TABLE 8: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between May 2024 and May 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. 0.0 0.2 -92 329 Alabama -0.1 0.6 -1 13 Alaska 0.0 0.9 0 3 Arizona 0.4 0.7 14 20 Arkansas -0.5 0.7 -6 9 California -0.4 0.4 -63 63 Colorado 0.4 0.7 10 18 Connecticut -0.3 0.6 -4 10 Delaware 0.0 0.8 0 4 District of Columbia 0.0 0.9 0 6 Florida -0.1 0.5 -3 46 Georgia 0.1 0.6 4 27 Hawaii -0.1 0.9 0 5 Idaho -0.4 0.8 -2 6 Illinois -0.3 0.5 -16 28 Indiana 0.2 0.5 7 17 Iowa 0.0 0.6 0 9 Kansas -0.2 0.6 -3 9 Kentucky -0.3 0.6 -5 12 Louisiana -0.7 0.7 -13 13 Maine 0.2 0.8 2 5 Maryland -0.3 0.7 -7 17 Massachusetts 0.0 0.5 -3 19 Michigan 0.4 0.5 21 23 Minnesota 0.0 0.5 1 16 Mississippi -0.9 0.7 YES -10 8 YES Missouri -0.3 0.6 -7 16 Montana -1.0 0.9 YES -5 5 Nebraska 0.0 0.7 1 7 Nevada 0.0 0.9 0 12 New Hampshire -0.5 0.8 -3 5 New Jersey -0.2 0.5 -11 22 New Mexico -0.1 0.7 0 6 New York 0.3 0.4 35 35 North Carolina 0.1 0.6 4 27 North Dakota -0.1 0.8 0 3 Ohio 0.4 0.5 22 26 Oklahoma -0.5 0.7 -7 11 Oregon -0.2 0.6 -4 13 Pennsylvania -0.2 0.5 -11 26 Rhode Island -0.1 0.9 -1 4 South Carolina -0.3 0.7 -2 15 South Dakota -0.2 0.8 -1 4 Tennessee -1.1 0.6 YES -37 20 YES Texas 0.1 0.4 20 56 Utah -0.2 0.6 -2 11 Vermont 0.4 0.8 1 3 Virginia -0.1 0.6 -1 25 Washington 0.0 0.6 4 20 West Virginia 0.0 0.8 0 5 Wisconsin -0.1 0.5 -4 16 Wyoming -0.2 1.0 -1 3