Table 3. State and selected claimant characteristics: Extended mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance,
private nonfarm sector, third and fourth quarters, 2008
Total Percent of total
initial Hispanic Persons age 55
Layoff events claimants Black origin Women and over
State
III IV III IV III IV III IV III IV III IV
2008r 2008p 2008r 2008p 2008r 2008p 2008r 2008p 2008r 2008p 2008r 2008p
Total, private nonfarm (1) . 1,582 3,140 300,337 463,715 16.4 11.7 18.2 16.3 39.8 29.7 17.8 16.2
Alabama ........................ 9 16 3,044 6,134 45.9 42.9 3.4 2.4 52.9 39.2 13.9 11.7
Alaska ......................... 3 12 1,331 2,142 3.7 4.1 22.2 13.3 33.7 29.5 26.0 22.0
Arizona ........................ 9 23 1,211 2,924 6.8 5.5 27.7 38.0 45.4 27.5 14.4 12.1
Arkansas ....................... 7 18 1,352 2,184 46.8 20.6 1.8 4.1 51.8 36.5 12.9 17.9
California ..................... 466 734 78,628 88,393 10.1 6.9 33.6 41.3 38.8 34.2 15.3 14.5
Colorado ....................... 7 28 686 3,223 6.7 4.1 23.3 37.3 44.9 17.8 18.5 19.2
Connecticut .................... 11 11 1,384 1,519 18.0 9.3 21.7 10.4 53.6 17.8 18.2 19.0
Delaware ....................... - 6 - 768 - 13.8 - 4.2 - 13.3 - 21.5
District of Columbia ........... - (2) - (2) - 98.0 - .7 - 65.1 - 11.4
Florida ........................ 127 123 26,565 19,331 15.8 14.3 28.9 27.8 41.6 34.8 18.0 16.8
Georgia ........................ 22 59 4,614 9,274 58.9 40.2 2.1 5.1 46.3 36.5 15.6 15.6
Hawaii ......................... 7 10 1,112 1,217 3.5 3.2 13.3 12.7 37.4 21.6 17.4 14.8
Idaho .......................... 14 29 2,020 5,268 .5 .3 25.8 13.6 45.4 36.1 20.0 15.1
Illinois ....................... 97 285 18,560 40,614 27.7 15.9 15.7 17.5 44.5 25.8 15.4 14.3
Indiana ........................ 57 120 15,055 23,165 9.5 7.5 4.1 4.2 33.4 27.0 14.2 14.8
Iowa ........................... 10 42 3,466 7,091 1.6 1.9 2.5 4.4 33.7 21.2 20.5 19.8
Kansas ......................... 8 25 754 2,749 13.5 8.5 4.6 3.8 44.2 30.5 19.9 14.6
Kentucky ....................... 22 42 3,079 8,729 7.0 7.2 .3 .4 17.7 18.6 15.3 13.0
Louisiana ...................... 41 20 6,085 3,191 58.4 53.3 3.0 2.0 46.6 31.3 15.0 16.3
Maine .......................... 3 3 187 544 2.1 .9 - .2 25.1 11.8 20.9 24.1
Maryland ....................... 10 3 1,132 326 57.6 59.2 2.4 .9 58.6 35.6 16.8 26.4
Massachusetts .................. 21 42 2,896 4,357 11.1 8.0 3.8 1.1 51.8 33.9 25.8 22.0
Michigan ....................... 41 211 7,867 43,556 9.2 16.3 5.6 5.0 36.3 27.3 15.9 15.8
Minnesota ...................... 11 120 2,128 16,079 6.7 3.6 2.1 6.9 23.0 17.6 14.6 16.0
Mississippi .................... 14 21 1,660 3,229 72.2 47.4 1.9 3.1 36.6 43.9 14.2 14.1
Missouri ....................... 31 99 4,068 12,678 20.2 12.8 .3 .2 45.5 35.3 20.6 17.8
Montana ........................ 4 11 348 1,869 .3 .1 2.6 3.0 22.7 12.6 22.7 17.6
Nebraska ....................... (2) 8 (2) 683 13.0 1.5 2.3 8.3 21.4 14.3 20.6 29.3
Nevada ......................... 22 46 4,979 8,964 9.8 9.2 27.5 35.5 32.1 45.7 16.9 16.7
New Hampshire .................. (2) (2) (2) (2) 6.7 1.0 11.2 - 27.0 18.6 14.6 33.8
New Jersey ..................... 49 73 6,578 9,935 23.3 18.2 8.4 8.5 57.8 38.2 23.7 19.4
New Mexico ..................... 8 17 1,429 1,736 2.9 1.7 39.7 50.6 33.9 35.1 13.4 18.7
New York ....................... 118 91 22,462 14,091 18.2 9.1 17.8 9.7 54.9 34.8 27.3 19.7
North Carolina ................. 14 27 2,895 3,426 28.3 32.3 7.2 5.5 55.4 34.2 22.9 19.7
North Dakota ................... (2) 10 (2) 1,024 - 1.5 - 3.3 24.3 19.3 9.0 17.2
Ohio ........................... 49 138 9,847 22,870 15.9 11.0 3.4 3.4 28.9 24.6 19.1 16.7
Oklahoma ....................... 5 21 1,179 2,972 8.6 8.1 2.7 6.3 28.2 32.3 20.0 16.9
Oregon ......................... 19 70 4,627 15,706 .8 .8 12.6 16.4 31.3 26.3 18.3 18.2
Pennsylvania ................... 98 183 22,213 25,975 3.9 5.2 2.4 3.7 32.3 26.1 22.8 20.2
Rhode Island ................... (2) 6 (2) 560 6.7 1.8 24.2 21.8 52.6 20.9 25.8 23.9
South Carolina ................. 12 21 3,659 3,816 71.6 56.9 .2 1.0 50.2 41.6 2.9 9.0
South Dakota ................... - 3 - 213 - .5 - .9 - 32.4 - 19.7
Tennessee ...................... 31 67 5,945 6,235 34.1 23.4 .1 .1 47.3 38.9 23.6 20.3
Texas .......................... 51 40 12,683 6,868 19.0 21.5 41.7 38.6 31.5 31.1 10.5 14.3
Utah ........................... (2) 18 (2) 3,100 2.6 1.5 18.1 16.0 65.0 27.3 14.0 9.6
Vermont ........................ (2) 7 (2) 1,058 .7 .7 .7 .3 22.8 24.1 22.8 20.4
Virginia ....................... 6 14 885 1,298 38.8 25.7 3.5 5.5 21.6 37.5 31.0 21.1
Washington ..................... 21 76 2,803 9,833 5.3 4.1 11.7 17.4 31.0 29.2 14.7 18.0
West Virginia .................. (2) 6 (2) 431 - .2 - - 59.5 13.0 13.7 11.8
Wisconsin ...................... 15 79 7,613 11,746 3.2 2.6 2.5 9.6 28.0 15.5 21.8 16.8
Wyoming ........................ (2) 3 (2) 268 - 1.5 - .4 17.2 32.8 10.8 34.0
Puerto Rico .................... 12 7 2,477 694 .1 .6 98.5 97.7 58.5 45.2 8.4 14.3
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.
