Table 3. State and selected claimant characteristics: Extended mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance,
private nonfarm sector, fourth quarter, 2012 and first quarter, 2013
Total Percent of total
initial Hispanic Persons age 55
Layoff events claimants Black origin Women and over
State
IV I IV I IV I IV I IV I IV I
2012r 2013p 2012r 2013p 2012r 2013p 2012r 2013p 2012r 2013p 2012r 2013p
Total, private nonfarm (1) . 2,123 914 432,792 133,294 11.9 13.5 21.7 20.6 31.4 36.9 19.5 20.3
Alabama ........................ 10 6 2,162 1,919 48.5 37.6 2.8 2.9 48.3 24.3 17.1 18.8
Alaska ......................... 14 5 3,001 437 5.8 7.1 11.4 11.0 26.3 22.4 21.4 16.2
Arizona ........................ 11 6 1,580 1,177 8.2 10.3 31.1 40.5 27.9 41.5 15.4 17.0
Arkansas ....................... 10 5 2,249 500 19.3 20.0 6.6 3.0 33.2 32.4 22.3 17.6
California ..................... 614 254 171,076 52,288 8.8 8.5 34.8 32.0 36.6 38.2 16.9 17.8
Colorado ....................... 22 5 2,959 569 5.6 6.9 30.4 19.3 21.2 19.5 22.7 12.3
Connecticut .................... 10 6 1,753 651 11.2 15.1 12.0 10.8 16.8 59.8 23.3 34.1
Delaware ....................... 3 3 588 287 57.3 45.3 10.2 7.7 53.6 27.9 33.5 13.9
District of Columbia ........... 3 (2) 566 (2) 74.7 60.6 7.8 12.7 57.4 57.7 19.1 22.5
Florida ........................ 19 17 4,065 2,422 26.6 29.2 23.3 23.5 39.5 47.1 30.6 25.5
Georgia ........................ 9 10 2,274 1,004 72.0 46.4 .9 .6 39.8 31.9 16.8 25.0
Hawaii ......................... (2) 3 (2) 322 2.6 2.2 4.5 9.6 43.9 19.9 16.8 16.5
Idaho .......................... 14 5 1,841 758 .1 .3 14.8 9.4 24.8 40.0 21.3 15.2
Illinois ....................... 164 73 26,965 8,281 15.8 22.8 19.5 14.0 24.4 34.3 17.3 16.7
Indiana ........................ 37 9 7,996 1,674 8.2 4.7 3.7 2.4 15.5 20.0 18.5 22.5
Iowa ........................... 9 3 1,812 1,067 4.1 1.2 5.5 5.5 12.4 36.9 25.5 33.9
Kansas ......................... 9 (2) 2,326 (2) 9.8 8.9 1.9 1.8 23.1 53.0 15.7 28.0
Kentucky ....................... 33 17 4,589 1,633 8.0 17.4 .2 .1 25.4 38.9 21.9 16.0
Louisiana ...................... 18 7 2,922 812 39.9 29.9 6.0 11.0 24.6 34.6 25.5 41.0
Maine .......................... 10 3 1,935 254 2.1 .4 .6 - 29.1 57.1 27.9 29.1
Maryland ....................... 35 8 5,417 651 30.0 16.4 1.4 3.5 43.0 22.0 21.2 28.3
Massachusetts .................. 27 13 4,689 1,380 10.1 16.4 1.0 1.9 41.2 45.0 21.1 17.8
Michigan ....................... 66 22 8,628 2,288 9.3 8.7 7.2 2.0 15.9 29.6 16.1 20.3
Minnesota ...................... 79 18 10,622 1,836 2.8 6.1 9.2 3.6 14.2 27.7 19.4 22.4
Mississippi .................... 9 5 939 293 48.3 47.8 6.3 3.4 28.4 30.4 15.8 24.2
Missouri ....................... 32 22 5,130 1,918 16.7 14.2 2.6 2.2 36.6 40.8 27.6 20.5
Montana ........................ 14 - 1,590 - .6 - 4.3 - 20.2 - 24.3 -
Nebraska ....................... 8 (2) 892 (2) 3.4 4.3 11.3 1.7 22.3 30.8 31.3 18.8
Nevada ......................... 39 14 8,821 2,641 9.4 9.8 29.3 30.8 39.7 50.0 22.5 25.4
New Hampshire .................. 8 (2) 859 (2) .6 1.6 1.4 - 19.2 10.9 32.8 32.8
New Jersey ..................... 66 21 13,864 2,349 14.2 18.3 24.8 18.3 45.7 43.6 26.8 28.5
New Mexico ..................... 12 (2) 1,576 (2) 2.0 .5 53.0 63.5 36.1 44.2 21.4 28.8
New York ....................... 149 82 23,792 10,351 15.2 16.2 16.9 20.1 35.2 37.3 23.2 24.9
North Carolina ................. 22 10 3,632 2,349 35.3 51.2 9.3 2.6 28.0 47.6 25.8 31.8
North Dakota ................... 15 (2) 2,172 (2) 1.6 1.6 4.0 .5 9.3 64.1 24.1 11.4
Ohio ........................... 100 55 16,825 5,639 11.5 8.9 3.8 3.6 19.7 20.0 18.4 21.1
Oklahoma ....................... 9 (2) 1,134 (2) 10.9 10.4 6.4 6.4 35.4 32.4 21.3 30.1
Oregon ......................... 28 12 6,519 1,361 1.3 1.2 27.9 17.5 41.8 37.5 22.9 22.7
Pennsylvania ................... 115 43 23,935 5,463 8.7 10.1 3.3 5.9 20.6 37.4 23.8 26.7
Rhode Island ................... 4 (2) 260 (2) 2.3 2.4 6.5 10.7 7.7 8.3 21.2 26.2
South Carolina ................. 8 6 1,427 839 49.6 60.9 1.3 3.9 35.1 53.2 25.9 14.9
South Dakota ................... - - - - - - - - - - - -
Tennessee ...................... 18 6 3,190 514 18.0 39.7 .1 - 26.4 44.2 29.0 13.4
Texas .......................... 40 29 9,763 5,137 21.1 19.6 43.4 41.6 22.2 41.2 15.0 15.6
Utah ........................... 13 10 2,740 938 1.1 1.2 13.0 18.3 10.7 25.4 16.4 20.3
Vermont ........................ 3 (2) 320 (2) .3 3.2 .3 - 16.6 48.4 24.7 22.6
Virginia ....................... 28 17 6,208 1,623 45.6 35.6 5.4 7.9 40.5 34.9 20.3 23.7
Washington ..................... 69 44 9,546 4,482 5.6 6.4 19.3 15.6 34.3 34.6 19.5 19.4
West Virginia .................. 10 3 958 208 .5 1.0 .3 - 16.6 44.2 19.3 24.0
Wisconsin ...................... 74 24 13,964 3,765 5.1 7.7 11.0 6.9 24.0 35.8 20.0 20.7
Wyoming ........................ (2) (2) (2) (2) 1.8 - 4.4 21.7 43.8 26.5 27.7 18.1
Puerto Rico .................... 10 13 3,469 1,622 - .2 98.9 98.6 51.6 33.5 8.4 9.2
1 See footnote 1, table 1.
2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
r = revised.
p = preliminary.
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
United States Department of Labor
