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Extended Mass Layoffs in 2003 U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics December 2004 Report 982 Introduction percent of separations in 2002. These were the lowest percentages recorded for this sector since annual data became available in 1996. Food manufacturing firms (mostly fruit and vegetable canning and freezing) accounted for the largest number of workers laid off in manufacturing, followed by transportation equipment (mostly in automobile and aircraft) and computer and electronic products manufacturing (mostly in semiconductors). These three sectors accounted for 47 percent of the separations in manufacturing in 2003. Computer and electronic products and apparel registered the largest decreases in manufacturing separations (-39,040 and -10,833, respectively) when compared with 2002. (See tables 2 and 3.) T he Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) conducts the Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program to provide information on large-scale layoff events and on the characteristics of dislocated workers. Each month, BLS reports on the number of mass layoff actions by employers, and each quarter there is a more detailed report on the number and characteristics of those mass layoffs that last more than 30 days. (Since 2004, the detailed reports no longer cover government and nonfarm layoffs.) This report summarizes this latter analysis for 2003, providing information on the industry, geographic distribution, and size of mass layoffs; the demographic characteristics of those claiming unemployment insurance; the duration of certified unemployment; the expectation of recall; and the extent of permanent worksite closures. In 2003, employers laid off approximately 1.5 million workers in 7,346 extended mass layoff actions. Compared with 2002, layoff activity remained about the same, though the number of separations (layoffs) was down in the second half of 2003. (See table 1.) Layoff activity involving permanent worksite closures, which accounted for 13 percent of all layoff events and affected 214,110 workers in 2003, continued to decline from its peak in 2001. Extended mass layoffs, as defined by BLS, refer to layoffs of at least 31 days’ duration that involve the filing of initial claims for unemployment insurance by 50 or more individuals from a single establishment during a consecutive 5-week period. This report uses the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for the assignment and tabulation of layoff data by industry. Additional information about the program is provided in the Technical Note that follows the tables. • Agriculture accounted for more than 10 percent of private sector layoff events and more than 12 percent of separations, with most of these events and separations due to the completion of seasonal work. (See table 2.) Layoff events and separations were most prevalent in agriculture and forestry support activities, followed by crop production. • Administrative and waste services accounted for 10 percent of private sector layoff events and 11 percent of separations, due in part to the completion of contracts in temporary help agencies and professional employer organizations. (See table 2.) The number of events reached a program high of 665 events, while the number of separations (147,920) recorded its second highest level. • Construction (mainly in heavy civil engineering and specialty trade contractors) accounted for 14 percent of events and 10 percent of separations in the private sector. (See table 2.) The number of events was the highest level recorded in the industry, while separations registered its highest level since 1997. Layoffs due to the completion of seasonal work and the completion of contracts accounted for 83 percent of the separated workers in construction. Highlights Industry distribution of 2003 extended mass layoffs • Manufacturing establishments accounted for 31 percent of layoff events and 28 percent of separations in the private sector in 2003, down from 34 percent of events and 31 • Retail trade (mainly general merchandise and food and beverage stores) accounted for 9 percent of private-sector separations. (See table 2.) The end of seasonal work and 1 bankruptcy were the reasons for layoff cited most often by these employers. vices. Heavy and civil engineering construction and educational services industries moved into the top 5, replacing computer and electronic products manufacturing and general merchandise stores. (See table 5.) • The number of laid-off workers in four major sectors (educational services, finance and insurance, information, and wholesale trade) reached record highs. There were no sectors reporting record lows. Layoffs in government also reached a program high in 2003, largely due to State and local government seasonal layoffs in educational services. • Among six-digit NAICS industries, scheduled passenger air transportation and supermarkets and other grocery stores moved into the top 10 in terms of separations. Leaving the list were other postharvest crop activities and wired telecommunications carriers. (See table 6.) • Manufacturers and distributors of clothing reported laying off 96,457 workers, the lowest level since 2000. (See table 2.) In the last 3 years, more than 320,000 workers have lost jobs due to mass layoffs in this industry group. Since 2000, forty-four percent of separations in this group have occurred in the South. Reason for layoff • Employers citing the end of seasonal work as the reason for layoff accounted for 32 percent of layoff events and 36 percent of separations, the same as in 2002. (See table 7.) On average, during each of the last 4 years, more than 525,000 have been laid off due to seasonal work. Twenty-eight percent of all workers separated because seasonal work ended occurred in food production (agriculture and food processing) establishments located in California. • Employers involved in food production, processing, and distribution accounted for 24 percent of all privatesector separations, or 331,613 workers. The number of workers laid off increased by 4 percent, or +12,650 workers, compared with 2002, and were at a record high. (See tables 2 and 3.) • Layoffs due to internal company restructuring accounted for 20 percent of all extended mass layoff events and 21 percent of all separations, down from 23 percent of events and 25 percent of separations in 2002. (See table 7.) These layoffs occurred largely in general merchandise stores, air transportation, and computer and electronic products manufacturing. Employers in California reported the largest number of such laid-off workers, followed by Illinois. • Of the major sectors, mining and professional technical service companies had the largest percentage decreases in separations resulting from layoffs, followed by those in management of companies and enterprises. Layoffs in educational services reported the largest percentage increase of laid-off workers in the private sector, followed by wholesale trade and real estate and rental and leasing. Layoffs in government establishments rose 29 percent over the year, due to increased layoff activity among State and local governments. (See table 3.) • In 2003, the number of workers separated due to the completion of a contract (151,647) was the highest since 1997. (See table 7.) The largest number of separations due to contract completion occurred in administrative and support services (temporary help), followed by specialty trade contractors, building construction, and heavy and civil engineering construction firms. Layoffs due to the cancellation of a contract reached a program high of 35,601 in 2003. • Each of the four information technology-producing industries (computer hardware, software and computer services, communications equipment, and communications services) registered large declines in separations from year-ago levels. Among these industries, computer hardware firms had the largest number of laid-off workers (32,689) in 2003. (See table 4.) • Layoffs due to a nonseasonal lack of demand for products and services (slack work) declined sharply in 2003 (-75,189 workers). This was the second consecutive year that the number of separations due to slack work has declined by 35 percent. The decline in 2003 was due largely to fewer layoffs in computer and electronic products, in transportation equipment manufacturing, and in electronic equipment manufacturing. The end of seasonal work (-26,241) and reorganization within the company (-23,208) had the next largest declines in layoffs by reason. Layoffs due to labor disputes had the largest increase in worker separations, +13,490, followed by those due to the completion of contracts and to import competition (+9,286 and +8,384, respectively). (See tables 7 and 8.) • Of the 101 three-digit NAICS-coded industry groups identified in the MLS program, 51 posted decreases in the number of separated workers during 2003. Computer and electronic products manufacturing had the largest decrease (-39,040 workers), followed by general merchandise stores (-23,334) and professional and technical services (-17,655). Forty-three industries registered increases, led by educational services (+18,712), motion picture and sound recording establishments (+15,582), and air transportation (+14,529). • Among three-digit NAICS industries, specialty trade contractors moved into the top 10 in terms of worker separations. This industry replaced professional and technical ser- • Florida and Illinois accounted for the highest number of separations in layoffs due to the completion of contracts. 2 Illinois and California posted the highest separation counts in layoffs as a result of company reorganizations. California accounted for the largest number of laid-off workers due to seasonal work, slack work, and financial difficulty. (See table 9.) • Persons of Hispanic origin accounted for 20 percent the claimants involved in extended mass layoff events, about the same as last year (19 percent). The percentage of Hispanic claimants was highest in agriculture (89 percent), followed by health care and social assistance (27 percent) and by administrative and waste services (23 percent). With respect to the reason for layoff, high percentages of Hispanic claimants were reported in layoffs due to the ending of seasonal work, the secondary effects of a labor dispute, and the start of a vacation period. (See table 13.) Size of layoff • Layoff events in 2003 continued to be concentrated at the lower end of the layoff-size spectrum, with 59 percent involving fewer than 150 workers. This figure has remained fairly consistent, ranging from 58 to 60 percent annually. These layoff events, however, accounted for only 26 percent of separations, up slightly from 24 percent last year. Layoff events involving 500 or more workers accounted for 34 percent of separations. (See table 10.) These larger size layoffs accounted for 34 to 36 percent of total separations in all years except 1997, when they made up 32 percent of the total. • Black claimants accounted for 14 percent of all laid-off workers, about the same as last year (15 percent). Establishments providing educational services reported the highest percentage (32 percent) of black claimants, followed by other services, except public administration (24 percent) and by healthcare and social assistance (23 percent). High percentages of black claimants were reported in layoffs due to automation, import competition, and contract cancellation. (See table 13.) • The average number of separations per layoff event in 2003 was 205, the lowest level since 1999. Among private sector establishments, retail trade (largely food and beverage and general merchandise stores) reported the largest average layoff size, 308, followed by arts, entertainment, and recreation, with 275 separations per event. Establishments with the smallest average layoff size were those in other private sector services (132 workers), in utilities (135 workers), and in health care and social assistance (137 workers). (See table 11.) • Sixteen percent of all claimants were aged 55 and over in 2003, about unchanged from 2002. The representation of these older claimants was highest in professional and technical services and in arts, entertainment, and recreation. Claimants between the ages of 30 and 44 accounted for 39 percent of all claimants from extended mass layoffs. The proportion of these claimants in this age group was highest among agriculture, construction, and information establishments. (See table 14.) • When the reason given for the layoff event was secondary effects of labor disputes, an average of 887 workers were impacted per event, the highest annual average for any reason. This was followed by layoffs that were reported as due to a model changeover (368 workers per event) and bankruptcy (339 workers). Layoffs due to a shortage of materials and plant or machine repair averaged the fewest separations per layoff event (121 and 138 workers, respectively). (See table 11.) Duration of insured unemployment • Tennessee had the longest duration of insured unemployment associated with extended mass layoff events (as measured by the average number of continued claims for unemployment insurance following the initial claim), followed by North Carolina, the District of Columbia, New Mexico, and Colorado. Claimants experiencing the shortest jobless duration (as measured by the average number of continued claims) were separated from employers located in Kentucky, followed by Nebraska, Alaska, and Hawaii. (See table 15.) • Employers reporting the worksite as permanently closed averaged 230 separations per layoff event, the lowest average since 1998. (See table 11.) • Tennessee reported the largest proportion of claimants exhausting unemployment insurance benefits (40 percent), followed by Delaware (36 percent) and Wyoming (36 percent). States registering the lowest percentages of exhaustees were Nebraska (less than 1 percent), Mississippi (1 percent), and Alaska (2 percent). (See table 15.) Initial claimants • There were 1,403,349 initial claimants for unemployment insurance associated with extended mass layoff events in 2003. Of these, 44 percent were women, 14 percent were black, 20 percent were Hispanic, and 16 percent were 55 years of age or older. Thirty-nine percent of claimants were between the ages of 30 and 44. (See tables 12 and 14.) In 2003, of the total civilian labor force, 47 percent were women, 11 percent were black, 13 percent were Hispanic, and 15 percent were 55 years of age or older. Thirty-seven percent of the civilian labor force was between the ages of 30 and 44. • The longest average jobless duration (based on the average number of continued claims) was experienced by claimants laid off from finance and insurance, followed by wholesale trade and utilities. Claimants laid off from accommodation and food services had the shortest spells of jobless duration, followed by retail trade and construction. (See table 16.) 3 • Benefit exhaustion rates were highest among workers • California had the largest number of worker separa- in finance and insurance and in professional and technical services, while workers laid off in accommodation and food services and in construction had the lowest rates. (See table 16.) tions, 436,405, mostly from food production and administrative and support services. Even when the substantial impact of seasonal layoffs is excluded, California still had the highest separations’ total for 2003 (259,716 workers). The States with the next-highest totals of separations including seasonal layoffs were Illinois (133,517), Florida (112,216), and New York (93,910). (See table 20.) • Claimants laid off due to energy-related issues, the relocation of work outside the United States, and automation had the longest jobless duration. The shortest duration occurred in layoffs due to labor disputes and natural disasters. (See table 16.) • Alabama, Nevada, Ohio, and Texas reached their lowest annual totals of laid-off workers since the MLS program resumed in 1995, while California, Florida, Montana, New York, and South Dakota reached new highs. Thirty-three States and the District of Columbia had over-the-year declines in the number of laid-off workers, led by Arizona (-25,762), Texas (-24,941), Illinois (-21,191), and Pennsylvania (-20,389). Of the 17 States reporting an over-the-year increase, California (+78,858), Michigan (+27,144), and Wisconsin (+15,642) experienced the sharpest increases. (See table 20.) • Benefit exhaustion rates were highest for claimants involved in worksite closures. Claimants in layoffs where employers did not expect a recall had higher benefit exhaustion rates compared with events in which a recall was expected. (See table 16.) • Among the 50 largest metropolitan statistical areas in terms of the level of initial claims in extended mass layoff events, claimants laid off from establishments in St. Louis, MO led the list of those with the longest jobless duration, followed by San Jose, CA, Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ, Indianapolis, IN, and San Francisco, CA. Claimants in Erie, PA, Wichita, KS, and Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA had the shortest duration of unemployment. Benefit exhaustion rates were highest in Yuma, AZ and West Palm BeachBoca Raton, FL. (See table 17.) • Fifty-six percent of events and 52 percent of separations occurred in metropolitan areas, a decrease from 2002, when 66 percent of events and 61 percent of separations occurred in such areas. Among the 331 Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Chicago reported the highest number of separations (62,945), mainly from administrative and support services and specialty trade contractors. Boston, Detroit, and Minneapolis-St. Paul entered the top ten metropolitan areas in terms of laid-off workers, replacing San Jose, Yuma, and Phoenix-Mesa. (See table 21.) • Black and Asian or Pacific Islander claimants had higher benefit exhaustion rates than other race and ethnic groups, while white claimants had the lowest. By age, the older a claimant, the more likely he or she was to exhaust benefits. Women had higher exhaustion rates than men did. (See table 18.) • California had the highest concentration of layoffs relative to employment among the States, in part due to the impact of food production. (See chart 1.) Relative concentrations of mass layoff activity also were high in Washington, Illinois, Alaska, Montana, Wisconsin, and Idaho. The lowest concentrations of mass layoff activity were found in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, and South Dakota. Even excluding the substantial impact of seasonal work, California still had the highest relative concentration index, followed by Illinois and Florida. (See Chart 2.) Geographic distribution • In 2003, for the seventh time in the last 8 years, employers in the West reported the highest number of separations; these occurred primarily among establishments engaged in food production (agriculture and food manufacturing). (See table 19.) The Northeast continued to have the lowest numbers of events and separations. Excluding the impact of seasonal layoffs, the West (331,174) and South (242,843) had the highest levels of separated workers in extended mass layoff events. Recall expectations • In 2003, employers expected a recall in 47 percent of mass layoff actions, the same as in 2002. In the 1996-2000 period, recall expectations ranged from 60-66 percent, compared to 45-47 percent in the 2001-2003 period. Industries where the expectation of recall was highest following a layoff included agriculture (81 percent), construction (72 percent), arts, entertainment, and recreation (69 percent), and mining (69 percent). Layoffs in the finance and insurance sector had the lowest percentage of recall expectation (3 percent), followed by those in the information sector (10 percent) and real estate and rental and leasing (14 percent). • In 2003, decreases in the number of separations occurred in two of the four regions, with the South reporting the largest decrease (-38,741), mostly due to fewer layoffs in apparel manufacturing, food and beverage stores, and computer and electronic products manufacturing. Six of the nine geographic divisions reported a decrease in separations from 2002, led by the Mountain (-54,356), West South Central (-27,929), and East South Central (-21,702) divisions. (See table 19.) 