TABLE 3: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between October 2023 and November 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 -292 279 YES Alabama -0.1 0.6 -2 13 Alaska 0.0 0.9 0 3 Arizona 0.2 0.7 6 19 Arkansas -0.1 0.7 -2 9 California 0.1 0.4 9 68 Colorado 0.2 0.7 5 18 Connecticut -0.6 0.6 -9 10 Delaware -0.8 0.9 -4 4 YES District of Columbia -0.1 0.9 -1 7 Florida -0.1 0.5 -3 41 Georgia -0.4 0.6 -21 26 Hawaii 0.2 0.9 1 5 Idaho 0.7 0.8 6 6 YES Illinois -0.3 0.5 -18 28 Indiana 0.4 0.6 14 20 Iowa 0.1 0.6 3 9 Kansas 0.5 0.6 8 9 Kentucky -0.1 0.7 -2 13 Louisiana -1.2 0.7 YES -23 13 YES Maine -1.1 0.8 YES -7 5 YES Maryland -0.8 0.7 YES -21 18 YES Massachusetts -0.5 0.5 -18 18 YES Michigan 0.4 0.5 19 23 Minnesota 0.3 0.5 10 15 Mississippi -0.4 0.7 -5 8 Missouri -0.1 0.6 -5 17 Montana -0.2 0.9 -1 4 Nebraska 0.5 0.7 6 7 Nevada 0.3 0.9 5 12 New Hampshire -1.0 0.8 YES -7 5 YES New Jersey -1.1 0.5 YES -47 21 YES New Mexico 0.1 0.7 1 6 New York -0.2 0.4 -15 34 North Carolina -1.0 0.6 YES -45 26 YES North Dakota 1.2 0.8 YES 5 4 YES Ohio -0.3 0.5 -13 26 Oklahoma -0.6 0.7 -10 11 Oregon 0.1 0.7 0 13 Pennsylvania -1.0 0.4 YES -60 25 YES Rhode Island -0.6 0.9 -3 5 South Carolina -1.0 0.7 YES -21 15 YES South Dakota 1.3 0.8 YES 6 3 YES Tennessee -0.7 0.7 YES -24 21 YES Texas -0.1 0.4 -20 54 Utah 0.4 0.8 7 12 Vermont -0.7 0.9 -2 3 Virginia -0.3 0.6 -14 24 Washington 0.6 0.6 YES 21 20 YES West Virginia -0.6 0.8 -4 5 Wisconsin 0.4 0.5 10 16 Wyoming 0.3 1.0 1 3