July 27, 2005 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Mass layoffs and geography, June 2005
In June 2005, among the four broad regions, the highest number of initial claims for unemployment insurance due to mass layoffs was in the Midwest (38,985).
![Initial claimants for unemployment insurance by region and division, June 2005](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20120925093021im_/http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/images/2005/jul/wk4/art03.gif)
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The West had the next largest number of claims (33,078), followed by
the South (25,679) and the Northeast (22,721).
The number of initial claimants from mass layoffs decreased over the year
in three of the four regions: the West, the South, and the Northeast. The
Midwest had the only over-the-year increase.
The four regions are composed of nine geographic divisions. Seven of the
nine divisions had over-the-year decreases in the number of initial claims
associated with mass layoffs, with the largest in the Pacific division.
Over-the-year increases occurred in the East North Central and Mountain
divisions.
These data are from the Mass Layoff Statistics program. See
Mass Layoffs in June 2005 (PDF) (TXT),
USDL 05-1432, to learn more. These data are not seasonally adjusted, and are preliminary and subject to revision.
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