Table 5. State distribution: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2007 and 2008
Table 5. State distribution: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2007 and 2008 Initial claimants for Layoff events Separations unemployment insurance State II I II II I II II I II 2007r 2008r 2008p 2007r 2008r 2008p 2007r 2008r 2008p Total, private nonfarm (1) . 1,421 1,340 1,534 278,719 229,870 299,886 259,234 256,697 215,808 Alabama ........................ 14 13 20 2,739 2,182 3,295 2,919 2,825 3,470 Alaska ......................... 7 (2) 6 3,953 (2) 3,707 1,328 (2) 1,110 Arizona ........................ 19 5 12 5,141 474 2,295 2,675 607 1,546 Arkansas ....................... 14 10 6 2,233 1,809 521 1,875 3,194 521 California ..................... 340 467 437 59,345 66,895 77,751 53,458 77,332 50,319 Colorado ....................... 13 9 12 13,630 2,141 14,347 1,451 1,480 1,493 Connecticut .................... 17 3 22 5,489 296 5,008 3,449 320 3,205 Delaware ....................... 3 - 4 252 - 239 270 - 215 District of Columbia ........... (2) 3 4 (2) 340 337 (2) 185 337 Florida ........................ 70 60 109 12,996 10,358 17,216 10,562 8,531 13,605 Georgia ........................ 13 19 14 1,718 2,112 1,384 1,895 8,376 1,266 Hawaii ......................... 7 6 9 1,396 2,019 4,300 1,076 659 2,461 Idaho .......................... 5 8 9 543 783 829 462 940 769 Illinois ....................... 89 98 110 22,131 17,736 26,475 20,615 17,166 21,486 Indiana ........................ 24 26 44 3,006 4,396 8,125 3,714 7,397 6,399 Iowa ........................... 4 10 8 358 1,458 952 509 3,445 1,077 Kansas ......................... 13 7 15 1,938 1,389 2,043 1,241 1,619 1,249 Kentucky ....................... 17 18 19 2,873 2,049 2,034 3,120 1,886 1,790 Louisiana ...................... 19 11 18 2,493 2,100 2,590 2,152 2,641 2,024 Maine .......................... 9 (2) 5 1,767 (2) 1,739 825 (2) 569 Maryland ....................... 29 10 (2) 3,153 1,255 (2) 3,835 1,206 (2) Massachusetts .................. 13 18 23 2,426 2,771 4,545 1,666 2,633 3,134 Michigan ....................... 51 57 74 17,445 14,915 12,246 15,850 20,781 12,061 Minnesota ...................... 28 16 22 3,714 2,107 3,399 3,600 1,694 2,486 Mississippi .................... 11 9 12 1,207 2,207 1,280 995 796 1,115 Missouri ....................... 42 26 34 9,564 6,326 6,923 11,570 4,650 5,721 Montana ........................ 9 5 9 675 442 670 713 440 653 Nebraska ....................... 3 4 5 550 607 745 421 565 706 Nevada ......................... 6 11 13 768 1,708 2,646 731 1,791 1,619 New Hampshire .................. 6 (2) 4 779 (2) 426 779 (2) 337 New Jersey ..................... 69 33 37 21,452 6,498 12,308 16,263 5,326 8,485 New Mexico ..................... 6 5 8 705 649 624 705 799 613 New York ....................... 77 78 21 11,049 13,084 4,380 18,145 12,880 3,197 North Carolina ................. 15 13 10 3,279 2,113 4,384 2,561 2,669 2,302 North Dakota ................... (2) - - (2) - - (2) - - Ohio ........................... 78 64 81 12,050 18,236 19,683 12,613 16,669 12,250 Oklahoma ....................... (2) (2) 4 (2) (2) 923 (2) (2) 550 Oregon ......................... 22 11 23 5,798 1,913 6,157 5,856 3,658 4,712 Pennsylvania ................... 84 75 95 12,739 8,044 10,433 22,107 16,182 17,335 Rhode Island ................... 9 4 9 1,829 363 1,237 1,830 345 1,084 South Carolina ................. 9 9 14 986 1,125 2,425 1,102 978 1,661 South Dakota ................... (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Tennessee ...................... 21 16 22 3,474 3,839 3,956 3,236 2,844 2,728 Texas .......................... 36 22 51 5,490 4,298 9,781 6,186 4,363 7,654 Utah ........................... 6 5 9 724 1,150 4,563 674 608 1,213 Vermont ........................ 9 (2) 5 1,487 (2) 737 1,487 (2) 731 Virginia ....................... 24 14 14 4,041 5,384 1,830 4,053 3,881 1,527 Washington ..................... 21 21 6 3,049 2,772 699 3,145 3,072 694 West Virginia .................. 5 4 7 1,313 805 824 655 712 684 Wisconsin ...................... 28 27 35 4,140 6,022 5,611 4,234 7,102 5,198 Wyoming ........................ (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Puerto Rico .................... 16 10 12 2,035 659 810 4,316 2,315 2,590 1 See footnote 1, table 1. 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. r = revised. p = preliminary. NOTE: Dash represents zero.
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