TABLE 8: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between November 2022 and November 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. -0.5 0.2 YES -616 286 YES Alabama -0.7 0.6 YES -13 13 Alaska -1.9 0.9 YES -5 3 YES Arizona -0.1 0.7 0 19 Arkansas -0.8 0.7 YES -10 9 YES California -1.0 0.4 YES -177 68 YES Colorado -1.1 0.7 YES -29 18 YES Connecticut -0.4 0.6 -6 10 Delaware -0.9 0.9 YES -4 4 District of Columbia -0.2 0.9 -2 7 Florida -0.1 0.5 -6 41 Georgia -1.0 0.6 YES -45 26 YES Hawaii -0.7 0.9 -3 5 Idaho -0.2 0.8 -1 6 Illinois -1.3 0.5 YES -77 28 YES Indiana 0.1 0.6 5 20 Iowa 0.0 0.6 1 9 Kansas 0.0 0.6 0 9 Kentucky -0.7 0.7 YES -13 13 YES Louisiana -1.0 0.7 YES -19 13 YES Maine 0.2 0.8 2 5 Maryland -1.0 0.7 YES -27 18 YES Massachusetts -0.2 0.5 -6 18 Michigan 0.3 0.5 13 23 Minnesota 0.2 0.5 6 15 Mississippi -0.6 0.7 -8 8 Missouri 0.0 0.6 0 17 Montana -0.9 0.9 YES -4 4 Nebraska 0.2 0.7 3 7 Nevada -0.8 0.9 -10 12 New Hampshire -0.9 0.8 YES -6 5 YES New Jersey -0.2 0.5 -5 21 New Mexico -0.5 0.7 -3 6 New York 0.4 0.4 YES 36 34 YES North Carolina -0.7 0.6 YES -35 26 YES North Dakota 0.6 0.8 3 4 Ohio -0.2 0.5 -10 26 Oklahoma -0.7 0.7 YES -12 11 YES Oregon -0.6 0.7 -13 13 Pennsylvania 0.0 0.4 0 25 Rhode Island 0.0 0.9 0 5 South Carolina -0.8 0.7 YES -18 15 YES South Dakota 1.0 0.8 YES 5 3 YES Tennessee -0.8 0.7 YES -26 21 YES Texas -0.5 0.4 YES -68 54 YES Utah -0.2 0.8 -2 12 Vermont 0.1 0.9 0 3 Virginia -0.5 0.6 -21 24 Washington -0.5 0.6 -15 20 West Virginia -0.6 0.8 -4 5 Wisconsin 0.5 0.5 15 16 Wyoming -1.2 1.0 YES -3 3 YES