TABLE 7: Hires estimated rate and level changes between July 2023 and July 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 -253 321 Alabama -1.1 0.7 YES -21 13 YES Alaska 0.5 0.9 2 3 Arizona 0.2 0.6 12 20 Arkansas -0.8 0.7 YES -9 9 California -0.4 0.4 -71 70 YES Colorado 1.5 0.6 YES 46 18 YES Connecticut 0.5 0.6 8 10 Delaware -1.0 0.8 YES -5 4 YES District of Columbia -0.8 0.9 -6 7 Florida -0.7 0.5 YES -55 45 YES Georgia -1.3 0.6 YES -61 27 YES Hawaii 0.8 0.8 5 5 Idaho 0.3 0.8 3 6 Illinois 0.4 0.5 27 30 Indiana 0.1 0.6 6 19 Iowa 0.0 0.6 2 9 Kansas -0.2 0.6 -2 9 Kentucky -0.4 0.6 -6 13 Louisiana -2.3 0.7 YES -43 13 YES Maine 0.7 0.8 6 5 YES Maryland -0.7 0.7 YES -21 18 YES Massachusetts 0.0 0.5 2 20 Michigan 0.3 0.5 15 23 Minnesota 0.2 0.5 7 16 Mississippi -1.0 0.7 YES -12 8 YES Missouri 0.1 0.6 4 17 Montana 0.6 0.9 5 4 YES Nebraska 0.2 0.7 3 7 Nevada 0.2 0.9 5 13 New Hampshire 0.0 0.8 0 6 New Jersey 0.0 0.5 1 21 New Mexico 0.0 0.8 1 7 New York 0.1 0.4 23 35 North Carolina -0.4 0.6 -17 29 North Dakota 0.1 0.8 1 3 Ohio -0.2 0.5 -11 26 Oklahoma -0.8 0.7 YES -12 12 YES Oregon 0.4 0.6 7 13 Pennsylvania 0.7 0.4 YES 44 26 YES Rhode Island 0.6 0.9 4 4 South Carolina -0.7 0.7 YES -12 15 South Dakota 0.1 0.7 0 3 Tennessee -1.0 0.7 YES -31 21 YES Texas -0.7 0.4 YES -86 59 YES Utah 0.0 0.7 2 12 Vermont 0.7 0.8 3 3 YES Virginia -0.7 0.6 YES -24 25 Washington 0.2 0.6 8 21 West Virginia -0.6 0.8 -4 5 Wisconsin 0.1 0.5 4 16 Wyoming 0.3 0.9 1 3