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Table 5. Private sector gross job gains and losses by state, seasonally adjusted

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.        March     June       June         Sept.      Dec.        March     June
                          2006       2006       2006        2007       2007       2006        2006        2006       2007       2007

United States1.....  7,811,000  7,473,000  7,809,000   7,509,000  7,644,000  7,395,000   7,462,000   7,297,000  7,071,000  7,403,000

Alabama.....           100,840    100,446    106,892     112,765     99,726    100,349     103,700     104,477     89,364    105,984
Alaska.....             28,861     22,123     25,702      24,244     27,957     23,040      26,742      26,432     22,400     23,632
Arizona.....           170,647    174,546    161,693     156,804    154,110    154,963     152,200     165,067    153,133    158,011
Arkansas.....           59,654     58,160     62,275      60,704     54,946     60,404      63,784      58,778     52,796     61,452
California.....        955,811    910,172    982,478     947,540    932,830    926,329     927,374     907,888    912,613    966,693
Colorado.....          149,241    142,546    150,220     146,688    150,523    132,280     142,570     138,889    131,774    135,876
Connecticut.....        87,841     81,794     85,126      75,957     89,363     80,456      82,496      77,497     81,107     75,883
Delaware.....           28,310     23,470     26,159      29,733     24,896     26,663      27,718      23,392     28,414     23,872
District of Columbia    29,069     27,044     25,599      28,423     27,543     26,424      25,381      26,443     23,213     26,428
Florida.....           526,449    508,541    501,285     464,050    493,122    495,061     493,363     522,827    451,580    513,917

Georgia.....           257,404    247,388    263,872     249,091    243,732    233,395     251,362     252,232    227,479    250,468
Hawaii.....             29,136     28,211     27,446      27,483     29,341     24,918      26,129      26,250     26,630     27,098
Idaho.....              46,245     45,061     47,395      48,396     44,803     42,628      41,378      40,019     40,735     44,881
Illinois.....          306,757    278,177    293,431     281,177    301,138    263,652     288,515     281,099    268,855    270,862
Indiana.....           149,946    148,107    153,325     145,342    153,439    151,845     154,760     148,985    140,603    146,834
Iowa.....               79,031     75,093     79,518      72,577     79,866     73,192      74,910      73,886     73,448     72,256
Kansas.....             72,012     78,985     85,024      78,808     71,219     72,548      74,864      68,067     67,661     76,280
Kentucky.....           88,851     92,740    106,958     101,623     96,978     94,323      96,675      90,552     95,549     92,980
Louisiana.....         123,125    120,127    123,095     121,990    109,826    112,380     108,558     104,159     99,462    113,176
Maine.....              40,612     35,951     40,832      37,283     40,238     37,701      39,975      37,567     37,189     38,294

Maryland.....          136,710    131,708    136,491     130,873    129,262    136,422     136,408     130,083    125,994    128,857
Massachusetts.....     181,498    167,647    166,346     154,124    180,439    158,219     169,849     163,458    157,024    148,702
Michigan.....          246,077    226,583    229,109     216,604    239,038    237,059     255,227     261,024    234,035    229,300
Minnesota.....         155,378    138,439    146,430     140,915    151,477    150,512     165,270     147,210    133,393    144,135
Mississippi.....        63,581     68,823     67,302      60,198     59,332     66,289      62,884      58,428     62,486     65,842
Missouri.....          150,269    137,786    151,637     148,426    142,012    143,796     142,506     144,042    133,861    144,000
Montana.....            30,383     27,503     32,922      32,066     30,014     27,899      29,606      26,893     26,215     30,643
Nebraska.....           45,693     47,050     47,973      44,773     48,229     45,424      44,754      45,236     41,131     43,827
Nevada.....             79,576     73,442     80,115      79,439     74,310     72,527      76,814      77,068     70,468     76,036
New Hampshire.....      41,230     37,381     39,715      36,043     40,902     39,132      40,708      37,503     37,188     37,071

New Jersey.....        238,571    217,626    226,397     200,823    242,670    228,241     230,836     221,251    216,208    212,994
New Mexico.....         56,728     46,361     49,483      45,658     43,638     46,459      46,285      45,992     39,391     47,327
New York.....          497,341    451,199    491,296     439,880    501,731    450,660     454,776     436,426    450,887    469,097
North Carolina.....    230,531    228,819    271,718     238,694    230,301    216,862     222,867     209,905    203,669    223,702
North Dakota.....       19,942     19,561     19,077      19,613     19,321     19,436      17,615      18,029     17,877     18,673
Ohio.....              280,652    266,494    273,486     259,261    283,177    279,071     286,805     285,789    260,711    266,721
Oklahoma.....           86,252     85,999     87,109      85,616     85,428     86,973      80,220      80,850     73,657     89,207
Oregon.....            103,093    103,167    107,374     104,745    101,225     97,275      94,670      97,684     96,037    104,666
Pennsylvania.....      292,189    281,640    286,900     282,273    302,265    277,751     278,525     278,568    266,506    270,874
Rhode Island.....       29,960     28,749     28,621      25,073     28,796     25,774      28,340      28,374     27,137     26,256

South Carolina.....    112,410    124,764    109,561     113,532    105,523    110,062     103,809      97,192     98,842    107,074
South Dakota.....       21,897     21,559     22,548      21,003     21,989     19,443      20,198      19,873     19,153     19,784
Tennessee.....         149,007    143,225    156,388     148,938    142,856    152,368     143,136     157,013    144,012    139,122
Texas.....             555,610    545,573    566,668     542,825    553,947    508,951     480,295     476,908    461,745    485,096
Utah.....               78,264     77,218     79,960      80,804     77,611     65,772      68,620      64,989     62,978     70,542
Vermont.....            19,375     16,515     18,861      16,966     19,085     17,694      18,832      18,099     18,899     19,073
Virgnia.....           196,604    181,450    193,009     192,908    192,077    193,525     196,437     181,525    174,760    184,266
Washington.....        187,676    176,707    184,842     190,639    183,840    161,486     170,405     166,948    154,634    165,511
West Virginia.....      38,485     37,841     40,697      38,687     37,037     39,828      40,489      36,849     37,621     37,733
Wisconsin.....         151,415    143,515    146,759     144,613    146,916    143,378     146,137     143,350    141,179    134,163

Wyoming.....            19,438     20,984     22,692      22,362     18,932     18,839      19,491      16,482     18,199     21,853
Puerto Rico.....        46,809     50,294     56,039      43,159     47,784     55,110      56,054      47,988     55,059     50,761
Virgin Islands.....      2,243      2,727      2,358       2,091      3,531      2,287       2,766       1,980      2,501      2,376

(1) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.





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