Technical information: (202) 691-6392 USDL 07-1097 http://www.bls.gov/mls/ For release: 10:00 A.M. EDT Media contact: 691-5902 Friday, July 20, 2007 MASS LAYOFFS IN JUNE 2007 In June, employers took 1,219 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 127,897, 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 rose by 9,483. During June, 340 mass layoff events were reported in the manufacturing sector, seasonally adjusted, resulting in 39,273 initial claims. Compared with the prior month, mass layoff activity in manufac- turing decreased by 25 events, and initial claims decreased by 9,599. (See table 1.) From January through June 2007, the total number of events (seasonally adjusted) at 7,433, and initial claims (seasonally adjusted) at 773,537, were higher than in January-June 2006 (6,685 and 701,254, respectively). The national unemployment rate was 4.5 percent in June, unchanged from the prior month and essentially unchanged from 4.6 percent a year earlier. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 132,000 over the month and by 2.0 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 48 percent of the total initial claims in June. The industry with the highest number of initial claims was school and employee bus transportation with 21,611, followed by food service contractors with 14,527 and elementary and secondary schools with 12,870. Together, these three industries accounted for 28 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 June 2007 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | June peak Industry |Initial |------------------------ | claims | | | | Year | Initial claims ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- School and employee bus transportation ...| 21,611 | 2007 | 21,611 Food service contractors .................| 14,527 | 2007 | 14,527 Elementary and secondary schools .........| 12,870 | 2003 | 17,360 Temporary help services ..................| 9,161 | 2000 | 13,815 Child day care services ..................| 9,115 | 2007 | 9,115 Motion picture and video production ......| 4,428 | 2000 | 9,435 Other social advocacy organizations ......| 2,985 | 2000 | 3,815 Professional employer organizations ......| 2,637 | 2001 | 3,358 Payroll services .........................| 2,525 | 2002 | 6,620 Other individual and family services......| 2,348 | 2006 | 2,744 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The manufacturing sector accounted for 20 percent of all mass layoff events and 21 percent of all related initial claims filed in June; a year earlier, manufacturing made up 21 percent of events and 25 percent of initial claims. In June 2007, the number of manufacturing claimants was highest in transportation equipment manufacturing (9,438, largely in auto- mobile manufacturing and in travel trailer and camper manufacturing), fol- lowed by food manufacturing (5,901) and machinery manufacturing (4,268). (See table 3.) Transportation and warehousing accounted for 11 percent of mass layoff events and 14 percent of initial claims in June, primarily from school and employee bus transportation. Government comprised 14 percent of events and 12 percent of initial claims filed over the month, with the majority of lay- offs in elementary and secondary schools. Seven percent of all mass layoff events and 10 percent of related initial claims filed were from accommoda- tion and food services, mainly from food service contractors. Health care and social assistance made up 10 percent of events and 9 percent of initial claims, mostly from child day care services. On a not seasonally adjusted basis, the number of mass layoff events in June, at 1,599, was up by 110 from a year earlier, and the number of associated initial claims increased by 8,049 to 172,810. (See table 2.) The largest over-the-year increases in initial claims were reported in administrative and support services (+3,772), food services and drinking places (+2,650), and transit and ground passenger transportation (+1,653). The largest over-the-year decreases in mass layoff initial claims were reported in transportation equipment manufacturing (-6,384) and in motion picture and sound recording industries (-2,723). - 3 - Geographic Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted) Among the four census regions, the highest number of initial claims in June due to mass layoffs was in the