Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics

 

Civilian labor force in states in the Middle Atlantic and South Atlantic divisions,
seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area

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United States
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 153,613 154,057 153,937 153,887 274 0.2

Northeast region
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 28,145.6 28,166.5 28,198.7 28,217.8 72.2 0.3

Middle Atlantic division
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 20,368.0 20,434.9 20,449.1 20,455.9 87.8 0.4

New Jersey
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 4,472.5 4,542.2 4,552.3 (P) 4,554.6 (P) 82.1 (P) 1.8

New York
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 9,574.9 9,540.6 9,549.5 (P) 9,555.3 (P) -19.7 (P) -0.2

Pennsylvania
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 6,326.2 6,354.7 6,353.3 (P) 6,350.7 (P) 24.5 (P) 0.4

South region
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 55,272.3 55,614.9 55,654.7 55,680.7 408.4 0.7

South Atlantic division
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 29,282.4 29,415.9 29,434.6 29,458.4 176.0 0.6

Delaware
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 422.6 426.5 427.8 (P) 429.1 (P) 6.5 (P) 1.5

District of Columbia
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 331.2 333.3 334.1 (P) 335.5 (P) 4.3 (P) 1.3

Florida
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 9,280.1 9,229.3 9,229.5 (P) 9,233.1 (P) -47.1 (P) -0.5

Georgia
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 4,685.7 4,742.5 4,747.1 (P) 4,750.8 (P) 65.1 (P) 1.4

Maryland
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 2,979.5 2,992.7 2,997.8 (P) 3,001.0 (P) 21.5 (P) 0.7

North Carolina
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 4,461.7 4,506.2 4,503.2 (P) 4,507.5 (P) 45.8 (P) 1.0

South Carolina
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 2,164.1 2,169.7 2,165.3 (P) 2,162.1 (P) -2.0 (P) -0.1

Virginia
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 4,182.6 4,243.6 4,251.0 (P) 4,259.5 (P) 76.9 (P) 1.8

West Virginia
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 778.9 778.3 778.4 (P) 779.7 (P) 0.8 (P) 0.1

Footnotes
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SOURCE: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
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Unemployed in states in the Middle Atlantic and South Atlantic divisions,
seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area

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United States
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 14,393 13,759 13,323 13,097 -1,296 -9.0

Northeast region
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 2,373.6 2,272.9 2,240.3 2,225.0 -148.6 -6.3

Middle Atlantic division
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 1,731.1 1,685.8 1,670.8 1,665.3 -65.8 -3.8

New Jersey
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 407.3 415.0 413.2 (P) 410.7 (P) 3.4 (P) 0.8

New York
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 788.1 756.6 759.5 (P) 768.2 (P) -19.8 (P) -2.5

Pennsylvania
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 535.3 512.8 499.3 (P) 485.3 (P) -49.9 (P) -9.3

South region
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 5,127.5 4,998.2 4,814.8 4,690.9 -436.6 -8.5

South Atlantic division
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 2,904.8 2,759.6 2,659.5 2,612.8 -292.0 -10.1

Delaware
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 35.8 33.7 32.6 (P) 31.9 (P) -3.9 (P) -10.8

District of Columbia
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 31.9 36.6 35.4 (P) 34.8 (P) 3.0 (P) 9.3

Florida
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 1,110.6 955.5 926.7 (P) 912.9 (P) -197.7 (P) -17.8

Georgia
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 487.9 482.4 467.1 (P) 459.3 (P) -28.6 (P) -5.9

Maryland
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 219.7 216.3 206.2 (P) 201.3 (P) -18.4 (P) -8.4

North Carolina
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 437.2 467.8 451.6 (P) 446.4 (P) 9.2 (P) 2.1

South Carolina
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 236.0 228.0 214.0 (P) 206.5 (P) -29.5 (P) -12.5

Virginia
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 276.1 272.8 264.2 (P) 262.5 (P) -13.6 (P) -4.9

West Virginia
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 75.6 63.6 61.4 (P) 61.7 (P) -14.0 (P) -18.5

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

SOURCE: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
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Unemployment rates in states in the Middle Atlantic and South Atlantic divisions,
seasonally adjusted (in percent)
Area

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United States
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 9.4 8.9 8.7 8.5 -0.9

Northeast region
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 8.4 8.1 7.9 7.9 -0.5

