Table 5. State distribution: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance,
private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2010 and 2011
Initial claimants for
Layoff events Separations unemployment insurance
State
III II III III II III III II III
2010 2011r 2011p 2010 2011r 2011p 2010r 2011r 2011p
Total, private nonfarm (1) . 1,370 1,810 1,226 222,357 317,422 184,493 260,077 341,245 181,777
Alabama ........................ 11 21 6 2,618 3,683 1,063 2,995 3,868 1,062
Alaska ......................... 10 11 4 3,621 3,110 1,673 3,381 2,346 563
Arizona ........................ 9 31 9 1,841 5,519 765 1,671 5,164 1,178
Arkansas ....................... 5 25 7 643 2,982 728 957 5,214 580
California ..................... 442 388 461 71,620 66,846 75,420 95,616 82,319 82,294
Colorado ....................... 11 18 9 1,508 8,337 1,272 1,235 2,967 932
Connecticut .................... 9 27 5 2,847 5,202 659 1,997 4,251 450
Delaware ....................... (2) 10 3 (2) 1,289 399 (2) 1,177 739
District of Columbia ........... (2) 5 (2) (2) 672 (2) (2) 672 (2)
Florida ........................ 73 75 36 15,456 14,755 6,678 14,023 14,141 5,906
Georgia ........................ 12 48 26 1,406 4,693 2,595 2,396 9,705 3,052
Hawaii ......................... 5 4 - 710 413 - 567 503 -
Idaho .......................... 3 12 4 226 1,967 453 289 1,516 361
Illinois ....................... 68 109 67 10,397 25,506 12,571 12,527 24,589 10,093
Indiana ........................ 11 35 14 870 3,805 1,972 1,445 6,869 4,028
Iowa ........................... 4 10 5 662 1,422 725 535 1,885 652
Kansas ......................... 8 17 7 978 1,930 791 1,190 2,093 794
Kentucky ....................... 13 30 17 4,509 3,133 2,510 2,009 3,598 2,041
Louisiana ...................... 12 40 16 1,434 8,710 2,405 1,244 5,540 1,731
Maine .......................... (2) 12 (2) (2) 2,423 (2) (2) 1,730 (2)
Maryland ....................... 20 13 4 4,707 2,602 1,275 3,633 1,643 1,080
Massachusetts .................. 18 17 16 2,151 2,975 2,466 2,255 2,368 1,656
Michigan ....................... 13 50 26 966 6,605 4,309 1,547 7,791 3,768
Minnesota ...................... 9 24 14 965 4,240 1,980 1,099 3,920 1,399
Mississippi .................... 14 6 11 2,268 1,312 1,352 1,527 1,146 1,118
Missouri ....................... 14 43 19 6,026 8,372 3,488 2,582 7,920 2,620
Montana ........................ (2) 10 (2) (2) 1,205 (2) (2) 990 (2)
Nebraska ....................... 4 8 4 697 1,088 542 414 1,104 358
Nevada ......................... 6 13 6 775 3,527 1,484 1,035 2,125 868
New Hampshire .................. - 4 3 - 2,174 335 - 1,111 220
New Jersey ..................... 52 66 59 7,749 12,969 6,471 7,442 14,274 6,280
New Mexico ..................... 7 17 12 1,066 2,960 1,867 1,206 2,089 1,090
New York ....................... 230 97 116 32,885 12,986 12,732 41,037 22,128 14,284
North Carolina (3) ............. 20 17 24 1,464 1,341 3,241 5,639 4,160 3,121
North Dakota ................... (2) (2) - (2) (2) - (2) (2) -
Ohio ........................... 32 80 36 5,686 13,134 5,104 5,380 13,296 3,722
Oklahoma ....................... 3 12 (2) 927 1,717 (2) 513 1,614 (2)
Oregon ......................... 19 37 14 3,122 7,789 1,997 3,408 7,789 1,997
Pennsylvania ................... 70 121 52 7,776 18,402 5,336 12,223 22,865 6,343
Rhode Island ................... 3 7 (2) 274 1,995 (2) 258 2,011 (2)
South Carolina ................. 15 12 10 1,978 3,167 1,212 2,043 1,854 1,102
South Dakota ................... - (2) - - (2) - - (2) -
Tennessee ...................... 13 15 20 2,219 2,084 4,673 4,028 2,914 3,068
Texas .......................... 29 48 25 5,012 8,485 3,629 5,976 10,791 3,741
Utah ........................... 4 14 3 3,200 5,955 258 675 1,580 259
Vermont ........................ (2) 16 5 (2) 2,581 650 (2) 2,192 651
Virginia ....................... 11 30 8 1,445 4,417 998 1,662 4,713 902
Washington ..................... 27 36 13 3,172 4,249 1,708 4,788 5,311 2,203
West Virginia .................. (2) 10 (2) (2) 1,571 (2) (2) 1,264 (2)
Wisconsin ...................... 20 54 21 3,024 9,353 3,219 4,442 9,471 2,481
Wyoming ........................ (2) (2) - (2) (2) - (2) (2) -
Puerto Rico .................... 16 13 12 1,591 1,876 1,853 3,389 2,774 2,998
1 See footnote 1, table 1.
2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
3 Data starting in November 2010 may not be comparable to prior data due to a change in MLS unemployment insurance
input procedures.
r = revised.
p = preliminary.
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
