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
October August September October October August September October
2008 2009 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009 2009
Total (1) ............ 2,125 1,428 1,371 1,934 221,784 125,024 123,177 193,904
Alabama ................. 26 23 22 27 3,865 1,997 2,044 3,179
Alaska .................. 13 4 7 8 1,631 295 849 755
Arizona ................. 13 10 7 20 979 977 463 1,666
Arkansas ................ 18 4 (2) 17 1,877 260 (2) 1,954
California .............. 621 340 395 514 51,286 26,082 28,797 48,169
Colorado ................ 11 5 14 19 1,143 374 1,036 1,554
Connecticut ............. 4 4 4 9 540 334 323 671
Delaware ................ (2) (2) (2) 3 (2) (2) (2) 251
District of Columbia .... - (2) - (2) - (2) - (2)
Florida ................. 176 104 91 167 12,946 7,795 5,975 11,851
Georgia ................. 61 23 35 39 6,825 2,202 2,817 3,880
Hawaii .................. 9 8 6 7 910 872 465 630
Idaho ................... 22 9 4 10 2,682 1,305 306 1,088
Illinois ................ 64 82 71 93 7,842 7,432 10,743 12,917
Indiana ................. 63 30 21 37 7,961 3,182 2,895 4,759
Iowa .................... 23 17 18 35 3,818 1,359 2,384 4,732
Kansas .................. 18 14 15 13 2,543 945 2,880 1,562
Kentucky ................ 46 22 32 36 8,327 2,006 3,394 4,656
Louisiana ............... 22 18 10 24 1,662 1,698 887 2,169
Maine ................... (2) (2) 3 3 (2) (2) 268 177
Maryland ................ 11 10 7 6 885 759 463 479
Massachusetts ........... 11 13 12 9 980 1,357 985 596
Michigan ................ 81 43 40 70 16,851 3,593 6,167 9,543
Minnesota ............... 23 13 15 24 1,880 948 1,122 1,985
Mississippi ............. 17 5 5 10 1,513 349 323 602
Missouri ................ 35 28 16 31 5,877 2,549 1,018 2,556
Montana ................. 5 3 3 11 573 258 227 1,062
Nebraska ................ 5 (2) 3 4 819 (2) 210 559
Nevada .................. 29 30 15 19 2,421 2,879 1,201 1,361
New Hampshire ........... 3 6 (2) 3 310 454 (2) 263
New Jersey .............. 45 27 31 37 3,670 2,162 2,844 2,850
New Mexico .............. 5 4 7 11 396 191 487 761
New York ................ 54 106 58 68 4,725 11,405 4,424 6,961
North Carolina .......... 18 19 8 19 1,838 2,523 918 1,672
North Dakota ............ (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Ohio .................... 118 58 47 75 17,764 5,941 4,745 10,569
Oklahoma ................ 6 8 4 7 1,137 679 401 582
Oregon .................. 36 21 15 35 3,883 1,691 1,402 3,936
Pennsylvania ............ 146 114 115 125 13,028 9,924 8,587 10,764
Rhode Island ............ 3 5 3 (2) 325 456 260 (2)
South Carolina .......... 23 20 18 19 2,268 2,133 2,831 2,692
South Dakota ............ - (2) - - - (2) - -
Tennessee ............... 22 7 12 14 1,457 468 1,083 1,108
Texas ................... 86 51 65 85 7,714 4,297 5,715 8,378
Utah .................... 9 (2) 3 9 721 (2) 204 1,058
Vermont ................. (2) (2) 5 3 (2) (2) 507 254
Virginia ................ 4 21 22 22 655 1,652 1,868 1,955
Washington .............. 29 21 19 25 2,641 1,841 2,043 2,121
West Virginia ........... - 4 - 3 - 272 - 250
Wisconsin ............... 80 60 61 100 9,778 5,814 5,754 11,489
Wyoming ................. 4 - - 4 276 - - 470
Puerto Rico ............. 13 15 17 12 1,117 1,326 1,563 1,079
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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