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 IV III IV IV III IV IV III IV 2007r 2008r 2008p 2007r 2008r 2008p 2007r 2008r 2008p Total, private nonfarm (1) . 1,814 1,582 3,140 301,592 290,052 508,859 347,151 300,337 463,715 Alabama ........................ 9 9 16 1,693 2,769 4,393 1,867 3,044 6,134 Alaska ......................... 8 3 12 1,916 3,460 3,329 1,373 1,331 2,142 Arizona ........................ 7 9 23 1,364 1,255 2,977 1,079 1,211 2,924 Arkansas ....................... 8 7 18 1,193 1,394 2,870 3,229 1,352 2,184 California ..................... 435 466 734 64,718 70,898 103,470 80,145 78,628 88,393 Colorado ....................... 18 7 28 3,588 1,229 5,131 2,308 686 3,223 Connecticut .................... 8 11 11 1,624 1,724 1,746 1,237 1,384 1,519 Delaware ....................... 3 - 6 231 - 858 209 - 768 District of Columbia ........... (2) - (2) (2) - (2) (2) - (2) Florida ........................ 61 127 123 9,110 31,391 24,816 7,122 26,565 19,331 Georgia ........................ 15 22 59 2,813 3,635 8,310 6,450 4,614 9,274 Hawaii ......................... 4 7 10 563 840 1,196 495 1,112 1,217 Idaho .......................... 14 14 29 2,218 2,111 5,114 2,041 2,020 5,268 Illinois ....................... 178 97 285 30,467 19,992 55,229 27,607 18,560 40,614 Indiana ........................ 54 57 120 8,797 10,363 17,713 17,268 15,055 23,165 Iowa ........................... 27 10 42 4,559 1,220 5,452 6,287 3,466 7,091 Kansas ......................... 8 8 25 1,066 710 2,889 1,335 754 2,749 Kentucky ....................... 18 22 42 2,716 3,578 6,694 2,179 3,079 8,729 Louisiana ...................... 12 41 20 2,080 6,540 3,797 1,296 6,085 3,191 Maine .......................... 8 3 3 1,827 267 648 1,388 187 544 Maryland ....................... 25 10 3 3,122 1,238 220 3,295 1,132 326 Massachusetts .................. 26 21 42 6,181 2,553 5,806 3,554 2,896 4,357 Michigan ....................... 95 41 211 16,434 5,852 38,820 32,450 7,867 43,556 Minnesota ...................... 75 11 120 12,047 2,219 20,893 11,285 2,128 16,079 Mississippi .................... 5 14 21 782 2,330 3,621 747 1,660 3,229 Missouri ....................... 40 31 99 6,019 4,687 14,839 5,054 4,068 12,678 Montana ........................ 10 4 11 1,385 390 1,471 1,379 348 1,869 Nebraska ....................... 6 (2) 8 859 (2) 958 580 (2) 683 Nevada ......................... 13 22 46 2,780 4,421 7,907 3,121 4,979 8,964 New Hampshire .................. 3 (2) (2) 415 (2) (2) 369 (2) (2) New Jersey ..................... 54 49 73 9,257 8,637 12,525 7,609 6,578 9,935 New Mexico ..................... 3 8 17 434 1,431 2,326 428 1,429 1,736 New York ....................... 106 118 91 17,570 27,855 15,458 19,864 22,462 14,091 North Carolina ................. 6 14 27 553 1,377 3,069 1,132 2,895 3,426 North Dakota ................... 8 (2) 10 1,166 (2) 1,024 1,166 (2) 1,024 Ohio ........................... 116 49 138 20,000 10,187 30,295 22,436 9,847 22,870 Oklahoma ....................... (2) 5 21 (2) 2,549 3,014 (2) 1,179 2,972 Oregon ......................... 24 19 70 6,535 4,494 12,374 6,795 4,627 15,706 Pennsylvania ................... 78 98 183 10,829 18,760 23,245 21,399 22,213 25,975 Rhode Island ................... 6 (2) 6 779 (2) 612 726 (2) 560 South Carolina ................. 13 12 21 2,001 3,744 3,398 1,942 3,659 3,816 South Dakota ................... (2) - 3 (2) - 237 (2) - 213 Tennessee ...................... 28 31 67 7,772 3,457 6,275 7,140 5,945 6,235 Texas .......................... 29 51 40 4,840 10,335 6,709 5,552 12,683 6,868 Utah ........................... 11 (2) 18 2,004 (2) 3,700 2,105 (2) 3,100 Vermont ........................ 4 (2) 7 522 (2) 825 423 (2) 1,058 Virginia ....................... 21 6 14 5,251 862 1,937 2,669 885 1,298 Washington ..................... 25 21 76 2,627 3,528 12,378 3,907 2,803 9,833 West Virginia .................. 8 (2) 6 987 (2) 460 921 (2) 431 Wisconsin ...................... 76 15 79 13,097 3,928 14,043 13,802 7,613 11,746 Wyoming ........................ (2) (2) 3 (2) (2) 3,344 (2) (2) 268 Puerto Rico .................... 9 12 7 755 1,118 383 2,088 2,477 694 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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