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
July May June July July May June July
2008 2009 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009 2009
Total (1) ............ 1,891 2,738 2,519 3,054 200,382 289,628 256,357 336,654
Alabama ................. 67 40 49 75 7,072 4,037 7,837 8,324
Alaska .................. - 12 6 (2) - 1,230 431 (2)
Arizona ................. 15 28 27 35 1,422 2,484 2,137 3,469
Arkansas ................ 13 18 8 11 1,606 2,319 583 1,033
California .............. 460 487 714 812 33,250 47,091 56,138 82,085
Colorado ................ 4 15 11 15 343 1,762 832 1,536
Connecticut ............. 6 17 15 15 579 1,389 1,487 1,056
Delaware ................ (2) 3 8 5 (2) 172 882 347
District of Columbia .... - (2) (2) - - (2) (2) -
Florida ................. 123 181 182 192 7,555 12,446 15,785 14,929
Georgia ................. 39 56 43 62 3,949 5,187 3,809 7,636
Hawaii .................. 4 8 10 9 271 900 992 670
Idaho ................... 7 9 5 8 619 680 342 759
Illinois ................ 56 135 116 110 7,674 19,717 20,576 25,119
Indiana ................. 67 86 45 87 8,787 10,416 4,643 10,131
Iowa .................... 16 31 33 48 2,068 4,379 3,765 8,730
Kansas .................. 8 31 15 22 731 3,551 4,071 2,088
Kentucky ................ 63 85 49 97 11,907 9,894 6,240 14,128
Louisiana ............... 10 35 26 21 1,645 3,160 3,005 1,768
Maine ................... 5 7 3 4 359 644 280 256
Maryland ................ 5 10 13 11 443 1,201 1,325 987
Massachusetts ........... 16 23 20 31 1,107 2,281 1,777 2,972
Michigan ................ 212 180 121 185 27,672 26,344 12,218 23,929
Minnesota ............... 12 38 26 31 1,452 4,224 2,318 3,229
Mississippi ............. 13 9 11 14 1,330 726 895 803
Missouri ................ 39 54 39 61 3,763 6,336 5,446 7,647
Montana ................. 4 7 6 5 234 856 476 481
Nebraska ................ (2) 13 3 4 (2) 1,306 658 418
Nevada .................. 15 52 18 37 1,637 5,297 1,686 3,212
New Hampshire ........... 4 7 5 17 426 526 630 1,564
New Jersey .............. 56 45 88 101 4,110 4,394 14,033 8,366
New Mexico .............. (2) 13 15 5 (2) 1,089 1,013 252
New York ................ 103 112 83 126 10,764 10,762 7,681 11,886
North Carolina .......... 12 33 28 23 1,128 5,351 2,505 1,950
North Dakota ............ (2) 8 6 4 (2) 869 640 560
Ohio .................... 117 145 94 138 19,402 16,920 10,818 19,704
Oklahoma ................ 5 13 11 16 575 1,772 1,052 2,013
Oregon .................. 25 41 43 49 2,498 4,775 5,525 5,492
Pennsylvania ............ 88 227 194 202 7,974 20,392 18,363 18,080
Rhode Island ............ (2) 7 10 10 (2) 563 1,377 965
South Carolina .......... 29 31 38 59 2,958 3,021 4,087 5,359
South Dakota ............ - (2) (2) - - (2) (2) -
Tennessee ............... 18 37 19 27 1,412 3,424 1,617 1,898
Texas ................... 43 135 93 75 5,337 12,926 8,745 7,461
Utah .................... (2) 10 8 7 (2) 1,020 698 1,532
Vermont ................. (2) 6 10 5 (2) 462 965 381
Virginia ................ 9 49 31 35 1,475 6,168 2,817 2,873
Washington .............. 16 36 16 29 1,363 3,290 1,231 2,549
West Virginia ........... - 5 8 (2) - 429 583 (2)
Wisconsin ............... 76 103 93 115 11,838 10,884 11,092 15,633
Wyoming ................. - (2) - - - (2) - -
Puerto Rico ............. 12 23 17 22 1,227 2,830 1,280 1,826
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: August 21, 2009
