Table 3. State and selected claimant characteristics: Extended mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance,
private nonfarm sector, first and second quarters, 2009
Total Percent of total
initial Hispanic Persons age 55
Layoff events claimants Black origin Women and over
State
I II I II I II I II I II I II
2009r 2009p 2009r 2009p 2009r 2009p 2009r 2009p 2009r 2009p 2009r 2009p
Total, private nonfarm (1) . 3,979 2,994 830,028 506,533 13.1 14.8 14.7 14.9 33.4 41.4 18.2 20.9
Alabama ........................ 21 34 6,114 9,206 42.2 42.1 1.9 2.4 38.8 38.2 14.1 15.2
Alaska ......................... 8 13 1,523 2,462 2.5 5.0 10.5 11.2 22.4 34.6 23.6 24.9
Arizona ........................ 45 30 7,250 4,745 5.4 4.8 37.4 45.9 36.5 51.1 15.6 17.9
Arkansas ....................... 12 16 3,526 2,647 27.4 38.4 5.3 3.5 38.1 44.0 13.4 21.2
California ..................... 879 729 157,595 105,901 8.0 9.2 35.6 35.4 36.8 42.1 15.6 16.4
Colorado ....................... 36 32 5,102 4,266 5.8 4.6 17.4 18.8 33.5 45.6 18.3 18.6
Connecticut .................... 30 27 4,702 3,404 13.8 14.1 15.1 14.5 47.5 62.6 22.4 28.0
Delaware ....................... 7 10 1,385 1,148 12.1 28.4 1.5 4.8 14.9 50.1 11.9 25.3
District of Columbia ........... (2) 3 (2) 270 37.0 73.0 14.0 5.6 56.8 64.8 5.8 25.2
Florida ........................ 243 124 49,348 23,993 16.5 18.1 27.8 29.5 37.5 45.2 18.7 20.6
Georgia ........................ 59 34 13,015 7,939 43.0 46.6 4.6 5.6 45.0 47.2 16.7 16.4
Hawaii ......................... 12 9 1,181 1,149 3.6 .9 11.9 11.3 28.1 39.7 13.9 15.4
Idaho .......................... 24 7 4,115 659 .3 .2 10.5 3.0 36.7 37.3 18.5 19.6
Illinois ....................... 240 197 47,072 45,907 17.4 14.6 13.5 9.4 33.5 38.3 17.3 21.1
Indiana ........................ 112 85 21,064 13,635 8.0 7.9 2.1 3.0 31.1 32.4 17.6 19.1
Iowa ........................... 37 24 10,985 4,511 2.4 2.5 1.9 1.4 30.4 29.0 16.8 19.5
Kansas ......................... 26 25 8,691 5,596 8.6 8.3 7.9 3.7 32.1 30.6 14.9 20.0
Kentucky ....................... 88 41 19,789 4,829 6.6 3.8 .5 .1 17.6 20.9 14.6 18.2
Louisiana ...................... 29 47 4,626 6,666 36.0 67.1 4.2 2.0 18.6 58.6 21.9 17.3
Maine .......................... 13 9 2,092 1,499 1.1 .8 .3 .3 24.8 37.8 21.4 27.1
Maryland ....................... 40 9 4,938 947 38.0 44.4 3.1 2.3 35.8 41.2 19.5 28.3
Massachusetts .................. 63 29 11,337 4,541 7.9 12.1 .9 1.7 44.0 58.3 20.9 28.7
Michigan ....................... 183 121 78,489 34,858 20.0 19.0 2.7 2.6 29.1 31.4 18.9 19.2
Minnesota ...................... 73 73 11,243 10,149 4.9 4.9 3.6 2.4 26.6 31.9 19.0 21.5
Mississippi .................... 19 13 1,740 1,369 60.1 75.3 .5 .9 39.5 50.7 19.6 22.0
Missouri ....................... 78 74 13,996 10,919 13.3 19.5 .7 .8 37.1 59.8 19.7 29.3
Montana ........................ 9 4 1,300 531 .1 .4 2.6 3.2 13.5 28.1 23.3 17.3
Nebraska ....................... 5 9 844 1,502 1.2 3.8 10.3 7.9 36.8 44.1 26.5 30.8
Nevada ......................... 74 51 14,416 9,164 8.4 9.0 31.6 30.8 38.3 36.1 17.2 19.8
New Hampshire .................. 8 5 1,433 678 .4 1.2 4.0 4.7 41.2 40.4 25.5 27.3
New Jersey ..................... 110 92 18,121 17,191 18.6 18.1 9.7 8.2 45.9 68.0 21.5 34.9
New Mexico ..................... 14 26 3,158 2,387 2.1 1.9 36.8 53.7 18.9 48.7 15.4 21.5
New York ....................... 213 99 39,320 15,291 12.2 13.3 11.2 11.3 40.5 41.5 21.5 21.4
North Carolina ................. 86 46 19,994 9,400 38.5 34.2 7.4 6.2 40.9 40.5 16.8 19.5
North Dakota ................... 9 10 1,010 1,346 1.2 2.9 1.9 1.9 6.4 20.4 9.2 19.3
Ohio ........................... 212 184 56,283 33,596 12.4 12.5 3.2 3.7 28.0 33.4 21.3 24.1
Oklahoma ....................... 31 16 6,768 2,165 7.6 11.6 6.9 7.3 21.2 31.3 15.7 18.0
Oregon ......................... 73 52 18,237 10,930 1.5 1.8 13.2 14.3 29.4 49.0 19.5 23.2
Pennsylvania ................... 244 217 50,375 34,444 4.3 5.6 3.6 3.1 26.1 42.3 24.3 28.0
Rhode Island ................... 11 8 1,090 627 3.3 10.2 14.1 13.2 50.2 74.0 30.6 35.2
South Carolina ................. 50 19 9,183 2,276 43.8 61.2 1.1 1.9 40.0 53.8 7.6 14.2
South Dakota ................... 6 (2) 546 (2) 5.1 1.7 1.8 3.4 25.3 22.4 17.6 8.6
Tennessee ...................... 86 41 13,230 5,706 15.8 27.5 .1 - 39.4 47.0 17.7 24.4
Texas .......................... 140 82 33,513 12,343 16.4 16.4 35.5 45.9 27.9 36.8 13.9 16.3
Utah ........................... 27 14 4,510 2,036 1.8 1.3 15.2 7.5 33.9 36.6 12.1 11.5
Vermont ........................ 10 12 1,906 1,609 .3 .7 .2 .4 30.2 36.0 29.9 19.4
Virginia ....................... 14 47 3,261 8,480 25.2 39.7 2.1 4.3 31.4 47.0 19.3 22.3
Washington ..................... 59 54 13,668 7,484 5.9 6.3 9.1 8.6 37.3 38.4 15.7 17.1
West Virginia .................. 14 17 2,589 2,259 .5 .1 .1 .1 23.3 10.4 16.1 17.8
Wisconsin ...................... 91 71 23,796 11,449 3.2 12.6 4.1 5.4 29.0 44.9 21.6 23.5
Wyoming ........................ (2) (2) (2) (2) 2.2 1.4 8.2 4.6 13.0 20.2 8.2 10.4
Puerto Rico .................... 20 6 4,712 1,381 .1 - 99.4 99.4 54.6 42.7 11.4 13.5
1 See footnote 1, table 1.
2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
r = revised.
p = preliminary.
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