West, with 51,847. Administrative and support services, educational services, and motion picture and sound record- ing industries together accounted for 38 percent of all mass layoff initial claims in that region during the month. The Midwest had the second largest number of initial claims among the regions with 44,703, followed by the South with 39,627 and the Northeast with 36,633. (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 West (+5,402), followed by the South (+2,887). The Northeast (-743) reported an over-the- year decrease in initial claims. Five of the 9 geographic divisions had over-the-year increases in the numbers of initial claims associated with mass layoffs, with the largest increases in the Pacific (+5,156), the East South Central (+2,249), and the West South Central (+2,138). The division with the largest over-the-year decrease was the South Atlantic (-1,500). Among the states, California recorded the highest number of initial claims filed due to mass layoff events in June (40,833), followed by Pennsylvania (12,997), New Jersey (12,720), Florida (9,348), and Michigan (9,041). These five states accounted for 51 percent of all mass layoff events and 49 percent of all initial claims for unemployment insurance. (See table 6.) California had the largest over-the-year increase in the number of initial claims (+5,563); this was due to more mass layoff activity in administrative and support services. States having the next largest increases in initial claims were Kentucky (+2,042), Florida (+1,767), Iowa (+1,686), and Ohio (+1,398). The largest over-the-year decreases in claims occurred in Indiana (-2,438) and Delaware (-1,490). Note The monthly data series in this release cover mass layoffs of 50 or more workers beginning in a given month, regardless of the duration of the layoffs. For private nonfarm establishments, information on the length of the layoff is obtained later and issued in a quarterly release that reports on mass layoffs lasting more than 30 days (referred to as "extended mass layoffs"). The quarterly release provides more information on the industry classification and location of the establishment and on the demographics of the laid-off workers. Because monthly figures include short-term layoffs of 30 days or less, the sum of the 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 July 2007 is scheduled to be released on Thursday, August 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, July 2003 to June 2007, seasonally adjusted Total Private nonfarm Manufacturing Date Initial Initial Initial Events claimants Events claimants Events claimants 2003 July ....................... 1,649 164,146 1,443 148,650 567 72,023 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(r).................... 1,239 126,194 1,109 115,870 387 43,939 May(r)...................... 1,182 118,414 1,079 110,880 365 48,872 June ....................... 1,219 127,897 1,094 117,787 340 39,273 r = revised. Table 2. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, July 2003 to June 2007, not seasonally adjusted Total Private nonfarm Manufacturing Date Initial Initial Initial Events claimants Events claimants Events claimants 2003 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 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(r).................... 1,219 127,444 1,115 118,040 309 35,229 May(r)...................... 923 85,816 856 81,153 224 26,527 June ....................... 1,599 172,810 1,318 148,669 313 36,571 r = revised. Table 3. Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance Initial claimants for Mass layoff events unemployment insurance Industry June April May June June April May June 2006 2007r 2007r 2007 2006 2007r 2007r 2007 Seasonally adjusted Total ..................................... 1,130 1,239 1,182 1,219 123,558 126,194 118,414 127,897 Total, private nonfarm ........................ 1,007 1,109 1,079 1,094 113,037 115,870 110,880 117,787 Manufacturing ............................... 331 387 365 340 40,500 43,939 48,872 39,273 Not seasonally adjusted Total(1) .................................. 1,489 1,219 923 1,599 164,761 127,444 85,816 172,810 Total, private .................................. 1,286 1,177 880 1,372 145,567 124,672 82,760 152,740 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting .. 62 62 24 54 4,880 6,632 1,607 4,071 Total, private nonfarm ........................ 