TABLE 8: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between March 2023 and March 2024, and test of significance, not seasonally adjusted Rates Levels (in thousands) ===== ===================== Estimated Minimum Pass test of Estimated Minimum Pass test of over-the-year significant significance over-the-year significant significance STATE change change* change change* Total U.S. -0.5 0.2 YES -731 301 YES Alabama -0.2 0.6 -2 13 Alaska 1.6 0.9 YES 5 3 YES Arizona -1.0 0.7 YES -30 19 YES Arkansas -1.1 0.7 YES -15 9 YES California -0.9 0.4 YES -159 68 YES Colorado -0.9 0.7 YES -25 18 YES Connecticut -0.3 0.6 -4 10 Delaware -1.0 0.9 YES -5 4 YES District of Columbia -0.2 0.9 -2 7 Florida -0.1 0.5 1 41 Georgia -1.6 0.6 YES -75 26 YES Hawaii 0.1 0.9 1 5 Idaho 0.2 0.8 2 6 Illinois -0.3 0.5 -22 28 Indiana -0.6 0.6 -17 20 Iowa -0.4 0.6 -4 9 Kansas -0.2 0.6 -2 9 Kentucky -1.1 0.7 YES -21 13 YES Louisiana -1.8 0.7 YES -35 13 YES Maine -0.1 0.8 0 5 Maryland -1.1 0.7 YES -27 18 YES Massachusetts -0.2 0.5 -11 18 Michigan -0.1 0.5 -4 23 Minnesota -0.4 0.5 -12 15 Mississippi -1.1 0.7 YES -13 8 YES Missouri -0.4 0.6 -12 17 Montana 0.0 0.9 1 4 Nebraska -0.4 0.7 -3 7 Nevada -0.4 0.9 -5 12 New Hampshire -1.1 0.8 YES -7 5 YES New Jersey -0.5 0.5 -19 21 New Mexico -0.4 0.7 -3 6 New York 0.3 0.4 38 34 YES North Carolina -0.9 0.6 YES -38 26 YES North Dakota -0.1 0.8 0 4 Ohio -0.3 0.5 -14 26 Oklahoma -0.4 0.7 -6 11 Oregon -0.1 0.7 -3 13 Pennsylvania 0.0 0.4 1 25 Rhode Island -0.7 0.9 -3 5 South Carolina -1.5 0.7 YES -32 15 YES South Dakota -0.4 0.8 -2 3 Tennessee -1.0 0.7 YES -32 21 YES Texas -0.5 0.4 YES -60 54 YES Utah 0.0 0.8 1 12 Vermont -0.4 0.9 -1 3 Virginia -0.6 0.6 -22 24 Washington -0.9 0.6 YES -33 20 YES West Virginia -0.7 0.8 -4 5 Wisconsin -0.2 0.5 -4 16 Wyoming 0.4 1.0 1 3