TABLE 7: Hires estimated rate and level changes between February 2023 and February 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. -0.2 0.2 -209 321 Alabama -0.3 0.7 -3 14 Alaska 0.3 0.9 1 3 Arizona -0.3 0.7 -7 20 Arkansas -0.3 0.7 -3 9 California -0.2 0.4 -41 68 Colorado -0.4 0.6 -9 18 Connecticut 0.4 0.6 6 10 Delaware -0.3 0.9 -2 4 District of Columbia 0.1 1.0 1 7 Florida 0.6 0.5 YES 62 41 YES Georgia -0.5 0.6 -23 25 Hawaii -0.1 0.9 0 5 Idaho 0.0 0.8 1 6 Illinois -1.1 0.5 YES -67 30 YES Indiana -1.1 0.6 YES -35 20 YES Iowa -0.3 0.6 -4 9 Kansas -0.5 0.6 -6 9 Kentucky -0.6 0.7 -12 13 Louisiana -0.4 0.7 -8 13 Maine 0.4 0.8 3 5 Maryland -0.2 0.7 -8 18 Massachusetts -0.3 0.5 -9 19 Michigan -0.2 0.6 -4 24 Minnesota 0.0 0.5 2 16 Mississippi -0.6 0.7 -7 8 Missouri 0.3 0.6 12 17 Montana -0.1 0.9 0 4 Nebraska -0.8 0.7 YES -8 8 YES Nevada 0.2 0.9 5 12 New Hampshire 0.1 0.8 1 6 New Jersey 0.1 0.5 4 19 New Mexico -0.4 0.8 -3 7 New York -0.6 0.4 YES -56 34 YES North Carolina -0.2 0.6 -5 28 North Dakota -0.2 0.8 0 4 Ohio 0.5 0.5 YES 29 25 YES Oklahoma 0.1 0.7 4 12 Oregon 0.0 0.7 -1 13 Pennsylvania 0.2 0.4 11 25 Rhode Island 0.4 0.9 2 4 South Carolina -0.5 0.7 -8 15 South Dakota -0.1 0.7 0 3 Tennessee 1.0 0.7 YES 33 21 YES Texas -0.2 0.4 -23 56 Utah -0.3 0.8 -4 13 Vermont 0.0 0.9 0 3 Virginia 0.0 0.6 5 24 Washington -0.2 0.6 -8 20 West Virginia 0.0 0.8 1 6 Wisconsin -0.5 0.6 -15 16 Wyoming 0.0 0.9 0 3