TABLE 10: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between August 2022 and August 2023, 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. 0.1 0.1 91 198 Alabama 0.1 0.4 1 8 Alaska -0.7 0.6 YES -2 2 Arizona -0.1 0.4 -1 11 Arkansas 0.0 0.4 -1 6 California -0.2 0.2 YES -32 33 Colorado -0.6 0.4 YES -15 12 YES Connecticut 0.5 0.4 YES 8 7 YES Delaware -0.1 0.6 0 3 District of Columbia -0.1 0.5 -1 4 Florida -0.5 0.3 YES -37 22 YES Georgia -0.5 0.3 YES -23 15 YES Hawaii -0.1 0.6 0 4 Idaho -0.1 0.5 -1 4 Illinois 0.7 0.3 YES 41 16 YES Indiana -0.3 0.4 -7 12 Iowa 0.4 0.4 YES 6 6 YES Kansas 0.3 0.4 5 5 Kentucky -0.2 0.4 -4 8 Louisiana 0.0 0.5 1 9 Maine 0.1 0.5 0 3 Maryland -0.1 0.4 -3 11 Massachusetts -0.2 0.3 -6 12 Michigan 0.4 0.3 YES 19 14 YES Minnesota 1.1 0.3 YES 33 10 YES Mississippi -0.4 0.5 -5 6 Missouri 0.0 0.4 0 10 Montana 0.0 0.6 -1 3 Nebraska 0.4 0.4 5 4 YES Nevada -0.1 0.5 -2 7 New Hampshire -0.2 0.5 -1 3 New Jersey 0.0 0.3 0 12 New Mexico -0.1 0.5 0 4 New York 0.5 0.3 YES 56 24 YES North Carolina 0.4 0.4 YES 21 17 YES North Dakota 0.5 0.5 2 2 Ohio 0.0 0.3 0 16 Oklahoma 0.2 0.4 4 7 Oregon -0.1 0.4 -1 8 Pennsylvania 0.0 0.3 0 17 Rhode Island 0.2 0.6 1 3 South Carolina 0.1 0.4 1 9 South Dakota 0.6 0.5 YES 3 2 YES Tennessee -0.4 0.4 -11 13 Texas 0.0 0.2 10 28 Utah 0.2 0.4 3 7 Vermont 0.2 0.6 1 2 Virginia 0.0 0.4 2 14 Washington 0.2 0.4 9 12 West Virginia 0.0 0.5 0 3 Wisconsin 0.6 0.3 YES 16 10 YES Wyoming -0.9 0.8 YES -2 2