4 Excluding seasonal and vacation-period layoffs (in which a recall was expected 94 percent of the time), a recall was expected in only 23 percent of events—the MLS program’s lowest annual recorded percentage. (See tables 22 and 23.) • Separations in permanent closures in 2003 were due mainly to internal company restructuring. Compared with 2002, employers citing import competition had the largest increase (+7,058) in laid-off workers. (See table 25.) • Of those establishments expecting a recall, 40 percent • In 2003, manufacturing accounted for 50 percent of events and 44 percent of separations resulting in worksite closure. These events occurred mostly in computer and electronic products, machinery, textile mills, and apparel. Retail trade accounted for 13 percent of the layoff events and 21 percent of separations resulting from closures during the year, largely in general merchandise stores and in food and beverage stores. (See table 26.) indicated that all workers would eventually be recalled, and 87 percent expected to recall at least half of the workers. (See table 22.) • Employers citing automation, energy concerns, and non-natural disaster as the reason for the layoff had the lowest percentages of recall expectation. Layoffs due to a vacation period, inclement weather, plant or machine repair, and the end of seasonal work registered the highest recall expectations. (See table 23.) • In 2003, textile mills and primary metal manufacturing establishments moved into the top 10 three-digit NAICS industries in terms of the number of laid-off workers in permanent closures. The manufacturing industries replaced telecommunications and truck transportation. (See table 27.) • Manufacturing industries accounted for 37 percent of all events and 35 percent of the separations for which the employer did not expect a recall. These layoffs without expectation of recall occurred mainly in computer and electronic products (primarily in semiconductors and related devices, telephone apparatus, and bare printed circuit boards), transportation equipment (primarily in aircraft and automobiles), and primary metals. (See table 24.) • California registered the highest number of separations in permanent closure-related events (41,975), followed by North Carolina (18,399), Florida (15,201), and Illinois (12,925). Texas (-21,629) and Pennsylvania (-11,027) reported the largest decreases in separations due to closures from 2002 to 2003; North Carolina (+3,568) and Georgia (+3,100) had the largest increases in laid-off workers. (See table 28.) • Internal company restructuring was the reason cited most frequently for layoffs from which no recall is expected, accounting for 46 percent of the layoff events and 52 percent of separations. Layoffs due to contract completion accounted for an additional 16 percent of layoffs events and 13 percent of separations. (See table 24.) • Among the 331 Metropolitan Areas, Los Angeles-Long Beach reported the highest number of separations (10,856) in permanent closure-related events, followed by Chicago (5,518) and Atlanta (4,084). Atlanta, Middlesex-SomersetHunterdon, Orange County, Oakland, Stockton-Lodi, TampaSt. Petersburg-Clearwater, and Denver entered the top 10 metropolitan areas this year in terms of workers laid off in permanent closures, replacing Salt Lake City-Odgen, Kansas City, Detroit, Boston, San Francisco, Dallas, and BergenPassaic. (See table 29.) Permanent worksite closures • Employers reported that 13 percent of all extended mass layoff events resulted in a permanent closure of the worksite, affecting 214,110 workers. The number of workers involved in closures has declined by -165,666, or -44 percent, since reaching a peak in 2001. (See table 25.) 5 6 7 Table 1. Numbers of extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, 1995–2003 Year/quarter Events1 Separations1 Initial claimants for unemployment insurance1 19952 Second quarter………………… Third quarter…………………… Fourth quarter…………………… 1,724 950 1,764 400,980 194,149 348,741 332,731 154,226 312,428 Total…………………………… 4,438 943,870 799,385 1996 First quarter……………………… Second quarter………………… Third quarter…………………… Fourth quarter…………………… 1,408 1,352 1,021 1,916 272,480 261,628 233,199 417,048 224,393 200,032 185,247 348,073 Total…………………………… 5,697 1,184,355 957,745 1997 First quarter……………………… Second quarter………………… Third quarter…………………… Fourth quarter…………………… 1,317 1,587 1,082 1,697 255,227 351,198 217,869 321,821 224,180 292,673 209,019 316,035 Total…………………………… 5,683 1,146,115 1,041,907 1998 First quarter……………………… Second quarter………………… Third quarter…………………… Fourth quarter…………………… 1,320 1,563 1,234 1,734 208,082 391,461 248,054 379,976 247,315 402,276 256,803 325,990 Total…………………………… 5,851 1,227,573 1,232,384 1999 First quarter……………………… Second quarter………………… Third quarter…………………… Fourth quarter…………………… 1,509 1,444 1,097 1,625 277,780 294,968 241,725 334,794 252,122 242,464 189,973 287,685 Total…………………………… 5,675 1,149,267 972,244 2000 First quarter……………………… Second quarter………………… Third quarter…………………… Fourth quarter…………………… 1,330 1,271 1,014 2,005 254,646 258,608 230,103 427,070 221,368 231,471 189,250 376,611 Total…………………………… 5,620 1,170,427 1,018,700 2001 First quarter……………………… Second quarter………………… Third quarter…………………… Fourth quarter…………………… 1,765 2,072 1,815 2,697 342,954 481,886 384,403 542,125 340,210 401,269 371,541 502,502 Total…………………………… 8,349 1,751,368 1,615,522 2002 First quarter……………………… Second quarter………………… Third quarter…………………… Fourth quarter…………………… 1,750 1,905 1,383 2,257 334,017 432,869 310,351 469,739 316,489 353,017 284,629 421,646 Total…………………………… 7,295 1,546,976 1,375,781 2003 First quarter……………………… Second quarter………………… Third quarter…………………… Fourth quarter…………………… 1,700 2,131 1,458 2,057 334,621 457,836 301,618 408,750 334,215 421,043 271,718 376,373 Total…………………………… 7,346 1,502,825 1,403,349 1 2 Data on layoffs were reported by employers in all States and the District of Columbia. The Mass Layoff Statistics program began collecting data in the second quarter of 1995. (See Technical Note.) 8 Table 2. Industry distribution: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, 2001-2003 Layoff events Initial claimants for unemployment insurance Separations Industry 2001 2002 2003 2001 2002 2003 2001 2002 2003 Total ..................................................................... 8,349 7,295 7,346 1,751,368 1,546,976 1,502,825 1,615,522 1,375,781 1,403,349 Total, private ................................................................... 8,128 7,000 6,883 1,698,131 1,457,024 1,387,131 1,568,608 1,314,921 1,302,413 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting....................... Mining........................................................................... Utilities.......................................................................... Construction.................................................................. Manufacturing............................................................... Food.......................................................................... Beverage and tobacco products............................... Textile mills............................................................... Textile product mills.................................................. Apparel...................................................................... Leather and allied products....................................... Wood products.......................................................... Paper........................................................................ Printing and related support activities....................... Petroleum and coal products.................................... 753 61 19 776 3,276 341 31 96 28 192 25 86 87 62 21 663 78 19 848 2,378 316 22 75 21 146 20 81 65 55 24 702 51 22 943 2,103 347 32 74 26 107 11 87 47 48 20 173,299 13,110 3,835 111,897 627,930 72,079 6,506 20,184 3,636 32,328 4,432 10,745 16,226 9,941 3,380 184,693 11,632 3,390 118,547 454,034 79,217 4,296 13,151 4,932 27,792 1,796 10,695 10,103 9,233 3,795 170,697 8,065 2,977 132,073 384,188 78,221 4,994 16,639 4,226 16,959 1,470 10,712 7,031 5,661 3,142 111,096 12,477 4,196 115,484 693,500 65,618 4,389 21,898 4,338 31,590 3,594 13,815 14,007 8,959 2,897 96,778 10,963 2,722 135,335 469,774 61,025 3,104 17,554 5,886 26,944 2,056 13,653 8,689 7,458 3,815 102,583 8,702 2,973 148,379 406,625 67,253 5,030 17,429 4,200 16,042 1,243 13,675 6,767 6,343 3,156 Chemicals................................................................. Plastics and rubber products.................................... Nonmetallic mineral products................................... Primary metal............................................................ Fabricated metal products........................................ Machinery.................................................................. Computer and electronic products............................ Electrical equipment and appliance.......................... Transportation equipment......................................... Furniture and related products.................................. Miscellaneous manufacturing................................... 71 122 79 198 233 280 614 140 372 118 80 59 66 89 126 131 170 410 104 262 76 60 49 72 105 117 124 130 253 73 232 85 64 12,614 18,739 13,484 43,723 32,419 47,001 131,487 32,869 86,403 17,715 12,019 9,798 9,349 14,078 22,611 17,903 30,783 81,410 20,908 59,601 12,277 10,306 9,599 8,576 15,874 22,808 16,882 24,523 42,370 13,028 58,721 13,047 9,705 9,457 21,541 13,762 50,575 36,351 56,859 139,940 40,849 122,405 20,048 10,608 7,392 8,521 13,016 28,851 18,163 32,467 84,502 30,119 73,074 14,153 9,332 8,008 9,863 17,318 23,331 17,501 26,717 44,365 13,330 78,559 17,623 8,872 Wholesale trade............................................................ Retail trade.................................................................... Transportation and warehousing.................................. Information.................................................................... Finance and insurance.................................................. Real estate and rental and leasing............................... Professional and technical services.............................. Management of companies and enterprises................. Administrative and waste services................................ Educational services..................................................... Health care and social assistance................................ Arts, entertainment, and recreation.............................. Accommodation and food services............................... Other services, except public administration................ 180 457 395 324 177 33 257 16 595 15 174 126 367 82 150 412 338 299 200 17 259 20 608 19 222 124 244 91 169 413 352 256 208 22 208 20 665 27 238 137 247 93 28,975 131,974 117,192 60,232 33,671 7,602 51,218 3,345 168,360 1,652 23,792 39,758 79,687 11,334 24,205 135,679 82,065 58,661 38,692 2,944 57,907 4,959 134,536 2,162 30,148 46,117 50,362 14,500 30,590 127,187 87,918 65,968 40,049 3,645 40,252 3,896 147,920 4,915 32,518 37,643 53,215 12,286 22,613 103,613 96,619 57,385 29,690 4,684 40,647 2,834 133,369 1,264 19,404 16,714 82,218 10,536 19,476 108,419 74,959 62,105 36,970 2,793 45,670 5,145 143,137 2,251 25,812 15,026 44,099 11,942 24,004 134,532 89,287 65,321 38,530 2,915 34,965 4,101 128,098 4,334 28,123 18,289 48,313 11,347 1 Unclassified ................................................................. 45 11 7 9,268 1,791 1,129 10,265 1,545 992 Government..................................................................... Federal.......................................................................... State.............................................................................. Local............................................................................. 221 52 41 128 295 52 57 186 463 43 79 341 53,237 12,696 10,498 30,043 89,952 16,218 17,946 55,788 115,694 10,252 22,915 82,527 46,914 12,796 8,838 25,280 60,860 14,202 15,337 31,321 100,936 11,179 15,681 74,076 457 1,326 410 1,204 363 1,337 107,028 298,665 117,450 318,963 96,457 331,613 99,712 226,681 106,476 204,371 96,137 255,475 Selected industry groupings2 Clothing manufacturing and distribution ………………… Food production, processing, and distribution…………… 1 2 See footnote 1, table 1. See the Technical Note for descriptions of these industry groupings. 9 Table 3. Over-the-year change in extended mass layoffs separations by industry, 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 2001-2002 2002-2003 Industry Level change Percent change Level change Percent change Total1 ................................................................. -204,392 -11.7 -44,151 -2.9 Total, private ................................................................ -241,107 -14.2 -69,893 -4.8 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting................... Mining........................................................................ Utilities....................................................................... Construction.............................................................. Manufacturing............................................................ Food...................................................................... Beverage and tobacco products............................ Textile mills............................................................ Textile product mills............................................... Apparel.................................................................. Leather and allied products................................... Wood products...................................................... Paper..................................................................... Printing and related support activities................... Petroleum and coal products................................. Chemicals.............................................................. 11,394 -1,478 -445 6,650 -173,896 7,138 -2,210 -7,033 1,296 -4,536 -2,636 -50 -6,123 -708 415 -2,816 6.6 -11.3 -11.6 5.9 -27.7 9.9 -34.0 -34.8 35.6 -14.0 -59.5 -.5 -37.7 -7.1 12.3 -22.3 -13,996 -3,567 -413 13,526 -69,846 -996 698 3,488 -706 -10,833 -326 17 -3,072 -3,572 -653 -199 -7.6 -30.7 -12.2 11.4 -15.4 -1.3 16.2 26.5 -14.3 -39.0 -18.2 .2 -30.4 -38.7 -17.2 -2.0 Plastics and rubber products................................. Nonmetallic mineral products................................ Primary metal........................................................ Fabricated metal products..................................... Machinery.............................................................. Computer and electronic products........................ Electrical equipment and appliance...................... Transportation equipment..................................... Furniture and related products.............................. Miscellaneous manufacturing................................ -9,390 594 -21,112 -14,516 -16,218 -50,077 -11,961 -26,802 -5,438 -1,713 -50.1 4.4 -48.3 -44.8 -34.5 -38.1 -36.4 -31.0 -30.7 -14.3 -773 1,796 197 -1,021 -6,260 -39,040 -7,880 -880 770 -601 -8.3 12.8 .9 -5.7 -20.3 -48.0 -37.7 -1.5 6.3 -5.8 Wholesale trade........................................................ Retail trade................................................................ Transportation and warehousing............................... Information................................................................ Finance and insurance.............................................. Real estate and rental and leasing............................ Professional and technical services.......................... Management of companies and enterprises............. Administrative and waste services............................ Educational services................................................. Health care and social assistance............................. Arts, entertainment, and recreation........................... Accommodation and food services........................... Other services, except public administration............. -4,770 3,705 -35,127 -1,571 5,021 -4,658 6,689 1,614 -33,824 510 6,356 6,359 -29,325 3,166 -16.5 2.8 -30.0 -2.6 14.9 -61.3 13.1 48.3 -20.1 30.9 26.7 16.0 -36.8 27.9 6,385 -8,492 5,853 7,307 1,357 701 -17,655 -1,063 13,384 2,753 2,370 -8,474 2,853 -2,214 26.4 -6.3 7.1 12.5 3.5 23.8 -30.5 -21.4 9.9 127.3 7.9 -18.4 5.7 -15.3 Unclassified .............................................................. -7,477 -80.7 -662 -37.0 Government.................................................................. Federal...................................................................... State.......................................................................... Local.......................................................................... 36,715 3,522 7,448 25,745 69.0 27.7 70.9 85.7 25,742 -5,966 4,969 26,739 28.6 -36.8 27.7 47.9 10,422 20,298 9.7 6.8 -20,993 12,650 -17.9 4.0 Selected industry groupings2 Clothing manufacturing and distribution ……………… Food production, processing, and distribution………… 1 2 See footnote 1, table 1. See the Technical Note for descriptions of these industry groupings. 10 Table 4. Information technology-producing industries: Extended mass layoff events and separations, 1996-2003 Year Total extended mass layoffs Layoff events 1996 ...................................... 1997 ...................................... 1998 ...................................... 1999 ...................................... 2000 ...................................... 2001 ...................................... 2002 ...................................... 2003 ...................................... 5,697 5,683 5,851 5,675 5,620 8,349 7,295 7,346 Separations 1,184,355 1,146,115 1,227,573 1,149,267 1,170,427 1,751,368 1,546,976 1,502,825 Information technology-producing industries1 Computer hardware2 Layoff events 100 64 166 105 67 503 303 196 Software and computer services3 Separations 17,884 11,934 36,069 23,557 18,945 102,587 59,653 32,689 1 Information technology-producing industries are defined in Digital Economy 2003 , Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. 2 The industries included in this grouping, based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), are: semiconductor machinery manufacturing; office machinery manufacturing; electronic computer manufacturing; computer storage device manufacturing; computer terminal manufacturing; other computer peripheral equipment manufacturing; electron tube manufacturing; bare printed circuit board manufacturing; semiconductors and related device manufacturing; electronic capacitor manufacturing; electronic resistor manufacturing; electronic coils, transformers, and inductors; electronic connector manufacturing; printed circuit assembly manufacturing; other electronic component manufacturing; industrial process variable instruments; electricity and signal testing instruments; analytical laboratory instrument manufacturing; computer and software merchant wholesalers; and computer and software stores. 3 The industries included in this grouping, based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), are: software publishers; Internet service providers; 11 Layoff events 20 25 23 31 71 242 162 101 Separations 10,724 3,206 4,056 6,194 16,914 36,016 22,382 16,320 Communications equipment4 Layoff events 32 23 33 27 25 140 112 62 Separations 5,323 2,515 6,971 4,344 4,618 34,874 23,236 10,408 Communications services5 Layoff events 33 18 25 18 24 136 176 113 Separations 6,612 3,237 4,150 3,930 4,048 30,084 32,134 21,510 Web search portals; data processing and related services; computer and software merchant wholesalers; computer and software stores; custom computer programming services; computer systems design services; computer facilities management services; other computer related services; office equipment rental and leasing; and computer and office machine repair. 4 The industries included in this grouping, based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), are: telephone apparatus manufacturing; audio and video equipment manufacturing; broadcast and wireless communications equipment; fiber optic cable manufacturing; software reproducing; and magnetic and optical recording media manufacturing. 5 The industries included in this grouping, based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), are: wired telecommunications carriers; cellular and other wireless carriers; telecommunications resellers; cable and other program distribution; satellite telecommunications; other telecommunications; and communication equipment repair. Table 5. Industry distribution: Extended mass layoff events and separations, top 50 three-digit NAICS industries in 2003 Industry 2002 NAICS Events 2003 Separations Rank1 Events Separations Rank1 Total2 .............................................................. … 7,295 1,546,976 … 7,346 1,502,825 … Total, top 50 industries ............................................. … 6,707 1,434,057 … 6,791 1,404,447 … Administrative and support services.......................... Agriculture and forestry support activities.................. Food manufacturing................................................... Heavy and civil engineering construction.................. Educational services.................................................. Transportation equipment manufacturing.................. Crop production......................................................... General merchandise stores...................................... Specialty trade contractors........................................ Computer and electronic product manufacturing....... Professional and technical services.......................... Food services and drinking places............................ Transit and ground passenger transportation............ Food and beverage stores......................................... Air transportation....................................................... Amusements, gambling, and recreation.................... Motion picture and sound recording industries.......... 561 115 311 237 611 336 111 452 238 334 541 722 485 445 481 713 512 602 401 316 386 133 262 259 179 303 410 259 145 137 48 47 71 27 136,851 115,233 79,217 59,748 42,343 59,601 67,620 79,990 38,405 81,410 57,907 32,574 28,621 17,682 15,937 36,165 12,525 1 2 5 7 10 8 6 4 11 3 9 13 16 24 28 12 34 657 447 347 401 261 232 253 142 362 253 208 157 161 72 85 75 45 148,539 112,117 78,221 61,555 61,055 58,721 58,378 56,656 43,551 42,370 40,252 36,082 34,511 31,182 30,466 29,815 28,107 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Construction of buildings........................................... Executive, legislative and general government......... Machinery manufacturing........................................... Primary metal manufacturing..................................... Telecommunications.................................................. Credit intermediation and related activities................ Social assistance....................................................... Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods................. Accommodation......................................................... Apparel manufacturing............................................... Fabricated metal product manufacturing................... Textile mills................................................................ Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing.............. Nonstore retailers...................................................... Insurance carriers and related activities.................... Performing arts and spectator sports......................... Furniture and related product manufacturing............. 236 921 333 331 517 522 624 424 721 315 332 313 327 454 524 711 337 160 81 170 126 179 68 141 64 99 146 131 75 89 58 69 65 76 20,494 17,622 30,783 22,611 32,073 13,543 17,396 11,808 17,788 27,792 17,903 13,151 14,078 17,315 11,599 15,111 12,277 21 25 15 18 14 31 26 36 23 17 22 33 30 27 38 29 35 182 117 130 117 113 105 162 92 90 107 124 74 105 55 77 73 85 27,357 25,728 24,523 22,808 21,562 21,380 20,411 18,565 17,133 16,959 16,882 16,639 15,874 14,078 13,349 13,215 13,047 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Electrical equipment and appliance mfg.................... Wood product manufacturing.................................... Administration of economic programs....................... Merchant wholesalers, durable goods....................... Miscellaneous manufacturing.................................... Chemical manufacturing............................................ Truck transportation................................................... Plastics and rubber products manufacturing............. Hospitals.................................................................... Clothing and clothing accessories stores.................. Paper manufacturing................................................. Mining, except oil and gas......................................... Membership associations and organizations............. ISPs, search portals, and data processing................ Printing and related support activities........................ Publishing industries, except Internet........................ 335 321 926 423 339 325 484 326 622 448 322 212 813 518 323 511 104 81 13 79 60 59 75 66 52 28 65 61 49 33 55 45 20,908 10,695 2,695 11,698 10,306 9,798 21,587 9,349 11,562 4,041 10,103 9,198 6,506 4,078 9,233 7,127 20 40 66 37 41 43 19 44 39 57 42 46 50 56 45 49 73 88 17 66 64 49 48 72 49 42 47 40 51 34 48 37 13,028 10,820 10,485 9,751 9,705 9,599 9,284 8,576 7,436 7,096 7,031 6,998 6,239 6,091 5,661 5,559 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 1 2 Industries are ranked by the number of separations in 2003. See foonote 1, table 1. 12 Table 6. Industry distribution: Extended mass layoff events and separations, top 50 six-digit NAICS industries in 2003 2001 Industry 2002 2003 NAICS Separations Rank 1 Separations Rank 1 Separations Rank1 Total2 .................................................................. … 1,751,368 … 1,546,976 … 1,502,825 … Total, top 50 industries ............................................ … 914,814 … 844,159 … 877,918 … Temporary help services............................................... Farm labor contractors and crew leaders...................... Elementary and secondary schools.............................. Highway, street, and bridge construction...................... Discount department stores.......................................... School and employee bus transportation...................... Professional employer organizations............................ Scheduled passenger air transportation....................... Supermarkets and other grocery stores........................ Fruit and vegetable canning.......................................... Motion picture and video production............................. Other postharvest crop activities................................... Food service contractors............................................... Department stores, except discount.............................. Hotels and motels, except casino hotels....................... Other vegetable and melon farming.............................. Grape vineyards............................................................ 561320 115115 611110 237310 452112 485410 561330 481111 445110 311421 512110 115114 722310 452111 721110 111219 111332 54,334 66,726 14,762 38,488 18,961 34,530 64,323 50,476 11,962 23,531 2,391 26,555 18,630 24,882 25,179 12,414 20,691 3 1 22 5 18 6 2 4 26 12 154 7 19 10 9 24 15 61,469 69,810 37,479 43,458 50,001 27,373 23,624 15,487 17,086 29,386 12,236 28,427 20,516 20,799 12,394 16,843 17,188 2 1 5 4 3 8 9 18 15 6 27 7 13 12 26 16 14 76,074 73,009 47,704 47,557 34,239 30,410 30,160 30,158 29,882 28,986 26,977 26,237 24,935 20,050 15,318 14,049 13,831 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Wired telecommunications carriers............................... Mail-order houses.......................................................... Industrial building construction...................................... Child day care services................................................. Automobile manufacturing............................................ Skiing facilities............................................................... Aircraft manufacturing................................................... Frozen fruit and vegetable manufacturing..................... Nonresidential electrical contractors............................. Colleges and universities.............................................. Commercial banking..................................................... Commercial building construction................................. Broadwoven fabric mills................................................ Telemarketing bureaus................................................. Tax preparation services............................................... Transportation program administration......................... Iron and steel mills........................................................ 517110 454113 236210 624410 336111 713920 336411 311411 238212 611310 522110 236220 313210 561422 541213 926120 331111 19,309 21,531 11,016 10,159 8,954 17,798 12,218 8,194 7,040 680 5,700 7,586 8,706 13,212 10,533 3,723 23,110 17 14 28 32 36 20 25 41 53 390 64 47 38 23 31 100 13 22,303 14,485 10,672 12,474 5,651 21,952 14,843 9,952 9,710 4,143 8,874 7,853 6,151 13,651 12,617 1,324 7,785 10 20 29 25 55 11 19 31 32 83 33 37 50 21 24 218 39 13,438 13,183 12,921 12,878 12,781 12,342 12,132 11,792 11,704 11,276 11,212 10,842 10,480 10,039 9,773 9,755 9,531 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Amusement and theme parks....................................... Executive and legislative offices, combined.................. Strawberry farming........................................................ Semiconductors and related device mfg....................... Nonresidential plumbing and HVAC contractors........... Other general government support............................... All other miscellaneous crop farming............................ Farm management services.......................................... General line grocery merchant wholesalers.................. Ready-mix concrete manufacturing............................... General medical and surgical hospitals........................ Landscaping services.................................................... Convention and trade show organizers......................... Fruit and vegetable merchant wholesalers................... Fresh and frozen seafood processing........................... Other noncitrus fruit farming.......................................... 713110 921140 111333 334413 238222 921190 111998 115116 424410 327320 622110 561730 561920 424480 311712 111339 7,908 2,821 5,736 24,197 6,885 2,768 9,361 6,509 5,162 4,323 4,029 5,409 4,962 2,286 973 5,018 44 126 63 11 55 132 35 58 69 85 90 66 73 161 311 72 6,794 4,707 7,549 16,711 6,458 4,512 6,634 11,601 2,395 5,228 7,748 4,821 5,255 5,690 4,341 4,673 44 67 41 17 49 73 46 28 140 59 40 64 58 53 79 69 9,471 8,731 8,043 7,843 7,822 7,719 7,154 6,883 6,692 6,682 6,652 6,555 5,724 5,519 5,518 5,255 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 1 2 Industries are ranked by the number of separations in 2003. See footnote 1, table 1. 13 Table 7. Reason for layoff: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, 2001-2003 Layoff events Initial claimants for unemployment insurance Separations Reason for layoff 2001 Total, all reasons1 ............................... 2002 2003 2001 2002 2003 2001 2002 2003 8,349 7,295 7,346 1,751,368 1,546,976 1,502,825 1,615,522 1,375,781 1,403,349 11 290 209 174 658 101 20 3 675 132 26 15 10 215 187 184 774 102 3 3 482 74 22 9 5 176 121 122 890 98 2 ( ) 5 441 111 20 10 1,397 135,353 55,387 30,823 125,350 18,652 5,487 445 154,942 28,008 7,536 1,478 1,707 77,164 42,867 35,216 142,361 19,907 1,060 718 106,836 15,350 4,241 1,428 1,016 59,671 32,640 35,601 151,647 15,678 (2) 1,044 88,955 23,734 17,731 1,211 2,058 62,597 45,086 29,085 130,289 15,286 3,988 602 139,716 27,244 5,516 1,676 1,605 58,166 29,700 28,880 176,081 15,327 846 561 93,565 12,910 4,224 1,329 1,009 47,405 19,825 17,120 178,764 15,854 (2) 847 84,325 20,961 23,213 1,650 Model changeover ........................................ Natural disaster ............................................. Non-natural disaster ..................................... Overseas relocation ...................................... Plant or machine repair ................................. Product line discontinued .............................. Reorganization within company .................... Seasonal work .............................................. Slack work .................................................... Vacation period ............................................. Weather-related ............................................ Other ............................................................. Not reported .................................................. 13 4 15 79 26 41 752 2,287 1,951 126 43 416 282 6 3 8 68 24 42 799 2,341 1,304 101 37 196 301 12 6 62 24 35 699 2,370 958 133 49 191 804 4,842 620 3,521 15,693 3,713 10,009 155,691 498,641 325,653 24,061 4,488 88,000 51,578 1,550 790 1,114 17,075 3,771 5,181 159,852 560,530 212,749 26,770 4,455 36,062 68,222 4,418 1,510 (2) 13,205 3,319 6,225 136,644 534,289 137,560 26,177 7,834 33,387 168,650 7,721 574 2,227 12,981 4,967 9,256 143,234 377,632 420,979 19,310 5,988 93,503 54,007 1,329 555 928 13,152 3,575 4,553 155,804 384,894 264,723 14,334 5,574 36,641 66,525 3,904 1,684 (2) 10,759 3,035 7,495 145,520 402,538 181,001 25,428 8,964 34,691 166,752 Internal company restructuring3 ……………… 1,926 1,683 1,437 501,373 386,719 317,910 390,633 337,235 297,075 Automation .................................................... Bankruptcy .................................................... Business ownership change ......................... Contract cancellation .................................... Contract completion ...................................... Domestic relocation ...................................... Energy-related………………………………… Environment-related…………………………… Financial difficulty .......................................... Import competition ........................................ Labor dispute ................................................ Material shortage .......................................... (2) ership change, financial difficulty, and reorganization within company. NOTE: Non-natural disaster was added as a reason for separation in the third quarter of 2001, in order to be able to identify layoffs directly or indirectly related to the September 11 attacks. 1 See footnote 1, table 1. Data do not meet Bureau of Labor Statistics or State agency dis-closure standards. 3 Internal company restructuring consists of bankruptcy, business own2 14 Table 8. Over-the-year change in separations by reason for layoff, 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 2001-2002 2002-2003 Reason for layoff Level change Total, all reasons1 ............................................................ Percent change Level change Percent change -204,392 -11.7 -44,151 -2.9 Automation ................................................................................. Bankruptcy ................................................................................. Business ownership change ...................................................... Contract cancellation ................................................................. Contract completion ................................................................... Domestic relocation ................................................................... Energy-related……………………………………………………… Environment-related………………………………………………… Financial difficulty ...................................................................... Import competition ..................................................................... Labor dispute ............................................................................. Material shortage ....................................................................... 310 -58,189 -12,520 4,393 17,011 1,255 -4,427 273 -48,106 -12,658 -3,295 -50 22.2 -43.0 -22.6 14.3 13.6 6.7 -80.7 61.3 -31.0 -45.2 -43.7 -3.4 -691 -17,493 -10,227 385 9,286 -4,229 (2) 326 -17,881 8,384 13,490 -217 -40.5 -22.7 -23.9 1.1 6.5 -21.2 Model changeover ..................................................................... Natural disaster .......................................................................... Non-natural disaster .................................................................. Overseas relocation ................................................................... Plant or machine repair .............................................................. Product line discontinued ........................................................... Reorganization within company ................................................. Seasonal work ........................................................................... Slack work ................................................................................. Vacation period .......................................................................... Weather-related ......................................................................... Other .......................................................................................... Not reported ............................................................................... -3,292 170 -2,407 1,382 58 -4,828 4,161 61,889 -112,904 2,709 -33 -51,938 16,644 -68.0 27.4 -68.4 8.8 1.6 -48.2 2.7 12.4 -34.7 11.3 -.7 -59.0 32.3 2,868 720 (2) -3,870 -452 1,044 -23,208 -26,241 -75,189 -593 3,379 -2,675 100,428 185.0 91.1 (2) -22.7 -12.0 20.2 -14.5 -4.7 -35.3 -2.2 75.8 -7.4 147.2 Internal company restructuring3 …………………………………… -114,654 -22.9 -68,809 -17.8 1 See footnote 1, table 1. Data do not meet Bureau of Labor Statistics or State agency dis-closure standards. 3 Internal company restructuring consists of bankruptcy, business owner- (2) 45.4 -16.7 54.6 318.1 -15.2 ship change, financial difficulty, and reorganization within company. NOTE: Non-natural disaster was added as a reason for separation in the third quarter of 2001, in order to be able to identify layoffs directly or indirectly related to the September 11 attacks. 2 15 1 Table 9. Number of separations in extended mass layoff events by State and by selected reason for layoff, 2003 Separations State Total Total2 .................................... 1,502,825 Seasonal Slack work 534,289 137,560 Alabama ......................................... Alaska ............................................. Arizona ........................................... Arkansas ........................................ California ........................................ Colorado ......................................... Connecticut ..................................... Delaware ........................................ District of Columbia ........................ Florida ............................................. Georgia ........................................... Hawaii ............................................. Idaho ............................................... 5,262 4,027 20,478 4,206 436,405 21,211 11,783 (3) 1,831 112,216 21,075 4,150 7,477 951 3,640 10,927 (3) 176,689 9,315 5,061 (3) 405 28,573 1,331 514 3,334 1,095 801 22,777 2,892 (3) – (3) 3,494 510 (3) 411 Illinois .............................................. Indiana ............................................ Iowa ................................................ Kansas ............................................ Kentucky ......................................... Louisiana ........................................ Maine .............................................. Maryland ......................................... Massachusetts ................................ Michigan ......................................... Minnesota ....................................... Mississippi ...................................... Missouri .......................................... 133,517 38,619 9,394 10,532 12,015 9,942 7,957 4,197 40,079 46,704 27,041 4,987 25,585 51,226 18,302 4,176 760 2,608 3,764 4,199 338 7,704 5,785 18,500 (3) 14,651 10,479 5,670 989 2,245 2,896 2,431 835 349 3,011 2,325 3,218 (3) 1,209 Montana .......................................... Nebraska ........................................ Nevada ........................................... New Hampshire .............................. New Jersey ..................................... New Mexico .................................... New York ........................................ North Carolina ................................ North Dakota .................................. Ohio ................................................ Oklahoma ....................................... Oregon ............................................ Pennsylvania .................................. 4,495 3,392 3,734 1,835 41,102 3,670 93,910 33,484 2,171 37,644 7,915 15,817 42,306 3,459 2,254 413 781 17,872 1,886 30,784 3,786 1,305 9,431 (3) 5,364 11,927 Rhode Island .................................. South Carolina ................................ South Dakota .................................. Tennessee ...................................... Texas .............................................. Utah ................................................ Vermont .......................................... Virginia ............................................ Washington .................................... West Virginia .................................. Wisconsin ....................................... Wyoming ........................................ 2,035 4,443 1,065 9,755 44,085 4,773 1,179 18,077 47,422 3,440 53,122 3 ( ) 689 1,207 500 (3) 1,897 3,726 1,128 7,842 23,335 686 29,418 3 ( ) Puerto Rico ..................................... 6,459 1 2 See footnote 1, table 1. 136,644 1,662 (3) 21,638 3,368 1,637 – 651 3,953 – – 2,645 21,312 3,456 ( ) (3) 408 634 550 857 8,321 9,304 3,048 343 433 32,874 1,195 (3) (3) 479 383 305 – 5,572 309 660 (3) (3) 3,195 1,811 603 2,024 (3) 538 – (3) 3,595 1,853 (3) 1,636 5,562 3 507 – (3) (3) 6,282 (3) 4,183 10,598 3 ( ) 6,615 (3) (3) 6,319 780 (3) 9,977 1,747 – 9,144 295 1,090 3,302 5,585 10,795 (3) 4,872 – (3) (3) – 1,421 4,652 – – 1,744 2,036 (3) 3,534 – (3) – – (3) 12,886 – – (3) 2,004 408 5,797 – – (3) – 1,515 7,332 (3) – – 2,280 1,521 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 781 1,457 2,431 919 688 2,909 3 ( ) 11,630 919 367 4,747 2,916 4,210 17,009 (3) (3) (3) (3) 408 336 – – – – – 882 – Data do not meet Bureau of Labor Statistics or State agency disclosure standards. NOTE: Dash represents zero. 16 88,955 3 (3) – (3) – 4,584 727 4,934 – (3) 3,645 290 1,345 825 370 3 151,647 Financial difficulty 2,104 1,298 19,591 790 1,158 228 – 11,002 1,398 942 (3) 313 – (3) (3) – Contract completed ( ) – 1,589 (3) 6,038 (3) – – (3) 49,767 283 1,044 (3) 415 – Shown are the top five reasons for layoffs in terms of separations in 2003. Reorganization within company Table 10. Distribution of extended mass layoff events and separations by size of layoff, 2002 and 2003 Layoff events 2002 2 Total …………… 50-99…………………… 100-149………………… 150-199………………… 200-299………………… 300-499………………… 500-999………………… 1,000 or more…………… 1 2 Separations Percent1 Number Number of workers 2003 2002 Percent1 Number 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003 7,295 7,346 100.0 100.0 1,546,976 1,502,825 100.0 100.0 2,585 1,616 881 969 697 376 171 2,636 1,730 901 923 651 350 155 35.4 22.2 12.1 13.3 9.6 5.2 2.3 35.9 23.6 12.3 12.6 8.9 4.8 2.1 184,698 189,474 147,335 226,379 255,138 247,033 296,919 189,018 203,884 151,798 216,403 237,565 225,577 278,580 11.9 12.2 9.5 14.6 16.5 16.0 19.2 12.6 13.6 10.1 14.4 15.8 15.0 18.5 Due to rounding, sums of individual percentages may not equal 100.0 percent. See footnote 1, table 1. 17 Table 11. Average number of separations in extended mass layoff events by selected measures, 1996–2003 Average number of separations Measure 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 208 202 210 203 208 210 212 205 206 199 207 201 204 209 208 202 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting ……… Mining ……………………………………………… Utilities ……………………………………………… Construction ……………………………………… Manufacturing ……………………………………… Wholesale trade …………………………………… Retail trade ………………………………………… Transportation and warehousing ………………… Information ………………………………………… 260 130 253 139 182 171 317 203 428 173 158 333 155 188 140 305 242 519 229 151 236 145 232 153 218 235 296 214 181 176 148 205 158 341 214 285 231 126 140 147 200 165 320 183 194 230 215 202 144 192 161 289 297 186 279 149 178 140 191 161 329 243 196 243 158 135 140 183 181 308 250 258 Finance and insurance …………………………… Real estate and rental and leasing ……………… Professional and technical services …………… Management of companies and enterprises …… Administrative and waste services ……………… Educational services ……………………………… Health care and social assistance ……………… Arts, entertainment, and recreation ……………… Accommodation and food services ……………… Other services, except public administration …… Unclassified establishments ……………………… 226 252 233 277 246 133 154 309 203 113 176 195 224 276 112 175 123 143 357 203 123 167 212 160 199 148 179 99 131 252 194 139 92 197 118 208 210 190 161 155 260 177 144 109 276 128 188 247 213 99 189 315 247 141 167 190 230 199 209 283 110 137 316 217 138 206 193 173 224 248 221 114 136 372 206 159 163 193 166 194 195 222 182 137 275 215 132 161 235 252 266 252 314 241 305 250 Automation ............................................................ Bankruptcy ............................................................. Business ownership change .................................. Contract cancellation ............................................. Contract completion ............................................... Domestic relocation ............................................... Energy-related………………………………………… Environment-related………………………………… Financial difficulty .................................................. Import competition ................................................. Labor dispute ......................................................... Material shortage ................................................... 395 207 288 221 232 149 – 157 225 191 446 134 239 270 203 195 244 200 – 108 264 193 506 116 234 302 237 192 203 179 171 220 225 205 781 272 (2) 464 302 156 177 177 122 261 244 278 559 183 (2) 354 263 164 204 164 249 163 203 213 612 155 127 467 265 177 191 185 274 148 230 212 290 99 171 359 229 191 184 195 353 239 222 207 193 159 203 339 270 292 170 160 (2) 209 202 214 887 121 Model changeover ................................................. Natural disaster ...................................................... Non-natural disaster ………………………………… Overseas relocation ............................................... Plant or machine repair ......................................... Product line discontinued ...................................... Reorganization within company ............................. Seasonal work ....................................................... Slack work ............................................................. Vacation period ...................................................... Weather-related ..................................................... Other ...................................................................... Not reported ........................................................... 378 225 (3) 166 225 174 204 227 139 173 104 213 157 394 180 (3) 275 125 211 165 209 141 150 137 194 143 680 190 (3) 251 225 157 189 205 195 240 103 165 167 248 (2) (3) 167 117 156 210 209 136 235 120 175 162 266 (2) (3) 211 163 157 248 210 160 163 96 183 190 372 155 235 199 143 244 207 218 167 191 104 212 183 258 263 139 251 157 123 200 239 163 265 120 184 227 368 252 (2) 213 138 178 195 225 144 197 160 175 210 240 210 215 257 202 210 226 216 207 271 193 233 242 203 217 303 197 229 258 214 214 230 203 201 Total1 ........................................................... Industry Total, private .......................................................... Government............................................................ Reason for layoff Other selected measures Worksite closures…………………………………… Recall expected……………………………………… No recall expected…………………………………… 1 2 See footnote 1, table 1. Data do not meet Bureau of Labor Statistics or State agency disclosure standards. 3 Non-natural disaster was added as a reason for layoff in the third quarter of 2001, in order to be able to identify layoffs directly or indirectly related to the September 11 attacks. 18 Table 12. State and selected claimant characteristics: Extended mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, 2002 and 2003 State Layoff events 2002 2003 Total .............................. 7,295 7,346 Alabama .................................... Alaska ....................................... Arizona ...................................... Arkansas ................................... California ................................... Colorado .................................... Connecticut ............................... Delaware ................................... District of Columbia ................... Florida ....................................... Georgia ..................................... Hawaii ....................................... Idaho ......................................... 75 19 132 23 1,497 100 69 2 ( ) 11 511 79 28 25 31 30 97 19 1,807 73 60 2 ( ) 13 561 102 22 44 15,991 2,084 22,794 5,901 252,040 14,542 13,663 (2) 2,568 85,661 19,839 4,294 2,743 Illinois ........................................ Indiana ....................................... Iowa ........................................... Kansas ...................................... Kentucky ................................... Louisiana ................................... Maine ......................................... Maryland .................................... Massachusetts .......................... Michigan .................................... Minnesota .................................. Mississippi ................................. Missouri ..................................... 641 170 43 54 94 97 37 44 199 135 187 45 147 587 163 57 43 68 78 40 23 168 257 180 31 100 Montana .................................... Nebraska ................................... Nevada ...................................... New Hampshire ......................... New Jersey ................................ New Mexico ............................... New York ................................... North Carolina ........................... North Dakota ............................. Ohio ........................................... Oklahoma .................................. Oregon ...................................... Pennsylvania ............................. 22 24 48 17 263 20 389 144 17 302 26 127 317 Rhode Island ............................. South Carolina .......................... South Dakota ............................ Tennessee ................................ Texas ........................................ Utah ........................................... Vermont ..................................... Virginia ...................................... Washington ............................... West Virginia ............................. Wisconsin .................................. Wyoming ................................... Puerto Rico ............................... 