TABLE 8: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between November 2024 and November 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 -40 329 Alabama 0.3 0.7 6 14 Alaska 0.0 0.9 1 3 Arizona 0.3 0.7 10 20 Arkansas 0.2 0.7 3 9 California -0.8 0.4 YES -146 71 YES Colorado 0.4 0.7 11 19 Connecticut 0.2 0.6 4 11 Delaware 0.0 0.9 0 4 District of Columbia 0.0 0.9 -1 7 Florida -0.5 0.5 -51 46 YES Georgia 0.1 0.6 5 26 Hawaii 0.3 0.9 2 6 Idaho 1.5 0.8 YES 14 7 YES Illinois 0.0 0.5 -3 28 Indiana 0.0 0.6 0 19 Iowa 0.2 0.6 2 10 Kansas 0.3 0.6 4 9 Kentucky -0.1 0.7 -3 13 Louisiana -0.2 0.7 -4 13 Maine 0.5 0.8 3 5 Maryland 0.2 0.7 6 18 Massachusetts 0.2 0.5 9 19 Michigan -1.1 0.5 YES -53 23 YES Minnesota 0.1 0.5 4 16 Mississippi 0.0 0.8 1 9 Missouri 0.4 0.6 15 17 Montana 0.8 1.0 4 5 Nebraska -0.1 0.7 -1 7 Nevada 0.8 0.9 13 12 YES New Hampshire -0.1 0.8 -1 5 New Jersey -0.1 0.5 -7 22 New Mexico -0.3 0.8 -2 6 New York 0.6 0.4 YES 62 35 YES North Carolina 0.1 0.6 6 28 North Dakota 0.1 0.8 1 4 Ohio -0.1 0.5 -5 27 Oklahoma -0.1 0.7 0 12 Oregon 0.2 0.7 4 13 Pennsylvania -0.2 0.5 -11 28 Rhode Island 1.0 0.9 YES 5 5 South Carolina 0.0 0.7 0 15 South Dakota 0.1 0.8 0 4 Tennessee 0.0 0.7 0 21 Texas 0.1 0.4 10 55 Utah 0.4 0.7 7 11 Vermont 0.3 0.9 1 3 Virginia 0.5 0.6 23 25 Washington 0.1 0.6 5 20 West Virginia 0.0 0.8 0 6 Wisconsin 0.3 0.6 7 16 Wyoming -0.3 1.1 -1 3