Table 3. State and selected claimant characteristics: Extended mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance,
private nonfarm sector, third and fourth quarters, 2011
Total Percent of total
initial Hispanic Persons age 55
Layoff events claimants Black origin Women and over
State
III IV III IV III IV III IV III IV III IV
2011r 2011p 2011r 2011p 2011r 2011p 2011r 2011p 2011r 2011p 2011r 2011p
Total, private nonfarm (1) . 1,393 1,638 289,330 249,692 14.6 10.9 23.0 20.3 39.7 30.2 18.6 18.6
Alabama ........................ 6 4 1,817 680 41.0 33.7 1.2 2.2 41.4 36.2 13.6 20.9
Alaska ......................... 6 13 2,150 2,228 8.5 5.4 17.6 12.3 33.1 23.6 22.6 20.5
Arizona ........................ 9 11 1,346 1,631 7.7 10.3 32.7 25.5 58.5 49.6 18.7 14.7
Arkansas ....................... 10 9 1,729 1,755 18.1 36.0 5.8 8.5 45.5 47.1 21.9 17.6
California ..................... 548 412 142,733 79,665 8.2 6.6 34.5 35.2 38.5 37.3 15.6 17.1
Colorado ....................... 9 16 1,163 1,840 4.0 3.5 24.8 46.6 47.1 12.3 15.7 22.5
Connecticut .................... 6 3 623 349 22.3 12.9 16.5 29.8 58.4 44.1 20.9 29.2
Delaware ....................... 3 3 843 340 43.4 20.9 11.3 9.4 35.3 35.9 12.7 26.2
District of Columbia ........... (2) 3 (2) 380 80.6 73.2 1.3 7.9 64.8 49.7 7.5 15.0
Florida ........................ 44 32 7,539 3,748 19.8 22.1 26.7 26.0 38.0 39.5 23.8 23.4
Georgia ........................ 26 33 5,779 5,245 45.6 44.0 5.3 4.3 45.9 35.9 19.8 17.6
Hawaii ......................... - 4 - 560 - 1.8 - 9.8 - 40.7 - 15.2
Idaho .......................... 4 13 424 1,730 .2 .2 13.7 12.2 43.4 24.5 16.7 21.1
Illinois ....................... 66 157 14,384 20,296 20.9 11.8 13.1 22.7 32.9 23.8 17.5 15.9
Indiana ........................ 19 27 5,662 4,499 11.1 6.9 3.4 4.8 25.5 17.3 18.5 15.8
Iowa ........................... 5 10 745 2,092 10.7 3.4 2.7 8.8 37.0 19.3 15.2 23.8
Kansas ......................... 7 9 813 1,101 17.6 9.8 4.2 8.3 52.8 25.8 26.4 19.2
Kentucky ....................... 19 30 2,235 2,883 18.9 7.2 .1 .1 42.7 16.8 16.1 19.3
Louisiana ...................... 17 22 2,614 2,890 41.1 41.5 4.9 4.7 33.6 22.8 23.5 25.6
Maine .......................... (2) 8 (2) 1,035 1.4 .8 - .2 58.3 23.6 36.0 25.7
Maryland ....................... 16 (2) 3,020 (2) 50.4 54.4 2.1 2.6 54.4 43.9 18.8 30.3
Massachusetts .................. 17 17 1,986 2,115 12.7 10.4 .4 1.2 60.9 46.1 24.0 22.1
Michigan ....................... 26 55 5,625 7,220 11.3 9.4 1.9 10.2 38.2 23.1 16.8 15.8
Minnesota ...................... 14 68 1,993 8,545 10.1 4.2 2.6 8.0 24.6 15.2 21.0 19.5
Mississippi .................... 12 9 1,364 772 72.9 54.9 3.0 4.3 44.7 29.7 15.6 14.5
Missouri ....................... 22 29 3,449 3,518 29.3 12.5 1.3 1.5 59.1 32.2 27.8 21.9
Montana ........................ (2) 12 (2) 1,192 1.7 .3 4.2 3.9 25.3 13.8 10.1 22.4
Nebraska ....................... 4 8 358 829 13.4 3.9 7.3 16.6 51.4 17.4 29.6 24.8
Nevada ......................... 8 4 1,804 601 7.3 12.1 20.5 24.3 23.8 51.2 22.8 38.3
New Hampshire .................. 3 (2) 243 (2) 1.2 .7 4.5 .7 63.4 7.6 34.2 31.4
New Jersey ..................... 67 26 9,637 2,993 23.0 13.4 11.1 11.8 55.3 27.6 29.0 19.9
New Mexico ..................... 12 7 1,356 727 1.6 1.8 45.1 67.5 39.4 33.6 16.9 18.8
New York ....................... 120 114 19,424 15,449 15.4 10.7 18.2 14.1 44.6 31.2 20.3 21.3
North Carolina ................. 24 25 5,510 2,795 39.9 33.0 9.9 8.1 37.0 35.8 21.4 18.6
North Dakota ................... - 10 - 963 - .6 - 4.0 - 7.2 - 22.7
Ohio ........................... 36 92 5,450 11,888 8.7 10.6 2.4 4.2 21.4 18.8 19.6 17.6
Oklahoma ....................... (2) 7 (2) 733 14.2 5.6 2.7 5.9 21.7 28.5 34.5 17.3
Oregon ......................... 14 24 2,368 6,566 1.7 1.4 22.6 27.2 58.4 37.5 24.2 19.5
Pennsylvania ................... 61 74 9,641 10,487 9.3 8.4 4.0 3.7 39.9 21.8 27.9 21.1
Rhode Island ................... (2) 3 (2) 208 5.8 4.8 69.6 10.6 84.1 37.5 7.2 25.0
South Carolina ................. 12 5 1,645 1,066 49.9 71.7 6.3 7.8 53.4 43.6 26.3 11.1
South Dakota ................... - - - - - - - - - - - -
Tennessee ...................... 19 26 4,777 2,556 45.3 12.7 .1 .2 53.6 31.8 29.5 30.0
Texas .......................... 25 34 4,912 7,343 24.2 15.8 39.3 38.3 30.7 34.7 13.6 20.5
Utah ........................... 3 12 279 1,579 .7 1.3 6.8 15.5 50.2 10.8 12.9 14.6
Vermont ........................ 5 (2) 669 (2) .7 1.8 .3 .8 46.6 62.0 25.7 25.0
Virginia ....................... 11 26 1,480 4,183 28.6 47.0 5.3 4.3 35.3 45.6 17.8 18.4
Washington ..................... 16 47 3,472 7,082 4.3 4.5 14.0 27.9 35.5 31.1 22.9 18.3
West Virginia .................. (2) 4 (2) 656 - .3 - - 4.0 6.6 21.6 10.1
Wisconsin ...................... 32 73 5,121 10,971 8.3 5.5 16.5 6.9 34.7 16.3 21.8 17.3
Wyoming ........................ - (2) - (2) - 1.7 - 3.4 - 42.8 - 27.1
Puerto Rico .................... 29 4 6,497 1,261 .1 - 99.4 99.4 55.5 57.3 11.3 4.6
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.
