Table 5. State distribution: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance,
private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2012 and 2013
Initial claimants for
Layoff events Separations unemployment insurance
State
I IV I I IV I I IV I
2012 2012r 2013p 2012 2012r 2013p 2012 2012r 2013p
Total, private nonfarm (1) . 1,294 2,123 914 246,956 424,492 154,374 291,174 432,792 133,294
Alabama ........................ 6 10 6 892 2,290 2,076 1,733 2,162 1,919
Alaska ......................... 4 14 5 534 6,167 492 433 3,001 437
Arizona ........................ 15 11 6 2,597 1,640 885 1,969 1,580 1,177
Arkansas ....................... 6 10 5 990 2,503 447 1,517 2,249 500
California ..................... 446 614 254 114,906 153,670 58,304 151,922 171,076 52,288
Colorado ....................... 8 22 5 1,419 3,397 787 1,251 2,959 569
Connecticut .................... 7 10 6 763 1,753 651 763 1,753 651
Delaware ....................... 4 3 3 260 466 150 505 588 287
District of Columbia ........... 3 3 (2) 239 566 (2) 239 566 (2)
Florida ........................ 20 19 17 3,273 5,339 2,531 2,728 4,065 2,422
Georgia ........................ 19 9 10 2,729 2,214 860 2,729 2,274 1,004
Hawaii ......................... (2) (2) 3 (2) (2) 220 (2) (2) 322
Idaho .......................... 5 14 5 529 1,866 999 654 1,841 758
Illinois ....................... 75 164 73 12,596 25,100 10,969 12,761 26,965 8,281
Indiana ........................ 22 37 9 2,668 6,048 1,377 3,832 7,996 1,674
Iowa ........................... - 9 3 - 1,434 565 - 1,812 1,067
Kansas ......................... 6 9 (2) 752 2,118 (2) 643 2,326 (2)
Kentucky ....................... 29 33 17 6,879 5,148 2,306 3,257 4,589 1,633
Louisiana ...................... 10 18 7 2,320 3,265 1,118 1,534 2,922 812
Maine .......................... 6 10 3 1,770 1,758 414 852 1,935 254
Maryland (3) ................... 18 35 8 2,705 6,248 701 1,732 5,417 651
Massachusetts .................. 20 27 13 3,052 4,797 1,511 2,924 4,689 1,380
Michigan ....................... 29 66 22 5,109 11,100 2,780 9,620 8,628 2,288
Minnesota ...................... 18 79 18 2,495 14,075 2,485 2,508 10,622 1,836
Mississippi .................... 9 9 5 1,319 2,122 634 954 939 293
Missouri ....................... 21 32 22 1,923 10,033 2,088 1,762 5,130 1,918
Montana ........................ (2) 14 - (2) 3,173 - (2) 1,590 -
Nebraska ....................... (2) 8 (2) (2) 737 (2) (2) 892 (2)
Nevada ......................... 18 39 14 3,104 8,781 2,878 3,243 8,821 2,641
New Hampshire .................. 7 8 (2) 807 1,044 (2) 558 859 (2)
New Jersey ..................... 44 66 21 7,426 14,276 6,929 6,444 13,864 2,349
New Mexico ..................... 6 12 (2) 758 2,421 (2) 683 1,576 (2)
New York ....................... 90 149 82 12,896 22,984 11,347 16,346 23,792 10,351
North Carolina ................. 16 22 10 1,345 2,994 1,958 1,794 3,632 2,349
North Dakota ................... (2) 15 (2) (2) 1,831 (2) (2) 2,172 (2)
Ohio ........................... 62 100 55 8,656 18,158 6,173 8,069 16,825 5,639
Oklahoma ....................... 5 9 (2) 761 1,197 (2) 479 1,134 (2)
Oregon ......................... 24 28 12 5,978 5,750 2,624 5,321 6,519 1,361
Pennsylvania ................... 68 115 43 7,803 17,268 4,558 10,399 23,935 5,463
Rhode Island ................... - 4 (2) - 250 (2) - 260 (2)
South Carolina ................. 10 8 6 1,398 1,191 1,313 1,351 1,427 839
South Dakota ................... - - - - - - - - -
Tennessee ...................... 11 18 6 2,035 2,934 630 1,915 3,190 514
Texas .......................... 31 40 29 5,981 9,009 6,176 9,174 9,763 5,137
Utah ........................... 5 13 10 487 3,194 1,141 492 2,740 938
Vermont ........................ 6 3 (2) 1,852 324 (2) 1,176 320 (2)
Virginia ....................... 17 28 17 2,634 5,602 1,859 3,293 6,208 1,623
Washington ..................... 29 69 44 3,777 9,420 4,871 5,059 9,546 4,482
West Virginia .................. 5 10 3 1,276 1,325 195 844 958 208
Wisconsin ...................... 28 74 24 4,733 13,268 4,446 4,970 13,964 3,765
Wyoming ........................ (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Puerto Rico .................... 17 10 13 2,524 1,956 1,365 4,994 3,469 1,622
1 See footnote 1, table 1.
2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
3 Data starting in June 2012 may not be comparable to prior data due to a change in MLS unemployment insurance procedures.
r = revised.
p = preliminary.
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
United States Department of Labor
