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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