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Worker totals sum only notices34that published a headcount.</p>35<h2>Biggest layoff notices of 2004</h2>36<table><tr><th>Company</th><th>State</th><th>Location</th><th class="r">Workers</th><th>Notice date</th></tr>37<tr><td>Wachovia</td><td><a href='../states/alabama.html'>AL</a></td><td>Birmingham</td><td class='r'>1,714</td><td>2004-11-24</td></tr><tr><td>Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing</td><td><a href='../states/illinois.html'>IL</a></td><td>NORMAL, 100 N MITSUBISHI MOTORWAY</td><td class='r'>1,200</td><td>2004-07-22</td></tr><tr><td>West Telemarketing</td><td><a href='../states/alabama.html'>AL</a></td><td>Huntsville</td><td class='r'>1,081</td><td>2004-08-20</td></tr><tr><td>Archibald Candy</td><td><a href='../states/illinois.html'>IL</a></td><td>CHICAGO, 1137 W JACKSON BLVD AND 5360 S CICERO AVENUE</td><td class='r'>1,073</td><td>2004-01-15</td></tr><tr><td>Chicago Transit Authority</td><td><a href='../states/illinois.html'>IL</a></td><td>Chicago, 567 West Lake Street</td><td class='r'>1,050</td><td>2004-10-27</td></tr><tr><td>Sprint</td><td><a href='../states/illinois.html'>IL</a></td><td>Bolingbrook, 245 Crossroads Parkway</td><td class='r'>1,029</td><td>2004-06-04</td></tr><tr><td>Airborne Express</td><td><a href='../states/washington.html'>WA</a></td><td>Seattle</td><td class='r'>1,000</td><td>2004-03-30</td></tr><tr><td>Oregon Arena</td><td><a href='../states/oregon.html'>OR</a></td><td>PORTLAND</td><td class='r'>976</td><td>2004-11-01</td></tr><tr><td>General Motors</td><td><a href='../states/new-jersey.html'>NJ</a></td><td>LINDEN</td><td class='r'>950</td><td>2004-12-01</td></tr><tr><td>Continental Tire North America Incorporated Mayfield Plant</td><td><a href='../states/kentucky.html'>KY</a></td><td>Graves</td><td class='r'>915</td><td>2004-07-02</td></tr><tr><td>General Motors (Assembly Plant)</td><td><a href='../states/michigan.html'>MI</a></td><td>Lansing</td><td class='r'>907</td><td>2004-04-02</td></tr><tr><td>TeleTech</td><td><a href='../states/kansas.html'>KS</a></td><td>—</td><td class='r'>790</td><td>2004-01-27</td></tr><tr><td>Archibald Candy</td><td><a href='../states/illinois.html'>IL</a></td><td>CHICAGO, 1137 W JACKSON BLVD AND 5360 S CICERO AVENUE</td><td class='r'>782</td><td>2004-01-05</td></tr><tr><td>World Color Press ( Quebecor )</td><td><a href='../states/illinois.html'>IL</a></td><td>Effingham, P. O. Box 1248</td><td class='r'>742</td><td>2004-03-10</td></tr><tr><td>USA Healthcare</td><td><a href='../states/alabama.html'>AL</a></td><td>Cullman</td><td class='r'>700</td><td>2004-06-25</td></tr><tr><td>USA Healthcare</td><td><a href='../states/alabama.html'>AL</a></td><td>Cullman</td><td class='r'>700</td><td>2004-03-01</td></tr><tr><td>Sanofi-Aventis</td><td><a href='../states/new-jersey.html'>NJ</a></td><td>BRIDGEWATER</td><td class='r'>689</td><td>2004-12-01</td></tr><tr><td>General Motors (Body Plant)</td><td><a href='../states/michigan.html'>MI</a></td><td>Lansing</td><td class='r'>659</td><td>2004-04-12</td></tr><tr><td>J.R. Simplot</td><td><a href='../states/washington.html'>WA</a></td><td>Quincy</td><td class='r'>606</td><td>2004-03-19</td></tr><tr><td>CASE</td><td><a href='../states/illinois.html'>IL</a></td><td>EAST MOLINE, 1100 3RD STREET</td><td class='r'>571</td><td>2004-04-30</td></tr></table>38<h2>Month by month</h2>39<table><tr><th>Month</th><th class="r">Notices</th><th class="r">Workers affected</th></tr>40<tr><td><a href="../monthly/2004-01.html">January 2004</a></td><td class="r">70</td><td class="r">10,078</td></tr><tr><td><a href="../monthly/2004-02.html">February 