Table 5. Private sector gross job gains and losses by state, seasonally adjusted
Gross job gains Gross job losses
State (3 months ended) (3 months ended)
June Sept. Dec. Mar. June June Sept. Dec. Mar. June
2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008
United States1..... 7,665,000 7,323,000 7,676,000 7,130,000 7,258,000 7,473,000 7,564,000 7,366,000 7,400,000 7,751,000
Alabama..... 100,808 101,828 107,871 96,431 92,858 108,221 103,535 104,544 102,216 103,750
Alaska..... 28,101 22,638 24,875 24,026 27,326 24,267 26,359 26,209 21,293 23,152
Arizona..... 155,009 157,479 157,454 131,093 135,186 159,271 159,009 173,557 157,425 169,011
Arkansas..... 55,197 56,555 60,518 57,573 55,808 62,063 57,918 57,447 55,687 61,899
California..... 945,317 914,523 991,318 883,486 924,534 971,930 946,834 917,701 970,184 992,365
Colorado..... 150,850 148,802 147,704 144,403 142,518 136,425 145,775 142,396 139,549 143,312
Connecticut..... 90,055 78,985 84,896 75,774 81,956 77,009 83,429 82,717 75,913 79,403
Delaware..... 25,134 23,562 26,057 22,843 22,931 23,614 27,512 23,286 23,490 26,415
District of Columbia 27,860 26,552 26,858 27,668 29,566 26,521 28,084 26,855 24,968 26,545
Florida..... 496,973 495,029 503,784 462,893 456,432 531,335 557,640 557,019 508,941 559,962
Georgia..... 243,842 244,518 246,217 241,910 235,469 251,328 242,518 257,581 248,694 265,860
Hawaii..... 29,787 26,953 27,626 27,444 26,659 26,976 30,063 26,283 28,861 35,007
Idaho..... 44,611 42,078 46,957 43,825 40,999 45,016 45,607 42,462 47,387 48,725
Illinois..... 298,205 269,396 289,963 257,263 279,798 273,666 289,684 284,241 277,394 274,501
Indiana..... 154,286 145,385 147,408 128,823 148,823 148,037 154,035 152,272 151,313 156,699
Iowa..... 80,645 74,297 76,423 75,913 75,492 72,946 76,519 72,570 75,739 77,074
Kansas..... 71,588 74,748 72,455 85,756 73,245 75,089 67,156 72,803 76,089 76,424
Kentucky..... 96,967 87,033 98,760 89,802 92,385 93,881 96,077 91,580 94,167 94,347
Louisiana..... 110,681 110,325 114,566 105,843 106,666 113,637 107,897 102,061 101,310 110,348
Maine..... 40,256 37,699 39,812 35,386 39,310 38,603 40,136 36,533 38,311 38,951
Maryland..... 129,968 136,821 133,972 129,204 130,724 129,484 138,112 137,186 132,403 144,023
Massachusetts..... 180,726 167,840 163,903 156,011 170,476 151,899 175,531 169,769 152,572 161,310
Michigan..... 240,220 225,991 226,325 207,642 227,833 230,565 246,215 249,067 242,937 245,121
Minnesota..... 151,593 151,427 140,089 139,026 141,178 143,597 140,365 143,481 142,695 144,422
Mississippi..... 60,017 62,592 65,791 57,582 55,524 66,956 58,456 57,571 58,523 68,125
Missouri..... 142,046 146,395 138,451 137,642 142,593 145,375 144,782 141,379 139,452 147,646
Montana..... 30,040 29,111 32,517 30,702 27,908 30,769 29,363 28,468 30,160 31,601
Nebraska..... 48,148 48,569 47,931 46,332 44,468 44,493 44,276 47,536 42,107 47,868
Nevada..... 74,132 69,323 85,876 76,077 71,885 77,618 82,736 77,350 85,232 84,034
New Hampshire..... 40,806 36,282 39,237 35,433 38,576 37,485 39,787 38,422 37,137 38,970
New Jersey..... 242,733 216,092 227,637 202,756 230,667 217,207 234,703 218,322 213,561 225,045
New Mexico..... 45,581 46,822 47,752 44,333 43,833 49,069 47,911 44,620 41,459 47,977
New York..... 496,723 447,389 492,874 435,576 471,669 448,036 463,652 439,494 450,588 466,336
North Carolina..... 231,964 224,225 233,942 222,100 207,441 230,720 223,101 217,800 221,137 237,807
North Dakota..... 19,319 19,566 20,281 21,771 19,325 18,632 17,948 17,305 17,438 18,918
Ohio..... 286,268 253,718 270,727 243,918 271,662 271,389 282,838 274,342 283,287 273,471
Oklahoma..... 85,967 82,213 80,007 86,731 81,885 86,659 76,306 77,962 72,919 80,295
Oregon..... 101,500 102,187 107,206 97,406 89,219 105,123 100,470 103,814 100,289 110,881
Pennsylvania..... 303,250 269,675 289,282 267,831 287,681 277,287 288,146 275,587 274,187 282,520
Rhode Island..... 28,775 23,395 25,807 23,562 26,773 26,609 29,596 28,218 26,635 27,873
South Carolina..... 103,434 99,461 103,048 99,070 92,276 105,915 100,979 105,799 100,963 107,813
South Dakota..... 21,945 20,782 21,382 21,942 21,298 19,784 20,340 20,270 19,382 21,663
Tennessee..... 144,880 142,360 141,888 133,791 131,679 145,002 141,564 133,361 138,012 150,958
Texas..... 554,057 538,336 568,802 535,846 529,866 489,940 504,337 487,640 484,274 520,811
Utah..... 77,649 74,231 81,880 71,826 70,125 71,533 76,234 75,317 71,419 77,237
Vermont..... 19,069 19,066 20,368 17,728 18,395 19,040 20,052 18,694 19,372 18,709
Virginia..... 191,902 178,420 184,806 186,117 185,464 186,930 191,182 186,717 181,561 190,261
Washington..... 183,218 169,948 185,367 185,681 160,249 166,579 175,505 164,540 167,911 188,699
West Virginia..... 37,553 36,543 40,109 36,735 35,116 37,981 38,839 36,420 37,112 37,914
Wisconsin..... 147,543 129,879 136,739 133,678 138,886 134,549 144,564 135,453 136,642 144,751
Wyoming..... 19,121 21,394 23,500 23,351 19,438 21,843 19,945 18,010 19,803 23,122
Puerto Rico..... 49,080 52,534 49,548 43,097 43,855 50,962 50,788 49,977 56,195 52,124
Virgin Islands..... 3,594 2,401 2,261 2,193 2,119 2,401 3,189 2,234 2,157 2,482
(1) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.
