TABLE 8: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between December 2024 and December 2025, 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 0.2 230 329 Alabama 0.4 0.7 9 14 Alaska 0.2 0.9 0 3 Arizona 0.0 0.7 2 20 Arkansas 0.3 0.7 4 9 California 0.1 0.4 27 71 Colorado 0.1 0.7 6 19 Connecticut 0.7 0.6 YES 12 11 YES Delaware -0.6 0.9 -3 4 District of Columbia 0.0 0.9 0 7 Florida -0.1 0.5 -8 46 Georgia -0.2 0.6 -10 26 Hawaii -0.1 0.9 -1 6 Idaho 0.9 0.8 YES 9 7 YES Illinois 0.3 0.5 19 28 Indiana 1.5 0.6 YES 50 19 YES Iowa 0.7 0.6 YES 11 10 YES Kansas 0.5 0.6 8 9 Kentucky -0.1 0.7 -1 13 Louisiana 0.4 0.7 9 13 Maine 1.1 0.8 YES 7 5 YES Maryland -0.7 0.7 -19 18 YES Massachusetts 0.2 0.5 7 19 Michigan 0.2 0.5 9 23 Minnesota 0.3 0.5 10 16 Mississippi 0.2 0.8 4 9 Missouri 0.5 0.6 15 17 Montana 0.3 1.0 2 5 Nebraska 0.3 0.7 3 7 Nevada -0.1 0.9 -1 12 New Hampshire 1.1 0.8 YES 7 5 YES New Jersey -0.7 0.5 YES -32 22 YES New Mexico -0.3 0.8 -3 6 New York 0.3 0.4 29 35 North Carolina 0.1 0.6 5 28 North Dakota 0.7 0.8 3 4 Ohio 0.1 0.5 5 27 Oklahoma 0.3 0.7 6 12 Oregon 0.3 0.7 5 13 Pennsylvania 0.4 0.5 28 28 Rhode Island -1.3 0.9 YES -7 5 YES South Carolina -0.4 0.7 -11 15 South Dakota 0.9 0.8 YES 5 4 YES Tennessee -0.7 0.7 -23 21 YES Texas -0.2 0.4 -19 55 Utah 0.3 0.7 7 11 Vermont 1.0 0.9 YES 3 3 Virginia 0.4 0.6 18 25 Washington 0.0 0.6 0 20 West Virginia 0.1 0.8 1 6 Wisconsin 0.7 0.6 YES 22 16 YES Wyoming 0.3 1.1 1 3