US layoff notices in 2009

1,037WARN notices
136,228workers affected
15states

Counts cover the free tier, no delay of the normalized US WARN dataset (by notice date); notices that surface later are added retroactively. Worker totals sum only notices that published a headcount.

Biggest layoff notices of 2009

CompanyStateLocationWorkersNotice date
GM - Lake Orion Assembly PlantMILake Orion2,8012009-06-01
CessnaKS2,8002009-01-29
Micron TechnologyIDBoise2,0002009-02-23
United States SteelALFairfield1,7112009-05-08
Aramark SportsNJE. RUTHERFORD1,6892009-10-01
CaterpillarILDecatur, 27th & Pershing Rd.1,4902009-02-03
Monaco CoachORCoburg1,3962009-03-02
NavistarINIndianapolis1,3362009-02-19
CessnaKS1,3002009-04-29
Continental Automotive Systems USALHuntsville1,2812009-08-31
GM - Lansing Delta TownshipMILansing1,2462009-01-26
MicrosoftWARedmond1,2002009-05-05
CaterpillarINLafayette9852009-05-15
ArcelorMittalINEast Chicago9782009-05-12
MicrosoftWARedmond8722009-01-23
Wabash NationalINLafayette7902009-05-01
BoeingWAPuget Sound7812009-02-25
CaterpillarILEast Peoria, 100 Sanford Street7582009-01-30
AK SteelKY7502009-05-13
BorgWarnerINMuncie7502009-02-11

Month by month

MonthNoticesWorkers affected
January 200911720,785
February 200911820,397
March 200918017,552
April 2009789,227
May 200911717,450
June 20099714,350
July 2009696,116
August 2009737,270
September 2009403,568
October 2009608,618
November 2009475,407
December 2009415,488

By state

StateNoticesWorkers affected
Illinois (IL)15421,793
Michigan (MI)16321,547
Indiana (IN)12119,545
New Jersey (NJ)12916,080
Alabama (AL)11514,215
Washington (WA)7210,496
Kansas (KS)508,858
Kentucky (KY)827,165
Oregon (OR)546,693
Idaho (ID)152,967
Delaware (DE)252,516
Utah (UT)192,072
Rhode Island (RI)171,378
South Dakota (SD)9903
Oklahoma (OK)120
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