series for January-December 2005 (as originally published and as | | revised) will be available at http://www.bls.gov/mls/home.htm, | | along with additional information about the revisions. | ------------------------------------------------------------------- - 2 - Table A. Industries with the largest mass-layoff initial claims in December 2005p ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Initial| December peak Industry | claims |-------------------------- | | Year | Initial claims ------------------------------------------|--------|---------|---------------- Highway, street, and bridge construction .| 20,088 | 2005 | 20,088 Temporary help services ..................| 16,656 | 2005 | 16,656 School and employee bus transportation ...| 14,464 | 2005 | 14,464 Food service contractors .................| 12,926 | 2005 | 12,926 Automobile manufacturing .................| 9,021 | 2005 | 9,021 Motion picture and video production ......| 5,286 | 1998 | 16,192 Professional employer organizations ......| 3,534 | 2000 | 4,032 All other plastics product manufacturing .| 3,322 | 2002 | 5,563 Ready-mix concrete manufacturing .........| 3,232 | 2005 | 3,232 Travel trailer and camper manufacturing ..| 2,970 | 2005 | 2,970 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ p = preliminary. Construction accounted for 21 percent of events and 16 percent of ini- tial claims filed in December, with layoffs mainly from highway, street, and bridge construction. Eleven percent of all layoff events and initial claims filed during the month were from administrative and waste services, largely from temporary help services. Accommodation and food services ac- counted for 7 percent of events and 8 percent of initial claims in December, mostly from food service and drinking places. Transportation and warehousing accounted for 7 percent of events and 8 percent of initial claims during the month, largely in transit and ground passenger transportation. An additional 5 percent of events and 4 percent of initial claims were from retail trade, primarily from general merchandise stores. Government establishments accounted for 4 percent of events and 3 percent of initial claims filed in December, mostly from educational services and executive, legislative, and general government agencies. On a not seasonally adjusted basis, the number of layoff events in December 2005, at 2,323, was up by 709 from a year earlier, and the number of associ- ated initial claims rose by 92,987 to 254,258. These were the highest event and initial claim totals for December since 2002. The largest over-the-year increases in initial claims were reported in transportation equipment manu- facturing (+21,961), administrative and support services (+14,365), heavy and civil engineering construction (+8,849), and transit and ground passenger transportation (+5,684). The largest over-the-year decrease in initial claims was in motion picture and sound recording industries (-1,164). Geographic Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted) Among the four census regions, the largest number of initial claims in December due to mass layoffs was in the Midwest (111,662). (See table 5.) Transportation equipment manufacturing and heavy and civil engineering construction accounted for 34 percent of the Midwest total. The West had the next largest number of initial claims (53,396), followed by the South (46,303) and the Northeast (42,897). The number of initial claimants from mass layoffs increased over the year in all of the four regions. The largest increase occurred in the Midwest (+50,385), followed by the South (+16,355), the Northeast (+15,510), and the West (+10,737). Each of the nine geographic divisions had over-the-year in- creases in the number of initial claims associated with mass layoffs, with the largest in the East North Central (+43,083), Middle Atlantic (+11,294), and the South Atlantic (+9,886) divisions. Among the states, California recorded the highest number of initial claims filed due to mass layoff events in December (38,926), mostly in administra- tive and support services and in motion picture and sound recording indus- tries. Michigan had the next highest initial claims total, with 30,456, fol- lowed by Illinois (16,869), Pennsylvania (16,249), and Wisconsin (13,071). These five states accounted for 46 percent of all mass layoff events and 45 percent of all initial claims for unemployment insurance. (See table 6.) Michigan had the largest over-the-year increase in the number of initial claims (+19,615), followed by Ohio (+7,749) and Pennsylvania (+6,836). The largest over-the-year decrease occurred in Maryland (-924). - 3 - Table B. Number of mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, 1996-2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Year | Layoff events | Initial claimants for | | unemployment insurance ----------------------|----------------|--------------------------- 1996 .................