June 30, 2010

Mass layoff events and initial claims, May 2010

Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, total and manufacturing, January 2007�May 2010, seasonally adjusted
Month	Mass layoff events, total	Initial claimants, total	Mass layoff events, manufacturing	Initial claimants, manufacturing
Jan 2007	1,264	130,834	404	55,217
Feb 2007	1,191	121,289	374	54,581
Mar 2007	1,225	126,391	386	48,298
Apr 2007	1,268	129,098	362	43,205
May 2007	1,172	118,648	345	44,391
Jun 2007	1,241	131,394	338	37,931
Jul 2007	1,274	130,331	403	55,973
Aug 2007	1,247	126,108	323	34,902
Sep 2007	1,255	123,632	436	51,814
Oct 2007	1,370	137,108	449	58,360
Nov 2007	1,415	148,952	424	58,543
Dec 2007	1,569	155,095	483	60,368
Jan 2008	1,481	151,269	436	57,147
Feb 2008	1,578	162,152	470	60,276
Mar 2008	1,487	151,539	436	56,919
Apr 2008	1,327	133,318	460	59,377
May 2008	1,604	170,619	468	62,345
Jun 2008	1,674	170,329	501	68,403
Jul 2008	1,531	152,447	461	61,417
Aug 2008	1,845	189,798	607	78,172
Sep 2008	2,222	235,755	634	81,989
Oct 2008	2,287	239,768	721	95,301
Nov 2008	2,489	240,181	929	107,072
Dec 2008	2,461	243,505	962	115,961
Jan 2009	2,279	251,807	764	109,124
Feb 2009	2,737	289,162	1,186	141,264
Mar 2009	2,913	295,970	1,202	146,381
Apr 2009	2,663	263,162	1,033	125,093
May 2009	2,794	306,788	1,183	145,166
Jun 2009	2,598	260,596	1,072	135,844
Jul 2009	2,039	196,578	565	66,918
Aug 2009	2,480	238,911	798	87,201
Sep 2009	2,326	221,639	783	90,440
Oct 2009	2,055	205,502	594	65,801
Nov 2009	1,813	163,823	485	54,858
Dec 2009	1,726	153,127	433	44,072
Jan 2010	1,761	182,261	486	62,556
Feb 2010	1,570	155,718	376	43,100
Mar 2010	1,628	150,864	356	39,290
Apr 2010	1,856	200,870	448	63,616
May 2010	1,412	135,789	266	22,577

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