Table 5. State distribution: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance,
private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2008 and 2009
Initial claimants for
Layoff events Separations unemployment insurance
State
II I II II I II II I II
2008r 2009r 2009p 2008r 2009r 2009p 2008r 2009r 2009p
Total, private nonfarm (1) . 1,756 3,979 2,994 354,713 704,618 534,881 339,629 830,028 506,533
Alabama ........................ 21 21 34 3,200 5,822 9,375 3,703 6,114 9,206
Alaska ......................... 6 8 13 3,707 2,437 3,467 1,207 1,523 2,462
Arizona ........................ 20 45 30 3,484 7,287 5,377 2,741 7,250 4,745
Arkansas ....................... 11 12 16 1,381 3,144 3,444 1,278 3,526 2,647
California ..................... 464 879 729 88,740 134,681 116,207 82,770 157,595 105,901
Colorado ....................... 12 36 32 14,369 5,919 8,514 1,576 5,102 4,266
Connecticut .................... 22 30 27 5,256 4,862 4,638 4,470 4,702 3,404
Delaware ....................... (2) 7 10 (2) 1,548 1,232 (2) 1,385 1,148
District of Columbia ........... 4 (2) 3 566 (2) 270 566 (2) 270
Florida ........................ 113 243 124 21,648 49,572 26,189 20,439 49,348 23,993
Georgia ........................ 14 59 34 1,384 7,180 6,137 1,612 13,015 7,939
Hawaii ......................... 9 12 9 4,333 1,086 1,241 2,522 1,181 1,149
Idaho .......................... 20 24 7 2,219 3,378 1,447 2,135 4,115 659
Illinois ....................... 110 240 197 26,735 43,738 42,325 26,197 47,072 45,907
Indiana ........................ 52 112 85 9,504 14,323 16,121 13,556 21,064 13,635
Iowa ........................... 14 37 24 1,702 4,347 3,011 2,280 10,985 4,511
Kansas ......................... 15 26 25 2,086 5,773 7,335 1,577 8,691 5,596
Kentucky ....................... 20 88 41 2,320 19,234 4,442 2,058 19,789 4,829
Louisiana ...................... 26 29 47 4,022 5,789 7,854 3,300 4,626 6,666
Maine .......................... 5 13 9 1,953 3,630 2,380 788 2,092 1,499
Maryland ....................... 10 40 9 1,445 4,699 981 1,406 4,938 947
Massachusetts .................. 25 63 29 5,123 9,336 5,256 4,320 11,337 4,541
Michigan ....................... 75 183 121 13,357 47,872 21,155 29,235 78,489 34,858
Minnesota ...................... 22 73 73 3,399 10,220 10,102 2,803 11,243 10,149
Mississippi .................... 12 19 13 1,296 1,855 2,341 1,548 1,740 1,369
Missouri ....................... 43 78 74 8,992 12,587 13,459 8,252 13,996 10,919
Montana ........................ 9 9 4 671 1,241 1,275 683 1,300 531
Nebraska ....................... 5 5 9 750 362 2,117 715 844 1,502
Nevada ......................... 15 74 51 3,359 12,772 8,292 2,550 14,416 9,164
New Hampshire .................. 7 8 5 1,172 1,292 427 897 1,433 678
New Jersey ..................... 77 110 92 21,546 18,709 23,302 17,656 18,121 17,191
New Mexico ..................... 8 14 26 853 3,704 3,667 853 3,158 2,387
New York ....................... 70 213 99 14,492 41,333 15,669 12,901 39,320 15,291
North Carolina ................. 10 86 46 4,384 10,804 8,088 2,822 19,994 9,400
North Dakota ................... - 9 10 - 1,010 1,346 - 1,010 1,346
Ohio ........................... 83 212 184 20,134 41,636 42,578 15,110 56,283 33,596
Oklahoma ....................... 5 31 16 1,134 6,192 2,711 786 6,768 2,165
Oregon ......................... 27 73 52 6,541 12,897 10,332 6,775 18,237 10,930
Pennsylvania ................... 97 244 217 10,613 39,004 29,198 20,964 50,375 34,444
Rhode Island ................... 9 11 8 1,239 1,068 911 1,274 1,090 627
South Carolina ................. 16 50 19 3,077 7,152 2,147 3,678 9,183 2,276
South Dakota ................... (2) 6 (2) (2) 706 (2) (2) 546 (2)
Tennessee ...................... 20 86 41 4,047 11,207 6,353 3,780 13,230 5,706
Texas .......................... 51 140 82 9,938 35,122 15,289 10,166 33,513 12,343
Utah ........................... 9 27 14 4,563 4,582 2,725 1,801 4,510 2,036
Vermont ........................ 5 10 12 737 1,933 1,609 731 1,906 1,609
Virginia ....................... 14 14 47 1,997 3,141 6,559 1,861 3,261 8,480
Washington ..................... 26 59 54 3,113 13,363 10,361 3,797 13,668 7,484
West Virginia .................. 7 14 17 894 3,927 3,186 763 2,589 2,259
Wisconsin ...................... 35 91 71 5,901 20,313 11,409 6,194 23,796 11,449
Wyoming ........................ (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Puerto Rico .................... 13 20 6 1,310 2,623 597 3,469 4,712 1,381
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.
