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
III II III III II III III II III
2008r 2009r 2009p 2008r 2009r 2009p 2008r 2009r 2009p
Total, private nonfarm (1) . 1,581 3,396 1,776 290,453 650,679 277,924 304,340 727,494 266,938
Alabama ........................ 9 35 10 2,769 10,345 1,506 3,044 11,110 1,514
Alaska ......................... 3 14 7 3,460 3,901 3,406 1,331 2,901 1,415
Arizona ........................ 9 41 20 1,255 7,656 3,271 1,211 7,456 2,432
Arkansas ....................... 7 21 3 1,398 4,190 168 1,357 3,567 229
California ..................... 465 804 577 70,397 143,313 87,904 79,585 154,900 83,661
Colorado ....................... 7 34 13 1,229 8,928 2,012 686 4,882 1,649
Connecticut .................... 11 27 12 1,724 5,433 1,625 1,394 4,895 1,162
Delaware ....................... - 11 (2) - 1,354 (2) - 1,376 (2)
District of Columbia ........... - 4 - - 405 - - 405 -
Florida ........................ 127 190 87 31,391 42,566 25,263 26,565 38,857 16,186
Georgia ........................ 22 34 20 3,635 6,137 2,998 4,614 11,685 2,933
Hawaii ......................... 7 10 6 840 1,343 740 1,112 1,315 725
Idaho .......................... 14 7 7 2,111 1,447 826 2,020 828 1,034
Illinois ....................... 97 196 106 19,992 42,599 16,263 18,565 52,248 26,712
Indiana ........................ 57 87 34 10,363 16,931 3,811 15,216 19,375 5,017
Iowa ........................... 10 25 12 1,220 3,091 1,748 3,466 7,237 3,050
Kansas ......................... 8 25 21 710 7,549 2,305 754 10,206 2,315
Kentucky ....................... 22 62 19 3,578 7,759 4,363 3,079 8,386 1,867
Louisiana ...................... 41 52 20 6,540 9,699 3,134 6,085 8,503 2,153
Maine .......................... 3 11 (2) 267 2,729 (2) 187 1,861 (2)
Maryland ....................... 10 19 3 1,238 2,530 264 1,132 2,239 294
Massachusetts .................. 21 30 21 2,553 5,326 2,815 2,897 5,895 2,422
Michigan ....................... 41 121 59 5,852 23,040 6,695 7,933 56,049 6,954
Minnesota ...................... 11 73 35 2,219 10,113 4,983 2,128 12,732 4,140
Mississippi .................... 14 16 7 2,330 2,845 550 1,660 1,937 607
Missouri ....................... 31 75 32 4,746 14,530 6,867 4,127 13,741 4,631
Montana ........................ 4 12 (2) 390 2,145 (2) 348 1,564 (2)
Nebraska ....................... (2) 9 4 (2) 2,237 740 (2) 1,622 360
Nevada ......................... 22 55 32 4,421 9,430 4,557 4,979 12,278 5,582
New Hampshire .................. (2) 7 4 (2) 1,275 431 (2) 1,354 331
New Jersey ..................... 49 112 63 8,784 27,423 10,009 6,741 24,096 6,670
New Mexico ..................... 8 29 9 1,431 4,316 698 1,429 3,338 608
New York ....................... 118 162 108 27,856 31,221 18,955 22,463 33,173 16,692
North Carolina ................. 14 51 29 1,378 13,137 3,694 3,421 17,289 4,470
North Dakota ................... (2) 10 3 (2) 2,160 476 (2) 2,160 536
Ohio ........................... 49 178 75 10,187 43,243 12,533 9,847 39,713 13,812
Oklahoma ....................... 5 17 7 2,549 2,996 805 1,179 2,950 493
Oregon ......................... 19 57 26 4,494 11,445 2,791 4,627 13,707 4,505
Pennsylvania ................... 98 248 123 18,760 37,670 17,323 22,213 50,117 19,768
Rhode Island ................... (2) 7 3 (2) 821 186 (2) 835 193
South Carolina ................. 12 34 14 3,743 7,104 1,571 3,659 7,671 1,571
South Dakota ................... - (2) (2) - (2) (2) - (2) (2)
Tennessee ...................... 31 41 19 4,148 6,858 2,666 7,837 7,122 1,950
Texas .......................... 51 93 34 10,335 17,037 5,230 12,683 17,073 4,332
Utah ........................... (2) 14 8 (2) 2,725 978 (2) 2,201 1,724
Vermont ........................ (2) 12 5 (2) 1,642 628 (2) 1,642 567
Virginia ....................... 6 47 13 862 7,130 1,364 936 10,377 1,330
Washington ..................... 21 55 41 3,528 11,817 5,808 2,843 10,607 5,610
West Virginia .................. (2) 23 5 (2) 3,716 638 (2) 2,841 452
Wisconsin ...................... 15 96 14 3,928 16,342 1,529 7,679 18,732 1,624
Wyoming ........................ (2) (2) - (2) (2) - (2) (2) -
Puerto Rico .................... 12 10 14 1,118 1,184 915 2,477 2,526 1,853
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.