| 14,111 | 1,437,628 1997 .................| 14,960 | 1,542,543 1998 .................| 15,904 | 1,771,069 1999 .................| 14,909 | 1,572,399 2000 .................| 15,738 | 1,835,592 2001 .................| 21,467 | 2,514,862 2002 .................| 20,277 | 2,245,051 2003 .................| 18,963 | 1,888,926 2004 .................| 15,980 | 1,607,158 2005p ................| 16,466 | 1,795,341 ------------------------------------------------------------------- p = preliminary. Review of 2005 During 2005, 16,466 layoff events occurred in the nation, resulting in 1,795,341 initial claims filings for unemployment insurance. In 2004, there were 15,980 events and 1,607,158 initial claimants. (See table B.) The 10 industries with the highest number of mass-layoff initial claims accounted for 29 percent of the total in 2005. (See table C.) In 2004, they comprised 27 percent of the total. Temporary help services and school and employee bus transportation were ranked one and two among the 10 indus- tries in both 2005 and 2004. Automobile manufacturing ranked three in 2005, as compared to six in the previous year. Manufacturing accounted for 29 percent of all mass layoff events and 37 percent of initial claims filed during 2005. A year earlier, manufacturing accounted for 29 percent of events and 35 percent of initial claims. Initial claim filings were most numerous in transportation equipment, 253,681, fol- lowed by food manufacturing, 76,926, and machinery manufacturing, 33,713. During 2005, the largest increase in initial claims occurred in transporta- tion equipment manufacturing (+90,655) and wood product manufacturing (+6,370). The largest over-the-year decrease in initial claims occurred in food manu- facturing (-5,188). The number of initial claims filed in 2005 due to mass layoffs was higher in the Midwest (571,950) than in any other region. Layoffs in transportation equipment manufacturing accounted for 30 percent of the claims in the Midwest. Administrative and support services, heavy and civil engineering construction, and food manufacturing accounted for an additional 16 percent of layoffs in that region in 2005. The fewest number of mass-layoff initial claims was re- ported in the Northeast region (280,628). In 2005, increases in mass-layoff initial claims occurred in three of the four regions. The largest increases were in the South (+129,944) and Midwest (+86,695). The West had the only over-the-year decrease (-38,296). Among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, California recorded the largest number of initial claims filed in mass layoff events in 2005 (360,138), 20 percent of the national total. The states with the next highest numbers of initial claims were Michigan (131,411), Louisiana (120,600), Ohio (113,165), and Pennsylvania (99,183). Forty-eight percent of events and 46 percent of all initial claims were from these five states. Louisiana reported the largest over-the-year increase in initial claims (+104,081), largely due to the impacts of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The next largest increase occurred in Michigan (+32,287), followed by Ohio (+26,315) and Mississippi (+25,587). The largest over-the-year decreases were reported in California (-33,976) and Florida (-11,552). - 4 - Table C. Industries with the largest mass-layoff initial claims in 2005p ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 2005 | 2004 Industry |------------------|------------------- | Initial | Rank | Initial | Rank | claims | | claims | ----------------------------------------|---------|--------|----------|-------- Temporary help services ................| 111,110 | 1 | 103,868 | 1 School and employee bus transportation .| 73,797 | 2 | 64,663 | 2 Automobile manufacturing ...............| 54,800 | 3 | 35,520 | 6 Motion picture and video production ....| 54,769 | 4 | 50,030 | 3 Food service contractors ...............| 49,942 | 5 | 42,920 | 4 Highway, street, and bridge construction| 45,581 | 6 | 36,853 | 5 Elementary and secondary schools .......| 36,743 | 7 | 27,648 | 8 Light truck and utility vehicle mfg. ...| 34,378 | 8 | 18,742 | 13 Professional employer organizations ....| 30,882 | 9 | 31,434 | 7 Motor vehicle seating and interior | | | | trim mfg. .............................| 22,329 | 10 | 14,459 | 18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- p = preliminary. 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 lay- offs of 30 days or less, the sum of the figures for the 3 months in a quar- ter 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 defini- tions. ______________________________ The report on Extended Mass Layoffs in the Fourth Quarter of 2005 is scheduled to be released on Thursday, February 9, 2006. The report on Mass Layoffs in January 2006 is scheduled to be released on Thursday, February 23, 2006. 