Table 6. State distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, not seasonally adjusted
Table 6. State distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, not seasonally adjusted
Initial claimants for
Mass layoff events unemployment insurance
State
March January February March March January February March
2008 2009 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009 2009
Total (1) ............ 1,089 3,806 2,262 2,191 114,541 388,813 218,438 228,387
Alabama ................. 11 100 33 45 927 10,588 4,690 4,985
Alaska .................. (2) 10 7 (2) (2) 788 557 (2)
Arizona ................. 9 24 23 22 808 1,941 2,185 2,483
Arkansas ................ 5 13 6 10 867 1,462 1,156 806
California .............. 296 651 515 498 21,812 54,153 45,557 38,130
Colorado ................ 6 24 15 13 533 1,814 1,237 1,578
Connecticut ............. (2) 14 12 11 (2) 1,349 824 928
Delaware ................ 4 5 4 4 298 1,052 484 509
District of Columbia .... - (2) (2) (2) - (2) (2) (2)
Florida ................. 63 235 155 107 5,145 19,301 9,779 8,594
Georgia ................. 20 137 45 46 3,302 16,654 3,830 4,152
Hawaii .................. 4 14 15 5 304 998 1,211 376
Idaho ................... 12 21 10 16 1,187 1,746 591 1,664
Illinois ................ 51 130 115 109 6,694 13,443 19,469 18,096
Indiana ................. 27 117 59 68 3,870 10,734 6,776 10,781
Iowa .................... 11 64 33 38 1,051 7,353 4,374 6,140
Kansas .................. 8 21 18 19 1,069 2,447 1,582 2,259
Kentucky ................ 26 80 78 72 4,555 12,492 8,794 7,861
Louisiana ............... 6 29 19 16 411 3,396 1,498 1,411
Maine ................... - 18 4 9 - 1,618 348 835
Maryland ................ (2) 31 11 8 (2) 2,535 800 531
Massachusetts ........... 5 33 32 25 433 2,782 2,873 2,422
Michigan ................ 41 229 79 87 3,980 26,453 7,392 11,121
Minnesota ............... 9 41 24 30 617 3,289 1,777 3,665
Mississippi ............. 7 25 8 12 493 2,353 458 745
Missouri ................ 28 62 38 42 3,799 5,239 3,538 3,430
Montana ................. (2) 14 11 7 (2) 1,491 753 667
Nebraska ................ 6 5 7 (2) 412 1,070 500 (2)
Nevada .................. 7 33 43 27 522 2,805 3,881 2,351
New Hampshire ........... 3 7 9 9 167 465 1,020 1,213
New Jersey .............. 34 90 47 39 4,007 7,179 3,777 3,217
New Mexico .............. 5 13 13 9 685 822 1,868 858
New York ................ 29 279 82 70 3,436 31,893 8,927 6,974
North Carolina .......... 16 41 34 44 1,367 4,149 3,833 6,277
North Dakota ............ - (2) 3 4 - (2) 207 1,259
Ohio .................... 52 199 91 93 6,236 27,971 9,065 13,067
Oklahoma ................ 6 21 19 17 868 2,772 1,437 1,483
Oregon .................. 21 76 43 42 3,275 9,005 5,321 4,118
Pennsylvania ............ 103 321 141 140 12,745 29,656 11,683 12,281
Rhode Island ............ 4 17 9 9 303 1,526 1,291 889
South Carolina .......... 17 102 33 48 1,659 10,703 3,471 6,157
South Dakota ............ (2) 6 4 5 (2) 530 305 323
Tennessee ............... 9 74 53 29 705 6,782 3,898 2,038
Texas ................... 36 136 113 112 5,105 16,893 9,769 14,284
Utah .................... (2) 19 11 14 (2) 1,978 753 1,313
Vermont ................. (2) 8 12 5 (2) 674 1,388 734
Virginia ................ 14 15 8 14 1,808 3,313 786 1,229
Washington .............. 12 43 21 23 913 4,245 1,765 1,833
West Virginia ........... 3 7 3 4 428 1,127 681 301
Wisconsin ............... 53 146 90 109 7,067 15,251 9,988 11,530
Wyoming ................. - (2) (2) (2) - (2) (2) (2)
Puerto Rico ............. 4 29 28 22 344 2,992 2,282 2,035
1 See footnote 1, table 3.
2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
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Last Modified Date: April 23, 2009
