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                                                                                                      
                              May         March      April      May         May          March       April      May   
                              2008        2009       2009       2009        2008         2009        2009       2009  

   Total (1) ............    1,552        2,191      2,547      2,738      159,471      228,387     256,930    289,628
                                 -            -          -          -            -            -           -          -
Alabama .................       35           45         27         40        4,044        4,985       2,745      4,037
Alaska ..................      (2)          (2)          5         12          (2)          (2)         828      1,230
Arizona .................        9           22         41         28          872        2,483       4,985      2,484
Arkansas ................        7           10         12         18          648          806       1,057      2,319
California ..............      382          498        567        487       34,085       38,130      43,675     47,091
Colorado ................        8           13         19         15          930        1,578       1,696      1,762
Connecticut .............       11           11         11         17          924          928         884      1,389
Delaware ................        3            4         11          3          203          509         988        172
District of Columbia ....      (2)          (2)        (2)        (2)          (2)          (2)         (2)        (2)
Florida .................      125          107        152        181        8,841        8,594      11,010     12,446
Georgia .................       32           46         50         56        3,170        4,152       6,006      5,187
Hawaii ..................       11            5         10          8        1,118          376         934        900
Idaho ...................       12           16         10          9        1,131        1,664         754        680

Illinois ................       59          109        105        135        8,058       18,096      17,550     19,717
Indiana .................       44           68         80         86        4,943       10,781       9,659     10,416
Iowa ....................       12           38         30         31        3,033        6,140       2,636      4,379
Kansas ..................       12           19          7         31          893        2,259         737      3,551
Kentucky ................       39           72         83         85        8,666        7,861       9,194      9,894
Louisiana ...............       22           16         27         35        3,101        1,411       2,670      3,160
Maine ...................        -            9          6          7            -          835         493        644
Maryland ................        4            8         12         10          318          531       1,115      1,201
Massachusetts ...........        9           25         38         23          946        2,422       3,770      2,281
Michigan ................       85           87         74        180        8,139       11,121       7,139     26,344
Minnesota ...............       10           30         35         38        1,075        3,665       3,103      4,224
Mississippi .............       18           12         15          9        1,682          745       1,350        726
Missouri ................       35           42         46         54        3,298        3,430       4,719      6,336

Montana .................        6            7          4          7          437          667         335        856
Nebraska ................        5          (2)          4         13          413          (2)         390      1,306
Nevada ..................       14           27         26         52        1,057        2,351       2,123      5,297
New Hampshire ...........        5            9         10          7          384        1,213         848        526
New Jersey ..............       38           39         66         45        3,813        3,217       7,334      4,394
New Mexico ..............        9            9         14         13          690          858         909      1,089
New York ................       95           70        182        112        9,613        6,974      24,349     10,762
North Carolina ..........        9           44         28         33        1,163        6,277       2,582      5,351
North Dakota ............      (2)            4        (2)          8          (2)        1,259         (2)        869
Ohio ....................       67           93        115        145        7,621       13,067      14,791     16,920
Oklahoma ................        3           17         14         13          624        1,483       2,464      1,772
Oregon ..................       24           42         43         41        3,449        4,118       5,554      4,775
Pennsylvania ............      101          140        168        227        8,975       12,281      15,378     20,392

Rhode Island ............        3            9          8          7          243          889       1,649        563
South Carolina ..........       11           48         60         31          809        6,157       6,482      3,021
South Dakota ............      (2)            5        (2)        (2)          (2)          323         (2)        (2)
Tennessee ...............       24           29         35         37        2,418        2,038       2,877      3,424
Texas ...................       55          112         74        135        5,888       14,284       7,019     12,926
Utah ....................        4           14         10         10          431        1,313       1,055      1,020
Vermont .................        4            5         15          6          721          734       1,548        462
Virginia ................       11           14         42         49          904        1,229       4,052      6,168
Washington ..............       13           23         30         36        1,211        1,833       2,596      3,290
West Virginia ...........        3            4         12          5          277          301       1,028        429
Wisconsin ...............       57          109        108        103        7,571       11,530      11,102     10,884
Wyoming .................        -          (2)        (2)        (2)            -          (2)         (2)        (2)

Puerto Rico .............       17           22         13         23        2,626        2,035       1,321      2,830
 
    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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