Table 3. State and selected claimant characteristics: Extended mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance,
private nonfarm sector, first and second quarters, 2008
Total Percent of total
initial Hispanic Persons age 55
Layoff events claimants Black origin Women and over
State
I II I II I II I II I II I II
2008r 2008p 2008r 2008p 2008r 2008p 2008r 2008p 2008r 2008p 2008r 2008p
Total, private nonfarm (1) . 1,340 1,534 256,697 215,808 14.8 15.9 18.1 17.1 36.1 51.9 18.1 22.7
Alabama ........................ 13 20 2,825 3,470 57.2 48.8 4.6 2.1 49.8 61.7 17.3 22.2
Alaska ......................... (2) 6 (2) 1,110 8.8 5.0 20.9 17.4 29.3 43.9 26.5 27.6
Arizona ........................ 5 12 607 1,546 10.4 1.8 22.2 72.5 38.2 57.2 9.6 21.9
Arkansas ....................... 10 6 3,194 521 34.7 34.4 9.6 2.3 51.9 88.7 11.3 19.8
California ..................... 467 437 77,332 50,319 9.1 9.5 38.9 38.3 36.4 40.9 13.9 16.1
Colorado ....................... 9 12 1,480 1,493 7.0 6.3 18.3 30.5 35.2 65.0 16.2 22.3
Connecticut .................... 3 22 320 3,205 10.9 14.8 8.4 12.1 45.3 60.9 29.4 28.4
Delaware ....................... - 4 - 215 - 43.3 - 9.3 - 83.3 - 34.9
District of Columbia ........... 3 4 185 337 48.1 86.9 16.8 6.2 36.2 68.0 25.9 18.1
Florida ........................ 60 109 8,531 13,605 13.9 17.8 29.6 31.8 37.7 48.8 22.5 24.3
Georgia ........................ 19 14 8,376 1,266 21.7 49.8 11.4 3.1 46.5 46.8 16.6 18.8
Hawaii ......................... 6 9 659 2,461 7.9 3.2 13.1 7.2 12.1 42.1 10.9 18.1
Idaho .......................... 8 9 940 769 .2 .1 14.3 4.8 27.7 35.8 17.4 20.8
Illinois ....................... 98 110 17,166 21,486 25.4 23.0 15.2 10.3 39.1 58.4 15.1 21.2
Indiana ........................ 26 44 7,397 6,399 8.0 9.4 4.4 3.0 32.5 48.1 17.6 22.5
Iowa ........................... 10 8 3,445 1,077 2.7 11.6 2.0 1.6 37.2 61.2 17.3 24.8
Kansas ......................... 7 15 1,619 1,249 15.3 16.4 5.1 1.8 43.5 62.7 19.1 23.2
Kentucky ....................... 18 19 1,886 1,790 12.0 5.1 .3 - 27.4 25.1 17.4 22.4
Louisiana ...................... 11 18 2,641 2,024 45.7 70.6 3.0 1.3 28.7 81.1 24.7 22.6
Maine .......................... (2) 5 (2) 569 2.8 1.1 .5 .2 53.5 36.2 22.0 25.3
Maryland ....................... 10 (2) 1,206 (2) 26.7 40.7 4.1 .4 26.0 54.2 27.7 18.3
Massachusetts .................. 18 23 2,633 3,134 12.7 14.2 1.4 2.3 45.3 61.7 16.3 31.0
Michigan ....................... 57 74 20,781 12,061 19.3 18.8 2.5 3.5 26.2 58.3 25.0 19.5
Minnesota ...................... 16 22 1,694 2,486 4.5 9.5 3.2 6.4 26.4 46.6 15.2 23.0
Mississippi .................... 9 12 796 1,115 62.6 56.4 .9 1.6 32.4 44.8 24.7 15.7
Missouri ....................... 26 34 4,650 5,721 19.2 19.0 .6 .3 35.4 71.3 22.5 28.3
Montana ........................ 5 9 440 653 .5 - 5.0 3.5 14.5 54.8 20.9 31.4
Nebraska ....................... 4 5 565 706 .4 10.9 19.3 6.5 21.2 33.4 21.2 32.3
Nevada ......................... 11 13 1,791 1,619 5.8 11.2 29.6 28.4 40.6 48.1 21.0 23.1
New Hampshire .................. (2) 4 (2) 337 1.3 - 3.3 .6 41.8 45.7 10.5 34.4
New Jersey ..................... 33 37 5,326 8,485 26.7 17.7 8.8 5.8 49.1 66.2 21.3 33.9
New Mexico ..................... 5 8 799 613 2.3 2.6 33.9 40.0 23.9 34.1 33.8 20.6
New York ....................... 78 21 12,880 3,197 11.9 11.0 9.5 10.7 30.9 57.0 18.5 36.0
North Carolina ................. 13 10 2,669 2,302 61.4 34.9 5.3 2.5 50.2 31.0 25.4 15.4
North Dakota ................... - - - - - - - - - - - -
Ohio ........................... 64 81 16,669 12,250 17.0 14.3 3.0 3.0 32.1 51.9 19.4 20.8
Oklahoma ....................... (2) 4 (2) 550 15.6 8.9 2.8 2.0 42.6 42.5 4.3 15.8
Oregon ......................... 11 23 3,658 4,712 .7 1.5 23.9 10.4 34.6 56.1 20.3 28.8
Pennsylvania ................... 75 95 16,182 17,335 6.7 9.5 4.9 3.6 35.3 53.0 23.7 32.9
Rhode Island ................... 4 9 345 1,084 1.2 5.5 5.8 18.5 50.4 80.1 36.2 36.3
South Carolina ................. 9 14 978 1,661 50.7 70.2 .1 .8 53.9 69.3 7.2 9.8
South Dakota ................... (2) (2) (2) (2) 4.2 - 16.8 1.0 65.8 86.0 15.3 47.0
Tennessee ...................... 16 22 2,844 2,728 23.9 29.5 - - 50.3 57.7 18.9 38.7
Texas .......................... 22 51 4,363 7,654 17.8 16.2 39.7 49.0 30.3 46.1 18.2 15.0
Utah ........................... 5 9 608 1,213 3.6 1.6 22.5 15.7 52.0 41.5 10.7 10.1
Vermont ........................ (2) 5 (2) 731 1.0 1.0 - .3 33.2 37.2 20.6 18.7
Virginia ....................... 14 14 3,881 1,527 22.1 55.7 1.6 4.8 38.5 74.7 21.5 20.9
Washington ..................... 21 6 3,072 694 5.7 5.2 9.8 13.4 37.8 73.8 16.3 29.8
West Virginia .................. 4 7 712 684 .1 .7 .1 - 38.9 36.1 18.0 12.3
Wisconsin ...................... 27 35 7,102 5,198 4.8 11.6 10.1 3.5 36.4 59.9 18.9 33.5
Wyoming ........................ (2) (2) (2) (2) - - 1.3 - 32.9 27.0 25.3 2.7
Puerto Rico .................... 10 12 2,315 2,590 - .1 97.6 98.1 57.5 58.9 7.3 9.0
1 See footnote 1, table 1.
2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
3 Data are not available.
r = revised.
p = preliminary.
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
