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
January November December January January November December January
2009 2009 2009 2010 2009 2009 2009 2010
Total (1) ............ 3,806 1,870 2,310 2,860 388,813 164,496 214,648 278,679
Alabama ................. 100 16 36 93 10,588 1,266 4,592 11,204
Alaska .................. 10 3 7 9 788 361 650 713
Arizona ................. 24 9 9 17 1,941 709 817 1,502
Arkansas ................ 13 9 7 9 1,462 973 581 1,433
California .............. 651 472 412 533 54,153 31,922 30,229 46,474
Colorado ................ 24 14 24 13 1,814 1,064 1,941 1,301
Connecticut ............. 14 5 8 6 1,349 424 890 406
Delaware ................ 5 6 5 4 1,052 347 266 287
District of Columbia .... (2) (2) 4 (2) (2) (2) 301 (2)
Florida ................. 235 86 96 141 19,301 6,010 7,715 9,909
Georgia ................. 137 26 56 83 16,654 3,225 5,244 8,861
Hawaii .................. 14 7 7 9 998 488 637 735
Idaho ................... 21 19 16 11 1,746 2,071 1,099 1,068
Illinois ................ 130 101 142 112 13,443 10,794 17,639 11,615
Indiana ................. 117 43 57 59 10,734 4,323 6,256 6,470
Iowa .................... 64 25 51 54 7,353 2,648 6,087 6,647
Kansas .................. 21 8 28 27 2,447 741 4,878 2,432
Kentucky ................ 80 41 44 76 12,492 3,649 5,013 8,044
Louisiana ............... 29 35 22 18 3,396 2,795 1,641 1,566
Maine ................... 18 6 3 8 1,618 674 204 789
Maryland ................ 31 6 16 29 2,535 486 1,251 2,586
Massachusetts ........... 33 11 28 27 2,782 803 2,990 2,341
Michigan ................ 229 78 119 144 26,453 8,549 10,913 16,035
Minnesota ............... 41 55 45 36 3,289 4,905 3,690 3,614
Mississippi ............. 25 9 12 11 2,353 512 1,000 735
Missouri ................ 62 48 86 74 5,239 3,195 8,373 5,567
Montana ................. 14 10 12 9 1,491 758 896 1,012
Nebraska ................ 5 6 12 7 1,070 611 1,166 548
Nevada .................. 33 33 36 26 2,805 3,891 3,677 2,463
New Hampshire ........... 7 4 11 12 465 279 867 962
New Jersey .............. 90 52 67 87 7,179 5,277 6,716 7,506
New Mexico .............. 13 7 12 8 822 476 954 560
New York ................ 279 75 126 236 31,893 6,281 12,704 28,309
North Carolina .......... 41 30 18 27 4,149 4,273 1,455 2,072
North Dakota ............ (2) 5 7 4 (2) 557 595 595
Ohio .................... 199 59 91 145 27,971 5,233 8,888 14,121
Oklahoma ................ 21 10 10 17 2,772 1,438 893 1,666
Oregon .................. 76 35 29 35 9,005 3,464 2,617 3,730
Pennsylvania ............ 321 118 197 200 29,656 11,666 15,750 16,430
Rhode Island ............ 17 3 6 13 1,526 297 713 1,696
South Carolina .......... 102 20 45 67 10,703 1,456 4,780 7,274
South Dakota ............ 6 (2) (2) (2) 530 (2) (2) (2)
Tennessee ............... 74 17 23 40 6,782 1,229 3,144 3,102
Texas ................... 136 69 56 85 16,893 6,817 6,148 8,509
Utah .................... 19 4 16 10 1,978 256 1,256 1,086
Vermont ................. 8 11 15 4 674 1,273 1,079 309
Virginia ................ 15 31 40 49 3,313 3,021 3,903 6,570
Washington .............. 43 27 35 27 4,245 2,197 2,828 1,997
West Virginia ........... 7 (2) 4 (2) 1,127 (2) 321 (2)
Wisconsin ............... 146 101 99 144 15,251 10,366 8,207 15,465
Wyoming ................. (2) (2) (2) - (2) (2) (2) -
Puerto Rico ............. 29 22 11 19 2,992 2,177 1,093 1,892
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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Last Modified Date: February 23, 2010
