TABLE 8: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between June 2022 and June 2023, 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 -455 286 YES Alabama -0.6 0.6 -9 13 Alaska -1.2 0.9 YES -3 3 YES Arizona -1.6 0.7 YES -44 19 YES Arkansas -0.5 0.7 -4 9 California -0.8 0.4 YES -116 68 YES Colorado -0.6 0.7 -14 18 Connecticut 0.0 0.6 1 10 Delaware -0.4 0.9 -1 4 District of Columbia 0.1 0.9 1 7 Florida 0.0 0.5 19 41 Georgia -2.9 0.6 YES -134 26 YES Hawaii -0.6 0.9 -4 5 Idaho -0.8 0.8 YES -6 6 Illinois 0.0 0.5 6 28 Indiana 0.2 0.6 8 20 Iowa 0.1 0.6 3 9 Kansas 1.0 0.6 YES 16 9 YES Kentucky -0.4 0.7 -6 13 Louisiana 0.0 0.7 3 13 Maine -0.9 0.8 YES -6 5 YES Maryland -0.2 0.7 -4 18 Massachusetts -1.3 0.5 YES -44 18 YES Michigan 0.0 0.5 4 23 Minnesota 0.2 0.5 10 15 Mississippi -0.6 0.7 -6 8 Missouri -1.0 0.6 YES -27 17 YES Montana -0.9 0.9 YES -4 4 Nebraska 0.2 0.7 3 7 Nevada -0.8 0.9 -11 12 New Hampshire 0.5 0.8 4 5 New Jersey -0.4 0.5 -14 21 New Mexico -0.9 0.7 YES -5 6 New York -0.2 0.4 -20 34 North Carolina -0.7 0.6 YES -31 26 YES North Dakota 0.4 0.8 2 4 Ohio -0.5 0.5 YES -25 26 Oklahoma -0.7 0.7 YES -10 11 Oregon -0.7 0.7 -11 13 Pennsylvania 0.4 0.4 32 25 YES Rhode Island -0.3 0.9 -2 5 South Carolina -0.5 0.7 -7 15 South Dakota 0.6 0.8 3 3 Tennessee -0.8 0.7 YES -21 21 YES Texas 0.0 0.4 26 54 Utah -0.2 0.8 0 12 Vermont -0.4 0.9 -1 3 Virginia 0.5 0.6 27 24 YES Washington -0.7 0.6 YES -21 20 YES West Virginia 0.0 0.8 0 5 Wisconsin -0.4 0.5 -9 16 Wyoming -0.6 1.0 -2 3