1 Percent of total Total initial claimants for unemployment insurance 2002 2003 Hispanic origin Black 2002 1,375,781 1,403,349 2003 2002 Persons aged 55 and older Women 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003 14.6 14.3 18.7 20.4 42.8 43.5 14.9 15.5 5,639 3,968 15,700 2,089 344,697 11,664 9,884 (2) 1,831 90,689 19,874 3,508 8,801 33.5 3.6 3.7 22.7 5.7 6.0 13.7 23.9 49.6 23.9 43.6 1.2 1.0 37.9 3.5 2.5 36.4 7.8 5.8 14.5 33.1 23.5 22.0 60.1 1.8 .5 5.1 15.9 48.5 1.3 48.4 18.4 9.4 1.6 5.9 20.8 4.6 43.0 12.6 5.3 15.7 54.1 2.4 46.3 23.7 9.1 7.2 6.1 27.9 3.0 28.4 18.7 56.9 37.9 40.8 44.8 42.6 41.0 49.7 48.4 63.1 48.2 53.0 60.9 38.4 42.7 36.2 40.5 53.7 47.2 41.0 54.5 79.8 55.2 48.2 58.8 35.2 44.0 17.5 14.3 15.6 12.1 13.0 13.3 15.4 12.5 15.9 17.8 12.8 19.0 14.0 18.9 15.1 14.2 14.8 12.3 15.2 16.6 17.6 13.8 18.2 13.9 15.5 18.9 125,079 32,372 7,147 24,012 10,735 12,429 5,767 6,001 35,921 24,294 29,794 4,927 23,740 114,280 38,258 8,877 12,344 8,706 8,177 5,557 3,035 28,616 70,343 25,499 2,883 20,131 21.7 10.3 1.0 10.7 5.4 49.7 .2 41.7 6.8 18.4 3.8 64.9 18.7 19.9 13.0 1.8 13.3 7.9 55.0 1.1 35.8 8.1 16.9 4.6 76.7 20.7 12.6 3.5 2.4 4.5 .6 3.0 .2 1.1 2.1 6.8 4.9 .6 1.3 13.0 3.4 2.8 4.1 .4 1.9 .4 1.0 2.6 4.7 6.2 .5 .4 41.2 37.4 38.6 35.1 46.1 46.2 47.0 50.1 48.8 43.7 34.1 52.6 53.9 41.0 33.4 38.5 34.9 44.3 51.2 37.3 36.4 49.2 37.2 29.8 59.5 55.7 13.3 14.7 14.1 14.8 17.0 11.7 14.6 19.5 16.6 13.7 15.0 13.7 20.0 13.9 16.5 17.7 19.1 15.8 15.0 16.4 33.6 17.5 13.9 14.7 11.4 23.6 25 21 20 19 242 24 425 147 14 289 45 115 327 2,646 2,888 8,209 2,525 46,721 2,485 82,021 26,404 2,839 52,195 4,582 22,237 90,665 3,149 2,623 3,039 1,950 43,598 2,902 84,157 29,498 1,965 52,787 9,208 19,950 81,023 .4 7.4 10.5 1.1 19.3 1.7 12.7 36.6 .7 13.9 13.6 2.4 8.2 .4 4.8 13.6 1.1 20.5 1.7 14.1 41.6 .8 11.1 12.1 1.7 9.6 2.3 7.5 22.3 3.4 14.9 58.3 7.4 3.2 3.1 2.3 9.0 13.1 2.6 3.1 7.9 17.6 5.4 12.4 47.4 8.7 4.4 2.7 2.4 3.9 14.5 2.4 26.2 32.6 48.5 41.1 54.2 40.8 42.7 50.6 27.6 28.6 30.2 40.2 41.4 34.8 24.9 45.3 45.3 55.4 50.0 46.1 53.0 29.1 30.0 27.8 41.1 42.3 15.6 16.4 18.0 18.2 22.3 16.2 14.9 14.9 14.5 14.6 16.1 15.9 18.6 15.0 19.4 22.8 20.3 25.5 7.9 15.7 19.0 17.0 13.7 19.6 16.8 20.5 25 53 5 78 350 30 20 102 213 31 206 (2) 20 34 8 61 254 15 11 85 184 22 279 (2) 2,537 10,723 804 10,959 108,914 4,144 2,764 19,126 40,370 3,579 40,703 (2) 2,209 4,310 938 8,346 74,683 1,971 1,179 16,610 33,607 2,773 55,280 (2) 3.5 47.0 1.1 21.3 20.3 2.1 1.0 40.3 4.4 .4 5.3 .5 3.6 55.6 .6 25.1 17.9 1.3 .4 38.4 4.1 .7 6.3 1.5 26.5 .2 3.9 .0 33.9 10.8 .6 1.4 20.8 .0 8.3 16.9 21.5 .3 .6 .0 35.4 13.1 .2 2.1 22.2 .0 6.9 .5 50.5 45.9 54.0 45.4 39.7 39.4 39.2 56.9 37.5 34.6 37.3 34.2 56.4 58.8 64.7 49.8 37.8 43.6 40.5 55.2 38.1 32.2 34.2 31.0 19.4 2.5 15.3 16.7 10.9 12.8 17.5 16.8 15.1 15.7 16.8 21.5 21.1 1.8 17.9 18.4 11.8 11.5 15.4 16.0 17.6 14.7 15.6 33.5 47 51 9,903 9,411 46.9 53.2 8.7 9.3 (3) 1 See footnote 1, table 1. 2 Data do not meet Bureau of Labor Statistics or State agency disclosure standards. 3 Data are not available. 19 (3) (3) (3) Table 13. Claimant race and ethnicity: Percent of initial claimants for unemployment insurance, by industry and reason for layoff, 2002 and 2003 Percent of total race/ethnicity1 Measure White Hispanic origin Black American Indian or Alaska Native Asian or Pacific Islander 2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003 55.0 54.4 14.6 14.3 18.7 20.4 .8 .8 2.8 2.3 55.5 55.4 13.7 13.2 19.1 20.9 .6 .6 2.9 2.3 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting ……… Mining ……………………………………………… Utilities ……………………………………………… Construction ……………………………………… Manufacturing ……………………………………… Wholesale trade …………………………………… Retail trade ………………………………………… Transportation and warehousing ………………… Information ………………………………………… 3.2 73.0 79.0 74.6 62.2 51.9 59.7 61.8 61.3 3.6 77.4 76.4 76.0 63.4 53.2 54.0 57.4 64.3 1.6 3.4 9.4 6.6 12.0 10.0 17.7 18.2 16.4 1.6 3.3 11.8 5.5 12.8 12.9 15.1 18.3 12.2 89.0 9.8 5.5 13.7 12.7 26.5 13.4 9.9 8.2 89.1 10.4 7.7 12.9 13.4 22.2 19.1 11.6 8.5 .1 1.1 .3 .8 .6 .3 .7 .4 .5 .1 .9 .2 .9 .7 .4 .7 .5 .4 .8 .3 2.3 .4 4.0 3.8 1.8 1.4 3.3 .5 .9 1.0 .5 3.3 2.6 2.2 2.4 2.6 Finance and insurance …………………………… Real estate and rental and leasing ……………… Professional and technical services …………… Management of companies and enterprises …… Administrative and waste services ……………… Educational services ……………………………… Health care and social assistance ……………… Arts, entertainment, and recreation ……………… Accommodation and food services ……………… Other services, except public administration …… 50.4 44.5 65.3 42.6 42.7 34.9 39.7 64.2 52.8 51.9 51.3 35.8 64.4 57.6 45.4 40.9 37.8 64.5 52.8 48.6 18.3 15.7 11.7 22.2 23.9 45.5 23.5 9.2 18.9 23.3 17.8 15.8 14.2 16.1 21.4 31.8 23.3 10.4 18.5 23.7 10.9 14.6 7.4 14.2 19.9 9.1 26.2 10.6 14.8 13.0 13.2 18.4 8.7 13.8 23.0 10.7 27.1 10.7 15.3 16.6 .3 .2 .4 .6 .5 .4 .8 .5 .5 1.7 .4 10.0 .4 .4 .6 .5 .9 .4 .5 1.4 5.4 1.8 4.7 7.7 2.8 1.8 2.1 1.7 3.8 1.9 4.3 2.3 3.4 5.1 2.2 3.5 1.6 2.0 2.2 1.8 Unclassified establishments ……………………… 53.3 44.3 3.4 11.5 10.7 27.9 .3 .6 1.6 .5 Government …………………………………………… 43.3 41.0 34.4 28.5 8.8 14.2 5.0 3.0 1.3 2.1 2 Total .......................................................... Industry Total, private .......................................................... Reason for layoff Automation …………………………………………… Bankruptcy …………………………………………… Business ownership change ………………………… Contract cancellation ………………………………… Contract completion ………………………………… Domestic relocation ............................................... Energy-related………………………………………… Environment-related………………………………… Financial difficulty .................................................. Import competition ................................................. Labor dispute ......................................................... 49.3 65.7 47.8 40.1 53.7 53.7 70.3 44.9 59.5 58.5 44.9 48.3 60.1 56.6 46.4 58.2 46.7 84.5 67.7 53.7 64.5 48.9 24.0 15.2 17.4 27.6 17.7 16.9 .1 11.6 14.6 26.7 20.2 24.4 14.9 13.8 21.0 14.9 16.3 .5 18.4 16.0 21.5 5.5 11.8 9.4 18.6 15.1 18.3 15.4 19.4 40.1 11.6 7.3 22.2 16.3 12.3 17.8 20.2 19.0 18.6 8.8 5.1 14.8 8.1 29.6 .1 .5 .5 .7 .7 .4 2.1 .7 .5 1.0 .4 .2 .6 .5 .8 .7 .6 1.6 2.2 1.0 .4 .5 12.2 1.7 5.4 4.5 1.7 4.2 2.2 .5 3.7 2.7 3.8 2.1 2.8 3.1 3.2 1.4 5.1 1.0 5.7 2.8 1.4 4.1 Material shortage ................................................... Model changeover ................................................. Natural disaster ..................................................... Non-natural disaster ………………………………… Overseas relocation ............................................... Plant or machine repair ......................................... Product line discontinued ...................................... Reorganization within company ............................. Seasonal work ....................................................... Slack work ............................................................. Vacation period ...................................................... Weather-related ..................................................... Other ...................................................................... Not reported ........................................................... 59.8 68.8 32.1 59.1 60.0 57.9 58.1 54.8 46.7 64.8 40.6 62.7 53.3 63.6 69.8 59.5 92.0 79.1 55.9 51.2 53.2 60.2 47.6 70.1 41.0 76.6 44.1 45.9 26.7 14.1 2.7 18.8 14.1 10.1 14.3 18.4 12.3 10.8 22.3 5.6 13.9 15.1 11.3 16.4 5.3 4.6 16.1 15.5 15.9 18.4 12.0 10.1 20.2 7.7 26.9 15.5 8.4 4.7 7.0 8.2 13.3 18.7 13.7 12.3 32.8 10.2 29.4 18.4 15.8 10.0 9.8 5.4 1.5 11.2 15.7 21.5 15.7 10.4 32.2 8.8 24.3 7.3 14.6 23.2 1.0 4.8 51.4 5.1 1.4 3.3 .8 .6 .9 .6 1.5 .9 1.5 .3 3.5 1.9 .1 .2 .4 .3 .7 .6 .8 .7 3.7 1.6 1.8 .5 1.4 3.1 .7 1.9 4.3 2.3 4.2 4.1 1.3 4.2 1.4 .5 4.7 2.2 .9 1.8 .2 2.4 5.0 2.4 5.4 3.4 1.5 2.9 1.7 1.2 2.4 2.4 1 Due to some nonreporting, sums of percentages within race/ethnicity may not equal 100.0 percent. 2 See footnote 1, table 1. 20 Table 14. Claimant age and gender: Percent of initial claimants for unemployment insurance, by industry and reason for layoff, 2002 and 2003 Percent of total by age1 Measure Less than 30 years Total2 ...................................................... 30-44 Percent of total by gender1 45-54 55 or older Men Women 2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003 19.0 19.3 39.7 38.6 24.7 25.3 14.9 15.5 56.9 56.1 42.8 43.5 Industry Total, private ..................................................... 18.9 19.3 39.7 38.6 24.7 25.4 14.9 15.4 57.8 57.7 41.9 41.9 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting …… Mining …………………………………………… Utilities ………………………………………… Construction …………………………………… Manufacturing ………………………………… Wholesale trade ……………………………… Retail trade ……………………………………… Transportation and warehousing …………… Information ……………………………………… Finance and insurance ………………………… 21.4 14.0 12.9 19.1 13.1 15.1 29.2 13.1 20.9 23.8 22.9 11.2 12.9 18.0 12.4 14.4 34.7 13.3 17.1 26.2 43.5 30.6 41.1 43.1 39.1 41.8 35.0 38.6 44.6 41.7 42.5 32.6 39.4 42.3 37.7 39.9 34.0 41.4 42.0 39.1 21.5 38.3 30.7 24.7 29.1 26.6 20.1 25.8 22.0 20.2 21.1 38.2 33.9 26.1 31.1 28.2 19.0 23.9 25.2 19.8 13.3 16.5 15.1 11.9 16.4 15.3 14.4 20.7 11.1 12.1 13.2 15.2 13.5 12.3 17.7 16.3 11.6 19.6 14.2 13.7 63.6 94.3 65.7 93.1 60.0 58.7 38.2 52.3 53.5 38.4 63.0 92.7 76.7 93.8 61.3 57.9 41.1 46.2 58.0 34.4 36.3 5.4 34.0 6.4 39.7 41.1 61.6 47.4 46.4 61.5 36.9 7.0 23.2 5.9 37.9 42.1 58.8 53.6 41.9 65.4 Real estate and rental and leasing …………… Professional and technical services ………… Management of companies and enterprises … Administrative and waste services …………… Educational services …………………………… Health care and social assistance …………… Arts, entertainment, and recreation ………… Accommodation and food services ………… Other services, except public administration Unclassified establishments ………………… 17.1 21.2 30.6 28.9 24.7 18.9 25.8 16.8 21.0 24.5 27.8 19.0 18.5 27.5 20.6 19.2 25.7 18.6 20.3 13.1 44.0 41.3 37.9 38.7 40.6 43.0 29.6 36.7 37.8 38.7 38.7 34.6 39.3 38.6 37.3 40.6 29.6 34.5 38.5 34.6 20.0 19.7 19.0 19.7 22.7 23.6 18.3 24.1 23.9 21.5 19.1 22.4 26.6 20.8 23.7 23.1 18.6 24.5 24.4 29.8 11.7 15.7 11.9 11.4 10.8 13.4 21.9 19.5 15.9 13.0 11.2 21.8 14.9 11.9 16.8 14.2 21.1 20.5 14.3 15.5 69.2 54.5 34.6 53.4 31.4 13.7 55.6 34.2 42.4 49.1 64.6 46.8 34.2 55.2 36.1 13.9 53.5 33.5 35.3 58.0 30.6 45.3 65.4 46.2 68.1 86.1 43.9 65.7 57.4 50.8 35.2 52.8 65.8 44.2 63.5 85.9 46.3 66.3 64.5 42.0 20.1 20.2 39.0 38.6 24.0 23.4 15.8 15.7 38.0 35.3 61.8 64.5 Automation ........................................................ Bankruptcy ........................................................ Business ownership change ............................. Contract cancellation ........................................ Contract completion .......................................... Domestic relocation .......................................... Energy-related……………………………………… Environment-related……………………………… Financial difficulty .............................................. Import competition ............................................ Labor dispute .................................................... Material shortage .............................................. 24.2 17.8 19.8 28.1 22.1 16.4 11.3 9.3 18.7 10.7 11.2 12.3 11.8 17.3 17.0 23.6 21.0 25.2 5.2 20.8 19.7 13.5 25.2 20.6 41.4 35.1 40.3 36.6 40.5 38.6 36.6 36.2 40.7 38.0 35.4 35.1 37.0 39.5 35.3 37.6 40.0 38.9 29.5 39.1 38.6 36.6 41.2 36.6 21.9 28.4 24.2 19.8 22.9 26.6 37.6 35.3 24.9 30.8 26.9 24.5 31.4 26.5 27.8 23.5 24.6 22.6 35.2 27.6 25.1 29.2 24.9 28.9 12.1 17.5 14.9 14.2 12.8 17.3 14.4 15.9 14.4 18.7 11.3 13.2 19.7 16.2 19.7 14.6 13.0 13.0 30.1 12.5 15.6 19.1 8.4 13.9 39.5 54.3 49.5 51.3 69.7 50.4 91.5 93.8 56.1 48.7 48.0 72.9 45.1 50.4 52.0 48.9 71.2 43.9 94.8 53.7 48.6 54.7 53.1 71.6 60.4 45.6 50.5 48.5 29.7 49.3 8.5 4.1 43.8 51.2 51.8 27.1 54.9 49.5 47.9 51.0 28.2 56.1 5.2 46.2 51.2 45.3 46.8 28.4 Model changeover ............................................. Natural disaster ................................................. Non-natural disaster ……………………………… Overseas relocation .......................................... Plant or machine repair ..................................... Product line discontinued .................................. Reorganization within company ........................ Seasonal work .................................................. Slack work ......................................................... Vacation period ................................................. Weather-related ................................................ Other ................................................................. Not reported ...................................................... 13.5 23.4 15.1 14.0 13.0 16.8 20.8 19.1 16.4 15.3 20.5 18.1 18.7 17.3 7.7 21.8 10.8 13.0 17.6 18.0 19.3 15.5 16.1 14.5 20.7 24.2 31.2 42.3 46.1 39.2 38.4 36.9 39.8 39.5 40.7 40.4 42.3 41.3 37.2 31.6 26.5 39.1 37.1 39.4 31.9 37.1 38.2 39.2 43.3 33.3 39.4 38.8 34.8 24.0 23.0 28.3 29.7 29.0 24.4 23.3 26.9 25.1 24.9 24.5 25.0 35.1 49.1 20.9 31.0 30.0 26.0 28.7 23.7 28.8 24.4 32.6 22.0 21.8 20.2 10.3 10.3 18.1 17.3 16.2 14.0 16.5 14.6 16.9 12.2 12.3 13.3 15.6 16.3 18.2 20.8 16.9 16.7 15.7 17.4 15.6 15.5 17.4 14.0 12.9 34.3 49.5 78.0 37.5 68.0 50.9 48.4 56.1 59.2 26.3 84.0 60.1 56.5 69.9 78.3 65.5 46.9 58.5 49.8 52.1 55.7 62.4 26.6 68.8 48.5 51.3 26.3 50.5 22.0 62.5 31.6 48.8 51.3 43.7 40.5 73.7 15.7 39.7 43.3 30.0 21.7 34.5 53.1 40.0 49.7 47.6 44.2 37.2 73.4 6.6 51.2 48.7 Government ……………………………………… Reason for layoff 1 Due to some nonreporting, sums of percentages within age and gender may not equal 100.0 percent. 2 See footnote 1, table 1. 21 Table 15. Claimants for unemployment insurance associated with extended mass layoff events, by State, 2003 Continued claims without earnings1 State Total2……………………………………………… Initial claims for unemployment insurance Number Average number filed per initial claimant Final payments for unemployment insurance1 Number Percentage of initial claimants receiving final payments 1,403,349 3,104,831 2.2 283,202 20.2 Alabama………………………………………………… Alaska…………………………………………………… Arizona…………………………………………………… Arkansas………………………………………………… California………………………………………………… Colorado………………………………………………… Connecticut……………………………………………… Delaware………………………………………………… District of Columbia……………………………………… Florida…………………………………………………… Georgia…………………………………………………… Hawaii…………………………………………………… Idaho……………………………………………………… 5,639 3,968 15,700 2,089 344,697 11,664 9,884 (3) 1,831 90,689 19,874 3,508 8,801 8,052 4,064 38,512 5,421 746,636 35,370 26,754 (3) 5,841 216,355 41,248 3,733 14,479 1.4 1.0 2.5 2.6 2.2 3.0 2.7 2.7 3.2 2.4 2.1 1.1 1.6 663 62 5,279 497 71,458 2,167 2,089 3 ( ) 320 26,678 6,004 290 1,587 11.8 1.6 33.6 23.8 20.7 18.6 21.1 36.3 17.5 29.4 30.2 8.3 18.0 Illinois……………………………………………………… Indiana…………………………………………………… Iowa……………………………………………………… Kansas…………………………………………………… Kentucky………………………………………………… Louisiana………………………………………………… Maine……………………………………………………… Maryland………………………………………………… Massachusetts…………………………………………… Michigan………………………………………………… Minnesota………………………………………………… Mississippi………………………………………………… Missouri…………………………………………………… 114,280 38,258 8,877 12,344 8,706 8,177 5,557 3,035 28,616 70,343 25,499 2,883 20,131 296,797 73,750 23,427 23,164 2,732 17,969 10,681 8,694 59,472 113,868 66,745 3,807 56,542 2.6 1.9 2.6 1.9 .3 2.2 1.9 2.9 2.1 1.6 2.6 1.3 2.8 22,591 7,104 1,572 1,419 1,992 1,680 1,305 738 6,676 7,008 5,174 25 4,707 19.8 18.6 17.7 11.5 22.9 20.5 23.5 24.3 23.3 10.0 20.3 .9 23.4 Montana…………………………………………………… Nebraska………………………………………………… Nevada ...................................................................... New Hampshire ......................................................... New Jersey ................................................................ New Mexico ............................................................... New York………………………………………………… North Carolina…………………………………………… North Dakota……………………………………………… Ohio……………………………………………………… Oklahoma………………………………………………… Oregon…………………………………………………… Pennsylvania…………………………………………… 3,149 2,623 3,039 1,950 43,598 2,902 84,157 29,498 1,965 52,787 9,208 19,950 81,023 7,087 1,748 6,369 2,653 105,968 9,121 212,246 99,675 4,069 109,853 20,652 33,686 128,927 2.3 .7 2.1 1.4 2.4 3.1 2.5 3.4 2.1 2.1 2.2 1.7 1.6 760 7 578 76 9,437 624 17,910 10,262 433 8,319 1,681 3,408 8,841 24.1 .3 19.0 3.9 21.6 21.5 21.3 34.8 22.0 15.8 18.3 17.1 10.9 Rhode Island……………………………………………… South Carolina…………………………………………… South Dakota…………………………………………… Tennessee……………………………………………… Texas……………………………………………………… Utah……………………………………………………… Vermont ………………………………………………… Virginia…………………………………………………… Washington……………………………………………… West Virginia…………………………………………… Wisconsin………………………………………………… Wyoming………………………………………………… 2,209 4,310 938 8,346 74,683 1,971 1,179 16,610 33,607 2,773 55,280 3 ( ) 4,140 8,329 2,046 30,482 172,947 3,364 2,719 36,978 94,886 7,860 93,428 3 ( ) 1.9 1.9 2.2 3.7 2.3 1.7 2.3 2.2 2.8 2.8 1.7 2.7 226 607 99 3,318 19,173 247 193 3,556 6,873 117 7,175 3 ( ) 10.2 14.1 10.6 39.8 25.7 12.5 16.4 21.4 20.5 4.2 13.0 36.0 9,411 33,225 3.5 1,048 11.1 Puerto Rico……………………………………………… 1 Final payment information for MLS claimants is collected weekly. (See the Technical Note for additional information.) The Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program tracks continued claim activity for initial claimants associated with extended mass layoffs once a month during the Current Population Survey (CPS) reference week, which is usually the week including the 12th day of the month. Continued claims with earnings are excluded because such individuals are classified as employed in the CPS. 2 See footnote 1, table 1. Data do not meet Bureau of Labor Statistics or State agency disclosure standards. 3 22 Table 16. Claimants for unemployment insurance associated with extended mass layoff events, by industry and reason for layoff, 2003 Continued claims without earnings1 Measure Total2…………………………………………………… Initial claims for unemployment insurance Number Average number filed per initial claimant Final payments for unemployment insurance1 Number Percentage of initial claimants receiving final payments 1,403,349 3,104,831 2.2 283,202 20.2 1,302,413 2,886,014 2.2 262,567 20.2 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting ………………… Mining ……………………………………………………… Utilities ……………………………………………………… Construction ………………………………………………… Manufacturing ……………………………………………… Wholesale trade …………………………………………… Retail trade ………………………………………………… Transportation and warehousing ………………………… Information ………………………………………………… 102,583 8,702 2,973 148,379 406,625 24,004 134,532 89,287 65,321 259,160 17,013 7,981 288,784 889,490 65,121 259,199 207,741 154,270 2.5 2.0 2.7 1.9 2.2 2.7 1.9 2.3 2.4 28,549 1,083 762 17,166 80,967 6,168 25,512 18,374 14,565 27.8 12.4 25.6 11.6 19.9 25.7 19.0 20.6 22.3 Finance and insurance …………………………………… Real estate and rental and leasing ……………………… Professional and technical services ……………………… Management of companies and enterprises …………… Administrative and waste services ……………………… Educational services ……………………………………… Health care and social assistance ……………………… Arts, entertainment, and recreation ……………………… Accommodation and food services ……………………… Other services, except public administration …………… 38,530 2,915 34,965 4,101 128,098 4,334 28,123 18,289 48,313 11,347 126,298 7,042 84,304 9,242 278,062 10,721 66,461 38,671 89,277 25,285 3.3 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.5 2.4 2.1 1.8 2.2 12,490 630 10,657 583 29,017 1,027 4,767 3,241 4,876 1,956 32.4 21.6 30.5 14.2 22.7 23.7 17.0 17.7 10.1 17.2 Unclassified establishments ……………………………… 992 1,892 1.9 177 17.8 Government …………………………………………………… 100,936 218,817 2.2 20,635 20.4 Automation ........................................................................ Bankruptcy ........................................................................ Business ownership change ............................................. Contract cancellation ......................................................... Contract completion .......................................................... Domestic relocation ........................................................... Energy-related………………………………………………… Environment-related…………………………………………… Financial difficulty .............................................................. Import competition ............................................................. Labor dispute ..................................................................... Material shortage ............................................................... 1,009 47,405 19,825 17,120 178,764 15,854 (3) 847 84,325 20,961 23,213 1,650 3,526 150,467 56,266 47,142 348,727 49,360 (3) 2,270 242,321 61,878 14,362 2,673 3.5 3.2 2.8 2.8 2.0 3.1 5.4 2.7 2.9 3.0 .6 1.6 461 16,775 5,054 4,690 35,461 4,430 (3) 257 24,305 6,127 195 293 45.7 35.4 25.5 27.4 19.8 27.9 73.1 30.3 28.8 29.2 .8 17.8 Model changeover ............................................................. Natural disaster ................................................................. Non-natural disaster ………………………………………… Overseas relocation .......................................................... Plant or machine repair ..................................................... Product line discontinued .................................................. Reorganization within company ........................................ Seasonal work ................................................................... Slack work ......................................................................... Vacation period ................................................................. Weather-related ................................................................ Other ................................................................................. Not reported ...................................................................... 3,904 1,684 (3) 10,759 3,035 7,495 145,520 402,538 181,001 25,428 8,964 34,691 166,752 8,676 1,988 (3) 42,187 4,421 20,857 389,473 827,808 373,028 40,075 14,412 82,491 318,204 2.2 1.2 2.8 3.9 1.5 2.8 2.7 2.1 2.1 1.6 1.6 2.4 1.9 348 53 (3) 5,442 321 2,346 36,463 66,732 31,647 2,199 303 8,621 30,437 8.9 3.1 24.5 50.6 10.6 31.3 25.1 16.6 17.5 8.6 3.4 24.9 18.3 Other selected measures Worksite closures……………………………………………… Recall expected……………………………………………… No recall expected…………………………………………… 162,917 629,513 503,531 522,271 1,196,402 1,401,664 3.2 1.9 2.8 54,955 92,446 142,583 33.7 14.7 28.3 Industry Total, private ..................................................................... Reason for layoff 1 The Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program tracks continued claim activity for initial claimants associated with extended mass layoffs once a month during the Current Population Survey (CPS) reference week, which is usually the week including the 12th day of the month. Continued claims with earnings are excluded because such individuals are classified as employed in the CPS. Final payment information for MLS claimants is collected weekly. (See the Technical Note for additional information.) 2 See footnote 1, table 1. 3 Data do not meet Bureau of Labor Statistics or State agency disclosure standards. 23 Table 17. Claimants for unemployment insurance associated with extended mass layoff events, top 50 Metropolitan Statistical Areas, 2003 Continued claims without earnings1 Initial claims for unemployment insurance State Total, 331 Metropolitan Statistical Areas2……… Number Average number filed per initial claimant Final payments for unemployment insurance1 Number Percentage of initial claimants receiving final payments 722,201 1,662,008 2.3 151,316 21.0 502,271 1,157,687 2.3 106,265 21.2 Chicago, IL ……………………………………………… Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA ………………………… Houston, TX ……………………………………………… Detroit, MI ………………………………………………… Fresno, CA ……………………………………………… New York, NY …………………………………………… Pittsburgh, PA …………………………………………… Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI ………………… Salinas, CA ……………………………………………… Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI ………………………… Bakersfield, CA ………………………………………… Riverside-San Bernardino, CA ………………………… 53,388 52,733 27,830 22,648 21,893 17,456 15,238 14,089 13,458 12,921 12,881 11,112 156,749 88,314 60,855 42,316 52,637 40,247 24,545 20,188 35,256 36,263 31,817 26,731 2.9 1.7 2.2 1.9 2.4 2.3 1.6 1.4 2.6 2.8 2.5 2.4 13,392 7,822 6,490 2,534 5,877 2,826 1,945 1,050 2,098 2,659 2,957 2,666 25.1 14.8 23.3 11.2 26.8 16.2 12.8 7.5 15.6 20.6 23.0 24.0 San Jose, CA …………………………………………… Philadelphia, PA-NJ …………………………………… Boston, MA-NH ………………………………………… Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA ………………………… Dallas, TX ………………………………………………… St. Louis, MO-IL ………………………………………… Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA ………………………… Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA ……………………… Saginaw-Bay City-Midland, MI ………………………… San Diego, CA …………………………………………… Yuma, AZ ………………………………………………… Indianapolis, IN ………………………………………… Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY ……………………………… 10,698 10,557 9,991 8,874 8,153 7,248 6,563 6,539 6,534 6,252 5,962 5,954 5,889 36,748 23,429 23,177 14,709 23,020 25,469 15,303 7,847 8,240 15,536 16,288 18,846 13,627 3.4 2.2 2.3 1.7 2.8 3.5 2.3 1.2 1.3 2.5 2.7 3.2 2.3 4,048 1,700 2,493 1,619 2,379 2,219 1,483 674 207 1,497 3,148 2,098 815 37.8 16.1 25.0 18.2 29.2 30.6 22.6 10.3 3.2 23.9 52.8 35.2 13.8 Wichita, KS ……………………………………………… Orange County, CA …………………………………… Newark, NJ ……………………………………………… Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA ………………………… Kansas City, MO-KS …………………………………… Miami, FL ………………………………………………… Phoenix-Mesa, AZ ……………………………………… Austin-San Marcos, TX ………………………………… Modesto, CA …………………………………………… San Francisco, CA ……………………………………… Atlanta, GA ……………………………………………… Bergen-Passaic, NJ …………………………………… Oakland, CA …………………………………………… 5,835 5,703 5,676 5,633 5,614 5,608 5,516 5,512 5,510 5,452 5,397 5,392 5,374 6,824 16,448 13,860 15,551 14,397 13,794 12,422 9,235 11,847 16,904 13,504 12,504 13,667 1.2 2.9 2.4 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.3 1.7 2.2 3.1 2.5 2.3 2.5 417 1,551 1,302 1,022 1,059 1,680 1,193 960 1,478 1,746 1,997 1,186 1,109 7.1 27.2 22.9 18.1 18.9 30.0 21.6 17.4 26.8 32.0 37.0 22.0 20.6 Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ ………………… Scranton-Wilkes Barre-Hazleton, PA ………………… Sacramento, CA ………………………………………… Erie, PA ………………………………………………… Rockford, IL ……………………………………………… Oklahoma City, OK ……………………………………… West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL …………………… Fort Wayne, IN ………………………………………… Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC ……… Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL ………………… Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI ……………………………… Ventura, CA ……………………………………………… 5,250 5,193 4,771 4,747 4,716 4,684 4,463 4,380 4,347 4,340 4,229 4,068 17,099 6,590 12,279 5,362 12,066 11,655 11,875 9,541 9,835 12,778 9,047 10,446 3.3 1.3 2.6 1.1 2.6 2.5 2.7 2.2 2.3 2.9 2.1 2.6 2,121 453 1,258 356 753 809 2,220 774 1,057 1,356 752 960 40.4 8.7 26.4 7.5 16.0 17.3 49.7 17.7 24.3 31.2 17.8 23.6 3 Total, top 50 Metropolitan Statistical Areas ……… 1 The Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program tracks continued claim activity for initial claimants associated with extended mass layoffs once a month during the Current Population Survey (CPS) reference week, which is usually the week including the 12th day of the month. Continued claims with earnings are excluded because such individuals are classified as employed in the CPS. Final payment information for MLS claimants is collected weekly. (See the Technical Note for add-itional information.) 2 See footnote 1, table 1. The top 50 Metropolitan Statistical Areas in terms of the level of extended mass layoff initial claims activity are shown. 24 Table 18. Unemployment insurance benefit exhaustion rates by selected claimant characteristics, 2003 Characteristic 2 Total ………………………………… Final payments for unemployment insurance1 Initial claims for unemployment insurance Percentage of initial claimants receiving final payments 1,403,349 283,202 20.2 271,426 541,338 354,580 216,994 19,011 49,840 108,970 71,536 49,716 3,140 18.4 20.1 20.2 22.9 16.5 787,011 610,780 5,558 143,564 139,208 430 18.2 22.8 7.7 762,771 200,754 285,969 11,252 32,452 110,151 132,706 51,631 65,343 2,260 8,097 23,165 17.4 25.7 22.8 20.1 25.0 21.0 Age Under 30 years of age ………………… 30-44 …………………………………… 45-54 …………………………………… 55 years of age or over ………………… Not available …………………………… Gender Male……………………………………… Female…………………………………… Not available …………………………… Race/ethnicity White……………………………………… Black …………………………………… Hispanic origin ………………………… American Indian or Alaska Native …… Asian or Pacific Islander ……………… Not available …………………………… 1 2 Final payment information for Mass Layoff Statistics claimants is collected weekly. (See the Technical Note for additional information.) See footnote 1, table 1. 25 Table 19. Census region and division: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, 2001-2003 Layoff events Initial claimants for unemployment insurance Separations Census region and division 2001 2002 2003 2001 United States1 ............................. 8,349 7,295 7,346 1,751,368 1,546,976 1,502,825 1,615,522 1,375,781 1,403,349 Northeast ............................................... 1,328 1,336 1,312 257,909 270,557 242,186 284,026 282,584 258,173 New England ..................................... Middle Atlantic ................................... 420 908 367 969 318 994 88,372 169,537 79,787 190,770 64,868 177,318 71,834 212,192 63,177 219,407 49,395 208,778 South ..................................................... 1,895 1,765 1,578 396,407 336,018 297,277 381,628 348,523 288,698 South Atlantic .................................... East South Central ............................ West South Central ........................... 1,026 352 517 977 292 496 991 191 396 202,406 65,596 128,405 188,220 53,721 94,077 199,110 32,019 66,148 190,075 55,714 135,839 174,085 42,612 131,826 168,967 25,574 94,157 Midwest ................................................. 2,301 1,931 1,998 516,137 375,722 388,786 470,244 365,867 403,325 East North Central ............................. West North Central ............................ 1,810 491 1,454 477 1,575 423 424,493 91,644 285,819 89,903 309,606 79,180 368,975 101,269 274,643 91,224 330,948 72,377 West ...................................................... 2,825 2,263 2,458 580,915 564,679 574,576 479,624 378,807 453,153 Mountain ............................................ Pacific ................................................ 464 2,361 379 1,884 300 2,158 109,264 471,651 121,111 443,568 66,755 507,821 84,480 395,144 57,782 321,025 47,423 405,730 1 See footnote 1, table 1. NOTE: The States (and the District of Columbia) that make up 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 2002 2003 2001 2002 2003 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. 26 Table 20. State distribution: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, 2001-2003 Layoff events Initial claimants for unemployment insurance Separations State 2001 2002 2003 2002 2003 2001 2002 2003 8,349 7,295 7,346 1,751,368 1,546,976 1,502,825 1,615,522 1,375,781 1,403,349 Alabama ..................................................... 108 Alaska ......................................................... ( 2 ) Arizona ....................................................... 129 Arkansas .................................................... 27 California .................................................... 1,960 Colorado ..................................................... 118 Connecticut ................................................. 60 Delaware .................................................... (2) District of Columbia .................................... 13 Florida ......................................................... 531 Georgia ....................................................... 74 Hawaii ......................................................... 48 Idaho ........................................................... 45 75 19 132 23 1,497 100 69 (2) 11 511 79 28 25 31 30 97 19 1,807 73 60 (2) 13 561 102 22 44 22,092 (2) 24,045 6,077 387,961 30,124 15,009 (2) 3,623 97,585 21,215 6,272 7,726 15,513 2,084 46,240 4,172 357,547 38,195 15,599 (2) 2,173 100,390 17,696 4,183 4,934 5,262 4,027 20,478 4,206 436,405 21,211 11,783 (2) 1,831 112,216 21,075 4,150 7,477 18,259 (2) 23,787 4,069 325,762 17,529 8,701 (2) 3,623 92,476 12,826 8,901 5,331 15,991 2,084 22,794 5,901 252,040 14,542 13,663 (2) 2,568 85,661 19,839 4,294 2,743 5,639 3,968 15,700 2,089 344,697 11,664 9,884 (2) 1,831 90,689 19,874 3,508 8,801 Illinois .......................................................... Indiana ........................................................ Iowa ............................................................ Kansas ........................................................ Kentucky ..................................................... Louisiana .................................................... Maine .......................................................... Maryland ..................................................... Massachusetts ............................................ Michigan ..................................................... Minnesota ................................................... Mississippi .................................................. Missouri ...................................................... 678 191 101 42 85 80 43 39 245 352 199 69 120 641 170 43 54 94 97 37 44 199 135 187 45 147 587 163 57 43 68 78 40 23 168 257 180 31 100 173,892 40,361 15,591 14,574 17,420 10,747 10,177 9,381 46,850 95,889 35,595 11,485 21,674 154,708 35,019 5,529 16,451 14,184 16,907 8,983 7,831 46,491 19,560 33,999 7,696 26,442 133,517 38,619 9,394 10,532 12,015 9,942 7,957 4,197 40,079 46,704 27,041 4,987 25,585 134,025 42,936 18,350 19,825 15,492 9,980 6,161 5,529 45,173 77,579 34,654 8,133 24,187 125,079 32,372 7,147 24,012 10,735 12,429 5,767 6,001 35,921 24,294 29,794 4,927 23,740 114,280 38,258 8,877 12,344 8,706 8,177 5,557 3,035 28,616 70,343 25,499 2,883 20,131 Montana ...................................................... Nebraska .................................................... Nevada ....................................................... New Hampshire .......................................... New Jersey ................................................. New Mexico ................................................ New York .................................................... North Carolina ............................................ North Dakota .............................................. Ohio ............................................................ Oklahoma ................................................... Oregon ........................................................ Pennsylvania .............................................. 22 4 72 29 200 23 367 206 18 338 46 164 341 22 24 48 17 263 20 389 144 17 302 26 127 317 25 21 20 19 242 24 425 147 14 289 45 115 327 4,230 704 23,872 9,232 37,389 5,692 73,252 44,013 2,752 56,069 9,668 29,791 58,896 3,980 3,550 10,321 2,382 46,906 4,072 81,169 31,625 3,066 39,052 3,972 23,904 62,695 4,495 3,392 3,734 1,835 41,102 3,670 93,910 33,484 2,171 37,644 7,915 15,817 42,306 3,192 613 21,791 5,750 41,502 3,566 61,434 39,067 2,718 60,138 12,914 29,076 109,256 2,646 2,888 8,209 2,525 46,721 2,485 82,021 26,404 2,839 52,195 4,582 22,237 90,665 3,149 2,623 3,039 1,950 43,598 2,902 84,157 29,498 1,965 52,787 9,208 19,950 81,023 Rhode Island .............................................. South Carolina ............................................ South Dakota .............................................. Tennessee .................................................. Texas .......................................................... Utah ............................................................ Vermont ...................................................... Virginia ........................................................ Washington ................................................ West Virginia .............................................. Wisconsin ................................................... Wyoming .................................................... 29 52 7 90 364 54 14 96 183 9 251 2 ( ) 25 53 5 78 350 30 20 102 213 31 206 2 ( ) 20 34 8 61 254 15 11 85 184 22 279 2 ( ) 5,188 5,382 754 14,599 101,913 13,496 1,916 19,278 46,491 1,115 58,282 (2) 2,512 7,349 866 16,328 69,026 12,283 3,820 16,865 55,850 4,107 37,480 (2) 2,035 4,443 1,065 9,755 44,085 4,773 1,179 18,077 47,422 3,440 53,122 (2) 4,191 14,229 922 13,830 108,876 9,205 1,858 20,600 30,736 921 54,297 2 ( ) 2,537 10,723 804 10,959 108,914 4,144 2,764 19,126 40,370 3,579 40,703 (2) 2,209 4,310 938 8,346 74,683 1,971 1,179 16,610 33,607 2,773 55,280 (2) Puerto Rico ................................................. 84 47 51 17,444 8,234 6,459 17,330 9,903 9,411 Total1 ............................................... 1 2 2001 See footnote 1, table 1. Data do not meet Bureau of Labor Statistics or State agency disclosure standards. 