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.
