Ranking · WARN Act records
States Ranked by WARN Act Activity
Compare where recorded WARN Act filings occur most often, separating filing frequency from the scale of workers affected.
- 2,414
- Most filings
- Texas
- #1 state
- 9,006
- Notices tracked
Texas has the most recorded WARN Act filings of any state
According to WARN Act filings submitted to state workforce agencies, Texas has 2,414 recorded notices, the most of any state, covering 286,423 workers. Notice count measures how often layoffs happen, not how many workers each hits, see the workers-affected ranking for that comparison.
These states are ranked by the number of WARN Act notices on file, a measure of recorded filing frequency rather than every layoff or every worker affected. High counts can track large, industrially diverse economies, but they also reflect each state's reporting practices and mini-WARN laws. Federal coverage has separate employer, worksite, event-size, workforce-share, timing, and exception tests. Read this alongside the workers-affected ranking: many small filings and a few giant ones tell different stories about the record.
Where WARN filings occur most often
Recorded notices by state
- Texas
Texas
2,414 notices
- California
California
1,205 notices
- Washington
Washington
1,071 notices
- Virginia
Virginia
1,024 notices
- Indiana
Indiana
1,001 notices
- Maryland 629
Maryland
629 notices
- Wisconsin 545
Wisconsin
545 notices
- Florida 433
Florida
433 notices
- Oregon 379
Oregon
379 notices
- Colorado 266
Colorado
266 notices
What this shows Notice frequency reflects both labor-market disruption and the coverage of each state filing system.
| # | State | WARN Notices |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | 2,414 |
| 2 | California | 1,205 |
| 3 | Washington | 1,071 |
| 4 | Virginia | 1,024 |
| 5 | Indiana | 1,001 |
| 6 | Maryland | 629 |
| 7 | Wisconsin | 545 |
| 8 | Florida | 433 |
| 9 | Oregon | 379 |
| 10 | Colorado | 266 |
| 11 | New York | 18 |
| 12 | Illinois | 5 |
| 13 | Michigan | 3 |
| 14 | Arizona | 2 |
| 15 | Massachusetts | 2 |
| 16 | Rhode Island | 2 |
| 17 | Arkansas | 1 |
| 18 | District of Columbia | 1 |
| 19 | Georgia | 1 |
| 20 | Minnesota | 1 |
| 21 | New Jersey | 1 |
| 22 | Ohio | 1 |
| 23 | Pennsylvania | 1 |
| 24 | Alabama | 0 |
| 25 | Alaska | 0 |
| 26 | Connecticut | 0 |
| 27 | Delaware | 0 |
| 28 | Hawaii | 0 |
| 29 | Idaho | 0 |
| 30 | Iowa | 0 |
| 31 | Kansas | 0 |
| 32 | Kentucky | 0 |
| 33 | Louisiana | 0 |
| 34 | Maine | 0 |
| 35 | Mississippi | 0 |
| 36 | Missouri | 0 |
| 37 | Montana | 0 |
| 38 | Nebraska | 0 |
| 39 | Nevada | 0 |
| 40 | New Hampshire | 0 |
| 41 | New Mexico | 0 |
| 42 | North Carolina | 0 |
| 43 | North Dakota | 0 |
| 44 | Oklahoma | 0 |
| 45 | South Carolina | 0 |
| 46 | South Dakota | 0 |
| 47 | Tennessee | 0 |
| 48 | Utah | 0 |
| 49 | Vermont | 0 |
| 50 | West Virginia | 0 |
| 51 | Wyoming | 0 |
Note: Totals reflect WARN notices collected in our database and may not capture all events. Large states like California and New York typically rank highest due to population size, not necessarily higher layoff rates per capita. Federal WARN coverage is not a single worker threshold; the employer, worksite, event size, workforce share, timing, and exceptions matter.
Source: WARN Act notices filed with state workforce agencies and aggregated from state-published WARN databases
Every figure on PlainLayoffs is rendered directly from public WARN Act filings and state workforce agency records, no number is typed in by an editor. State totals are summed directly from WARN Act filings. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2026. A WARN filing is a legally required notice, not a judgment of a company's management or financial health; rankings here reflect filed notice volume only.