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.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