1,224 1,115 856 1,318 140,687 118,040 81,153 148,669 Mining ...................................... 4 (2) (2) - 347 (2) (2) - Utilities ................................... (2) - 5 (2) (2) - 439 (2) Construction ................................ 75 88 91 106 6,089 6,423 6,230 8,157 Manufacturing ............................... 319 309 224 313 41,095 35,229 26,527 36,571 Food .................................... 55 61 34 50 5,008 5,976 2,579 5,901 Beverage and tobacco products ........... (2) 3 (2) (2) (2) 251 (2) (2) Textile mills ........................... 12 15 9 7 1,432 1,234 920 871 Textile product mills ................... (2) 8 (2) (2) (2) 1,030 (2) (2) Apparel ................................. 11 12 5 9 1,340 951 562 770 Leather and allied products ............. (2) (2) - 4 (2) (2) - 435 Wood products ........................... 17 21 20 22 1,562 1,907 1,823 2,063 Paper ................................... 10 3 8 8 725 214 680 592 Printing and related support activities . 4 5 7 11 382 578 551 1,033 Petroleum and coal products ............. (2) (2) (2) - (2) (2) (2) - Chemicals ............................... 4 7 6 5 557 682 377 367 Plastics and rubber products ............ 25 11 11 10 2,526 945 810 971 Nonmetallic mineral products ............ (2) 11 7 12 (2) 1,021 583 899 Primary metals .......................... 11 12 13 15 997 1,415 963 1,613 Fabricated metal products ............... 17 22 10 15 1,506 1,649 699 1,377 Machinery ............................... 23 16 16 24 3,194 2,392 1,430 4,268 Computer and electronic products ........ 13 14 11 20 1,278 1,031 758 1,668 Electrical equipment and appliances ..... 10 5 7 13 961 996 1,622 1,540 Transportation equipment ................ 79 63 40 59 15,822 11,503 10,268 9,438 Furniture and related products .......... 15 7 11 19 2,742 518 1,063 1,840 Miscellaneous manufacturing ............. 6 10 5 4 552 758 613 314 Wholesale trade ............................. 9 17 10 21 591 1,719 1,021 1,398 Retail trade ................................ 78 95 87 77 8,353 7,630 7,827 8,548 Transportation and warehousing .............. 155 162 31 173 23,033 19,296 2,782 24,861 Information ................................. 25 35 23 39 8,398 8,715 4,355 6,323 Finance and insurance ....................... 38 46 33 31 2,900 3,961 2,414 2,323 Real estate and rental and leasing .......... 6 5 4 8 392 251 344 570 Professional and technical services ......... 28 48 41 29 4,107 6,715 3,168 4,960 Management of companies and enterprises ..... (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Administrative and waste services ........... 135 142 119 146 10,992 10,953 9,762 14,846 Educational services ........................ 16 7 4 17 1,057 1,341 204 1,144 Health care and social assistance ........... 152 30 54 166 12,932 3,468 4,684 15,124 Arts, entertainment, and recreation ......... 30 28 20 30 1,735 1,979 1,166 1,620 Accommodation and food services ............. 104 80 87 109 14,670 7,800 8,401 17,231 Other services, except public administration 44 17 20 47 3,577 1,823 1,684 4,441 Unclassified ................................ 2 1 - - 102 282 - - Government ...................................... 203 42 43 227 19,194 2,772 3,056 20,070 Federal ..................................... 14 9 8 12 1,521 698 634 1,337 State ....................................... 17 9 7 20 1,758 524 594 1,438 Local ....................................... 172 24 28 195 15,915 1,550 1,828 17,295 1 Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia. 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. r = revised. NOTE: Dash represents zero. Table 4. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, April 2005 to June 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 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 1,400 246,188 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 1,353 264,807 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 2,776 304,670 929 161,716 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 1,640 330,124 39.8 72.1 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 (2)(p)965 (2)(p)122,595 (p)30.7 (p)37.7 April(r) ................... 1,219 127,444 1,115 118,040 May(r) ..................... 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 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 June April May June June April May June 2006 2007r 2007r 2007 2006 2007r 2007r 2007 United States (1) .... 