Middle Atlantic division
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 8.5 8.2 8.2 8.1 -0.4

New Jersey
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 9.1 9.1 9.1 (P) 9.0 (P) -0.1

New York
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 8.2 7.9 8.0 (P) 8.0 (P) -0.2

Pennsylvania
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 8.5 8.1 7.9 (P) 7.6 (P) -0.9

South region
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 9.3 9.0 8.7 8.4 -0.9

South Atlantic division
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 9.9 9.4 9.0 8.9 -1.0

Delaware
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 8.5 7.9 7.6 (P) 7.4 (P) -1.1

District of Columbia
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 9.6 11.0 10.6 (P) 10.4 (P) 0.8

Florida
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 12.0 10.4 10.0 (P) 9.9 (P) -2.1

Georgia
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 10.4 10.2 9.8 (P) 9.7 (P) -0.7

Maryland
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 7.4 7.2 6.9 (P) 6.7 (P) -0.7

North Carolina
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 9.8 10.4 10.0 (P) 9.9 (P) 0.1

South Carolina
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 10.9 10.5 9.9 (P) 9.5 (P) -1.4

Virginia
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 6.6 6.4 6.2 (P) 6.2 (P) -0.4

West Virginia
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 9.7 8.2 7.9 (P) 7.9 (P) -1.8

Footnotes
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SOURCE: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
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Unemployment rates in states in the Mid-Atlantic region by Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA),
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Delaware

  

Dover, DE
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 8.1 7.4 6.8 (P) 7.2 (P) -0.9

Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ (1)

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 8.5 7.9 7.3 (P) 7.5 (P) -1.0

District of Columbia

  

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
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 5.7 5.7 5.4 (P) 5.5 (P) -0.2

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (1)

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 5.8 5.8 5.5 (P) 5.7 (P) -0.1

Maryland

  

Baltimore-Towson, MD
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 7.4 7.1 6.6 (P) 6.8 (P) -0.6

Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, MD (1)

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 5.3 5.3 4.8 (P) 4.9 (P) -0.4

Cumberland, MD-WV
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 8.7 7.7 7.3 (P) 8.0 (P) -0.7

Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV
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 9.8 8.4 7.9 (P) 8.3 (P) -1.5

Salisbury, MD
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 9.1 8.3 8.3 (P) 8.6 (P) -0.5

Pennsylvania

  

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
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 8.7 8.1 8.1 (P) 7.9 (P) -0.8

Altoona, PA
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 7.3 6.2 6.5 (P) 6.6 (P) -0.7

Erie, PA
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 8.7 7.1 7.4 (P) 7.5 (P) -1.2

Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
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 7.3 6.7 6.8 (P) 6.5 (P) -0.8

Johnstown, PA
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 8.9 7.4 7.7 (P) 7.9 (P) -1.0

Lancaster, PA
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 6.8 6.1 6.3 (P) 6.1 (P) -0.7

Lebanon, PA
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 6.8 5.9 6.0 (P) 5.8 (P) -1.0

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE
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 8.4 8.1 8.1 (P) 7.9 (P) -0.5

Philadelphia, PA (1)

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 8.1 7.8 7.9 (P) 7.6 (P) -0.5

Philadelphia City, PA
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 10.5 10.6 10.5 (P) 10.1 (P) -0.4

Pittsburgh, PA
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 7.5 6.4 6.6 (P) 6.6 (P) -0.9

Reading, PA
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 8.4 7.4 7.5 (P) 7.3 (P) -1.1

Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA
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 9.2 8.5 8.6 (P) 8.5 (P) -0.7

State College, PA
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 5.7 4.7 4.9 (P) 5.0 (P) -0.7

Williamsport, PA
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 8.3 7.0 7.1 (P) 7.2 (P) -1.1

York-Hanover, PA
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 8.0 7.1 7.3 (P) 7.1 (P) -0.9

Virginia

  

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
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 7.2 6.5 5.9 (P) 6.3 (P) -0.9

Charlottesville, VA
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 5.2 5.0 4.6 (P) 5.0 (P) -0.2

Danville, VA
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 10.2 8.9 8.5 (P) 8.9 (P) -1.3

Harrisonburg, VA
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 6.0 5.6 5.3 (P) 5.6 (P) -0.4

Lynchburg, VA
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 7.0 6.5 6.1 (P) 6.5 (P) -0.5