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, January 2002 to December 2005, seasonally adjusted Total Private nonfarm Manufacturing Date Initial Initial Initial Events claimants Events claimants Events claimants 2002 January .................... 1,815 210,217 1,670 197,065 733 100,182 February ................... 1,805 207,097 1,657 195,251 704 93,234 March ...................... 1,670 187,811 1,515 175,831 615 74,351 April ...................... 1,681 186,095 1,494 168,902 590 68,210 May ........................ 1,723 190,797 1,559 177,743 610 73,953 June ....................... 1,620 170,724 1,443 156,813 550 70,936 July ....................... 1,635 179,806 1,460 164,944 564 74,834 August ..................... 1,478 162,040 1,324 150,118 569 67,779 September .................. 1,911 218,875 1,747 203,849 617 80,528 October .................... 1,774 186,940 1,582 169,660 625 73,904 November ................... 1,652 178,402 1,507 167,335 613 71,693 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(p) ................ 1,205 120,783 1,074 109,680 359 45,069 December(p) ................ 1,308 149,565 1,185 138,234 365 49,641 p = preliminary. NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect updated seasonal adjustment factors. Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, January 2002 to December 2005, not seasonally adjusted Total Private nonfarm Manufacturing Date Initial Initial Initial Events claimants Events claimants Events claimants 2002 January .................... 2,146 263,777 2,028 252,245 892 128,825 February ................... 1,382 138,808 1,253 129,849 481 58,784 March ...................... 1,460 161,316 1,335 151,305 500 59,613 April ...................... 1,506 165,814 1,378 153,216 461 50,897 May ........................ 1,723 179,799 1,571 166,801 488 52,720 June ....................... 1,584 162,189 1,266 136,424 336 42,130 July ....................... 2,042 245,294 1,819 226,892 907 135,271 August ..................... 1,248 128,103 1,151 119,874 427 48,668 September .................. 1,062 124,522 957 114,736 352 43,755 October .................... 1,497 171,100 1,270 149,327 493 64,655 November ................... 2,153 240,171 1,860 216,237 719 92,712 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(p) ................ 1,254 116,127 1,079 102,182 363 41,442 December(p) ................ 2,323 254,258 2,168 242,753 706 96,382 p = preliminary. Table 3. Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance Initial claimants for Mass layoff events unemployment insurance Industry December October November December December October November December 2004 2005 2005p 2005p 2004 2005 2005p 2005p Seasonally adjusted Total ..................................... 1,188 1,114 1,205 1,308 120,602 104,584 120,783 149,565 Total, private nonfarm ........................ 1,038 986 1,074 1,185 109,508 94,798 109,680 138,234 Manufacturing ............................... 293 328 359 365 33,123 45,475 45,069 49,641 Not seasonally adjusted Total(1) .................................. 1,614 905 1,254 2,323 161,271 91,941 116,127 254,258 Total, private .................................. 1,527 850 1,187 2,237 154,496 87,226 109,395 246,748 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting .... 40 93 108 69 2,404 6,532 7,213 3,995 Total, private nonfarm ......................... 1,487 757 1,079 2,168 152,092 80,694 102,182 242,753 Mining ........................................ 18 ( 2 ) 7 33 1,492 ( 2 ) 509 2,802 Utilities ..................................... 6 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 1,395 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Construction .................................. 342 88 192 478 27,433 5,755 15,824 40,395 Manufacturing ................................. 436 249 363 706 50,726 37,276 41,442 96,382 Food ...................................... 59 61 66 88 6,309 5,666 7,092 10,681 Beverage and tobacco products ............. 7 4 6 11 497 261 416 800 Textile mills ............................. 15 11 19 23 1,249 1,296 2,734 3,823 Textile product mills ..................... 8 5 6 7 932 531 444 743 Apparel ................................... 16 11 13 19 2,720 2,589 2,125 2,297 Leather and allied products ............... 4 - ( 2 ) 9 757 - ( 2 ) 1,032 Wood products ............................. 25 ( 2 ) 20 54 2,346 ( 2 ) 2,353 5,319 Paper ..................................... 7 9 8 8 575 748 479 943 Printing and related support activities ... 3 - 8 16 331 - 574 1,870 Petroleum and coal products ............... 11 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 14 1,126 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 1,478 Chemicals ................................. 