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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