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
2007 2008 2008 2008 2007 2008 2008 2008
Total (1) ..... ...... 1,082 1,647 1,269 1,089 123,974 154,503 119,508 114,541
Alabama ................. 26 82 17 11 3,373 10,160 2,549 927
Alaska .................. - (2) - (2) - (2) - (2)
Arizona ................. 6 4 (2) 9 362 290 (2) 808
Arkansas ................ (2) 4 3 5 (2) 293 364 867
California .............. 333 468 416 296 33,172 38,715 32,747 21,812
Colorado ................ 4 7 4 6 458 654 326 533
Connecticut ............. (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Delaware ................ - (2) (2) 4 - (2) (2) 298
District of Columbia .... - (2) (2) - - (2) (2) -
Florida ................. 51 70 102 63 4,562 5,366 6,572 5,145
Georgia ................. 14 51 26 20 1,635 4,718 2,428 3,302
Hawaii .................. 4 3 9 4 323 217 786 304
Idaho ................... 8 7 7 12 537 496 497 1,187
Illinois ................ 54 68 52 51 8,754 9,106 6,344 6,694
Indiana ................. 19 34 24 27 1,927 2,955 3,709 3,870
Iowa .................... 11 26 16 11 1,285 3,163 1,885 1,051
Kansas .................. 4 8 3 8 930 490 192 1,069
Kentucky ................ 32 28 24 26 6,623 2,304 4,219 4,555
Louisiana ............... 5 7 13 6 446 739 2,640 411
Maine ................... 3 (2) 4 - 233 (2) 245 -
Maryland ................ 6 9 5 (2) 462 708 377 (2)
Massachusetts ........... 4 11 9 5 268 791 698 433
Michigan ................ 51 86 32 41 6,508 7,004 4,379 3,980
Minnesota ............... 15 19 5 9 1,231 1,751 361 617
Mississippi ............. 10 6 10 7 4,428 324 897 493
Missouri ................ 22 37 19 28 2,347 2,664 1,127 3,799
Montana ................. 4 6 (2) (2) 319 579 (2) (2)
Nebraska ................ 3 (2) 5 6 218 (2) 460 412
Nevada .................. 11 15 23 7 842 1,151 1,909 522
New Hampshire ........... 3 (2) 3 3 462 (2) 351 167
New Jersey .............. 35 35 35 34 3,529 2,613 3,439 4,007
New Mexico .............. 6 4 (2) 5 548 473 (2) 685
New York ................ 40 152 42 29 4,636 18,636 5,912 3,436
North Carolina .......... 22 3 21 16 3,986 350 2,121 1,367
North Dakota ............ (2) (2) - - (2) (2) - -
Ohio .................... 43 71 42 52 4,444 9,352 4,387 6,236
Oklahoma ................ 4 4 (2) 6 1,178 317 (2) 868
Oregon .................. 30 28 29 21 3,272 2,769 3,125 3,275
Pennsylvania ............ 45 132 100 103 4,798 9,644 8,204 12,745
Rhode Island ............ (2) 9 9 4 (2) 562 1,448 303
South Carolina .......... 10 12 10 17 1,210 1,991 1,354 1,659
South Dakota ............ (2) - - (2) (2) - - (2)
Tennessee ............... 9 13 13 9 813 797 1,242 705
Texas ................... 35 23 47 36 4,762 1,838 3,870 5,105
Utah .................... (2) (2) 7 (2) (2) (2) 525 (2)
Vermont ................. 4 4 8 (2) 465 248 1,084 (2)
Virginia ................ 10 8 8 14 1,091 1,027 742 1,808
Washington .............. 16 14 19 12 1,172 1,047 1,766 913
West Virginia ........... (2) (2) (2) 3 (2) (2) (2) 428
Wisconsin ............... 58 65 34 53 5,585 5,547 3,097 7,067
Wyoming ................. (2) - (2) - (2) - (2) -
Puerto Rico ............. 15 10 23 4 1,355 1,120 2,113 344
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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