27 Table 21. Top 50 Metropolitan Statistical Areas in 2003: Number of extended mass layoff events and separations 2002 2003 Metropolitan Statistical Area Events Separations Rank1 Events Separations Rank1 4,799 938,022 … 4,108 786,974 … 3,128 664,088 … 2,647 559,752 … Chicago, IL ………………………………………… Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA …………………… Fresno, CA ………………………………………… Salinas, CA ………………………………………… New York, NY ……………………………………… Bakersfield, CA …………………………………… Boston, MA-NH …………………………………… Detroit, MI ………………………………………… Riverside-San Bernardino, CA …………………… Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI …………………… 358 205 137 59 140 91 82 63 84 93 80,110 49,357 39,998 19,858 27,261 27,649 14,563 10,718 17,579 15,314 1 2 3 6 5 4 13 22 9 11 289 169 142 74 118 76 67 90 70 87 62,945 49,049 44,377 22,266 20,399 19,715 15,025 14,023 13,650 13,393 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA …………………… San Jose, CA ……………………………………… Modesto, CA ……………………………………… Houston, TX ……………………………………… Yuma, AZ …………………………………………… St. Louis, MO-IL …………………………………… Stockton-Lodi, CA ………………………………… Indianapolis, IN …………………………………… Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA …………………… Ventura, CA ………………………………………… 66 128 21 89 47 53 32 33 53 43 11,052 19,086 13,239 11,305 16,125 10,929 5,843 6,574 11,908 8,927 20 7 15 19 10 21 42 36 17 27 54 79 31 84 32 35 36 31 44 47 12,945 11,740 11,487 11,269 9,861 8,758 8,677 8,447 8,277 8,246 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 San Diego, CA …………………………………… Sacramento, CA …………………………………… Pittsburgh, PA ……………………………………… Atlanta, GA ………………………………………… Orange County, CA ……………………………… Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC … Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI …………… Gary, IN …………………………………………… Miami, FL …………………………………………… Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY ………………………… 59 31 58 31 54 22 11 13 74 32 9,754 13,606 8,336 5,480 7,545 3,065 1,722 3,501 11,309 5,899 24 14 30 45 34 68 108 61 18 41 45 35 66 30 48 23 45 17 36 36 8,099 7,972 7,688 7,647 7,529 7,369 7,215 6,965 6,761 6,699 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Yakima, WA ……………………………………… Phoenix-Mesa, AZ ………………………………… West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL ……………… Kansas City, MO-KS ……………………………… Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA …………………… Saginaw-Bay City-Midland, MI …………………… Philadelphia, PA-NJ ……………………………… Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL …………… Dallas, TX ………………………………………… San Francisco, CA ………………………………… 27 53 32 49 73 6 62 53 78 65 7,821 18,641 6,479 12,060 14,875 653 6,839 9,724 9,671 8,372 33 8 37 16 12 179 35 25 26 29 25 42 27 21 52 6 57 42 40 37 6,487 6,479 6,423 6,411 6,349 6,242 5,958 5,887 5,861 5,729 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Bloomington, IN …………………………………… Bergen-Passaic, NJ ……………………………… Newark, NJ ………………………………………… Rockford, IL ………………………………………… Oakland, CA ……………………………………… Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ …………… Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI ……………………… Orlando, FL ………………………………………… Merced, CA ………………………………………… Oklahoma City, OK ……………………………… 5 40 49 18 60 24 23 39 20 11 2,055 5,914 8,054 3,363 6,321 3,663 2,971 4,845 5,754 1,527 95 40 32 64 38 60 71 50 43 116 5 41 38 23 39 26 28 26 17 19 5,560 5,424 5,356 5,225 5,177 4,877 4,672 4,437 4,366 4,339 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Total, 331 Metropolitan Statistical Areas2… Total, top 50 Metropolitan Statistical Areas… 1 Metropolitan Statistical Areas are ranked by the number of separations in 2003. 2 See footnote 1, table 1. 28 NOTE: The geographic boundaries of the Metropolitan Statistical Areas shown in this table are defined in Metropolitan Statistical Areas, 1999 , U.S. Office of Management and Budget, June 1999. Table 22. Summary of employer expectations of a recall from extended mass layoffs, 1996-2003 Percent of events1 Nature of recall 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 60.5 65.8 60.2 59.9 60.7 44.6 46.5 47.0 81.5 48.4 81.4 50.4 83.4 51.3 83.2 44.2 83.1 45.0 80.1 44.0 79.3 45.4 82.7 46.3 89.9 59.0 90.7 61.0 93.0 62.3 89.6 49.3 89.0 48.2 84.4 36.4 87.1 36.6 86.5 39.8 91.8 94.9 92.1 93.9 94.1 91.5 92.1 93.8 84.2 42.7 86.0 48.5 88.1 47.3 87.1 41.7 86.8 42.2 86.4 40.6 84.7 44.6 86.5 43.6 94.3 65.2 95.5 70.1 97.0 66.3 94.6 53.6 93.1 51.7 91.7 42.5 90.3 42.8 92.1 46.2 Anticipate a recall………………………………………… 40.2 42.0 39.4 33.6 33.5 25.5 23.5 22.9 Timeframe Within 6 months…………………………………………… Within 3 months……………………………………… 77.4 56.8 72.9 53.8 76.2 57.4 74.6 49.5 74.7 51.5 71.0 49.0 68.7 46.9 74.7 51.9 Size of recall At least half………………………………………………… All workers……………………………………………… 83.3 49.6 81.9 44.0 86.9 56.2 78.8 40.2 79.7 40.3 73.8 27.6 80.9 24.1 74.7 26.3 ALL LAYOFF EVENTS Anticipate a recall………………………………………… Timeframe Within 6 months…………………………………………… Within 3 months……………………………………… Size of recall At least half………………………………………………… All workers……………………………………………… LAYOFF EVENTS DUE TO SEASONAL WORK AND VACATION PERIOD Anticipate a recall………………………………………… Timeframe Within 6 months…………………………………………… Within 3 months……………………………………… Size of recall At least half………………………………………………… All workers……………………………………………… ALL LAYOFFS EVENTS, EXCLUDING THOSE DUE TO SEASONAL WORK AND VACATION PERIOD 1 See footnote 1, table1. 29 Table 23. Distribution of extended mass layoff events with expected recall, by industry and reason for layoff, 1996-2003 Percent of layoff events Measure 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 60.5 65.8 60.2 59.9 60.7 44.6 46.5 47.0 Total, private ....................................................... 60.7 65.4 60.0 59.6 60.6 44.0 46.0 47.1 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting ......... Mining .............................................................. Utilities ............................................................ Construction .................................................... Manufacturing.................................................. Wholesale trade .............................................. Retail trade ...................................................... Transportation and warehousing .................... Information ...................................................... Finance and insurance .................................... 92.6 41.2 14.3 70.3 56.0 41.4 28.3 72.8 45.2 8.7 95.2 61.5 33.3 73.0 58.4 48.6 29.3 78.0 48.2 7.5 93.2 42.2 11.1 69.3 55.6 43.5 29.3 72.2 25.0 3.8 92.8 34.1 55.6 72.7 47.5 36.8 32.5 73.4 25.9 5.4 91.4 61.1 31.8 81.6 48.5 35.5 29.1 70.3 26.0 5.3 92.8 62.3 26.3 72.6 33.5 18.3 21.2 54.9 8.6 2.8 89.9 59.0 31.6 76.5 33.2 32.0 19.4 53.3 10.7 2.0 81.2 68.6 27.3 71.9 38.7 26.6 25.7 54.8 9.8 3.4 Real estate and rental and leasing ................. Professional and technical services ................ Management of companies and enterprises ... Administrative and waste services .................. Educational services........................................ Health care and social assistance .................. Arts, entertainment, and recreation ................. Accommodation and food services ................. Other services, except public administration... 60.0 58.0 33.3 53.2 50.0 62.1 82.2 73.5 81.4 37.5 57.0 66.7 51.6 76.9 70.2 82.7 74.9 87.5 50.0 49.1 63.6 43.4 61.5 61.3 68.3 66.7 83.1 61.5 50.4 33.3 37.9 55.6 63.3 83.2 70.2 80.5 41.2 50.8 50.0 52.2 54.5 56.6 81.7 73.5 82.3 24.2 20.6 37.5 38.8 33.3 68.4 76.2 55.0 72.0 29.4 30.9 25.0 37.2 57.9 63.1 82.3 62.3 72.5 13.6 32.7 35.0 31.3 48.1 60.9 68.6 64.8 66.7 Unclassified .................................................... 40.0 40.0 – 30.4 32.3 28.9 9.1 57.1 Government ........................................................ 57.1 73.0 64.1 68.3 63.9 65.6 58.0 46.2 Automation .......................................................... Bankruptcy .......................................................... Business ownership change ............................... Contract cancellation .......................................... Contract completion ............................................ Domestic relocation ............................................ Energy-related……………………………………… Environment-related………………………………… Financial difficulty ................................................ Import competition .............................................. Labor dispute ...................................................... Material shortage ................................................ 57.1 3.9 9.0 36.4 58.7 9.2 – 42.9 12.3 9.7 50.0 57.1 33.3 11.3 14.8 24.6 62.1 5.2 – – 10.3 12.1 59.4 84.6 66.7 4.9 9.1 25.0 43.2 4.4 33.3 57.1 9.2 18.9 77.1 87.0 20.0 2.8 7.4 25.6 47.7 5.4 50.0 7.7 8.9 5.2 61.5 70.0 – 3.2 4.0 28.7 57.6 – 40.0 28.6 7.5 9.5 48.3 83.3 36.4 3.1 4.3 16.7 52.0 5.0 20.0 – 8.3 9.1 61.5 40.0 40.0 3.7 3.7 13.6 53.4 4.9 33.3 66.7 6.6 9.5 54.5 44.4 – 2.8 5.8 13.1 42.0 2.0 – 60.0 12.9 5.4 60.0 80.0 Model changeover ............................................... Natural disaster ................................................... Non-natural disaster ............................................ Overseas relocation ............................................ Plant or machine repair ....................................... Product line discontinued .................................... Reorganization within company .......................... Seasonal work .................................................... Slack work ........................................................... Vacation period ................................................... Weather-related .................................................. Other ................................................................... Not reported ........................................................ 83.3 81.3 (2) 7.7 87.0 28.6 14.2 91.5 73.6 100.0 86.7 29.3 1.2 94.4 60.0 (2) 5.3 100.0 27.7 14.1 94.7 74.1 98.9 89.2 23.6 2.3 84.2 33.3 (2) 5.7 90.6 22.2 12.0 91.8 71.0 98.1 95.5 27.7 1.0 71.4 – (2) – 92.9 17.1 13.0 93.9 70.3 94.1 94.9 18.8 1.1 77.8 100.0 (2) 2.3 84.2 20.0 11.6 94.0 69.5 98.8 86.4 23.8 .7 53.8 75.0 6.7 1.3 100.0 4.9 6.3 91.0 42.6 99.2 90.7 14.9 .7 50.0 100.0 37.5 4.4 83.3 7.1 4.8 91.9 36.8 97.0 91.9 15.8 .3 66.7 33.3 – 1.6 95.8 2.9 7.3 93.6 47.8 97.0 95.9 14.7 – Total1…………………………………….…… Industry Reason for layoff 1 See footnote 1, table 1. Non-natural disaster was added as a reason for layoff in the third quarter of 2001, in order to identify layoffs directly or indirectly related to the September 11 attacks. 2 NOTE: Dash represents zero. 30 Table 24. Number of extended mass layoff events and separations from which the employer does not expect a recall, by industry and reason for layoff, 2003 Measure Events Total1……………………………………………………… Separations 2,611 525,372 Total, private ......................................................................... 2,480 499,366 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting .......................... Mining ............................................................................... Utilities .............................................................................. Construction ..................................................................... Manufacturing.................................................................... Wholesale trade ............................................................... Retail trade ....................................................................... Transportation and warehousing ...................................... Information ....................................................................... Finance and insurance ..................................................... 23 12 14 156 962 94 222 96 156 143 5,186 2,535 1,971 21,782 182,819 15,559 64,421 29,903 30,060 29,175 Real estate and rental and leasing ................................... Professional and technical services ................................. Management of companies and enterprises .................... Administrative and waste services ................................... Educational services......................................................... Health care and social assistance .................................... Arts, entertainment, and recreation .................................. Accommodation and food services .................................. Other services, except public administration..................... 12 95 11 350 6 61 20 30 16 1,998 14,908 2,103 71,261 2,383 10,425 3,931 6,751 2,144 Unclassified ..................................................................... 1 51 Government .......................................................................... 131 26,006 5 161 106 95 421 95 (2) 2 ( ) 332 100 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 1,016 55,833 29,833 18,394 69,692 15,390 (2) (2) 69,707 21,190 (2) (2) Industry Reason for layoff Automation ........................................................................... Bankruptcy ........................................................................... Business ownership change ................................................. Contract cancellation ............................................................ Contract completion ............................................................. Domestic relocation .............................................................. Energy-related…………………………………………………… Environment-related…………………………………………… Financial difficulty ................................................................. Import competition ................................................................ Labor dispute ........................................................................ Material shortage .................................................................. Model changeover ................................................................ Natural disaster .................................................................... Non-natural disaster ............................................................. Overseas relocation ............................................................. Plant or machine repair ........................................................ Product line discontinued ..................................................... Reorganization within company ........................................... Seasonal work ...................................................................... Slack work ............................................................................ Vacation period .................................................................... Weather-related ................................................................... Other .................................................................................... Not reported ......................................................................... Internal company restructuring3………………………………… 1 See footnote 1, table 1. Data do not meet Bureau of Labor Statistics or State agency disclosure standards. 347 475 2 ( ) 33 607 65 354 (2) – 123 38 ( ) 13,015 (2) 5,680 119,367 13,271 56,621 (2) – 24,341 9,609 1,206 274,740 60 2 ( ) ruptcy, business ownership change, financial difficulty, and reorganization within company. 2 3 3 3 2 NOTE: Dash represents zero. Internal company restructuring consists of bank- 31 Table 25. Permanent worksite closures: Extended mass layoff events and separations by primary reason for layoff, 1999-2003 Layoff events Separations Reason for layoff 1999 2000 684 778 Automation ....................................... Bankruptcy ........................................ Business ownership change ............. Contract cancellation ........................ Contract completed .......................... Domestic relocation .......................... Energy-related .................................. Environment-related ......................... Financial difficulty ............................. Import competition ............................ Labor dispute .................................... 2 ( ) 89 88 26 12 40 3 7 111 64 (2) 2 ( ) 120 60 36 9 51 2 ( ) 4 197 47 – – 208 82 35 6 76 6 (2) 299 78 (2) Material shortage .............................. Model changeover ............................ Natural disaster ................................ Non-natural disaster ......................... Overseas relocation .......................... Plant or machine repair .................... Product line discontinued ................. Reorganization within company ........ Seasonal work .................................. Slack work ........................................ Vacation period ................................. Weather-related ................................ Other ................................................. Not reported ...................................... (2) – – (3) 26 – 6 123 (2) 26 – (2) 44 13 (2) – – (3) 18 (2) 6 127 3 32 – – 49 14 Internal company restructuring4......... 411 504 Total, all reasons1 .......................... 2001 2003 1999 932 185,298 – 155 88 62 14 80 (2) – 223 49 – – 122 52 28 22 70 (2) (2) 175 78 (2) 2 ( ) 43,804 24,704 4,193 2,445 7,492 457 2,543 28,792 20,095 (2) 5 (2) – 7 49 – 7 178 15 96 – – 76 26 3 – – (2) 38 (2) 10 225 3 130 – (2) 46 45 – (2) (2) – 35 (2) 11 195 – 63 – – 42 31 767 691 544 1,253 2002 1,176 1 See footnote 1, table 1. Data do not meet Bureau of Labor Statistics or State agency disclosure standards. 3 Non-natural disaster was added as a reason for layoff in the third quarter 2001 in order to identify layoffs directly or indirectly related to the September 2000 2001 2002 2003 188,660 379,776 303,671 214,110 ( ) 48,246 14,262 6,445 1,189 8,529 (2) 569 41,193 10,351 – – 112,541 32,606 8,919 1,735 14,616 1,457 (2) 71,638 17,864 (2) – 63,346 24,338 15,804 6,296 15,956 (2) – 59,423 10,614 – – 42,824 15,537 7,239 3,828 11,905 (2) (2) 39,671 17,672 (2) (2) – – (3) 4,868 – 970 25,600 (2) 4,432 – (2) 11,365 2,514 (2) – – (3) 3,801 (2) 1,749 33,316 233 4,664 – – 10,928 2,035 681 (2) – 2,404 10,512 – 3,960 50,759 2,994 26,472 – – 16,465 3,238 629 – – (2) 8,276 (2) 1,304 49,718 545 23,125 – (2) 11,392 11,991 – (2) (2) – 9,445 (2) 1,744 35,614 – 11,787 – – 11,083 4,440 122,900 137,017 267,544 196,825 133,646 2 11 attacks. 4 Internal company restructuring consists of bankuptcy, business ownership change, financial difficulty, and reorganization within company. 2 NOTE: Dash represents zero. 32 Table 26. Permanent worksite closures: Extended mass layoff events and separations by major industry sector, 1999-2003 Layoff events Separations Industry 1999 2000 Total ................................................................ 684 778 1,253 1,176 Total, private .......................................................... 