Richmond, VA
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 7.2 6.8 6.5 (P) 6.8 (P) -0.4

Roanoke, VA
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 6.9 6.2 6.0 (P) 6.4 (P) -0.5

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
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 7.0 7.0 6.7 (P) 7.1 (P) 0.1

Winchester, VA-WV
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 7.0 6.2 6.0 (P) 6.4 (P) -0.6

West Virginia

  

Charleston, WV
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 8.7 6.8 6.4 (P) 7.0 (P) -1.7

Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
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 8.8 7.9 7.4 (P) 7.7 (P) -1.1

Morgantown, WV
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 6.4 5.2 4.9 (P) 5.5 (P) -0.9

Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH
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 9.4 7.6 7.2 (P) 8.0 (P) -1.4

Wheeling, WV-OH
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 9.6 7.6 7.2 (P) 7.3 (P) -2.3

Footnotes
(1) Metropolitan Division
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SOURCE: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
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Nonfarm wage and salary employment in the states in the Middle Atlantic and South Atlantic divisions,
seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
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United States
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 130,346 131,806 131,963 (P) 132,166 (P) 1,820 (P) 1.4

Middle Atlantic division

  

New Jersey
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 3,844.7 3,870.7 3,880.7 (P) 3,881.1 (P) 36.4 (P) 0.9

New York
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 8,557.9 8,634.4 8,658.4 (P) 8,644.4 (P) 86.5 (P) 1.0

Pennsylvania
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 5,639.9 5,694.9 5,692.6 (P) 5,699.1 (P) 59.2 (P) 1.0

South Atlantic division

  

Delaware
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 413.7 412.7 410.4 (P) 410.9 (P) -2.8 (P) -0.7

District of Columbia
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 714.1 714.4 718.1 (P) 721.2 (P) 7.1 (P) 1.0

Florida
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 7,177.6 7,273.2 7,284.2 (P) 7,291.5 (P) 113.9 (P) 1.6

Georgia
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 3,823.7 3,797.6 3,806.1 (P) 3,809.8 (P) -13.9 (P) -0.4

Maryland
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 2,513.4 2,533.0 2,535.5 (P) 2,538.6 (P) 25.2 (P) 1.0

North Carolina
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 3,856.9 3,873.0 3,880.9 (P) 3,876.5 (P) 19.6 (P) 0.5

South Carolina
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 1,812.3 1,822.8 1,831.9 (P) 1,832.2 (P) 19.9 (P) 1.1

Virginia
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 3,626.5 3,655.8 3,655.3 (P) 3,663.1 (P) 36.6 (P) 1.0

West Virginia
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 744.5 753.9 755.5 (P) 754.5 (P) 10.0 (P) 1.3

Footnotes
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SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics - National - State and Metropolitan Area
The Current Employment Statistics (CES) Survey is a monthly survey of business establishments which provides estimates of employment, hours, and earnings data by industry for the nation as a whole, all States, and most major metropolitan areas since 1939. The CES survey is a Federal-State cooperative program in which State employment security agencies prepare the data using concepts, definitions, and technical procedures prescribed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, states in the Middle Atlantic and South Atlantic divisions,
not seasonally adjusted
Area

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United States
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 1,931 2,433
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 184,130 263,665

Northeast
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 356 450
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 35,601 47,617

Middle Atlantic
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 306 391
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 30,323 40,315

New Jersey
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 49 88
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 6,036 8,098

New York
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 115 117
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 12,383 11,498

Pennsylvania
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 142 186
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 11,904 20,719

South
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 493 602
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 51,554 67,741

South Atlantic
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 287 338
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 27,744 39,895

Delaware
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 6 9
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 429 820

District of Columbia
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Florida
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 92 70
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 7,554 6,239

Georgia
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 42 60
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 4,306 7,507

Maryland
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 9 18
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 611 1,959

North Carolina
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 80 82
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 8,876 11,050

South Carolina
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 26 32
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 2,648 4,612

Virginia
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 30 64
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 3,177 7,450

West Virginia
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 - (1) -

Footnotes
(1) Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.

(-) Zero or data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
SOURCE: Mass Layoff Statistics
Monthly data report summary information on establishments which have at least 50 initial claims for unemployment insurance (UI) filed against them during a 5-week period. Data are available for 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, as well as by industry.
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