TABLE 3: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between April 2023 and May 2023, and test of significance, seasonally adjusted Rates Levels (in thousands) ===== ===================== Estimated Minimum Pass test of Estimated Minimum Pass test of over-the-month significant significance over-the-month significant significance STATE change change* change change* Total U.S. 0.2 0.2 211 279 Alabama 1.2 0.6 YES 25 13 YES Alaska -2.5 0.9 YES -8 3 YES Arizona -0.6 0.7 -20 19 YES Arkansas 0.6 0.7 9 9 YES California 0.1 0.4 20 68 Colorado -0.2 0.7 -5 18 Connecticut 0.4 0.6 7 10 Delaware 1.5 0.9 YES 7 4 YES District of Columbia 0.6 0.9 5 7 Florida 0.0 0.5 6 41 Georgia 1.0 0.6 YES 48 26 YES Hawaii 0.3 0.9 2 5 Idaho -0.8 0.8 YES -7 6 YES Illinois -0.6 0.5 YES -34 28 YES Indiana -0.4 0.6 -11 20 Iowa -0.7 0.6 YES -11 9 YES Kansas -0.7 0.6 YES -10 9 YES Kentucky 0.3 0.7 6 13 Louisiana 0.9 0.7 YES 19 13 YES Maine 1.1 0.8 YES 7 5 YES Maryland 0.2 0.7 5 18 Massachusetts -0.2 0.5 -8 18 Michigan 0.3 0.5 14 23 Minnesota -0.1 0.5 -2 15 Mississippi 0.9 0.7 YES 10 8 YES Missouri -0.1 0.6 -2 17 Montana -0.2 0.9 -1 4 Nebraska -0.4 0.7 -5 7 Nevada 0.0 0.9 0 12 New Hampshire 0.5 0.8 4 5 New Jersey -0.5 0.5 -22 21 YES New Mexico -0.2 0.7 -2 6 New York 0.6 0.4 YES 61 34 YES North Carolina 0.1 0.6 2 26 North Dakota -1.2 0.8 YES -5 4 YES Ohio -0.2 0.5 -11 26 Oklahoma 0.2 0.7 4 11 Oregon -0.2 0.7 -3 13 Pennsylvania 0.2 0.4 15 25 Rhode Island 0.5 0.9 2 5 South Carolina 0.4 0.7 11 15 South Dakota -1.1 0.8 YES -5 3 YES Tennessee 0.4 0.7 14 21 Texas 0.6 0.4 YES 76 54 YES Utah 0.6 0.8 12 12 YES Vermont 0.9 0.9 YES 3 3 YES Virginia -0.1 0.6 -4 24 Washington -0.2 0.6 -9 20 West Virginia 0.0 0.8 0 5 Wisconsin 0.1 0.5 1 16 Wyoming 0.0 1.0 0 3