681 771 1,252 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting ........... Mining ................................................................ Utilities ............................................................... Construction ...................................................... Manufacturing..................................................... Wholesale trade ................................................ Retail trade ........................................................ Transportation and warehousing ....................... Information ........................................................ Finance and insurance ...................................... 10 19 2 ( ) 13 348 32 103 31 7 19 16 4 4 5 405 34 113 32 17 26 12 9 2 ( ) 19 650 51 189 37 71 38 Real estate and rental and leasing .................... Professional and technical services .................. Management of companies and enterprises ..... Administrative and waste services .................... Educational services.......................................... Health care and social assistance ..................... Arts, entertainment, and recreation ................... Accommodation and food services ................... Other services, except public administration...... – 12 4 24 2 ( ) 30 3 16 5 ( ) 13 2 ( ) 24 2 ( ) 45 2 ( ) 9 10 Unclassified ...................................................... 3 Government ........................................................... 3 1 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 932 185,298 188,660 379,776 303,671 214,110 1,166 927 184,165 186,791 379,701 300,923 212,355 11 11 2 ( ) 14 575 42 169 71 52 39 8 5 2 ( ) 18 469 42 123 29 37 39 2,195 5,893 2 ( ) 3,306 77,469 5,455 49,998 6,457 1,953 4,192 3,456 488 764 510 85,940 7,397 43,888 6,176 3,206 6,210 2,341 2,812 2 ( ) 2,055 165,004 11,328 69,961 10,405 18,489 10,636 2,289 1,761 2 ( ) 2,820 116,142 7,099 74,152 25,682 10,745 9,279 1,580 1,222 2 ( ) 5,067 94,863 6,815 45,136 8,931 8,048 9,270 8 41 2 ( ) 49 6 23 7 28 4 5 24 4 72 2 ( ) 30 4 17 17 ( ) 20 4 64 – 27 7 18 12 – 1,746 428 9,025 2 ( ) 9,612 321 4,853 770 ( ) 1,434 2 ( ) 6,069 2 ( ) 15,423 2 ( ) 2,628 1,354 3,216 7,601 2 ( ) 55,019 834 5,149 1,978 9,960 463 674 6,612 1,150 24,780 2 ( ) 5,954 3,685 3,307 3,430 ( ) 3,877 1,001 14,926 – 4,285 1,398 3,796 1,660 3 7 5 1 303 455 1,940 896 51 7 1 10 5 1,133 1,869 75 2,748 1,755 2 2001 2002 1 See footnote 1, table 1. 2 Data do not meet Bureau of Labor Statistics or State agency disclosure standards. NOTE: Dash represents zero. 33 2003 2 2 2 Table 27. Permanent worksite closures: Extended mass layoff events and separations, top 50 three-digit NAICS industries in 2003 Permanent closures Industry NAICS 2002 Events Separations 2003 Rank1 Events Separations Rank1 Total2 .............................................................. … 1,176 303,671 … 932 214,110 … Total, top 50 industries ............................................. … 1,093 292,274 … 859 203,140 … General merchandise stores ………………………… Administrative and support services ………………… Computer and electronic product manufacturing …… Food and beverage stores …………………………… Machinery manufacturing ……………………………… Textile mills ……………………………………………… Apparel manufacturing ………………………………… Primary metal manufacturing ………………………… Transportation equipment manufacturing …………… Food manufacturing …………………………………… Furniture and related product manufacturing ………… Fabricated metal product manufacturing …………… Insurance carriers and related activities ……………… Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods …………… Warehousing and storage …………………………… Chemical manufacturing ……………………………… Professional and technical services ………………… 452 561 334 445 333 313 315 331 336 311 337 332 524 424 493 325 541 81 71 74 22 32 35 50 36 58 34 31 37 12 18 6 21 24 47,484 24,698 15,280 12,239 7,593 7,103 10,672 7,399 10,869 10,283 5,581 5,891 2,485 2,938 953 4,408 6,612 1 2 4 5 10 12 7 11 6 8 15 14 32 29 49 20 13 51 63 56 26 31 27 36 33 38 35 26 32 21 24 6 17 20 24,757 14,786 12,240 11,194 8,847 8,334 8,056 7,447 7,241 6,258 5,583 5,532 4,048 3,950 3,926 3,922 3,877 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Credit intermediation and related activities ………… Paper manufacturing …………………………………… Telecommunications …………………………………… Electrical equipment and appliance mfg. …………… Wood product manufacturing ………………………… Clothing and clothing accessories stores …………… Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing ………… Heavy and civil engineering construction …………… Hospitals ………………………………………………… Miscellaneous manufacturing ………………………… Merchant wholesalers, durable goods ……………… Food services and drinking places …………………… Amusements, gambling, and recreation ……………… Air transportation ……………………………………… Printing and related support activities ………………… Accommodation ………………………………………… Plastics and rubber products manufacturing ………… 522 322 517 335 321 448 327 237 622 339 423 722 713 481 323 721 326 19 26 39 27 26 13 9 6 13 16 22 11 3,862 5,131 9,094 5,287 4,430 1,923 1,368 2,043 4,016 3,806 3,856 1,682 (3) 3,975 2,889 1,625 5,005 23 17 9 16 19 38 44 37 21 25 24 41 74 22 31 42 18 15 18 18 22 24 15 16 5 12 16 14 10 4 6 14 8 13 3,797 3,690 3,583 3,227 3,188 3,110 2,898 2,861 2,608 2,419 2,163 2,059 2,007 1,950 1,766 1,737 1,640 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Nonstore retailers ……………………………………… Securities, commodity contracts, investments ……… Broadcasting, except Internet ………………………… Textile product mills …………………………………… Construction of buildings ……………………………… Nursing and residential care facilities ………………… Truck transportation …………………………………… Mining, except oil and gas …………………………… ISPs, search portals, and data processing …………… Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores …… Personal and laundry services ………………………… Furniture and home furnishings stores ……………… Management of companies and enterprises ………… Transit and ground passenger transportation ……… Health and personal care stores ……………………… Specialty trade contractors …………………………… 454 523 515 314 236 623 484 212 518 451 812 442 551 485 446 238 3,279 2,932 (3) (3) (3) 2,135 16,681 1,761 403 2,308 709 272 1,150 (3) 2,397 592 28 30 77 53 74 36 3 39 62 35 54 68 46 73 34 58 7 1,449 (3) (3) 1,339 1,253 1,149 1,149 1,137 1,134 1,097 1,016 (3) 1,001 985 962 953 35 36 37 38 39 40 40 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 1 2 3 (3) 8 18 6 26 7 8 3 ( ) (3) (3) 15 38 11 3 10 5 4 4 (3) 9 6 Industries are ranked by the number of separations in 2003. See footnote 1, table 1. Data do not meet Bureau of Labor Statistics or State agency disclosure standards. 34 (3) (3) 8 6 9 5 4 4 5 8 (3) 4 7 5 7 Table 28. Permanent worksite closures: Over-the-year comparisons of extended mass layoff events and separations by State, 2002-2003 Layoffs Separations State 2002 Total1………………… 1,176 2003 Change 2002 2003 Change 932 -244 303,671 214,110 -89,561 5 2,501 – 1,395 1,322 45,864 1,619 4,657 – 411 17,001 5,150 674 1,086 701 (2) 1,492 1,446 41,975 4,000 1,875 (2) – 15,201 8,250 (2) 1,310 -1,800 (2) 97 124 -3,889 2,381 -2,782 (2) -411 -1,800 3,100 (2) 224 Alabama………………… Alaska…………………… Arizona………………… Arkansas……………… California……………… Colorado………………… Connecticut…………… Delaware……………… District of Columbia…… Florida…………………… Georgia………………… Hawaii…………………… Idaho…………………… – 15 (2) 6 7 191 5 15 – 3 64 17 4 6 8 7 175 6 9 (2) – 64 28 (2) 10 -10 (2) 2 – -16 1 -6 (2) -3 – 11 (2) 4 Illinois…………………… Indiana………………… Iowa……………………… Kansas………………… Kentucky………………… Louisiana……………… Maine…………………… Maryland………………… Massachusetts………… Michigan………………… Minnesota……………… Mississippi……………… Missouri………………… 73 30 8 19 30 12 10 (2) 27 22 11 23 30 52 26 12 11 19 10 11 5 27 17 4 14 18 -21 -4 4 -8 -11 -2 1 (2) – -5 -7 -9 -12 19,075 6,858 1,353 6,092 5,046 2,122 2,469 (2) 9,159 4,713 4,912 5,231 5,913 12,925 5,577 3,587 1,946 4,648 1,729 2,672 1,331 6,089 2,983 1,610 2,636 4,267 -6,150 -1,281 2,234 -4,146 -398 -393 203 (2) -3,070 -1,730 -3,302 -2,595 -1,646 4 -4 (2) -25 4 7 2 (2) -15 – 3 -21 – 447 3,126 751 13,051 891 10,492 14,831 (2) 15,917 1,607 2,032 11,525 707 928 1,959 (2) 6,540 920 9,691 18,399 (2) 9,377 907 2,728 498 707 481 -1,167 (2) -6,511 29 -801 3,568 (2) -6,540 -700 696 -11,027 (2) (2) (2) -14 -38 (2) – -20 -6 -9 2 1 745 1,914 2 ( ) 13,166 32,592 6,528 (2) 7,800 3,999 2,068 3,844 – (2) (2) 383 6,598 10,963 (2) (2) 4,705 2,959 836 3,724 (2) (2) (2) (2) -6,568 -21,629 (2) -623 -3,095 -1,040 -1,232 -120 117 Montana………………… Nebraska……………… Nevada ........................ New Hampshire ........... New Jersey .................. New Mexico ................. New York……………… North Carolina………… North Dakota…………… Ohio……………………… Oklahoma……………… Oregon………………… Pennsylvania…………… 4 10 4 58 3 40 56 (2) 79 8 11 24 Rhode Island…………… South Carolina………… South Dakota…………… Tennessee……………… Texas…………………… Utah……………………… Vermont………………… Virginia………………… Washington…………… West Virginia…………… Wisconsin……………… Wyoming……………… 7 15 2 ( ) 48 73 10 2 ( ) 37 21 14 20 – 1 2 – 4 4 6 (2) 33 7 47 58 (2) 64 8 14 3 (2) (2) 3 34 35 (2) 2 ( ) 17 15 5 22 (2) – See footnote 1, table 1. Data do not meet Bureau of Labor Statistics or State agency disclosure standards. NOTE: Dash represents zero. 35 Table 29. Permanent worksite closures: Extended mass layoff events and separations, top 25 Metropolitan Statistical Areas, 2003 2002 2003 Metropolitan Statistical Area Events Separations Rank1 Events Separations Rank1 759 160,275 … 606 123,457 … Total, top 25 Metropolitan Statistical Areas…… 332 82,639 … 265 61,215 … Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA …………………… Chicago, IL ………………………………………… Atlanta, GA ………………………………………… Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ ……………… San Jose, CA ……………………………………… Orange County, CA ………………………………… Oakland, CA ………………………………………… Stockton-Lodi, CA ………………………………… 46 45 8 6 21 11 8 (3) 10,925 11,367 2,273 1,623 3,732 1,586 871 (3) 2 1 14 27 5 31 53 136 41 27 9 7 16 17 12 (3) 10,856 5,518 4,084 2,780 2,685 2,526 2,409 (3) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL …………… Denver, CO ………………………………………… Riverside-San Bernardino, CA …………………… New York, NY ……………………………………… Orlando, FL ………………………………………… Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, NC …… Fresno, CA ………………………………………… Detroit, MI …………………………………………… 11 (3) 12 11 3 5 4 11 1,967 (3) 1,731 1,695 227 1,474 665 3,334 20 142 24 25 127 35 62 6 12 (3) 13 11 7 9 5 8 2,094 (3) 1,943 1,800 1,780 1,759 1,724 1,679 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC … St. Louis, MO-IL …………………………………… Boston, MA-NH ……………………………………… San Diego, CA ……………………………………… Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY ………………………… Houston, TX ………………………………………… Fort Lauderdale, FL ………………………………… Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA ……………………… Phoenix-Mesa, AZ ………………………………… (3) 9 14 10 4 6 7 10 5 (3) 1,363 3,091 2,428 588 2,008 1,020 2,269 955 143 37 7 13 70 19 50 15 51 5 8 8 10 7 6 7 7 7 1,671 1,612 1,574 1,497 1,437 1,412 1,382 1,382 1,361 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 23 25 Total, 331 Metropolitan Statistical Areas2…… 1 Metropolitan Statistical Areas are ranked by the number of separations in 2003. NOTE: The geographic boundaries of the Metropolitan Statistical Areas shown in this table are defined in Metropolitan Statistical Areas, 1999 , U.S. Office of Management and Budget, June 1999. 2 See footnote 1, table 1. Data do not meet Bureau of Labor Statistics or State agency disclosure standards. 3 36 Technical Note T he 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 (UI) database. Establishments that have at least 50 initial claims for unemployment insurance filed against them during a consecutive 5-week period are contacted by the State agency in charge of the UI program to determine whether these separations are of at least 31 days duration, and, if so, information is obtained on the total number of persons separated and the reasons for these separations. Establishments are identified according to industry classification and location, and unemployment insurance claimants are identified by such demographic factors as age, race, gender, ethnic group, and place of residence. The MLS program yields information on an individual’s entire spell of unemployment, to the point at which regular unemployment insurance benefits are exhausted. The MLS program resumed in April 1995; it had been terminated in November 1992 due to lack of funding. However, due to changes in concepts and definitions, data from the resumed program are not comparable to earlier data. In addition, the MLS program discontinued the collection of dislocated worker information during 2003 because of budget constraints. and other wireless carriers; telecommunications resellers; cable and other program distribution; satellite telecommunications; other telecommunications; and communication equipment repair. Continued claim. A claim filed after the initial claim, by mail, telephone, or in person, for waiting period credit or payment for a certified week of unemployment. The MLS program collects continued claims for one week each month. That is generally the calendar week that includes the 12th day of the month and is referred to as the Current Population Survey (CPS) reference week. Because continued claims are not tracked for all weeks, an exact measure of insured jobless duration is not available. Computer hardware. The industries included in this grouping, which are from the Digital Economy, 2003, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, are: semiconductor machinery manufacturing; office machinery manufacturing; electronic computer manufacturing; computer storage device manufacturing; computer terminal manufacturing; other computer peripheral equipment manufacturing; electron tube manufacturing; bare printed circuit board manufacturing; semiconductors and related device manufacturing; electronic capacitor manufacturing; electronic resistor manufacturing; electronic coils, transformers, and inductors; electronic connector manufacturing; printed circuit assembly manufacturing; other electronic component manufacturing; industrial process variable instruments; electricity and signal testing instruments; analytical laboratory instrument manufacturing; computer and software merchant wholesalers; and computer and software stores. Definitions Clothing manufacturing and distribution. Industries involved in the production and distribution of clothing. These industries include cotton farming; cotton ginning; textile mills; apparel manufacturing; footwear manufacturing; apparel and piece goods merchant wholesalers; clothing stores; shoe stores; department stores; and formal wear and costume rental. Establishment. A unit at a single physical location at which predominantly one type of economic activity is conducted. Communications equipment. The industries included in this grouping, which are from the Digital Economy, 2003, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, are: telephone apparatus manufacturing; audio and video equipment manufacturing; broadcast and wireless communications equipment; fiber optic cable manufacturing; software reproducing; and magnetic and optical recording media manufacturing. Extended layoff event. Fifty or more initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits from an establishment during a 5-week period, with at least 50 workers separated for more than 30 days. Final payment recipients. Persons who have exhausted all of their unemployment insurance benefits and are no longer eligible for any further benefits. Communications services. The industries included in this grouping, which are from the Digital Economy, 2003, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, are: wired telecommunications carriers; cellular Food production, processing, and distribution. Industries that are involved in the production and distribution of food. These industries include oilseed and grain farming; vegetable 37 Mass layoff. Fifty or more initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits from an establishment beginning in a given month, regardless of duration. and melon farming; fruit and tree nut farming; food crops grown under cover; sugarcane farming; hay farming; all other crop farming; cattle ranching and farming; hog and pig farming; poultry and egg production; sheep and goat farming; animal aquaculture; apiculture; all other animal production; fishing, hunting and trapping; soil preparation, planting, and cultivating; crop harvesting, primarily by machine; other postharvest crop activities; farm labor contractors and crew leaders; farm management services; support activities for animal production; food manufacturing; beverage manufacturing; grocery and related product wholesalers; farm product raw material merchant wholesalers; alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers; farm supplies merchant wholesalers; food and beverage stores; food (health) supplement stores; refrigerated warehousing and storage; farm product warehousing and storage; veterinary services; and food services and drinking places. Software and computer services. The industries included in this grouping, which are from the Digital Economy, 2003, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, are: software publishers; Internet service providers; web search portals; data processing and related services; computer and software merchant wholesalers; computer and software stores; custom computer programming services; computer systems design services; computer facilities management services; other computer related services; office equipment rental and leasing; and computer and office machine repair. Worksite closure. The full closure of either multi-unit or single-unit establishments or the partial closure of a multiunit establishment where entire worksites affected by layoffs are closed or planned to be closed. 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. Material in this report is in the public domain and, with appropriate credit, may be used may used without permission. The information in this report is available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 6917828; Federal Relay Service: 1-800-877-8339. E-mail address: mlsinfo@bls.gov. Layoff. The separation of persons from an employer as part of a mass layoff event. (See below.) Such layoffs involve both persons who are subject to recall and those who are terminated. 38
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