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                                                                                                      
                            December     October    November   December    December     October    November   December
                              2008        2009        2009       2009        2008         2009       2009       2009  

   Total (1) ............    3,377        1,934      1,870      2,310      351,305      193,904     164,496    214,648
                                                                                                                      
Alabama .................       88           27         16         36       14,160        3,179       1,266      4,592
Alaska ..................      (2)            8          3          7          (2)          755         361        650
Arizona .................       13           20          9          9        1,213        1,666         709        817
Arkansas ................       25           17          9          7        2,517        1,954         973        581
California ..............      546          514        472        412       43,265       48,169      31,922     30,229
Colorado ................       24           19         14         24        2,023        1,554       1,064      1,941
Connecticut .............       10            9          5          8          799          671         424        890
Delaware ................        8            3          6          5          817          251         347        266
District of Columbia ....      (2)          (2)        (2)          4          (2)          (2)         (2)        301
Florida .................      104          167         86         96        6,931       11,851       6,010      7,715
Georgia .................       83           39         26         56        8,508        3,880       3,225      5,244
Hawaii ..................       15            7          7          7        1,650          630         488        637
Idaho ...................       25           10         19         16        2,347        1,088       2,071      1,099

Illinois ................      202           93        101        142       25,885       12,917      10,794     17,639
Indiana .................      156           37         43         57       16,762        4,759       4,323      6,256
Iowa ....................       82           35         25         51       10,005        4,732       2,648      6,087
Kansas ..................       38           13          8         28        7,949        1,562         741      4,878
Kentucky ................      131           36         41         44       21,570        4,656       3,649      5,013
Louisiana ...............       17           24         35         22        2,430        2,169       2,795      1,641
Maine ...................        7            3          6          3          530          177         674        204
Maryland ................       15            6          6         16        1,002          479         486      1,251
Massachusetts ...........       38            9         11         28        4,289          596         803      2,990
Michigan ................      248           70         78        119       24,508        9,543       8,549     10,913
Minnesota ...............       67           24         55         45        7,374        1,985       4,905      3,690
Mississippi .............       27           10          9         12        2,399          602         512      1,000
Missouri ................      107           31         48         86       10,625        2,556       3,195      8,373

Montana .................        8           11         10         12          630        1,062         758        896
Nebraska ................       12            4          6         12        1,334          559         611      1,166
Nevada ..................       41           19         33         36        4,303        1,361       3,891      3,677
New Hampshire ...........        4            3          4         11          255          263         279        867
New Jersey ..............       80           37         52         67        6,910        2,850       5,277      6,716
New Mexico ..............       16           11          7         12        1,170          761         476        954
New York ................      111           68         75        126       10,511        6,961       6,281     12,704
North Carolina ..........       33           19         30         18        3,314        1,672       4,273      1,455
North Dakota ............        8          (2)          5          7          666          (2)         557        595
Ohio ....................      224           75         59         91       27,836       10,569       5,233      8,888
Oklahoma ................       20            7         10         10        3,210          582       1,438        893
Oregon ..................       51           35         35         29        4,413        3,936       3,464      2,617
Pennsylvania ............      230          125        118        197       20,456       10,764      11,666     15,750

Rhode Island ............        7          (2)          3          6          820          (2)         297        713
South Carolina ..........       84           19         20         45        9,381        2,692       1,456      4,780
South Dakota ............        3            -        (2)        (2)          185            -         (2)        (2)
Tennessee ...............       50           14         17         23        4,259        1,108       1,229      3,144
Texas ...................       95           85         69         56       10,306        8,378       6,817      6,148
Utah ....................       12            9          4         16        1,094        1,058         256      1,256
Vermont .................        4            3         11         15          331          254       1,273      1,079
Virginia ................       27           22         31         40        2,782        1,955       3,021      3,903
Washington ..............       40           25         27         35        3,663        2,121       2,197      2,828
West Virginia ...........        6            3        (2)          4          416          250         (2)        321
Wisconsin ...............      131          100        101         99       13,026       11,489      10,366      8,207
Wyoming .................        -            4        (2)        (2)            -          470         (2)        (2)

Puerto Rico .............       16           12         22         11        1,285        1,079       2,177      1,093
 
   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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