TABLE 7: Hires estimated rate and level changes between May 2023 and May 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. -0.4 0.2 YES -399 321 YES Alabama -0.7 0.7 YES -14 13 YES Alaska -1.1 0.9 YES -3 3 YES Arizona -0.5 0.6 -13 20 Arkansas -0.4 0.7 -4 9 California -0.3 0.4 -39 70 Colorado 0.0 0.6 3 18 Connecticut -0.4 0.6 -6 10 Delaware -0.6 0.8 -3 4 District of Columbia -0.3 0.9 -2 7 Florida -0.2 0.5 -13 45 Georgia -0.8 0.6 YES -38 27 YES Hawaii 0.0 0.8 0 5 Idaho 0.1 0.8 2 6 Illinois -0.1 0.5 -3 30 Indiana -0.9 0.6 YES -28 19 YES Iowa -0.5 0.6 -7 9 Kansas -0.1 0.6 -2 9 Kentucky -0.4 0.6 -7 13 Louisiana -1.3 0.7 YES -26 13 YES Maine 0.0 0.8 0 5 Maryland -0.3 0.7 -9 18 Massachusetts -1.0 0.5 YES -34 20 YES Michigan 0.4 0.5 18 23 Minnesota -0.6 0.5 YES -17 16 YES Mississippi -0.3 0.7 -3 8 Missouri -0.2 0.6 -3 17 Montana 0.0 0.9 1 4 Nebraska -0.3 0.7 -2 7 Nevada 0.2 0.9 7 13 New Hampshire -0.9 0.8 YES -5 6 New Jersey -0.6 0.5 YES -25 21 YES New Mexico 0.2 0.8 2 7 New York -0.1 0.4 -2 35 North Carolina -0.5 0.6 -24 29 North Dakota -0.4 0.8 -1 3 Ohio 0.3 0.5 18 26 Oklahoma -0.3 0.7 -4 12 Oregon -0.5 0.6 -10 13 Pennsylvania -0.4 0.4 -25 26 Rhode Island -0.4 0.9 -2 4 South Carolina -0.1 0.7 3 15 South Dakota -0.3 0.7 -1 3 Tennessee 0.5 0.7 17 21 Texas -0.7 0.4 YES -76 59 YES Utah 0.1 0.7 4 12 Vermont -0.4 0.8 -1 3 Virginia 0.2 0.6 12 25 Washington -0.4 0.6 -13 21 West Virginia -0.9 0.8 YES -6 5 YES Wisconsin -0.7 0.5 YES -19 16 YES Wyoming 0.2 0.9 1 3