8 8 7 10 669 682 510 862 Plastics and rubber products .............. 30 11 19 60 2,327 1,097 1,469 5,605 Nonmetallic mineral products .............. 32 8 11 58 3,168 759 1,005 5,756 Primary metals ............................ 23 9 17 40 2,246 1,037 1,475 4,265 Fabricated metal products ................. 34 12 20 38 2,546 863 1,751 3,815 Machinery ................................. 16 9 24 31 2,218 1,288 2,910 3,091 Computer and electronic products .......... 19 20 12 16 2,039 1,764 1,001 1,290 Electrical equipment and appliances ....... 13 4 5 18 3,741 1,061 554 3,716 Transportation equipment .................. 85 49 76 144 12,547 15,841 11,665 34,508 Furniture and related products ............ 13 8 15 27 1,096 762 1,804 2,769 Miscellaneous manufacturing ............... 8 6 6 15 1,287 688 676 1,719 Wholesale trade ............................... 18 10 21 37 1,853 812 1,687 3,214 Retail trade .................................. 80 72 61 113 8,092 5,666 5,176 10,856 Transportation and warehousing ................ 96 29 45 161 10,687 2,697 3,479 19,173 Information ................................... 30 26 21 36 8,002 5,300 2,395 6,572 Finance and insurance ......................... 18 24 14 20 1,455 1,656 1,307 1,284 Real estate and rental and leasing ............ 4 4 3 9 249 244 122 1,203 Professional and technical services ........... 48 28 34 64 5,955 2,967 3,056 6,663 Management of companies and enterprises ....... 3 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 296 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Administrative and waste services ............. 163 132 138 259 13,192 11,017 11,350 27,527 Educational services .......................... 4 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 5 245 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 353 Health care and social assistance ............. 28 7 34 35 2,539 621 2,555 2,731 Arts, entertainment, and recreation ........... 30 22 40 26 1,967 1,568 3,623 1,869 Accommodation and food services ............... 146 53 88 158 14,923 4,168 8,204 19,293 Other services, except public administration .. 13 3 8 19 1,342 173 668 1,527 Unclassified ................................. 4 5 6 4 249 356 436 295 Government ...................................... 87 55 67 86 6,775 4,715 6,732 7,510 Federal ....................................... 8 16 15 18 842 1,551 1,608 1,568 State ......................................... 16 12 24 16 1,472 992 2,527 1,750 Local ......................................... 63 27 28 52 4,461 2,172 2,597 4,192 1 Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia. 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. p = preliminary. NOTE: Dash represents zero. Seasonally adjusted data have been revised to reflect updated seasonal adjustment factors. Table 4. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, October 2003 to December 2005, not seasonally adjusted Private nonfarm Total mass layoffs Extended mass layoffs Realization Date Mass layoffs lasting more than 30 days rates(1) Initial Initial Initial Initial Events claimants Events claimants Events claimants Events claimants 2003 October ................. 1,523 158,240 1,265 137,706 November ................ 1,438 138,543 1,234 123,524 December ................ 1,929 192,633 1,793 182,750 Fourth Quarter .......... 4,890 489,416 4,292 443,980 1,690 326,328 39.4 73.5 2004 January ................. 2,428 239,454 2,226 220,687 February ................ 941 84,201 832 76,577 March ................... 920 92,554 847 87,782 First Quarter ........... 4,289 416,209 3,905 385,046 1,339 238,392 34.3 61.9 April ................... 1,458 157,314 1,316 142,657 May ..................... 988 87,501 878 78,786 June .................... 1,379 134,588 1,077 110,804 Second Quarter .......... 3,825 379,403 3,271 332,247 1,358 254,063 41.5 76.5 July .................... 2,094 253,929 1,860 234,877 August .................. 809 69,033 745 63,876 September ............... 708 68,972 637 63,102 Third Quarter ........... 3,611 391,934 3,242 361,855 886 148,575 27.3 41.1 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 1,142 185,374 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 1,203 212,671 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 (2)(p) 742 (2)(p) 108,647 (p)19.3 (p)23.4 October ................. 905 91,941 757 80,694 November(p) ............. 1,254 116,127 1,079 102,182 December(p) ............. 2,323 254,258 2,168 242,753 Fourth Quarter(p) ....... 4,482 462,326 4,004 425,629 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 December October November December December October November December 2004 2005 2005p 2005p 2004 2005 2005p 2005p United States(1) ... 1,614 905 1,254 2,323 161,271 91,941 116,127 254,258 Northeast .................. 