1,489 1,219 923 1,599 164,761 127,444 85,816 172,810 Northeast ................... 296 315 150 297 37,376 35,637 12,593 36,633 New England ............. 48 39 25 44 5,809 4,637 1,887 5,098 Middle Atlantic ......... 248 276 125 253 31,567 31,000 10,706 31,535 South ....................... 344 248 222 386 36,740 26,211 22,490 39,627 South Atlantic .......... 190 147 113 216 20,426 13,763 9,597 18,926 East South Central ...... 80 54 55 82 8,564 6,813 7,748 10,813 West South Central ...... 74 47 54 88 7,750 5,635 5,145 9,888 Midwest ..................... 378 222 217 386 44,200 23,045 23,747 44,703 East North Central ...... 292 190 153 296 36,225 20,560 15,731 35,106 West North Central ...... 86 32 64 90 7,975 2,485 8,016 9,597 West ........................ 471 434 334 530 46,445 42,551 26,986 51,847 Mountain ................ 55 73 29 67 5,396 8,024 2,309 5,642 Pacific ................. 416 361 305 463 41,049 34,527 24,677 46,205 1 See footnote 1, table 3. r = revised. 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 June April May June June April May June 2006 2007r 2007r 2007 2006 2007r 2007r 2007 Total (1) ............ 1,489 1,219 923 1,599 164,761 127,444 85,816 172,810 Alabama ................. 15 17 14 19 1,636 1,684 1,379 2,148 Alaska .................. 4 5 (2) - 375 621 (2) - Arizona ................. 12 32 6 16 1,262 4,656 524 1,605 Arkansas ................ 4 4 5 8 819 409 432 776 California .............. 361 314 270 416 35,270 29,053 21,582 40,833 Colorado ................ 4 10 3 11 355 784 276 978 Connecticut ............. 14 (2) 6 11 1,735 (2) 521 1,452 Delaware ................ 5 (2) - 3 1,671 (2) - 181 District of Columbia .... - - (2) (2) - - (2) (2) Florida ................. 92 59 60 116 7,581 3,524 4,066 9,348 Georgia ................. 40 26 21 37 4,456 2,369 2,641 3,641 Hawaii .................. 6 3 3 5 408 185 251 413 Idaho ................... 5 3 (2) 9 393 499 (2) 696 Illinois ................ 61 34 30 66 9,144 4,497 3,074 8,155 Indiana ................. 40 20 18 30 6,786 1,887 1,416 4,348 Iowa .................... 12 7 5 17 813 632 481 2,499 Kansas .................. 10 3 10 9 880 235 613 971 Kentucky ................ 26 17 19 31 3,246 2,936 4,593 5,288 Louisiana ............... 22 7 8 22 2,361 1,755 878 2,112 Maine ................... 4 3 (2) 6 287 201 (2) 447 Maryland ................ 16 9 5 22 1,455 1,048 426 1,999 Massachusetts ........... 10 11 9 6 795 1,020 649 373 Michigan ................ 88 34 46 73 9,298 3,789 4,520 9,041 Minnesota ............... 21 11 9 22 1,971 817 1,090 1,923 Mississippi ............. 13 4 9 9 1,023 217 461 725 Missouri ................ 33 7 35 36 3,017 445 5,459 3,217 Montana ................. 7 (2) 6 6 559 (2) 419 361 Nebraska ................ 6 (2) (2) (2) 615 (2) (2) (2) Nevada .................. 14 14 6 11 1,597 1,050 429 942 New Hampshire ........... 4 6 (2) 4 625 631 (2) 581 New Jersey .............. 85 50 31 70 13,182 4,749 2,936 12,720 New Mexico .............. 10 8 3 11 891 592 312 756 New York ................ 44 116 29 47 4,453 15,254 2,358 5,818 North Carolina .......... 14 13 8 11 1,332 1,210 547 1,011 North Dakota ............ 3 (2) (2) 3 365 (2) (2) 344 Ohio .................... 59 55 34 68 5,903 6,024 3,350 7,301 Oklahoma ................ 4 4 5 4 288 354 428 1,375 Oregon .................. 26 21 15 26 3,275 2,790 1,528 3,507 Pennsylvania ............ 119 110 65 136 13,932 10,997 5,412 12,997 Rhode Island ............ 11 8 (2) 10 1,825 1,589 (2) 1,541 South Carolina .......... 11 26 6 7 1,190 3,291 473 652 South Dakota ............ (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Tennessee ............... 26 16 13 23 2,659 1,976 1,315 2,652 Texas ................... 44 32 36 54 4,282 3,117 3,407 5,625 Utah .................... 3 4 (2) 3 339 315 (2) 304 Vermont ................. 5 10 5 7 542 1,052 317 704 Virginia ................ 9 9 12 17 2,480 628 1,370 1,834 Washington .............. 19 18 15 16 1,721 1,878 1,206 1,452 West Virginia ........... (2) 4 - 2 (2) 305 - 194 Wisconsin ............... 44 47 25 59 5,094 4,363 3,371 6,261 Wyoming ................. - - (2) - - - (2) - Puerto Rico ............ 19 16 12 17 2,071 1,556 978 2,417 1 See footnote 1, table 3. 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. r = revised. NOTE: Dash represents zero.