Table 6. State distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, not seasonally adjusted
Initial claimants for
Mass layoff events unemployment insurance
State
September July August September September July August September
2010 2011 2011 2011 2010 2011 2011 2011
Total (1) ............ 920 2,176 961 1,189 77,654 216,774 99,213 117,232
Alabama ................. 13 60 14 14 1,021 6,904 1,310 1,419
Alaska .................. 4 (2) 4 6 492 (2) 307 532
Arizona ................. 6 23 5 9 477 2,137 341 678
Arkansas ................ 3 17 10 9 301 1,607 909 825
California .............. 264 571 251 297 19,288 46,009 17,552 33,690
Colorado ................ 10 8 6 7 827 704 547 680
Connecticut ............. (2) 8 3 4 (2) 713 280 242
Delaware ................ (2) 3 (2) (2) (2) 233 (2) (2)
District of Columbia .... - (2) (2) (2) - (2) (2) (2)
Florida ................. 91 147 78 69 6,001 12,098 5,176 4,538
Georgia ................. 24 45 30 28 2,438 5,152 2,447 3,256
Hawaii .................. 3 (2) (2) (2) 182 (2) (2) (2)
Idaho ................... 7 9 4 5 1,011 1,220 255 365
Illinois ................ 35 48 35 48 5,053 5,599 5,514 5,092
Indiana ................. 10 31 13 22 846 5,700 1,215 2,179
Iowa .................... 3 19 9 8 362 2,397 1,796 741
Kansas .................. 8 12 9 3 1,245 1,372 1,497 334
Kentucky ................ 10 54 13 20 1,454 6,294 1,935 2,202
Louisiana ............... 11 21 7 16 688 1,936 378 1,554
Maine ................... (2) 9 (2) 3 (2) 667 (2) 194
Maryland ................ 6 13 4 9 528 1,486 812 617
Massachusetts ........... 7 16 12 8 476 1,632 6,030 617
Michigan ................ 11 130 21 31 758 14,164 1,986 2,186
Minnesota ............... 5 68 7 6 412 11,406 607 419
Mississippi ............. 12 25 10 8 741 1,853 613 521
Missouri ................ 19 36 17 21 1,115 4,068 1,145 1,520
Montana ................. 4 4 (2) 3 332 306 (2) 228
Nebraska ................ 5 8 4 3 550 1,026 247 578
Nevada .................. 13 10 11 13 1,238 875 1,158 1,274
New Hampshire ........... (2) 5 (2) (2) (2) 363 (2) (2)
New Jersey .............. 22 81 23 40 1,665 7,381 6,817 3,922
New Mexico .............. 3 9 5 (2) 238 568 338 (2)
New York ................ 52 142 71 91 5,499 14,892 7,506 7,664
North Carolina (3) ...... 13 80 21 44 1,372 8,083 1,624 5,449
North Dakota ............ - 3 3 - - 583 410 -
Ohio .................... 22 67 25 37 1,638 7,739 2,420 4,985
Oklahoma ................ (2) 6 (2) 3 (2) 1,206 (2) 372
Oregon .................. 17 27 10 14 1,635 3,435 836 1,178
Pennsylvania ............ 71 96 70 132 5,890 8,610 7,830 12,300
Rhode Island ............ (2) 4 4 (2) (2) 323 882 (2)
South Carolina .......... 7 28 20 20 724 2,724 2,871 1,944
South Dakota ............ - - - - - - - -
Tennessee ............... 6 25 10 10 417 2,314 1,021 846
Texas ................... 49 58 37 48 4,814 6,259 3,836 4,470
Utah .................... 4 4 3 4 338 529 218 329
Vermont ................. (2) (2) (2) 4 (2) (2) (2) 537
Virginia ................ 11 41 17 8 689 4,028 1,988 569
Washington .............. 11 15 14 11 714 1,537 1,170 1,006
West Virginia ........... - - (2) (2) - - (2) (2)
Wisconsin ............... 37 83 38 40 2,985 8,060 3,704 3,851
Wyoming ................. - - - - - - - -
Puerto Rico ............. 16 19 12 33 1,382 2,333 1,282 2,823
1 See footnote 1, table 3.
2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
3 Data starting in November 2010 may not be comparable to prior data due to a change in MLS unemployment insurance
input procedures.
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
United States Department of Labor