285 175 218 445 27,387 15,362 19,125 42,897 New England ............ 47 12 24 83 4,894 1,233 2,703 9,110 Middle Atlantic ........ 238 163 194 362 22,493 14,129 16,422 33,787 South ...................... 288 158 279 371 29,948 17,616 31,437 46,303 South Atlantic ......... 140 85 165 180 13,620 8,903 14,596 23,506 East South Central ..... 76 25 42 113 8,995 4,194 5,296 14,562 West South Central ..... 72 48 72 78 7,333 4,519 11,545 8,235 Midwest .................... 588 199 355 942 61,277 27,841 34,901 111,662 East North Central ..... 414 154 279 708 42,598 21,404 27,180 85,681 West North Central ..... 174 45 76 234 18,679 6,437 7,721 25,981 West ....................... 453 373 402 565 42,659 31,122 30,664 53,396 Mountain ............... 60 32 50 88 5,295 3,285 4,552 7,995 Pacific ................ 393 341 352 477 37,364 27,837 26,112 45,401 1 See footnote 1, table 3. p = preliminary. 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 December October November December December October November December 2004 2005 2005p 2005p 2004 2005 2005p 2005p Total(1) ............. 1,614 905 1,254 2,323 161,271 91,941 116,127 254,258 Alabama ................. 22 4 6 24 2,244 569 783 2,119 Alaska .................. ( 2 ) 4 4 - ( 2 ) 264 401 - Arizona ................. 5 6 4 4 358 606 350 387 Arkansas ................ 3 4 7 6 218 767 1,866 989 California .............. 344 315 302 415 32,279 25,317 21,324 38,926 Colorado ................ 13 6 7 16 1,347 510 758 1,536 Connecticut ............. 5 - 3 9 510 - 235 897 Delaware ................ - ( 2 ) - - - ( 2 ) - - District of Columbia .... ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) Florida ................. 44 36 100 61 3,567 2,706 7,138 5,288 Georgia ................. 37 16 24 42 3,082 1,739 2,511 8,974 Hawaii .................. - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 6 - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 510 Idaho ................... 10 5 11 17 736 476 976 1,240 Illinois ................ 99 35 34 144 10,222 5,717 3,600 16,869 Indiana ................. 68 14 29 98 9,331 1,940 2,811 12,226 Iowa .................... 36 13 20 61 3,442 2,473 1,636 7,058 Kansas .................. 16 ( 2 ) 6 18 1,864 ( 2 ) 647 1,779 Kentucky ................ 38 10 23 62 5,474 2,710 3,521 9,866 Louisiana ............... 16 3 36 13 1,297 215 4,030 868 Maine ................... 7 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 7 570 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 449 Maryland ................ 7 5 ( 2 ) - 924 451 ( 2 ) - Massachusetts ........... 15 6 10 29 2,085 669 650 3,229 Michigan ................ 115 41 62 222 10,841 6,276 4,986 30,456 Minnesota ............... 55 18 27 64 6,064 1,579 2,503 6,016 Mississippi ............. ( 2 ) 4 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 356 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Missouri ................ 41 8 19 63 5,231 1,773 2,640 7,912 Montana ................. 6 6 7 9 474 695 770 682 Nebraska ................ 18 4 ( 2 ) 20 1,375 447 ( 2 ) 2,605 Nevada .................. 17 6 13 24 1,630 764 1,144 2,315 New Hampshire ........... 5 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 12 423 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 1,386 New Jersey .............. 46 30 32 96 4,979 2,248 3,239 8,631 New Mexico .............. 5 ( 2 ) 3 7 319 ( 2 ) 201 766 New York ................ 88 52 36 91 8,101 4,806 3,197 8,907 North Carolina .......... 16 16 10 19 1,187 1,423 841 1,999 North Dakota ............ 6 - ( 2 ) 4 526 - ( 2 ) 320 Ohio .................... 67 33 52 133 5,310 4,820 5,607 13,059 Oklahoma ................ 13 3 4 9 1,041 500 596 780 Oregon .................. 23 5 16 32 2,798 675 1,610 3,830 Pennsylvania ............ 104 81 126 175 9,413 7,075 9,986 16,249 Rhode Island ............ 7 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 17 628 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 2,441 South Carolina .......... 11 4 18 20 1,679 428 2,251 3,376 South Dakota ............ ( 2 ) - - 4 ( 2 ) - - 291 Tennessee ............... 15 7 11 25 1,219 559 905 2,408 Texas ................... 40 38 25 50 4,777 3,037 5,053 5,598 Utah .................... 4 - 3 11 431 - 218 1,069 Vermont ................. 8 3 7 9 678 212 1,285 708 Virginia ................ 21 7 10 35 2,836 573 1,570 3,638 Washington .............. 24 16 29 24 2,149 1,527 2,695 2,135 West Virginia ........... 3 - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 276 - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Wisconsin ............... 65 31 102 111 6,894 2,651 10,176 13,071 Wyoming ................. - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - Puerto Rico ............. 10 11 12 10 706 854 1,202 1,698 1 See footnote 1, table 3. 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. p = preliminary. NOTE: Dash represents zero.