2004</a></td><td class="r">43</td><td class="r">4,769</td></tr><tr><td><a href="../monthly/2004-03.html">March 2004</a></td><td class="r">61</td><td class="r">8,887</td></tr><tr><td><a href="../monthly/2004-04.html">April 2004</a></td><td class="r">61</td><td class="r">7,047</td></tr><tr><td><a href="../monthly/2004-05.html">May 2004</a></td><td class="r">31</td><td class="r">2,891</td></tr><tr><td><a href="../monthly/2004-06.html">June 2004</a></td><td class="r">42</td><td class="r">5,724</td></tr><tr><td><a href="../monthly/2004-07.html">July 2004</a></td><td class="r">82</td><td class="r">9,727</td></tr><tr><td><a href="../monthly/2004-08.html">August 2004</a></td><td class="r">55</td><td class="r">4,199</td></tr><tr><td><a href="../monthly/2004-09.html">September 2004</a></td><td class="r">40</td><td class="r">3,464</td></tr><tr><td><a href="../monthly/2004-10.html">October 2004</a></td><td class="r">53</td><td class="r">5,406</td></tr><tr><td><a href="../monthly/2004-11.html">November 2004</a></td><td class="r">52</td><td class="r">7,129</td></tr><tr><td><a href="../monthly/2004-12.html">December 2004</a></td><td class="r">40</td><td class="r">3,608</td></tr></table>41<h2>By state</h2>42<table><tr><th>State</th><th class="r">Notices</th><th class="r">Workers affected</th></tr>43<tr><td><a href='../states/illinois.html'>Illinois</a> (IL)</td><td class='r'>114</td><td class='r'>20,999</td></tr><tr><td><a href='../states/new-jersey.html'>New Jersey</a> (NJ)</td><td class='r'>97</td><td class='r'>13,088</td></tr><tr><td><a href='../states/michigan.html'>Michigan</a> (MI)</td><td class='r'>85</td><td class='r'>10,615</td></tr><tr><td><a href='../states/alabama.html'>Alabama</a> (AL)</td><td class='r'>37</td><td class='r'>8,961</td></tr><tr><td><a href='../states/kentucky.html'>Kentucky</a> (KY)</td><td class='r'>50</td><td class='r'>7,495</td></tr><tr><td><a href='../states/washington.html'>Washington</a> (WA)</td><td class='r'>42</td><td class='r'>5,934</td></tr><tr><td><a href='../states/kansas.html'>Kansas</a> (KS)</td><td class='r'>45</td><td class='r'>2,956</td></tr><tr><td><a href='../states/oregon.html'>Oregon</a> (OR)</td><td class='r'>13</td><td class='r'>2,881</td></tr><tr><td><a href='../states/new-york.html'>New York</a> (NY)</td><td class='r'>144</td><td class='r'>0</td></tr><tr><td><a href='../states/oklahoma.html'>Oklahoma</a> (OK)</td><td class='r'>3</td><td class='r'>0</td></tr></table>44<div class="cta"><b>Following a company, a state or a whole year of layoffs — for a story, a study or a sales list?</b><p class="ctap">Paste your list into the free checker and see every match from the last 180 days in your browser — no account, no email, nothing sent anywhere. WARN Watch is the paid version that runs the same list against every daily refresh for you and posts new matches to a private alert page, an RSS feed and a Slack or Teams webhook.</p><a class="btn" href="https://approjects-warn-act-notices.static.hf.space/watch-now.html">Check your employers now — free, no signup</a><a class="btn ghost" href="https://approj.gumroad.com/l/warn-free-watch">Have them watched — free for 30 days</a><span class="btnnote">The trial needs no card. After it <a href="https://approjects-warn-act-notices.static.hf.space/watch.html">WARN Watch</a> is $49 for a year — one payment, no auto-renew, 14-day refund. The data itself — every notice back to 1988 — stays free either way.</span></div>45<footer>Data: official state labor department WARN listings, normalized (free tier, no delay; late-arriving notices are added to their year retroactively). 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