TABLE 8: Total separations 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 -250 301 Alabama -0.2 0.6 -1 13 Alaska 0.4 0.9 1 3 Arizona -0.4 0.7 -10 19 Arkansas -0.4 0.7 -5 9 California -0.5 0.4 YES -83 68 YES Colorado -0.2 0.7 -2 18 Connecticut 0.6 0.6 11 10 YES Delaware -0.5 0.9 -2 4 District of Columbia -0.8 0.9 -6 7 Florida -0.1 0.5 -2 41 Georgia -1.3 0.6 YES -60 26 YES Hawaii 0.1 0.9 1 5 Idaho 0.3 0.8 3 6 Illinois -0.5 0.5 YES -30 28 YES Indiana -0.6 0.6 -17 20 Iowa -0.1 0.6 -1 9 Kansas -0.4 0.6 -4 9 Kentucky -0.6 0.7 -10 13 Louisiana -1.0 0.7 YES -18 13 YES Maine 0.6 0.8 5 5 YES Maryland -0.6 0.7 -18 18 Massachusetts 0.1 0.5 3 18 Michigan 0.1 0.5 6 23 Minnesota 0.6 0.5 YES 19 15 YES Mississippi -0.5 0.7 -5 8 Missouri 0.4 0.6 12 17 Montana 0.5 0.9 3 4 Nebraska 0.3 0.7 3 7 Nevada 0.6 0.9 10 12 New Hampshire 0.8 0.8 YES 5 5 New Jersey -0.1 0.5 -2 21 New Mexico -0.4 0.7 -3 6 New York 0.0 0.4 1 34 North Carolina -0.7 0.6 YES -30 26 YES North Dakota 0.1 0.8 0 4 Ohio 0.0 0.5 5 26 Oklahoma -0.8 0.7 YES -12 11 YES Oregon 0.3 0.7 4 13 Pennsylvania 0.4 0.4 22 25 Rhode Island 0.9 0.9 YES 5 5 YES South Carolina 0.0 0.7 2 15 South Dakota -0.1 0.8 0 3 Tennessee -0.3 0.7 -9 21 Texas -0.2 0.4 -23 54 Utah 0.4 0.8 7 12 Vermont 0.4 0.9 2 3 Virginia -0.1 0.6 -2 24 Washington -0.2 0.6 -7 20 West Virginia -1.4 0.8 YES -9 5 YES Wisconsin 0.5 0.5 16 16 Wyoming -0.1 1.0 0 3